After three starting flights and four more days of play, Israel’s Uri Gilboa survived the action-packed 191,800₽ EPT Sochi Main Event final table at Casino Sochi to claim the 27,475,000₽ (~$419,000) first place prize, the trophy, and title of EPT Champion.

Heading into the European Poker Tour Sochi Main Event, Arseniy Karmatskiy hadn’t picked up a single live cash in 2018. He had $350,000 in lifetime earnings over the previous four years but had struggled through the early months of this year. That all changed on Thursday night in Sochi as the Russian took down the… Continue reading Arseniy Karmatskiy Crushes Final Table to Win EPT Sochi Main Event

The European Poker Tour officially returns in late-March with the first-ever EPT Sochi in Russia. It’s not the first time that the former Winter Olympics host has played host to a big tour though. The Sochi Casino and Resort hosted both partypoker and PokerStars in 2017. The PokerStars Championship traveled to Russia in May and put… Continue reading European Poker Tour Returns With $2.6M Guarantee in Sochi