Estrellas Poker Tour

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Estrellas Poker Tour
SportTexas Hold 'em
Founded2010
Folded2024
Replaced byPokerStars Open
ContinentEurope
Last champion
France Sylvain Berthelot
SponsorPokerStars
Websitepokerstarslive.com

The Estrellas Poker Tour (ESPT) started in April 2010, is a major regional poker tour in the Spain. The ESPT is sponsored by PokerStars.com.[1]

Discontinued: In 2024, PokerStars announced the new PokerStars Open that replaces the following tours: EKA (Eureka Poker Tour), UKIPT (UK and Ireland Poker Tour), FPS (France Poker Series) and ESPT (Estrellas Poker Tour), starting in March 2025.[2]

Season 1

Date Event / City Entries Prize Pool Winner Prize Results
8–11 April 2010 Spain ESPT Málaga
261
 €228,010 Spain Vedast Sanxis[3][4] €60,970
27–30 May 2010 Spain ESPT Alicante
305
 €266,448 Spain Jose Martinez[5] €70,148
8–12 July 2010 Spain ESPT Madrid
291
 €254,219 Spain Marc Colomé[6] €67,519
  • The 3 champions of the ESPT 2010 main events, Vedast, José and Marc gained tickets to EPT Barcelona 2010 (22nd to 27th November)[7]
  • Estrellas Poker Tour - Season 1 - 2010 Champion: Spain Alvaro Marino Nadal[8]

Season 2

Date Event / City Entries Prize Pool Winner Prize Results
3–6 February 2011 Spain ESPT Madrid
498
 €435,053 Spain Ricardo Escobar[9] €103,503
31 Mar-3 Apr, 2011 Spain ESPT Málaga
375
 €327,600 Spain Antonio Dieguez Rodriguez[10] €81,500
26–29 May 2011 Spain ESPT Alicante
347
 €303,140 Spain Alejandro Piñeiro Barcelo[11] €75,800
4–7 August 2011 Spain ESPT San Sebastián
290
 €253,344 Germany Fabian Deimann[12][13] €64,600
21–25 September 2011 Spain ESPT Ibiza
426
 €372,154 Poland Grzegorz Gosk[14] €92,100
  • Estrellas Poker Tour - Season 2 - 2011 Champion: Spain Álvaro Santamaria[15]

Season 3

Date Event / City Entries Prize Pool Winner Prize Results
25–29 January 2012 Spain ESPT Madrid
482
 €462,720 Spain Juan Miguel Tomé Perez[16] €70,619
26 Mar-1 Apr, 2012 Spain ESPT Valencia
387
 €371,520 Spain Miguel Angel Rodriguez Bermudez[17] €76,000
14–20 May 2012 Spain ESPT Ibiza
269
 €258,240 Spain Pablo Martinez Del Marmol[18] €40,800
23–29 July 2012 Spain ESPT San Sebastián
269
 €258,240 Spain Borja González Urteaga[19] €65,800
15–19 August 2012 Spain EPT/ESPT Barcelona
1,037
 €1,004,940 Italy Lorenzo Sabato[20] €200,000
  • Estrellas Poker Tour - Season 3 - 2012 Champion: Spain Jaume Niell Alomar[21]

Season 4

Date Event / City Entries Prize Pool Winner Prize Results
25–29 January 2013 Spain ESPT Madrid
632
 €606,720 Spain Adrian Mateos[22] €103,053
31 Mar-3 Apr, 2013 Spain ESPT Valencia
483
 €463,680 Netherlands Daniel Boender[23] €104,550
26–29 May 2013 Spain UKIPT/ESPT Marbella
763
 €732,480 Scotland Ludovic Geilich[24] €130,000
4–7 August 2013 Spain EPT/ESPT Barcelona
1,798
 €1,743,090 Germany Soenke Jahn[25] €169,136
  • Estrellas Poker Tour - Season 4 - 2013 Champion: Spain Jose Javier Patiño Gonzalez

Season 5

Date Event / City Entries Prize Pool Winner Prize Results
5–9 February 2014 Spain ESPT Madrid
721
 €692,160 Spain Victor Jesus Antoraz Alvarez[26] €97,363
2–6 April 2014 Spain ESPT Valencia
414
 €397,440 Germany Fabio Sperling[27] €77,000
11–15 June 2014 Spain UKIPT/ESPT Marbella Festival
750
 €720,000 Spain Rodrigo Espinosa[28] €136,000
16–21 August 2014 Spain EPT/ESPT Barcelona
2,560
 €2,483,200 Argentina Matias Ruzzi[29] €198,550
  • Estrellas Poker Tour - Season 5 - 2014 Champion: Germany Heinz Traut[30]

Season 6

Date Event / City Entries Prize Pool Winner Prize Results
9–15 March 2015 Spain ESPT Madrid
579
 €552,000 Denmark Nicki Vestergaard[31] €106,400
11–21 June 2015 Spain UKIPT/ESPT Marbella Festival
841
 €807,360 Spain Isidoro Barrena[32] €150,800
19–30 August 2015 Spain EPT/ESPT Barcelona
3,292
 €3,193,240 Argentina Mario Javier López[33] €408,000
  • Estrellas Poker Tour - Season 6 - GOLD: France Sonny Franco[34][35]
  • Estrellas Poker Tour - Season 6 - SILVER: Spain Adrian Costin Constantin[36][37]

Season 7

Date Event / City Entries Prize Pool Winner Prize Results
9–13 March 2016 Spain ESPT Madrid
491
 €471,360 Spain Pablo Gordillo Caballero[38] €69,746
15–19 June 2016 Spain UKIPT/ESPT Marbella Festival
844
 €810,240 England Jonathan Schuman[39] €96,159
17–22 August 2016 Spain EPT/ESPT Barcelona
3,447
 €3,343,590 France Mohamed Samri[40] €353,220
  • Estrellas Poker Tour - Season 7 - GOLD: Poland Michal Ozimek[41]
  • Estrellas Poker Tour - Season 7 - SILVER: Republic of Ireland Mahmood Rasheed[42]

Season 2022

Date Event / City Entries Prize Pool Winner Prize Results
30 March-2 April 2022 Spain ESPT Madrid
784
 €752,640 Romania Nicolae Giuri[43] €137,500
22–26 June 202 Malta Summer Poker Festival
ESPT/UKIPT Malta
815
 €782,400 Bulgaria Zlatin Penev[44] €144,630
9–14 August 2022 Spain EPT/ESPT Barcelona
6,313
 €6,060,480 Netherlands Rick van Bruggen[45] €600,000

Season 2023

Date Event / City Entries Prize Pool Winner Prize Results
29 March-2 April 2023 Spain ESPT Madrid
756
 €725,760 Spain Jon Ander Vallinas[46] €102,470
5–9 July 2023 Spain ESPT Castellón
310
 €297,600 Ukraine Ivan Kuziv[47] €51,430
21–27 August 2023 Spain EPT/ESPT Barcelona
7,398
 €7,102,080 France Lucien Cohen[48] €676,230
20–24 September 2023 Spain ESPT Málaga
485
 €465,600 Spain Jose Gonzalez Sanchez[49] €91,960
8–12 November 2023 Spain ESPT Sevilla
420
 €403,200 Italy Federico Castiglioni[50] €73,290

Season 2024

Date Event / City Entries Prize Pool Winner Prize Results
19–24 March Spain ESPT Madrid €1,100
Casino Gran Vía, Madrid, Spain
629
 €602,010 Lebanon Fouad Rabahie[51] €105,000
10–16 June Spain UKIPT/ESPT Málaga €1,100
Casino Torrequebrada, Málaga, Spain
1,146
 €1,100,160 Spain Artus Giménez[52] €145,000
24 August-8 September Spain EPT/ESPT Barcelona €1,100
Casino Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
7,138
 €6,852,480 France Sylvain Berthelot[53] €499,224

Winners by country

Place Country Winners
1stSpain Spain
18
2ndFrance France
3
Germany Germany
3
4thArgentina Argentina
2
Italy Italy
2
Netherlands Netherlands
2
7thBulgaria Bulgaria
1
Denmark Denmark
1
England England
1
Lebanon Lebanon
1
Poland Poland
1
Romania Romania
1
Scotland Scotland
1
Ukraine Ukraine
1
Total
38

Up to Season 2024 (Step 3 ESPT Barcelona)
In case of a tie, alphabetical order

Notes

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