EAPT Returns to Sochi This November — Satellites on ПОКЕРОК

• EAPT Keeps Expanding

In recent years, the EAPT festival has expanded across numerous European countries. The series has hosted events in major poker destinations such as Rozvadov, Barcelona, and Cyprus, as well as in less obvious but equally exciting cities like Nottingham, Bratislava, Milan, and Bucharest. However, some of the most successful stops have taken place in the post-Soviet region. The rake-free Batumi series has already drawn hundreds of players and generated millions of dollars in prize pools — without exaggeration.

At the end of last year, EAPT visited Yerevan, Armenia for the first time, surpassing $1,000,000 in total prize pools and attracting over 600 entries in the Main Event — another undeniable success.

In just a few years, EAPT has firmly established itself as one of the most accessible and popular live poker series in Europe. The geography has expanded, fields and prize pools have grown, records have been broken, and the tour’s popularity continues to rise.

EAPT Sochi — November 18–29

Riding this wave of growing interest, EAPT returns to Russia. The last Sochi stop took place in March 2023, where 27 trophies were awarded.

Highlights from that series include:

- Ivan Tukmachev, Main Event champion (₽5,800,000)

- Konstantin Efremenkov, High Roller winner (₽4,000,000)

- Alexey Donets, EAPT Cup champion (₽2,800,000)

- Andrey Andreev, Magic Bounty winner

Now, after three and a half years, EAPT is heading back to Poker Club Sochi from November 18 to 29.

• Key details:

- Dates: November 18–29  

- Main Event buy-in: 165,000₽

- Satellites: available on POKEROK  

- Opening event: 1,000,000₽ Freeroll

Guaranteed prize pools will be announced later.

• Satellites on ПОКЕРОК

ПОКЕРОК, which became an official partner of the series in 2025, will once again play a key role in the Sochi stop.

Players will have the opportunity to qualify online through accessible satellite structures, starting from micro-stakes. Step formats and final qualifiers make it possible to enter EAPT events without paying the full buy-in.

For example:

- Batumi packages covered entries to key events  

- Armenia featured satellites starting from just $0.10, with $600 Main Event tickets in finals  

Thanks to ПОКЕРОК, EAPT has become not just a series with impressive numbers, but also one that offers a convenient way to qualify from home.

The same system will be in place for Sochi. Players will be able to win their trip to Krasnaya Polyana via a wide range of satellites on ПОКЕРОК. The Main Event will definitely be included — and possibly more tournaments as well.

• 1,000,000₽ Freeroll

The festival will begin with a live freeroll — a completely free offline tournament.

On November 18, anyone who comes to Poker Club Sochi will be able to take a seat and compete for a share of the 1,000,000₽ prize pool. No buy-in required — literally zero.

And that zero can turn into serious money. Over the past six months, Poker Club Sochi has hosted five freerolls, each won by players who didn’t invest a single ruble. The most recent winner, Alexandra Zolotukhina, turned 0₽ into 342,000₽