EPT Awards are back for Season 8!
The PokerStars.com European Poker Tour Season 8 Awards will reward the best performing players over the course of the season, and the awards will be handed out at a glittering ceremony to celebrate the accomplishments of the stars of the European game.
The table below display the current rankings in each category and will be updated after the end of every event, so check back regularly to see the latest scores and standings.
The scores below are correct following the conclusion of the EPT Prague event.
EPT 8 PLAYER OF THE YEAR
| Rank | Player | Pts | Country | Status |
| 1 |
Ondrej Vinklarek |
2,370 |
Czech Republic |
|
| 2 |
Martin Finger |
2,125 |
Germany |
|
| 3 |
Roberto Romanello |
2,080 |
UK |
|
| 4 |
Nick Yunis |
1,925 |
Chile |
|
| 5 |
Jonathan Duhamel |
1,720 |
Canada |
Team PokerStars Pro |
| 6 |
Philipp Gruissem |
1,610 |
Germany |
|
| 7 |
Steve O'Dwyer |
1,560 |
USA |
|
| 8 |
Govert Metaal |
1,420 |
Netherlands |
|
| 9 |
Roger Hairabedian |
1,400 |
France |
|
| 10 |
Michael Telker |
1,365 |
USA |
|
| 11 |
Bryn Kenney |
1,320 |
USA |
|
| 12 |
Eugene Katchalov |
1,310 |
Ukraine |
Team PokerStars Pro |
| 13 |
Joni Jouhkimainen |
1,170 |
Finland |
|
| 13 |
Mick Graydon |
1,170 |
Ireland |
|
| 15 |
Stevie Tripp |
1,140 |
Canada |
|
| 16 |
Martin Schleich |
1,120 |
Germany |
|
| 17 |
Andrew Chen |
1,070 |
Canada |
|
| 18 |
Shannon Shorr |
1,065 |
USA |
|
| 19 |
Robert Deppe |
1,060 |
USA |
|
| 20 |
Tobias Garp |
1,050 |
Sweden |
|
| 21 |
David Boyaciyan |
1,030 |
Netherlands |
|
| 21 |
Andrey Pateychuk |
1,030 |
Russia |
|
| 23 |
Juan Manuel Pastor |
1,020 |
Spain |
Team PokerStars Pro |
| 23 |
Kyle Julius |
1,020 |
USA |
|
| 23 |
John Dibella |
1,020 |
USA |
|
| 26 |
Kunimaro Kojo |
1,000 |
Japan |
|
| 27 |
Georgios Kapalas |
975 |
Greece |
PokerStars Greek Challenger |
| 28 |
Dragan Kostic |
970 |
Spain |
|
| 28 |
Dmitry Gromov |
970 |
Russia |
|
| 30 |
Dominykas Karmazinas |
960 |
Lithuania |
|
| 31 |
Benny Spindler |
950 |
Germany |
|
| 32 |
Pius Heinz |
945 |
Austria |
Team PokerStars Pro |
| 33 |
Konstantin Puchkov |
925 |
Russia |
|
| 33 |
Saar Wilf |
925 |
Israel |
|
| 35 |
Ronny Kaiser |
920 |
Switzerland |
|
| 36 |
Christopher Lastiwka |
910 |
Canada |
|
| 37 |
Grzegorz Cichocki |
905 |
Poland |
|
| 38 |
Yulius Sepman |
900 |
Russia |
|
| 38 |
Faraz Jaka |
900 |
USA |
|
| 40 |
Dylan Wilkerson |
870 |
USA |
|
| 40 |
Mihails Morozovs |
870 |
Latvia |
|
| 42 |
Mustapha Kanit |
860 |
Italy |
IPT Player of the Year |
| 43 |
Matthias De Meulder |
855 |
Belgium |
Team PokerStars Pro |
| 44 |
Andre Klebanov |
850 |
Belarus |
|
| 44 |
Dimitar Danchev |
850 |
Bulgaria |
|
| 44 |
Daniel Neilson |
850 |
Australia |
|
| 47 |
Jan Bendik |
845 |
Slovakia |
|
| 48 |
Xuan Liu |
840 |
Canada |
|
| 49 |
Isabel Baltazar |
820 |
France |
|
| 50 |
Vanessa Rousso |
810 |
USA |
Team PokerStars Pro |
| 51 |
Mike McDonald |
805 |
Canada |
|
| 52 |
Barny Boatman |
800 |
UK |
|
| 52 |
Stavros Kalfas |
800 |
Greece |
PokerStars Greek Challenger |
| 52 |
Zimnan Ziyard |
800 |
UK |
|
| 55 |
Martins Adeniya |
780 |
UK |
|
| 55 |
David Vamplew |
780 |
UK |
|
| 55 |
Jude Ainsworth |
780 |
Ireland |
Team PokerStars Pro |
| 55 |
Andras Kovacs |
780 |
Hungary |
|
| 55 |
Mark Drover |
780 |
Canada |
|
| 60 |
Kent Lundmark |
760 |
Sweden |
|
| 60 |
Andreas Samuelsson |
760 |
Swiss |
|
| 62 |
Jason Wheeler |
755 |
USA |
|
| 63 |
Denys Drobyna |
750 |
Ukraine |
|
| 63 |
Nicolas Levi |
750 |
France |
|
| 65 |
Guy Gorelik |
740 |
Israel |
|
| 65 |
Agris Klaise |
740 |
Latvia |
|
| 67 |
Salvatore Bonavena |
725 |
Italy |
Team PokerStars Pro |
| 68 |
Enver Abduraimov |
720 |
Ukraine |
|
| 68 |
Tony Gregg |
720 |
USA |
|
| 70 |
Jonathan Layani |
710 |
France |
|
| 71 |
Raul Mestre |
700 |
Spain |
|
| 71 |
Guillem Usero |
700 |
Spain |
|
| 71 |
Dmitry Vitkind |
700 |
Russia |
|
| 71 |
Sami Kelopuro |
700 |
Finland |
|
| 71 |
Melanie Weisner |
700 |
USA |
|
| 76 |
John Eames |
690 |
UK |
|
| 77 |
Hauke Heseding |
680 |
Germany |
|
| 78 |
Salvatore Bianco |
675 |
Italy |
|
| 79 |
David Sonelin |
670 |
Sweden |
|
| 79 |
Michael Benvenuti |
670 |
USA |
|
| 81 |
Stephen Chidwick |
660 |
UK |
|
| 81 |
Jacques Torbey |
660 |
Lebanon |
|
| 83 |
Daniel Smith |
655 |
Canada |
|
| 84 |
Tomeu Gomila |
650 |
Spain |
|
| 84 |
Chris McClung |
650 |
Canada |
|
| 84 |
Mattias Bergstrom |
650 |
Sweden |
|
| 87 |
Ilkin Amirov |
650 |
Azerbaijan |
|
| 88 |
Jonathan Turner |
630 |
Mexico |
|
| 88 |
Nikolay Tsanev |
630 |
Bulgaria |
|
| 88 |
Alexey Ermolov |
630 |
Russia |
|
| 91 |
Martin Jacobson |
628 |
Sweden |
EPT7 Online Qualifier |
| 92 |
Walid Bou-Habib |
620 |
Lebanon |
|
| 92 |
Joe Ebanks |
620 |
USA |
|
| 94 |
Ari Engel |
600 |
USA |
|
| 94 |
John Taramas |
600 |
Greece |
|
| 94 |
Moritz Gross |
600 |
Germany |
|
| 94 |
Konstantin Bucherl |
600 |
Germany |
|
| 94 |
Alexander Vaserfirer |
600 |
Ukraine |
|
| 94 |
David Bernstein |
600 |
Canada |
|
| 94 |
Kevin Iacofano |
600 |
USA |
|
| 94 |
Jean-Noel Thorel |
600 |
France |
|
| 94 |
Joe Cada |
600 |
USA |
Team PokerStars Pro |
| 94 |
Raigo Aasmaa |
600 |
Estonia |
|
| 94 |
Leonid Bilokur |
600 |
Russia |
|
| 94 |
Yorane Kerignard |
600 |
France |
|
| 94 |
Pierre Neuville |
600 |
Belgium |
Team PokerStars Pro |
All player names are recorded as per payout sheets for each event. Please ensure your name is being recorded correctly - and legibly - by the payout team so that your points can be calculated accurately. EPT bears no responsibility for any points miscalculated due any error in the spelling of player names. Please check this Awards page approximately one week after each event and email ept@pokerstars.com as soon as possible if you believe points have been miscalculated. Any errors must be reported within 30 days after each event for review and update of the ranking.
EPT 8 OMAHA PLAYER
| Rank | Player | Pts | Country |
| 1 |
Ivan Kudryavstev |
525 |
Russia |
| 2 |
Karim Lehoussine |
400 |
France |
| 2 |
Joakim Garp |
400 |
Sweden |
| 2 |
Khiem Nguyen |
400 |
Germany |
| 5 |
Vyacheslav Potemkin |
380 |
Belarus |
| 6 |
Ori Miller |
360 |
Israel |
| 6 |
Adam Coviensky |
360 |
Canada |
| 6 |
Marty Smyth |
360 |
Ireland |
| 6 |
Brian Roberts |
360 |
USA |
| 6 |
Hans Winzeler |
360 |
USA |
| 6 |
Moshe Tondovski |
360 |
Israel |
| 6 |
Ross Ruby |
360 |
Canada |
EPT MIXED GAMES PLAYER
| Rank | Player | Pts | Country |
| 1 |
Salvatore Bonavena |
625 |
Italy |
| 2 |
David Williams |
500 |
USA |
| 3 |
Ricky Tang |
450 |
Canada |
| 3 |
Christopher Brammer |
450 |
UK |
| 3 |
David Ulliott |
450 |
UK |
| 6 |
Martin Kabrhel |
400 |
Czech Republic |
| 7 |
Matthew Giannetti |
375 |
USA |
| 7 |
Ian Taylor |
375 |
UK |
| 9 |
Erich Kollmann |
360 |
Austria |
| 10 |
Darren Kramer |
350 |
South Africa |
| 10 |
Gary Lindsay |
350 |
UK |
EPT HEADS-UP PLAYER OF THE YEAR
| Rank | Player | Pts | Country |
| 1 |
Martin Finger |
485 |
Germany |
| 2 |
David Kolmberger |
360 |
Germany |
| 2 |
Nick Yunis |
360 |
Chile |
| 4 |
Guillermo Garcia |
300 |
Spain |
| 4 |
Salvatore Bianco |
300 |
Italy |
| 4 |
Martin Metzger |
300 |
Germany |
| 4 |
Scott Seiver |
300 |
USA |
| 4 |
Wade Townsend |
300 |
USA |
| 4 |
Berndt Gleissner |
300 |
Germany |
| 4 |
Thomas Gabriel |
300 |
USA |
EPT 8 Best Online Qualifier
| Rank | Players | Total | Live | Online Pts |
| 1 |
Martin Finger |
1,200 |
1,000 |
200 |
| 2 |
Zimnan Ziyard |
900 |
800 |
100 |
| 3 |
Mark Drover |
880 |
780 |
100 |
| 4 |
Alan Engel |
800 |
600 |
200 |
| 5 |
Hauke Heseding |
780 |
680 |
100 |
| 6 |
Yorane Kerignard |
700 |
600 |
100 |
| 6 |
Walid Bou-Habib |
700 |
200 |
500 |
| 6 |
Kevin MacPhee |
700 |
400 |
300 |
| 9 |
Florian Schleps |
660 |
560 |
100 |
| 10 |
Stuart Fox |
620 |
520 |
100 |
| 10 |
Pierre Mothes |
620 |
520 |
100 |
| 12 |
Mario Puccini |
620 |
320 |
300 |
EPT 8 Best Country
| Rank | Countries* | Entrants | Cashes | Percentages |
| 1 |
Spain |
227 |
43 |
18,94% |
| 2 |
Sweden |
202 |
35 |
17,33% |
| 3 |
USA |
547 |
93 |
17,00% |
| 4 |
Russia |
293 |
47 |
16,04% |
| 5 |
UK |
385 |
60 |
15,58% |
| 6 |
Italy |
431 |
66 |
15,31% |
| 7 |
Netherlands |
112 |
17 |
15,18% |
| 8 |
Germany |
327 |
46 |
14,07% |
| 9 |
Canada |
316 |
44 |
13,92% |
| 10 |
France |
230 |
25 |
10,87% |
*only listed countries with the required minimum of 16 Main Event cashes.
