Eugene Katchalov (born February 21, 1981, in Kyiv, Ukraine) is an American professional poker player raised in Brooklyn, New York, since age 10. He currently ranks #403 on the Global poker index, and has been ranked as high as number two.[1] He is also 1st on the All-Time Money List in Ukraine.[2]
| Eugene Katchalov | |
|---|---|
 Eugene Katchalov at the PCA Super High Roller 2011 | |
| Residence | Brooklyn, New York |
| World Series of Poker | |
| Bracelet(s) | 1 |
| Money finish(es) | 30 |
| Highest ITM Main Event finish | 39th, 2009 |
| World Poker Tour | |
| Title(s) | 1 |
| Final table(s) | 1 |
| Money finish(es) | 9 |
| European Poker Tour | |
| Title(s) | None |
| Final table(s) | 3 |
| Money finish(es) | 9 |
Katchalov, a graduate with a business degree from NYU, is the winner of the largest payout for a non-championship event in the World Poker Tour (WPT), earning $2,482,605 with a win at the 2007 Doyle Brunson Five Diamond World Poker Classic.[3][4]
In late 2016 Katchalov and poker player, and friend, Luca Pagano, entered the world of eSports with an Italian team: QLASH is the first professional team to attend the American spot of Dreamhack.
Poker edit
Katchalov has been playing poker professionally since 2003; in March 2011 he joined Team PokerStars Pro [1] and played under the screen name E.Katchalov. Katchalov was previously well known online under his former non-Team PokerStars Pro screen name MyRabbiFoo. After five years under the red spade brand, they parted away [2] Archived April 4, 2017, at the Wayback Machine.
In addition to his 2007 WPT win, Katchalov finished 9th in the 2009 WPT Championship event. He has cashed nine times on the WPT Tour for a total of $2,759,761.[5]
Katchalov has had 30 cashes in World Series of Poker events, including a bracelet win in the 2011 $1,500 Seven-Card Stud Tournament. He also finished 39th at the 2009 WSOP Main Event.[6]
Katchalov has also succeeded on the European Poker Tour. He has cashed nine times in Main Events including third-place finishes in London, 2009, and Barcelona, 2011 and a second-place finish in Deauville, 2014. At the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure in 2011, Katchalov bested 37 other players in the $100,000 Super High Roller tournament, defeating Team Pokerstars Pro Daniel Negreanu heads-up, to win $1.5million.[7] Ten days later, he came in 2nd place in the PCA $10,000 High Roller - 6 Max event winning $131,920 [3].
In June 2007, Katchalov won the Bellagio Cup III's $5,000 No-Limit Hold'em event.[3]
As of May 2017, his total live tournament winnings exceed $8,900,000.[3]
World Series of Poker edit
In 2011 Katchalov conquered the prestigious bracelet in the $1,500 Seven-Card Stud event.
|
Date |
City |
Event |
Position |
Prize |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 10, 2005 |  Las Vegas
|
$2,000 No Limit Hold'em | 74° | $3,870 |
| June 22, 2005 | Las Vegas
|
$1,500 No Limit Hold'em | 48° | $6,530 |
| June 28, 2007 | Las Vegas
|
$5,000 No Limit Hold'em | 32° | $13,344 |
| June 6, 2008 | Las Vegas
|
$5,000 No Limit Hold'em | 10° | $16,920 |
| June 13, 2008 | Las Vegas
|
$1,500 Seven Card Razz | 26° | $3,091 |
| June 19, 2008 | Las Vegas
|
$10,000 World Championship Omaha Hi/Lo Split | 6° | $110,450 |
| June 25, 2008 | Las Vegas
|
$1,500 Seven Card Stud Hi/Lo | 26° | $3,638 |
| June 29, 2008 | Las Vegas
|
$1,500 H.O.R.S.E. | 71° | $2,630 |
| June 5, 2009 | Las Vegas
|
$2,500 Limit Hold'em Six Handed | 25° | $5,360 |
| June 8, 2009 | Las Vegas
|
$2,500 No Limit Hold'em Six Handed | 25° | $11,839 |
| June 10, 2009 | Las Vegas
|
$1,500 No Limit Hold'em Shootout | 7° | $29,195 |
| June 16, 2009 | Las Vegas
|
$1,500 No Limit Hold'em | 158° | $2,945 |
| June 30, 2009 | Las Vegas
|
$5,000 No Limit Hold'em Six Handed | 15° | $137,378 |
| July 3, 2009 | Las Vegas
|
$10,000 World Championship No Limit Hold'em | 39° | $178,857 |
| June 1, 2010 | Las Vegas
|
$5,000 No Limit Hold'em Shootout | 21° | $16,607 |
| June 12, 2010 | Las Vegas
|
$10,000 Omaha Hi/Lo 8 Championship | 7° | $74,670 |
| June 23, 2010 | Las Vegas
|
$10,000 H.O.R.S.E. Championship | 3° | $248,831 |
| June 1, 2010 | Las Vegas
|
$2,500 No Limit Hold'em Six Handed | 25° | $11,839 |
| June 30, 2010 | Las Vegas
|
$25,000 No Limit Hold'em Six Handed | 6° | $194,559 |
| June 2, 2011 | Las Vegas
|
$1,500 Seven Card Stud | 1° | $122,909 |
| June 13, 2011 | Las Vegas
|
$2,500 8 Game | 36° | $5,740 |
| June 24, 2011 | Las Vegas
|
$1,500 Limit Hold'em - Shootout | 4° | $50,993 |
| June 3, 2012 | Las Vegas
|
$5,000 Seven Card Stud (Event #10) | 9° | $18,693 |
| June 11, 2012 | Las Vegas
|
$3,000 No Limit Hold'em - Six Handed (Event #23) | 17° | $21,189 |
| June 16, 2012 | Las Vegas
|
$10,000 H.O.R.S.E. (Event #32) | 17° | $16,246 |
| July 3, 2012 | Las Vegas
|
$10,000 No Limit Hold'em Six Handed (Event #57) | 21° | $35,422 |
| July 6, 2012 | Las Vegas
|
$10,000 No Limit Hold'em National Championship | 13° | $26,439 |
| September 29, 2012 |  Cannes
|
€10,450 No Limit Hold'em Main Event (Event #7) | 40° | $27,724 |
| June 5, 2013 | Las Vegas
|
$5,000 Seven Card Stud Hi/Lo (Event #13) | 22° | $9,583 |
| June 9, 2013 | Las Vegas
|
$15,000 Pot Limit Hold'em (Event #19) | 5° | $58,912 |
| May 14, 2014 | Las Vegas
|
$1,500 No Limit Hold'em Shootout (Event #6) | 67° | $4,411 |
| May 29, 2015 | Las Vegas
|
$565 No Limit Hold'em The Colossus (Event #5) | 1008° | $3,009 |
| June 3, 2015 | Las Vegas
|
$1,500 No Limit Hold'em Six Handed (Event #12) | 118° | $3,276 |
| June 5, 2015 | Las Vegas
|
$1,500 No Limit Hold'em Millionaire Maker (Event #16) | 409° | $4,517 |
| June 10, 2015 | Las Vegas
|
$5,000 No Limit Hold'em Eight Handed (Event #25) | 26° | $13,578 |
| June 25, 2015 | Las Vegas
|
$3,000 No Limit Hold'em Six Handed (Event #51) | 86° | $6,150 |
| June 28, 2016 | Las Vegas
|
$1,500 Seven Card Stud (Event #49) | 5° | $22,448 |
| June 27, 2017 | Las Vegas
|
$1,500 No Limit Hold'em (Event #52) | 35° | $9,107 |
| July 2, 2018 | Las Vegas
|
$10,000 No Limit Hold'em Main Event (Event #65) | 685° | $19,900 |
World Series of Poker Europe (WSOPE) edit
|
Date |
City |
Event |
Position |
Prize |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| November 3, 2017 |  Rozvadov
|
€111,111 High Roller for One Drop (Event #10) | 13° | €205,263 |
World Poker Tour edit
Eugene Katchalov is active in the WPT field since 2004, a milestone reserved to few still active professional poker players.
|
Date |
City |
Event |
Position |
Prize |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 14, 2004 | Las Vegas
|
Five-Diamond World Poker Classic $15,300 | 35° | $27,227 |
| January 26, 2007 | Atlantic City
|
Borgata Winter Open $10,000 | 45° | $14,954 |
| December 12, 2007 | Las Vegas
|
Doyle Brunson Five Diamond WPC $15,400 | 1° | $2,482,605 |
| April 18, 2009 | Las Vegas
|
Seventh Annual Five Star WPC $25,500 | 9° | $130,735 |
| August 22, 2009 | Los Angeles
|
Legends of Poker $10,100 | 14° | $26,160 |
| February 26, 2010 | Los Angeles
|
L.A. Poker Classic $10,000 | 62° | $23,600 |
| December 3, 2010 | Las Vegas
|
Doyle Brunson Five Diamond WPC $10,300 | 19° | $33,785 |
| December 1, 2011 | Prague
|
WPT Prague, €3,500 Main Event | 27° | $8,529 |
| April 10, 2012 |  Wien
|
WPT Wien, €3,500 Main Event | 19° | $12,282 |
| March 1, 2014 | Los Angeles
|
LA Poker Classic $10,000 Main Event | 40° | $26,660 |
European Poker Tour edit
The European Poker Tour (EPT) was one of the biggest itinerant tournament series hosted by PokerStars. EPT had its final season in 2016 when the PokerStars Championship succeeded.
|
Date |
City |
Event |
Position |
Prize |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 16, 2005 |  Monte Carlo
|
€10,000 Grand Final - No Limit Hold'em | 18° | $21,030 |
| September 30, 2009 |  London
|
£20,500 No Limit Hold'em High Roller | 3° | $307,247 |
| October 2, 2009 | London
|
£5,250 No Limit Hold'em Main Event | 77° | $14,646 |
| January 8, 2010 |  Nassau
|
$5,250 Heads Up Challenge | 5° | $17,600 |
| January 6, 2011 | Nassau
|
$100,500 No Limit Hold'em Super High Roller | 1° | $1,500,000 |
| January 8, 2011 | Nassau
|
$10,300 No Limit Hold'em Main Event | 74° | $28,000 |
| January 16, 2011 | Nassau
|
$10,200 No Limit Hold'em High Roller 6 Max | 2° | $131,920 |
| May 7, 2011 |  Barcelona
|
€10,400 No Limit Hold'em EPT Grand Final | 27° | $51,948 |
| August 27, 2011 | Barcelona
|
€5,300 No Limit Hold'em Main Event | 3° | $453,812 |
| November 17, 2011 |  Loutraki
|
€2,200 No Limit Hold'em | 2° | $49,915 |
| January 14, 2012 | Nassau
|
$10,200 No Limit Hold'em 6 Max High Roller | 7° | $25,320 |
| March 12, 2012 | Barcelona
|
€2,150 No Limit Hold'em | 12° | $6,795 |
| March 17, 2012 | Barcelona
|
€5,200 No Limit Hold'em Six Max | 4° | $12,069 |
| March 31, 2012 |  Campione
|
€5,200 No Limit Hold'em 6 Max Turbo | 5° | $12,867 |
| December 13, 2012 | Prague
|
€10,300 No Limit Hold'em High Roller 8 Handed | 12° | $32,677 |
| March 16, 2013 | London
|
£5,200 No Limit Hold'em Six Handed | 7° | $7,524 |
| October 8, 2012 | London
|
£2,200 No Limit Hold'em | 2° | $85,116 |
| January 7, 2013 | Nassau
|
$10,300 No Limit Hold'em (Event #5) | 29° | $47,000 |
| December 12, 2013 | Prague
|
€5,300 No Limit Hold'em EPT Main Event | 71° | $8,088 |
| January 26, 2014 | Deauville
|
€5,300 No Limit Hold'em EPT Main Event | 2° | $518,981 |
| March 22, 2014 | Wien
|
€2,200 No Limit Hold'em Eureka High Roller | 1° | $207,962 |
| August 23, 2014 | Barcelona
|
#2,200 #23 No Limit Hold'em | 30° | $6,899 |
| October 12, 2014 | London
|
£4,250 No Limit Hold'em (Event #16) | 74° | $12,456 |
| December 10, 2014 | Prague
|
€2,200 No Limit Hold'em Eureka High Roller (Event #18) | 3° | $126,723 |
| December 11, 2014 | Prague
|
€5,300 No Limit Hold'em (Event #22) | 63° | $17,636 |
| February 1, 2015 | Deauville
|
€5,300 No Limit Hold'em (Event #11) | 86° | $9,936 |
| February 7, 2015 | Deauville
|
€5,250 No Limit Hold'em Turbo Cash 6 Max (Event #42) | 3° | $17,760 |
| March 24, 2015 |  Valletta
|
€2,200 #41 No Limit Hold'em | 2° | $100,349 |
| May 2, 2015 | Monte Carlo
|
€10,600 No Limit Hold'em (Event #27) | 64° | $23,452 |
| December 8, 2015 | Prague
|
€550 No Limit Hold'em Shootout (Event #18) | 6° | $2,158 |
| August 22, 2016 | Barcelona
|
€5,300 No Limit Hold'em (Event #24) | 67° | $17,444 |
| August 22, 2016 | Barcelona
|
€5,300 8 Game (Event #26) | 2° | $30,791 |
| August 26, 2016 | Barcelona
|
€10,300 No Limit Hold'em High Roller 8 Handed (Event #49) | 103° | $13,188 |
| October 23, 2016 | Valletta
|
€5,300 No Limit Hold'em (Event #33) | 39° | $13,478 |
| December 15, 2016 | Prague
|
€2,200 No Limit Hold'em (Event #59) | 1° | $133,905 |
PokerStars Championship edit
|
Date |
City |
Event |
Position |
Prize |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 8, 2017 | Nassau
|
€5,000 No Limit Hold'em (Event #23) | 140° | $7,260 |
PokerStars Festival edit
|
Date |
City |
Event |
Position |
Prize |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 8, 2017 | Rozvadov
|
€5,300 No Limit Hold'em Kings High Roller (Event #19) | 2° | $53,916 |
Card Player Poker Tour edit
|
Date |
City |
Event |
Position |
Prize |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 17, 2017 | Las Vegas
|
$5,000 Deepstack Extravaganza III (Event #103) | 38° | $12,477 |
eSports edit
Katchalov is a well-known sport enthusiast and in winter 2016 he joined long term friend and former PokerStars colleague Luca Pagano in the eSport adventure. He is co-owner of one of the first Italian professional competitive esport team: QLASH.[8]
References edit
- ^ "Eugene Katchalov - REW023 - Ukraine - The Official Global Poker Index – GPI Rankings". www.globalpokerindex.com. Retrieved August 10, 2017.
- ^ "Ukraine All Time Money List". The Hendon Mob. Retrieved December 11, 2023.
- ^ a b c "Eugene Katchalov's profile on The Hendon Mob". The Hendon Mob Poker Database. Retrieved December 11, 2023.
- ^ "Live Update Log - Player Bio: Eugene Katchalov". CardPlayer.com. December 18, 2007. Retrieved May 23, 2008.
- ^ "Eugene Katchalov". World Poker Tour. Retrieved March 30, 2024.
- ^ "Eugene Katchalov". WSOP.com. Retrieved August 10, 2017.
- ^ Feldman, Andrew (January 9, 2011). "Katchalov wins and Negreanu sets record". ESPN.com. Retrieved March 30, 2024.
- ^ Cohen, Andrew (March 11, 2022). "Escaping Ukraine: The War-Torn Journey of Qlash Esports Co-Founder Eugene Katchalov". Sports Business Journal. Retrieved April 13, 2024.