| Eugene Katchalov | |
| Hometown: | Brooklyn, New York |
| Wsop Bracelet Count: | 1 |
| Wsop Money Finishes: | 30 |
| Wsop Main Event Best Finish Rank: | 39th |
| Wsop Main Event Best Finish Year: | 2009 |
| Wpt Titles: | 1 |
| Wpt Final Tables: | 1 |
| Wpt Money Finishes: | 9 |
| Ept Titles: | None |
| Ept Final Tables: | 3 |
| Ept Money Finishes: | 9 |
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]
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]
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.
Katchalov has been playing poker professionally since 2003; in March 2011 he joined Team PokerStars Pro http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/2011/team-pokerstars-signs-eugene-katchalov-079562.html 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 https://www.highstakesdb.com/6902-eugene-katchalov-cuts-sponsorship-ties-with-pokerstars.aspx .
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.[4]
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.[5]
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.[6] Ten days later, he came in 2nd place in the PCA $10,000 High Roller - 6 Max event winning $131,920 https://web.archive.org/web/20110110193314/http://www.pokerpages.com/player-profile/eugene-katchalov.htm.
In June 2007, Katchalov won the Bellagio Cup III's $5,000 No-Limit Hold'em event.[7]
As of May 2017, his total live tournament winnings exceed $8,900,000.
In 2011 Katchalov conquered the prestigious bracelet in the $1,500 Seven-Card Stud event.
| Date | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
Eugene Katchalov is active in the WPT field since 2004, a milestone reserved to few still active professional poker players.
| Date | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
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 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 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 |
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]