Eugene Katchalov

Eugene Katchalov

Nationality
Ukraine
Ukraine
GPI Rank 149,954
WSOP Bracelets 1
WPT Wins 1
Total Live Earnings $9,270,059
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Biography

Eugene Katchalov is an American professional poker player of Ukrainian descent. Katchalov has one major poker title in his collection which he won at the 2011 World Series of Poker. He also boasts the biggest cash out in a non-championship World Poker Tour event. With more than $7 million in live tournament winnings, Katchalov is considered one of the best high stakes poker players in the field. He is also a member or Team PokerStars Pro.

Intro

Katchalov was born in 1981 in Kiev, Ukraine, but moved to Brooklyn, New York with his parents at the age of 10. He started playing poker professionally when he turned 22 and a year later Katchalov entered his first major poker tournament, the 2004 World Poker Tour Five-Diamond World Poker Classic $15,000 Championship event.

Background

Katchalov went to live to the United States with his parents when he was just ten years old and grew up in Brooklyn, New York. That's where he learned to play poker. Before he started playing poker professionally, Katchalov graduated with a business degree from New York University. Then in 2004 he hit the live tournament circuit and has been playing it ever since.

World Series of Poker

Katchalov collected his first World Series cash in 2005 when he finished in the money in two events for a total of $10,000. However, his big WSOP breakthrough was at the 2008 World Series when Katchalov cashed in five events including the fifth place at the $10,000 Omaha Hi-Low World Championship for more than $110,000. He then added six more money finishes the next year making another final table at the $1,500 No Limit Hold'em / Shootout event and collecting $178,857 for the 39th place finish in the Main Event.

In 2010 Katchalov scored four WSOP cashes three of which came off the final tables. He took home a total of $540,000 in winnings that summer. However, Katchalov's big moment came at the 2011 World Series in which he won his first bracelet. Katchalov took down the $1,500 Seven Card Stud event collecting just over $120,000 in cash. Then in 2012 he took six more WSOP cashes for a total of $146,000 in winnings.

Eugene Katchalov's Top 5 WSOP Results

YearEventPlacePrize
2011$1,500 Seven Card Stud1st$122,909
2010$10,000 H.O.R.S.E. Championship3rd$248,831
2011$1,500 Limit Hold'em / Shootout4th$50,993
2008$10,000 $10,000 Omaha Hi-Low World Championship6th$110,450
2010$25,000 No-Limit Hold'em / Six Handed6th$194,559

World Poker Tour

Although Eugene Katchalov has the record of winning almost $2.5 million in a WPT event, he still has to win the Championship title. In 2007 he bested the Doyle Brunson Five Diamond World Poker Classic $15,000 Doyle Brunson Classic No-Limit Hold'em event for $2,482,605 and still holds the title of the biggest payday in a non-championship WPT event.

Eugene Katchalov's Top 5 WPT Results

YearEventPlacePrize
2007Doyle Brunson Five Diamond World Poker Classic $15,000 Doyle Brunson Classic1st$2,482,605
2009Five Star World Poker Classic $25,000 Championship Event9th$130,735
2009Legends of Poker $9,800 Championship Event14th$26,160
2010Doyle Brunson Five Diamond World Poker Classic $10,000 Championship Event19th$33,785
2012WPT Vienna �3,200 Main Event19th�9,220 ($12,282)

European Poker Tour

Katchalov has a number of final table finishes in EPT events as well as a Super High Roller title, however, no Main Event wins still leave him absent from the EPT winner's club. In 2011 Katchalov crashed the EPT PokerStars Caribbean Adventure winning the $100,000 Super High Roller event for $1.5 million at first and then finishing runner-up in the $10,000 High Roller for just over $130,000.

Eugene Katchalov's Top 5 EPT Results

YearEventPlacePrize
2011PokerStars Caribbean Adventure $100,000 Super High Roller1st$1,500,000
2011PokerStars Caribbean Adventure $10,000 High Roller / 6 Max2nd$131,920
2011Loutraki �2,000 No-Limit Hold'em2nd�36,300
2009London ��20,000 High Roller3rd��193,000
2011Barcelona �5,000 Main Event3rd�315,000

Other Achievements

In April 2007 Katchalov won the $2,500 Super Satellite event at the Fifth Annual Five Star World Poker Classic in Las Vegas collecting $25,700. Then in June he took down the $5,000 No-Limit Hold'em tournament at the Bellagio Cup III in Las Vegas for $118,785 in first-place prize money.

Sponsorship

Eugene Katchalov is a PokerStars sponsored player and a members of the Team PokerStars Pro.

Did you know?

  • Although he's currently known as ��E.Katchalov�� at the PokerStars tables, before he became a Team Pro, Katchalov used to play as ��MyRabbiFoo��.
  • Katchalov's best online poker result was winning the PokerStars WCOOP $500 buy-in event on September 12, 2009. It gave his bankroll $170,000 boost.

PokerNews Covered Events

Event Place Prize
2022 World Series of Poker
Event #72: $1,500 Mixed Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better
99th $2,413
2022 World Series of Poker
Event #58: $1,500 Pot-Limit Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better
186th $2,404
2022 World Series of Poker
Event #44: $10,000 H.O.R.S.E. Championship
20th $20,193
2022 World Series of Poker
Event #27: $1,500 Shootout No-Limit Hold'em
18th $5,835
2018 World Series of Poker
Event #65: $10,000 No-Limit Hold'em MAIN EVENT - World Championship
685th $19,900
2017 World Series of Poker Europe
Event #10: �111,111 High Roller for One Drop No-Limit Hold'em
13th €205,263
2017 World Series of Poker
Event #52: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em
35th $9,107
2017 PokerStars Festival Rozvadov
�5,300 King's High Roller
2nd €50,972
2017 PokerStars Championship Bahamas
$5,000 Main Event
140th $7,260
2016 PokerStars.com EPT Season 13 Malta
�5,300 Main Event
39th €12,390
2016 PokerStars.es EPT Season 13 Barcelona
�5,300 Main Event
67th €15,410
2016 PokerStars.es EPT Season 13 Barcelona
�10,300 High Roller
103rd €11,695
2016 Aussie Millions
Event #9: $25,000 Challenge
10th 87,840 AUD
2015 PokerStars and Monte-Carlo? Casino EPT Grand Final
�10,600 Main Event
64th €20,900
2015 PokerStars.fr EPT Season 11 Deauville
�5,300 Main Event
86th €8,810
2014 PokerStars.com EPT Season 11 Prague
�5,300 Main Event
63rd €14,230
2014 PokerStars.com EPT Season 11 London
��4,250 Main Event
74th £7,750
2014 World Series of Poker
Event #6: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em Shootout
69th $4,411
2014 PokerStars.fr EPT Deauville
�5,300 Main Event
2nd €379,500
2013 PokerStars.com EPT Prague
�5,300 Main Event
71st €13,200
2013 World Series of Poker
Event #19: $5,000 Pot-Limit Hold'em
5th $58,912
2013 World Series of Poker
Event #13: $5,000 Seven-Card Stud Hi-Low 8-or-Better
22nd $9,583
2013 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure
$10,000 Main Event
29th $47,000
2012 PokerStars.net EPT Prague
High Roller
12th €25,000
2012 World Series of Poker Europe
Event #7: �10,450 No-Limit Hold'em Main Event
40th €21,250
2012 World Series of Poker
WSOP National Championship
13th $26,439
2012 World Series of Poker
Event 57: $10,000 No-Limit Hold'em - Six-Handed
21st $35,422
2012 World Series of Poker
Event 32: $10,000 H.O.R.S.E.
17th $16,246
2012 World Series of Poker
Event 23: $3,000 No-Limit Hold'em - Six-Handed
17th $21,189
2012 World Series of Poker
Event 10: $5,000 Seven Card Stud
9th $18,693
2011 PokerStars.com EPT Barcelona
Main Event
3rd €315,000
Epic Poker League Event #1
Main Event
8th $70,960
2011 World Series of Poker
Event #41: $1,500 Limit Hold��em Shootout
4th $50,993
2011 World Series of Poker
Event #23: $2,500 Eight-Game Mix
36th $5,740
2011 World Series of Poker
Event #5: $1,500 Seven Card Stud
1st $122,909
2011 European Poker Tour Grand Final Madrid
Main Event
27th €35,000
2011 North American Poker Tour Mohegan Sun
High Roller Bounty Shootout
2nd $68,000
2011 NBC National Heads-Up Poker Championship
NBC National Heads-Up Poker Championship
14th $30,000
2011 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure
Main Event
74th $28,000
2011 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure
$100,000 Super High Roller
1st $1,500,000
2010-11 World Series of Poker Circuit - Harrah's Atlantic City
Regional Championship
15th $21,600
2010 World Series of Poker
Event #52: $25,000 No-Limit Hold��em / Six Handed
6th $194,559
2010 World Series of Poker
Event #43: $10,000 H.O.R.S.E. Championship
3rd $248,831
2010 World Series of Poker
Event #25: $10,000 Omaha Hi-Low Split-8 or Better Championship
7th $74,670
2010 World Series of Poker
Event #6: $5,000 No-Limit Hold'em Shootout
11th $16,607
2009 PokerStars.com EPT London
��5,000 EPT London Main Event
77th £9,200
2009 World Series of Poker
Event 57 - $10,000 World Championship No Limit Hold'em
39th $178,857
2009 World Series of Poker
Event 56 - $5,000 Six-handed No Limit Hold'em
15th $37,379
2009 World Series of Poker
Event 22 - $1,500 No Limit Hold'em Shootout
7th $29,195
2009 World Series of Poker
Event 19 - $2,500 Six-handed No Limit Hold'em
25th $11,839
2009 World Series of Poker
Event 14 - $2,500 Six-handed Limit Hold'em
25th $5,360
2009 World Series of Poker
Event 34 - $1,500 No Limit Hold'em
158th $2,945
2008 World Series of Poker
Event 51 - $1,500 H.O.R.S.E.
71st $2,630
2008 World Series of Poker
Event 47 - $1,500 Seven Card Stud Hi/Low
26th $3,638
2008 World Series of Poker
Event 37 - $10,000 Omaha Hi-Low World Championship
6th $110,450
2008 World Series of Poker
Event 26 - $1,500 Razz
26th $3,092
2008 World Series of Poker
Event 11 - $5,000 No-Limit Hold'em Shootout
10th $16,920

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