On 1 September 2006, Arthur Voskanyan founded the Poker Club Management Company. During its first year, it gathered a staff of 200.
From 2006 till 2009, Poker Club Management opened its own poker clubs in Moscow and throughout Russia, trained its staff up to international standards and supplied poker equipment. At the same time, Arthur Voskanyan became Vice-President of the Russian Sport Poker Federation. The Poker Club Management Company was granted the exclusive right to issue licences to open clubs in Russia.
Since 2009, when poker was excluded from the Russian sports games register, the company transferred all its projects overseas and established the first international poker series for Russian-speakers.
Since 2010, Poker Club Management has been the managing company for developing the poker department at the Turkish MERIT casino in North Cyprus. Since 2017, poker series have been held every two months at the Merit casino and are regarded as the most important poker competitions held on the Mediterranean coast. Management of each series is staffed by Poker Club Management.
Since 2012, Arthur Voskanyan has been a member of the World Tournament Director Association (TDA), held in Las Vegas every year. Arthur represents the CIS countries. Amendments to international poker standards are made during these annual TDA meetings. Poker Club Management has been granted the exclusive right to translate the international poker rules.
In 2013, the company established its own tour called the Eurasian Poker Tour. Tournaments of the series are held in Russia (Altai / Sochi), Georgia, Belarus, Montenegro, Ukraine, Cyprus and Kazakhstan every two months.
In 2017, Poker Club Management signed an exclusive 5-year contract with partypoker, a standard-bearer on the international online market. The plan is for all EAPT tournaments up to 2021 to be held in partnership with partypoker. This partnership expands the players’ pool and the geographical coverage of the tournaments, as well as increasing the size of the prizes. The Czech Republic and the Dominican Republic have been added to the tour.
In 2018, the company held the biggest international series at the Sochi Casino: WSOP Circuit, PokerStars EPT, partypoker MILLIONS. The same year, Sochi saw the most expensive tournament in Russia’s history, with a buy-in of USD 100 000 and held in partnership with the brand TRITON. Phil Ivey, Patrick Antonius and other famous poker players took part in the tournament.
In 2018, the Sochi Casino launched its own series of tournaments, the Sochi Poker Festival.
Tournament organizer:
Shangri La Celebrity Invitation (2005) (First Russian TV-tournament of poker)
East Europe Poker Championship (2006)
Shangri La Celebrity Invitation (2006) (Second Russian TV-tournament of poker)
Russian Winter Poker Tournament (2007)
Stalingrad Open Poker Tournament (2007)
Russian Summer Poker Tournament (2007)
Russian Winter Poker Tournament (2008)
Russian Spring Poker Tournament (2008)
Russian Poker Championship. Zavidovo (August 2008)
Russian Summer Poker Tournament (2008)
Moscow Open (2008)
Monaco Editors Challenge (2009)
Russian Poker Tour (Moscow 2009)
Red Sea Poker Cup (May 2009)
Ukrainian Poker Tour (2009)
Red Sea Poker Cup (September 2009)
Red Sea Poker Cup (November 2009)
Russian Poker Tour Kiev. (March 2010)
Mediterranean Poker Cup Malta (March 2010)
Russian Poker Tour Yalta (May 2010)
Red Sea Poker Cup (May 2010).
Mediterranean Poker Cup Cyprus. (July 2010)
Russian Poker Tour Odessa (August 2010)
Ukrainian Open Championship «First Capital» (October 2010)
Mediterranean Poker Cup Cyprus. (November 2010)
Red Sea Poker Cup (December 2010)
Mediterranean Poker Cup Cyprus.(May 2011)
Red Sea Poker Cup (July 2011)
Merit Cyprus Classic (August 2011)
Merit Poker Series Fall Open (October 2011)
Merit Autumn Classic’2011 (November 2011)
Merit Holiday Poker Series (December 2011)
Merit Winter Fest Poker (January 2012)
Betfair Poker Live. Winter Kiev Special (February 2012)
Merit Poker Series Spring Open (March 2012)
Mediterranean Poker Cup (May 2012)
PokerStars Russian Poker Series Grand Final (May 2012)
Merit Summer Slam Poker. (June 2012)
WPT Cyprus Classic. (August 2012)
Lebanese Poker Tour Stage 1. (September 2012)
Merit Fall Poker Open (November 2012)
Lebanese Poker Tour Stage 2. (December 2012)
Merit Poker Winterfest. (January 2013)
Lebanese Poker Tour Stage 3. (February 2013)
WPT Merit National Event Cyprus. (march 2013)
Lebanese Poker Tour Championship. (April 2013)
Mediterranean Poker Cup (May 2013)
Merit World Poker Cup (June 2013)
WPT Cyprus Classic. (August 2013)
Eurasian Poker Tour. Kiev. (September 2013)
Merit Poker Fall Open. (September – October 2013)
Bvin WPT National Merit Cyprus. (November 2013)
Eurasian Poker Tour. Kazakhstan. (November 2013)
Merit Poker Winterfest. Cyprus. (January 2014)
The Grand Live Cyprus. (February 2014)
Eurasian Poker Tour. Kazakhstan. (March 2014)
WPT – Merit National Event, Cyprus. (April 2014)
Mediterranean Poker Cup. Cyprus. (May 2014)
PartyPoker WPT National Kazakhstan. (May 2014)
WPTN Merit. Cyprus. (June – July 2014)
PartyPoker WPT Merit North Cyprus Classic Festival. (September 2014)
Merit Fall Open 888 Live. (October 2014)
PartyPoker WPT National Kazakhstan. (November 2014)
Merit Poker Winter Fest. (January 2015)
Merit Poker Western Texas Tournament. (March 2015)
Mediterranian Poker Cup. (May 2015)
PartyPoker WPT National Kazakhstan. (May 2015)
Europe-Bet WPT National Georgia. (June 2015)
Mediterranean Pirates Poker Cup. Cyprus. (June 2015)
Gangster Poker Cup. Cyprus. (July – August 2015)
Merit Series of Poker. Cyprus. (September 2015)
Merit Poker The Oscars Tournament. Cyprus. (October – November 2015)
Europe-Bet WPT National Georgia. (November 2015)
PartyPoker WPT National Kazakhstan. (November 2015)
Merit Poker Harley Davidson Poker Tour. (January 2016)
Eurasian Poker Tour. Minsk. (February 2016)
Merit Poker Western Tournament. Cyprus. (March 2016)
Eurasian Poker Tour. Kazakhstan. (April 2016)
Mediterranian Poker Cup. Cyprus.(April – May 2016)
