About

Poker Club Management – is a team of soul-mates. Its story started in the 90s of the last century. We witnessed and contributed to poker’s slowly spreading in Russia and in some time it became a large and successful industry. Thanks to our hard work and persistence our company has risen to such supreme heights that now we can state that Poker Club Management is the most professional team of poker managers in the post-Soviet area.

All the members of Poker Club Management are chosen to advantage to perform their tasks and to achieve the best possible results. Calling ourselves professionals we mean our good experience acquired during many years of work, our knowledge and skills which we improve every day.

Poker Club Management – major fields of activities:

• Organizing international poker tournaments outside the Russian Federation for players from Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, Georgia and other former members of the USSR, and also for players from Italy, Greece, Lebanon, Turkey, Cyprus, Israel, Romania and many other countries. In 2013 Рoker Club Management together with its partners created a new brand – EURASIAN POKER TOUR (EAPT), which unites our famous tournaments like: Red Sea Poker Cup (RSPC) held in Egypt, Mediterranean Poker Cup (MPC) held in the Mediterranean countries (Malta, Cyprus, etc), Kazakhstan Poker Championship and other our poker events. Besides EAPT and many other tournaments, our company organizes and holds the tournaments World Poker Tour in Cyprus, and also the most successful poker series in the CIS – PokerStars Russian Poker Series of which Arthur Voskanyan is a tournament director.
• Opening poker clubs in the CIS member states, Egypt, Cyprus, Kazakhstan, Bulgaria and other countries where poker is authorized and popular.
• Organizing and holding poker tournaments at private parties and corporate parties. As an entertainment poker is an interesting and exciting time spending. It cannot leave cold either you or your friends! What we can do is not just holding a game of poker at your party but making you love it, we’ll tell you about it, teach you to play it and even teach you how to win!
• Selling and producing poker equipment for home games. To realize this we developed a new brand – Poker Place – professional equipment to play poker at home, with your family and friends.

We create this game for you professionally and we constantly improve and upgrade our skills. Our main task is to make your free time enjoyable and to let you play a high quality game of poker. In the nearest future there will be a lot of interesting tournaments, offers and bonuses. Follow the news of the company Poker Club Management at our web-site.

Company history:

• On September 1, 2006 Arthur Voskanyan founded the Poker Club Management Company. In the course of the first year of its existence it’s staff has reached 200 employees.
• From 2006 till 2009 Poker Club Management opened its own poker clubs in Moscow and throughout Russia, conducted staff training according 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 licenses for the opening of clubs in Russia.
• Since 2009, when poker was excluded from the Russian sports games registry, the company transferred all projects abroad and established the first international series of poker for Russian-speaking players. The Poker Club Management Company organized a full project management: players buy a package “from home to home”
• Since 2010, Poker Club Management has become the managing company for the development of the poker department in the Turkish MERIT casino in North Cyprus. Since 2017, poker series in Merit are held every 2 months and are deemed the major poker competitions held on the Mediterranean coast. The management of each series is staffed by Poker Club Management.
• Since 2012 till present Arthur Voskanyan has been a member of the World Tournament Director Association (TDA), which is held annually in Las Vegas. Arthur represents CIS countries. Amendments to the international poker standards are made every year during TDA meetings. Poker Club Management has been granted an exclusive right to translate international poker rules.
• In 2013, the company established its own tour – Eurasian Poker Tour. Tournaments of the series are held in Russia (Altai / Sochi), Georgia, Belarus, Montenegro, Ukraine, Cyprus, Kazakhstan every 2 months.
• In 2017, Poker Club Management has signed an exclusive 5-year contract with- partypoker – one of the standard-bearers on the international online market. It is planned that till 2021, all EAPT tournaments will be held in partnership with partypoker. Such partnership ensures the extension of players’ pool and the geography of tournaments as well as enlargement of the prize payments size. The Czech Republic and the Dominican Republic are added to the tour geography.
• In 2018 the company holds the largest international series in the Sochi Casino: WSOP Circuit, PokerStars EPT, partypoker MILLIONS. In the same year in Sochi is the most expensive tournament in the history of Russia with a buy-in $ 100 000 in partnership with the brand TRITON. Phil Ivey, Patrick Antonius and other famous poker players take part in the tournament.
• From 2018, the Sochi Casino launches its own series of tournaments, the Sochi Poker Festival.

Poker Club Management is the official, exclusive partner of the following international CIS brands: partypoker LIVE, Dusk Till Dawn.

Tournament organizer:

1. Shangri La Celebrity Invitation (2005) (The first Russian TV poker tournament)
2. East Europe Poker Championship (2006)
3. Shangri La Celebrity Invitation (2006) (The second Russian TV poker tournament)
4. Russian Winter Poker Tournament (2007)
5. Stalingrad Open Poker Tournament (2007)
6. Russian Summer Poker Tournament (2007)
7. Russian Winter Poker Tournament (2008)
8. Russian Spring Poker Tournament (2008)
9. No-Limit Holdem Russian Championship Zavidovo (August 2008)
10. Russian Summer Poker Tournament (2008)
11. Moscow Open (2008)
12. Monaco Editors Challenge (2009)
13. Russian Poker Tour (Moscow 2009)
14. Red Sea Poker Cup (May, 2009)
15. Sport Poker Cup of Ukraine (2009)
16. Red Sea Poker Cup (September, 2009)
17. Red Sea Poker Cup (November, 2009)
18. Russian Poker Tour Kiev (March, 2010)
19. Mediterranean Poker Cup Malta (March, 2010)
20. Russian Poker Tour Yalta (May, 2010)
21. Red Sea Poker Cup (May, 2010).
22. Mediterranean Poker Cup Cyprus (July, 2010)
23. Russian Poker Tour Odessa (August, 2010)
24. Ukranean Open Championship “First Capital” (October, 2010)
25. Mediterranean Poker Cup Cyprus. (November, 2010)
26. Red Sea Poker Cup (December, 2010)
27. Mediterranean Poker Cup Cyprus (May, 2011)
28. Red Sea Poker Cup (July, 2011)
29. Merit Cyprus Classic (August, 2011)
30. Merit Poker Series Fall Open (October, 2011)
31. Merit Autumn Classic’2011 (November, 2011)
32. Merit Holiday Poker Series (December, 2011)
33. Merit Winter Fest Poker (January 2012)
34. Betfair Poker Live. Winter Kiev Special (February, 2012)
35. Merit Poker Series Spring Open (March, 2012)
36. Mediterranean Poker Cup (May, 2012)
37. PokerStars Russian Poker Series Grand Final (May, 2012)
38. Merit Summer Slam Poker (June, 2012)
39. WPT Cyprus Classic (August, 2012)
40. Lebanese Poker Tour Cyprus. Stage 1 (September, 2012)
41. Merit Fall Poker Open (November, 2012г.)
42. Lebanese Poker Tour Cyprus. Stage 2 (December, 2012)
43. Merit Poker Winterfest (January, 2013)
44. Lebanese Poker Tour Cyprus. Stage 3 (February, 2013)
45. WPT Merit National Event Cyprus (March, 2013)
46. Lebanese Poker Tour Cyprus (April, 2013)
47. Mediterranean Poker Cup (May, 2013)
48. Merit World Poker Cup (July, 2013)
49. WPT Cyprus Classic (August, 2013)
50. Eurasian Poker Tour Kiev (September, 2013)
51. Merit Poker Fall Open (September – October 2013)
52. Bwin WPT National Merit Cyprus (November, 2013)
53. Eurasian Poker Tour. Kazakhstan (November 2013)
54. Merit Poker Winterfest. Cyprus (January, 2014)
55. The Grand Live Cyprus (February, 2014)
56. Eurasian Poker Tour Kazakhstan (March 2014)
57. WPT — Merit National Event, Cyprus. (April, 2014)
58. Mediterranean Poker Cup. Cyprus (May, 2014)
59. PartyPoker WPT National Kazakhstan (May, 2014)
60. WPTN Merit. Cyprus (June-July 2014)
61. PartyPoker WPT Merit North Cyprus Classic Festival (September, 2014)
62. Merit Fall Open 888 Live (October, 2014)
63. PartyPoker WPT National Kazakhstan (November, 2014)
64. Merit Poker Winter Fest (January, 2015)
65. Merit Poker Western Texas Tournament (March, 2015)
66. Mediterranean Poker Cup (May, 2015)
67. PartyPoker WPT National Kazakhstan (May, 2015)
68. Europe-Bet WPT National Georgia (June, 2015)
69. Mediterranean Pirates Poker Cup. Cyprus. (June 2015)
70. Gangster Poker Cup. Cyprus (July — August 2015)
71. Merit Series of Poker. Cyprus (September 2015)
72. Merit Poker The Oscars Tournament. Cyprus (October —November 2015)
73. Europe-Bet WPT National Georgia (November 2015)
74. PartyPoker WPT National Kazakhstan (Novemberь 2015)
75. Merit Poker Harley Davidson Poker Tour (January, 2016)
76. Eurasian Poker Tour. Minsk (February, 2016)
77. Merit Poker Western Tournament. Cyprus (March 2016)
78. Eurasian Poker Tour. Kazakhstan (April, 2016)
79. Mediterranean Poker Cup. Cyprus (April – May 2016)
80. EAPT Kazakhstan (July 2016)
81. Merit Poker Retro Cup. Cyprus (June 2016)
82. MSOP Gangsters & Chicago Кипр (September 2016)
83. The Oscars Poker Cup Cyprus (November 2016)
84. Merit Poker Tour Cyprus (January 2017)
85. Merit Poker Western Cyprus (February 2017)
86. partypoker MILLIONS — Sochi (March, 2017)
87. Merit Poker Western Cyprus – (March, 2017)
88. Merit Mediterranean Poker Tour Cyprus (April, 2017)
89. PokerStars Championship Sochi — Sochi (May, 2017)
90. Merit Poker Top Guns Cyprus – (May, 2017)
91. partypoker MILLIONS — Sochi (September, 2017)
92. partypoker Caribbean Poker Party — Dominican Republic (November, 2017)
93. partypoker EAPT Prague — Czech Republic (December, 2017)
94. Merit Poker Western Tournament Cyprus – (January, 2018)
95. Merit Poker Top Guns Cyprus – (February, 2018)
96. partypoker Eurasian Poker Tour Snowfest (February 2018)
97. Merit Poker Series Cyprus (March 2018)
98. PokerStars EPT Sochi (March 2018)
99. Sochi Poker Festival Sochi (April 2018)
100. Mediterranean Poker Cup Cyprus (May 2018)
101. WSOP Circuit Sochi (May 2018)
102. Merit Poker Retro Cyprus (June 2018)
103. partypoker EAPT Minsk (June 2018)
104. Sochi Poker Festival Sochi (July 2018)
105. MILLIONS Russia Sochi (August 2018)
106. partypoker EAPT Altai (August 2018)
107. Gangsters Poker Cup Cyprus (September 2018)
108. PokerStars EPT Open Sochi (September 2018)
109. partypoker EAPT GrandFinal (октябрь 2018)
110. Merit Poker Cup Vintage (октябрь 2018)
111. Caribbean Poker Party (ноябрь 2018)
112. Sochi Poker Festival (ноябрь 2018)
113. Merit Poker Tour (January 2019)
114. World Poker Tour (January 2019)

Clubs created by the company:

1. Shangri La Poker club (Moscow)
2. Poker Club casino Jazz Town (Moscow)
3. Poker Club Asia (Moscow)
4. Poker Club New York (Moscow)
5. Poker Club casino Metropol (Moscow)
6. Sports Poker Club Hot Dog (Moscow)
7. Poker Club Ananas (Moscow)
8. Poker Club Devyatka (Moscow)
9. Poker Club Wall Street Bar (Moscow)
10. Poker Club Maestro (Kiev)
11. Poker Club KU-KU (Moscow)
12. Poker Club Gladiator (Moscow)

Among our friends and partners there are many people well-known in the poker world:

• Famous poker tournament director Thomas Kremser who was specially invited to hold some of our tournaments. Our collaboration with Thomas started as far back as in 2005, it was the tournament Shangri La Celebrity invitation – the first Russian TV tournament in which stars of Russian show business participated: Alexander Abdulov, Arkady Arkanov, Levon Aganezov and many others.
• Poker tournament director Matt Savage with whom we hold our tournaments WPT Cyprus Classic in Cyprus.
• Many famous Russian and international poker players are regular participants in our tournaments, among them are Ivan Demidov (PokerStars Pro), Maxim Lykov (a holder of the bracelet WSOP and PokerStars Pro), Vitaly Lunkin (a holder of 2 golden bracelets WSOP), Alexander Kostritsyn (a winner of Aussie Millions Poker Championship), Alexey Kovalchuk (a holder of 2 bracelets WSOP and a winner of 2 series, one after another, Italian Poker Tour), Leonid Bilokur (a winner of the tournament High Roller PokerStars PCA), Mikhail Syomin, Alexander Dovzhenko and many others. is a team of soul-mates. Its story started in the 90s of the last century. We witnessed and contributed to poker’s slowly spreading in Russia and in some time it became a large and successful industry. Thanks to our hard work and persistence our company has risen to such supreme heights that now we can state that Poker Club Management is the most professional team of poker managers in the post-Soviet area.