Yevgeniy Timoshenko - 2013 WSOP Poker Player Profile
It is no surprise that Yevgeniy Timoshenko from Seattle, Washington was among the 27 people left going into Day 7 of the 2013 World Series of Poker Main Event. Timoshenko has dominated some of the world’s largest poker events while compiling almost $4.7 million in live tournament cashes.
His biggest win came in 2009 when he won $2,149,960 in the World Poker Tour Championship in Las Vegas. Timoshenko also won a cool $500,000 in 2008 in the APT in Macau and has success in major WSOP events as well, taking second place in 2011 in the $25,000 No Limit Hold’em Heads-Up Championship for $525,980.
Timoshenko has also dominated the online poker tournament scene with over $4.7 million in tournament cashes according to PocketFives, where he is known as Jovial Gent. His largest online tournament victory was for an impressive $1,715,200 in the 2009 PokerStars WCOOP Main Event, a tournament he took down.
Timoshenko started Day 6 of the 2013 WSOP Main Event with a storm, quickly catapulting himself into an impressive chip lead before finishing the day in the middle of the pack. He started Day 7 with 5,310,000 in chips, which gave him plenty of room to maneuver, and was one of the most experienced players left in the field. He ultimately fell by the wayside in 22nd place for $285,000, another feather in his illustrious tournament career.
One of his bigger hands in Day 6 came at the expense of Keanu Tabali. With the blinds at 25,000/50,000, Timoshenko, with K-Q, opened the action from early position with a raise to 110,000 in chips. Tabali called from the button and JC Tran decided to call and see a flop from the small blind.
Tran checked on a flop of Kc-Kh-8h and Timoshenko fired out a continuation bet of 180,000 in chips, which Tabali called and Tran folded to. There was no action when the Qs hit the turn, giving Timoshenko the nut full house; however, when the 3c hit the river, Timoshenko fired out a bet of 420,000 in chips, which was raised by Tabali to 1,135,000. Timoshenko then tanked and re-raised to 2,750,000 chips and Tabali called. Tabali had 3-3 for a smaller full house, giving Timoshenko a mountain of chips.
