Welcome back to more coverage of the $25,000 WPT World Championship. The first few days of the tournament were filled with star studded names and heartbreaking eliminations. Day 4 of the Championship has been especially exciting because the money bubble burst, and players are going to battle for a first place prize and player of the year points. Diner dash online.
Day 4 started with 35 eager poker players and blinds at 4,000-8,000 with a 1,000 ante. Shawn Buchanan had a strong chip lead with over 1.8 million in chips, and an impressive Heather Sue Mercer was second with 1.3 million in chips. Chris Moore and Tony Cousineau were not so prosperous with their accumulation of chips and would have to double up on Day 4 if they wanted a chance at first place money.
Yevgeniy Timoshenko Eliminated by Jonathan Depa Main Tour WPT Five Diamond World Poker Classic Season 2019-2020 4 20,000/10,000-20,000 Adam Owen Eliminated by Yevgeniy Timoshenko Main Tour WPT Five Diamond World Poker Classic Season 2019-2020 4 20,000/10,000-20,000 Randall Emmett: 'Yum Yum Yum!' The Ukrainian poker Yevgeniy Timoshenko was not at the top of his game at the 2017 Aussie Millions Event. He had to succumb to a defeat at the hands of index April 8, 2017 Top News FINAL, Froehlich, Heads, Jake, poker, Series, Timoshenko.
- A high-stakes poker pro and his former roommate have agreed to settle a lawsuit that was filed in federal court back in March 2017. Yevgeniy Timoshenko, a World Poker Tour champion, and former friend Frank Gu on Tuesday informed the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York that their trial slated for Sept.
- Seattle, WA 98101 Find on map Owner: YEVGENIY TIMOSHENKO Building value: $472,000 Land value: $80,000 Total value for property: $552,000 Assessments for tax year.
- Yuriy Timoshenko, Sarra Timoshenko, Alla Timoshenko, Jeff Cole and Charles Merriam, and many others are family members and associates of Yevgeniy. Yevgeniy has a reported annual income of $60 - 69,999 and a current net worth value of greater than $50,000 - $99,999.
Early in the day, seasoned players David Benyamine and Carlos Mortensen battled against each other. Benyamine raised to 25,000 from mid position. Shawn Buchanan made the call from the button, Eric Baldwin called from the small blind, and Carlos Mortensen reraised from the big blind to 98,000. Benyamine made the call, and the other two players moved out of the way. The flop delivered a 9h 8h 3d to which Mortensen lead out for 134,000. Benyamine made the call. The turn was a 3s, and Mortensen moved all in putting Benyamine at risk. Benyamine snap called turning over 8c 8s for a full house. Mortensen showed Kc Kd and needed a king to hit the river to bust Benyamine. The river wasn't a king. Benyamine doubled to over a million in chips leaving Mortensen with 115,000.
Yevgeniy Timoshenko will not be at the final table to defend his title. He was short in chips with just over 120,000 when he moved in under the gun. Josh Arieh gave him protection by moving in over the top. Everyone else got out of the way. Timoshenko turned over Qs Th against Arieh's Kh Ks. The board ran out Ac Tc 2s 4s 5s giving Arieh the win.
Heather Sue Mercer found out that you can't beat lucky. Mercer raised preflop to 40,000 from early position, and Faraz Jaka made a quick decision to raise 110,000. Mercer reraised 300,000 on top to which Jaka moved all in. Mercer made an effortless call and tabled aces. Jaka surprisingly turned over 3d 9s. As fate would have it the flop came 9c 8d 3s giving Jaka two pair. Unluckily for Mercer, she wasn't able to recover and she was sent home just before the money.
Day 4 wrapped up when the money bubble burst at 18 players. Maroun Jazzar was the bubble boy and was eliminated by David Benyamine. Other eliminations for the day include James Guinther, Chris Moore, James Calderaro, David 'Devilfish' Ulliott, and Brian Limke. Faraz Jaka is the chip leader heading into Day 5 with 3.1 million in chips. Here are the final 18 players who will return for Day 5 and their table assignments:
TABLE 1
1. Eric Baldwin
2. Shawn Buchanan
3. John O'Shea
4. J.J. Liu
5. David Benyamine
6. Phil Hellmuth
7. Cliff Josephy
8. Scotty Nguyen
9. Olivier Busquet
Yevgeniy Timoshenko
TABLE 2
1. Nikolay Evdakov
2. Robert Cooper
3. David Williams
4. Jason Lester
5. Josh Arieh
6. Billy Baxter
7. Faraz Jaka
8. Tony Cousineau
9. Matt Stout
01 Apr
Yevgeniy Timoshenko Poker
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It's a tale which is becoming increasingly more common – or publicized – in the poker world these days - a pro helps out a fellow pro and gets stung. This time it's well-known tournament pro Yevgeniy Timoshenko on the receiving end of things, and he's gone to court to claw back the $90,000 he claims he was done out of by ‘friend' Frank Gu.
It's actually an ‘old' story, starting back in 2010 when Timoshenko and Gu agreed to share an apartment and rental costs – but as anyone who has watched the Ukrainian play will know – he takes his time over big decisions involving money! Legitimate online casino sites.
Yevgeniy Timoshenko Poker
Day 4 wrapped up when the money bubble burst at 18 players. Maroun Jazzar was the bubble boy and was eliminated by David Benyamine. Other eliminations for the day include James Guinther, Chris Moore, James Calderaro, David 'Devilfish' Ulliott, and Brian Limke. Faraz Jaka is the chip leader heading into Day 5 with 3.1 million in chips. Here are the final 18 players who will return for Day 5 and their table assignments:
TABLE 1
1. Eric Baldwin
2. Shawn Buchanan
3. John O'Shea
4. J.J. Liu
5. David Benyamine
6. Phil Hellmuth
7. Cliff Josephy
8. Scotty Nguyen
9. Olivier Busquet
Yevgeniy Timoshenko
TABLE 2
1. Nikolay Evdakov
2. Robert Cooper
3. David Williams
4. Jason Lester
5. Josh Arieh
6. Billy Baxter
7. Faraz Jaka
8. Tony Cousineau
9. Matt Stout
01 Apr
Yevgeniy Timoshenko Poker
(Photo: Cardplayer.com)
It's a tale which is becoming increasingly more common – or publicized – in the poker world these days - a pro helps out a fellow pro and gets stung. This time it's well-known tournament pro Yevgeniy Timoshenko on the receiving end of things, and he's gone to court to claw back the $90,000 he claims he was done out of by ‘friend' Frank Gu.
It's actually an ‘old' story, starting back in 2010 when Timoshenko and Gu agreed to share an apartment and rental costs – but as anyone who has watched the Ukrainian play will know – he takes his time over big decisions involving money! Legitimate online casino sites.
Yevgeniy Timoshenko Poker
The lawsuit filed in Manhattan Federal Court this week details a slew of different debts which Timoshenko alleges Gu accrued over the following year, including:
- $15,484 in rent payments,
- $2,181 in utility bills,
- $50,000 loan to Gu for ‘penny stock' investments,
- $13,050 on a shared loan,
- $10,000 cash given to Gu for safekeeping while Timoshenko was in London
- $1,160 for courtside basketball tickets, and finally,
- $1,800 for legal fees related to Gu's penny stock dealing.
The story, as reported in the New York Daily News, is just another sad tale of poker's predilection for loans, stakes and agreements which apparently aren't important enough to write into a formal contract.
As expected, the NVG forum over on 2+2 is enjoying Timoshenko's misery, ‘whitemares' posting:
'I'm amazed at how trusting of others some high stakes players are when it comes to money.'
Timoshenko has earned some $7,323,813 in tournament play, so the debts are a small drop in his rather large ocean, but obviously the breach of trust has finally stung him into action.
Although not directly a poker-related scam in Timoshenko's case, there are plenty of famous cases which did see pros being taken to the cleaners by people they thought they could trust.
Doug ‘WCG Rider' Polk was one such unfortunate back in 2013, when he allowed a friend of Daniel ‘Jungleman' Cates to stay in his apartment. Unbeknownst to Polk, Joshua Tyler – the most likely suspect in the scam according to Doug - used the opportunity to hack Polk's laptop, setting the world's best heads-up player for a $35,000 loss over the following weeks.
Although in this instance PokerStars refunded Polk from the scammers account, stating 'We have reviewed the play with both player's hole cards exposed. We are sure beyond any reasonable doubt that ‘Forbidden536' was able to see your hole cards whilst they were playing against you,' in general there is little recourse except under law – and it has to be proven.
In Timoshenko's case, his lawyer Mark Jaffe claims:
'Yevgeniy believes that the facts in the complaint speak for themselves.'
Gu is yet to comment on the legal action.
