Timoshenko Comes Out on Top

April 29, 2009

Not very well known yet unless you follow pretty much all of the poker players out there – but Yevgeniy Timoshenko is a name to start paying attention to. Timoshenko is heralded as one of the up and coming names in poker these days, and with his recent win he has solidified that reputation.

Timoshenko was the lucky winner of the World Poker Tour Championship in Las Vegas this past Saturday. Many said that he was the poker player to watch, and experts agreed that he was poised to do well in the event. However, not many expected him to win the entire thing.

Only 21 years old, Timoshenko plays poker like he has been playing it for years. He has been playing at various online poker tournaments on places like the PokerStars Sunday Million, as well as their daily and weekly poker tournaments. He has been playing for a while, starting before his 21st birthday – at those poker sites that would let him due to his age.

He did really well in the Irish Poker Open, the Paris Open and the Aussie Millions and from there he went on to the 2008 Asian Poker Tour’s main event. Winning that event really put him on the map as far as poker players go. Timoshenko was born in the Ukraine but was raised in Washington State, which is interesting considering they are not really thought of as a poker or gambling friendly state. However, that is a small matter compared to how well he did in the event.