Ivo Donev Poker
| Ivo Donev | |
|---|---|
| Nickname(s) | The Chess Master |
| Residence | Bregenz, Austria |
| Born | 25 December 1959 (age 60) |
| World Series of Poker | |
| Bracelet(s) | 1 |
| Money finish(es) | 14 |
| Highest ITM Main Event finish | None |
| European Poker Tour | |
| Title(s) | None |
| Final table(s) | 1 |
| Money finish(es) | 7 |
Lachezar Petkov is a professional poker player who has been a consistent winner in the game for 10+ years. He has accumulated over $1,700,000 in live earnings. His biggest online win came from the Poker Stars Championship 2017 in Barcelona where he won over $1,000,000. Ivo Donev: Poker & Chess - Player & Coach. 624 likes 67 talking about this.
Ivo Donev (born 25 December 1959) is a Bulgarian, with Austrian passport, who is a professional chess and poker player.
Chess[edit]
His father, Hristo Donev was a national master at chess.
Ivo Donev won the 1989 CSSR International Chess Tournament, progressing him to International Master status. When he and his family emigrated to Austria in 1990, Donev taught for a chess school at $10 per hour to support his study of computer science. Ivo Donev is the author of the chess book 'The most important ideas in the end game' in German language.
Poker[edit]
Donev studied the poker books of David Sklansky, Mason Malmuth, and Tom McEvoy and practiced using poker computer software.
Donev won a bracelet in the $1,500 LimitOmaha event at the 2000 World Series of Poker (WSOP), where he took home $85,800 for his first-place finish.[1]
In 2002, Donev made his one and only appearance on Late Night Poker. He finished 5th out of an impressive field including Peter Costa, Dave Welch and Ram Vaswani. In 2003, Donev finished as a semi-finalist in the World Heads-Up Poker Championship.
He was a professional chess player before starting his poker career. His currently #1 in the Austrian All-Time Money list, and was the first Austrian to reach $1,000,000 in major tournament winnings.[2]
World Series of Poker Money Finishes[edit]
- 2000 $1,500 Limit Omaha - 1st place ($85,800)
- 2001 $2,500 Seven Card Stud - 10th place ($5,530)
- 2002 $1,500 Pot Limit Hold'em - 10th place ($5,670)
- 2004 $1,500 Limit Hold'em Shootout - 6th place ($16,560)
- 2004 $2,000 Pot Limit Hold'em - 3rd place ($47,700)
- 2005 $2,000 Pot Limit Hold'em - 18th place ($6,955)
- 2005 $2,500 Limit Hold'em - 21st place ($5,145)
- 2005 $2,500 Pot Limit Hold'em - 10th place ($11,730)
- 2008 £2,500 WSOPE - H.O.R.S.E.- 2nd place ($95,543)
- 2009 $3,000 - N L Holdem- 64th place ($6,929)
- 2010 $2,000 - Limit Holdem- 26th place ($6,237)
- 2010 $2,500 - Limit/NL Holdem- 51st place ($4,512)
- 2011 $1,500 - H.O.R.S.E.- 83rd place ($2,899)
- 2011 $1,500 - Limit Hold'em Shootout - 55th place ($4,118)[3]
Personal life[edit]
He has two children, and lives in Lochau bei Bregenz, Austria.
His life and career is discussed in the James McManus book Positively Fifth Street.
Ivo Donev Poker Game
References[edit]
- ^'Ivo Donev'. World Series of Poker. Retrieved 8 October 2010.
- ^'RedKings Sign Ivo Donev and Christian Heich'. Poker Network. Retrieved 8 October 2010.
- ^Justin Pechie wins limit shootout ESPN.com, 28 June 2011
External links[edit]
- Ivo Donev rating card at FIDE
Ivo Donev Pokerstars
No-Limit Hold'em
Elior Sion raised to 215,000 on the button, and Isaac Haxton called in the small blind. Ivo Donev made it 1,650,000 in the big blind, pushing in all of his T25,000 chips and leaving himself just a couple of towers of T5,000 chips behind. Sion folded quickly, but Haxton took longer.
Haxton drooped his head toward his chips, deep in thought for about a minute, and then slid forward a tower of T100,000 chips with an all-in announcement.
Donev shot out of his chair and snap-called, tabling .
Ivo Donev Poker Player
'That's not good for me,' Haxton said, turning over .
Neither was the flop or the turn. However, the fell on the river, much to the delight of at least one railbird rooting hard for Haxton. Donev calmly shook hands with his opponents.