Ivan Demidov finished in the top three in the EPT Grand Final Day 1b in an amazing result for his team. On Sunday, the second start day of the European Poker Tour (EPT) Grand Final got underway. There were 384 runners who all turned up and registered at the Gran Casino in Madrid for the €10,000 buy-in tournament. In total, the combined starting fields means there is 686 players competing for the €1,5 million first place prize.
DEMIDOV IMPRESSES
Ivan Demidov put up a great show in a recent poker tournament. With blinds at $50-$100, respected pro Ivan Demidov open-raised to $250 from under the gun. The player on the button called. From the big blind, Smith drew A-8 offsuit and called the additional $150.
The flop came 3-A-J, two hearts, giving Smith top pair-weak kicker. He checked.
DEMIDOV ADDS TO REPUTATION
Kostritsyn, Zaichenko have created a strong Russian showing at PokerStars WCOOP which featured the likes of Ivan Demidov. Russia is known for producing very good poker players. Including such players as Ivan Demidov, Kirill Gerasimov, Yevgeny Kafelnikov, Alexander Kravchenko, Vitaly Lunkin and Ralph Perry, the country has built a great reputation on the felt.
DEMIDOV AMONG THE LEADERS
Ivan Demidov was one of the contenders in EPT Tallinn Main event after finishing in 5th place. Of the 87 players who started Day 3, just 25 remain. Team PokerStars Pros Arnaud Mattern and Ivan Demidov are both still very much in contention. They ended the day in third and fifth place respectively.
After Day 3 of the €4,250 buy-in PokerStars EPT Tallinn Main Event, Serbian Perica Bukara is the man to beat among the 25 players left in the field. Two more days of play remain and at stake is a first place prize of €400,000.
BIG NAMES CRASH OUT
Some big names like Ivan Demidov crashed out of the World Series of Poker 2010 Main Event. The day started with 1,489 competitors but 468 fell by the wayside during the four and a half levels of play.
Some of the more notable players to exit included Ivan Demidov, Joe Sebok, Erick Lindgren, Justin Bonomo, Bertrand Grospellier, Liv Boeree, Jamie Gold and Arnaud Mattern.
One man who did somewhat better was James Danielson, believed to be the day’s chip leader with 201,050 chips. Just behind him are Filippo Candio on 167,300, Robert Miller on 155,225 and Jason DeWitt on 149,850.
DEMIDOV WON THE 2008 WSOP
If you know poker and you are familiar with the poker scene, then the chances are good that you are familiar with the name Ivan Demidov. He is a professional poker player from Moscow, Russia. Demidov played a lot of online poker. In fact, online poker is where Ivan built up a large amount of his poker payroll. Another interesting fact is that he still focuses most of his attention on playing on the online poker rooms. However, he does venture out into the live poker scene from time to time. Actually, he has been appearing in live poker venues more recently.
DEMIDOV BACKS SHORTER POKER MATCHES
Two hours and twenty-five minutes. That's all it took to complete SCOOP Event 18-High, $2,100 Fixed-Limit Hold'em Turbo. Most American baseball games take longer than that, and in SCOOP the stakes are much higher.
DEMIDOV MISSES THE CASH IN SCOOP
291 players turned out for yesterday’s Seven-Card Stud event. The $50,000 guarantee was crushed as the players put up $300+$20, causing the prize pool to soar to $87,300. PokerStars pros Sebastian Ruthenberg, Victor Ramdin, Marcel Luske, George Lind, Darus Suharto, George Danzer and Ivan Demidov all missed the cash, while the home team’s Tom McEvoy hit at 48th for the minimum of $414.67.