Outcome
Final table, heads up, with the blinds at 60,000-120,000 with a 15,000 ante, Udon Wannit raised to 240,000 from the button, Jovial Gent (Timoshenko) called in the big blind. On the flop, Jovial Gent checked, Udon Wannit bet 240,000, Jovial Gent raised to 720,000, Udon Wannit reraised all in, Jovial Gent called.
Analysis
Jovial Gent started this hand with a 6-1 chip lead, but Udon Wannit still had 50 big blinds to his stack. Udon Wannit applied pressure from the button, while Jovial Gent defended with his suited king. Jovial Gent continued to run good, flopping two pair. Udon Wannit bet his bottom pair once it was checked over, but Jovial Gent announced a hand with a check-raise. Udon Wannit had difficulty crediting Jovial Gent with a king and made an ill-fated play for the pot with an all in. Udon Wannit might have been able to either buy the pot or define that he was beat with a raise to a smaller amount that did not involve his entire stack. Outs to trip sixes or two pair did not exist, and Udon Wannit’s best hope was for the 7 on the turn to give him some hope for backdoor draws. Udon Wannit earned $1,286,400 for his runner-up finish, while Jovial Gent, aka Yevgeniy Timoshenko, outlasted 2,144 runners to capture the title and $1,715,200. 2009 has been a tremendous year for the young player, as Timoshenko also won the prestigious WPT Five-Star championship in April, making him one of the top earners in both live and online play.
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.
Poker pro Yevgeniy Timoshenko is a cautionary tale; earlier this decade he found out that just because someone else plays poker, it doesn’t mean they are trustworthy. And now, years later, he has. Yevgeniy Timoshenko Draws a Line Under Lawsuit From a new WPT Champions Club member to a slightly older one, and Yevgeniy Timoshenko has put to bed his financial dispute with fellow friend.
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. 25 is no longer necessary. The two men went to arbitration late last month.
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. Udon Wannit earned $1,286,400 for his runner-up finish, while Jovial Gent, aka Yevgeniy Timoshenko, outlasted 2,144 runners to capture the title and $1,715,200. 2009 has been a tremendous year for.
Timoshenko sued Gu for about $90,000, according to the March 2017 complaint. That figure included about $16,000 in an unpaid rent claim and more than $50,000 Timoshenko said he loaned Gu to invest in penny stocks. Timoshenko also wanted reimbursement of $1,160 that he had spent on court side basketball tickets on behalf of Gu.
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Additionally, Timoshenko was seeking $10,000 that he claimed went missing from his nightstand when he was abroad for a poker tournament. He accused Gu of “mishandling” his cash after Gu “allowed a stranger to stay in Timoshenko’s room.”
Gu denied Timoshenko’s allegations in a answer to the complaint filed in September 2017.
Timoshenko, winner of $7.3 million lifetime in poker tournaments, made a run in this past summer’s World Series of Poker main event. He finished inside the top-1,000.
Gu and Timoshenko met while on the poker circuit, according to a court filing.
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Source: cardplayer.com