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 |
Ivo Donev (born 25 December 1959) is a Bulgarian, with Austrian passport, who is a professional chess and poker player.
Ivo Donev poker tournament results, including recent cashes, lifetime winnings, WSOP and WPT stats. Ivo Donev Individual Coaching is for poker players who are willing to work on themselves through intensive individual training. In the one-on-one coaching individual weaknesses in the game are worked out, theories are refined and next steps in development are tackled. Tags for 'ivo-donev' Live Updates Results Donev Doubles WPT Slovenia Level 12: 1,000-2,000 Donev Decimated WPT Slovenia Level 12: 1,000-2,000 Family pot on Table 5 WPT Slovenia Level 2: 75-150.
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.
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
Hello poker enthusiasts!
My name is Ivo Donev. I graduated in 1987 from National Sports Academy “Vasil Levski” in Sofia, Bulgaria as a chess coach. Chess and poker have numerous features in common. In both games, you need to be disciplined in the first place to succeed. Also, logical thinking and an analytical mind are crucial in both. With more than 30 years of experience with the game of chess, I managed to use my skills and apply them successfully in poker. I am a former professional chess player with the prestigious rank of International Master.
When it comes to poker, I usually play on the mid-to-high stakes limits and mostly live tournaments for 20+ years now. With more than $2 000 000 total winnings from live tournaments, I am ranked second in Austria All Time Money List, as well as a holder of a bracelet from WSOP 2000 $1 500 + 70 Limit Omaha Event.
I’ve played in some of the most prestigious live tournaments worldwide and ranked 4th place at the most famous WSOP event for 2017 – The Poker Players’ Championship with a buy-in of $50 000. During the tournament, I managed to bust the notorious poker player and media star Daniel Negreanu. I’ve faced many other world-class opponents throughout my poker career and played against players such as Phil Ivey, Phil Helmuth and many more.
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One of them is Nikolai Senninger who won $454,002 for a 3rd place finish in EPT London Main Event. Another student of mine became 2nd from an enormous field of 8202 participants in the most famous online poker tournament “Sunday Million” to win $180,444. Dimitar Petkin is another successful student who won a SCOOP Title from the 2020 Spring Championship of Online Poker on Poker Stars. For his impressive win he won $57,195 after a 4-way deal in the $ 109 NLHE 8-Max Mini Super Tuesday Event 79-L.
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