Ivo Donev
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Ivo Donev | |
|---|---|
| Donev in 2010 | |
| Born | 25 December 1959 (1959年12月25日) (age 65) |
| Nickname(s) | The Chess Master |
| Residence | Bregenz, Austria |
| World Series of Poker | |
| Bracelet(s) | 1 |
| Money finish(es) | 26 |
| Highest ITM Main Event finish | None |
| European Poker Tour | |
| Title(s) | None |
| Final table(s) | 1 |
| Money finish(es) | 7 |
| Chess career | |
| Country | Austria |
| Title | International Master (1990) |
| FIDE rating | 2291 (March 2022) |
| Peak rating | 2420 (January 1997) |
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ドル 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ドル Limit Omaha event at the 2000 World Series of Poker (WSOP), where he took home 85,800ドル 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ドル in major tournament winnings.[2]
World Series of Poker Money Finishes
[edit ]- 2000 1,500ドル Limit Omaha - 1st place (85,800ドル)
- 2001 2,500ドル Seven Card Stud - 10th place (5,530ドル)
- 2002 1,500ドル Pot Limit Hold'em - 10th place (5,670ドル)
- 2004 1,500ドル Limit Hold'em Shootout - 6th place (16,560ドル)
- 2004 2,000ドル Pot Limit Hold'em - 3rd place (47,700ドル)
- 2005 2,000ドル Pot Limit Hold'em - 18th place (6,955ドル)
- 2005 2,500ドル Limit Hold'em - 21st place (5,145ドル)
- 2005 2,500ドル Pot Limit Hold'em - 10th place (11,730ドル)
- 2008 2,500ドル WSOPE - H.O.R.S.E.- 2nd place (95,543ドル)
- 2009 3,000ドル - N L Holdem- 64th place (6,929ドル)
- 2010 2,000ドル - Limit Holdem- 26th place (6,237ドル)
- 2010 2,500ドル - Limit/NL Holdem- 51st place (4,512ドル)
- 2011 1,500ドル - H.O.R.S.E.- 83rd place (2,899ドル)
- 2011 1,500ドル - Limit Hold'em Shootout - 55th place (4,118ドル)
- 2016 1,500ドル - H.O.R.S.E.- 22rd place (6,188ドル)
- 2017 50,000ドル - 8 Game - 4th place (419ドル.337)
- 2017 1,100ドル WSOPE - NL Holdem - 76th place (1,640ドル)
- 2017 550ドル - Pot Limit Omaha - 23rd place (1,578ドル)
- 2017 1,100ドル- No Limit Holdem - 34th place (1,302ドル)
- 2019 1,500ドル - H.O.R.S.E.- 68th place (2,638ドル)
- 2019 1,500ドル - 8 Game - 29th place (4,841ドル)
- 2019 1,000ドル - No Limit Holdem - 49th place (12,281ドル)
- 2019 1,500ドル - Pot Limit Omaha Hi/Lo- 78th place (3,175ドル)
- 2019 1,500ドル - Omaha Mix - 8th place (16,075ドル)
- 2019 550ドル - Pot Limit Omaha - 5th place (10,900ドル)
- 2021 210ドル -WSOP Online No Limit Holdem- 287th place (1,438ドル)
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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.[5]
References
[edit ]- ^ "Ivo Donev". WSOP.com. Retrieved 8 October 2010.
- ^ "RedKings Sign Ivo Donev and Christian Heich". Poker Network. 24 February 2009. Retrieved 8 October 2010.
- ^ Feldman, Andrew (29 June 2011). ""looshle" wins limit shootout event at WSOP". ESPN.com. Retrieved 17 November 2023.
- ^ "Ivo Donev's profile on The Hendon Mob". The Hendon Mob Poker Database. Retrieved 25 November 2023.
- ^ McManus, James (1 April 2007). "Positively Fifth Street: Murderers, Cheetahs, and Binion's World Series of Poker". Google Books. Farrar, Straus and Giroux. Retrieved 24 March 2024.