Yevgeniy Timoshenko
Yevgeniy Timoshenko is a professional poker player from the European country of Ukraine from where he migrated to and took up citizenship in the United States of America. He was born in the Kharkiv region of Ukraine, which was then a part of Ukraine that was incorporated into the United Soviet Socialist Republic or the USSR. 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 “Jovial Gent” Timoshenko is, quite simply, a master of the big score. Of his 9 live cashes, Timoshenko has five over $100K, including a massive $2.1 million payday for winning the 2009 Five-Star World Poker Classic. Jovial Gent’s other scores include a whopping $500K for taking down the 2008 APT event in Macau, $166K for winning the 2007 Irish Poker Open, $133K for 2nd at EPT Barcelona, and just over $100K for a 3rd place finish at the ’08 WSOP Europe. No doubt already a premiere poker player, Timoshenko will be a feared opponent for years to come.
In an interview with Bluff Magazine, Timoshenko outlined how he got into poker in the first place:
“I was first exposed to poker around 2003. I saw Chris Moneymaker win the World Series on TV and was immediately enthralled and became interested in the game. I gradually started playing with friends – I was in high school and a few of my friends got into poker as well at that time. We started small games for fun and from there I slowly made the transition to online play. I played play money for awhile and then started playing some freerolls and won a couple of bucks – and that’s how I built my roll.”
During the same chat, he also discussed his massive PokerStars World Championship of Online Poker Main Event victory, which was worth $1.7 million:
“It felt great. I thought the tournament went pretty well. With two tables left, as people started busting out, I managed to build my stack and with 10 or 11 left I was second in chips to Daniel Kelly (djk123). The only thing I was hoping for when we made the final table was that he wouldn’t have position on me. As it happened he was seated on my immediate left, which kind of sucked. But he actually didn’t give me too much trouble. Things went pretty smoothly for me and once I realized he wasn’t going to be messing with me too much I opened up a little bit.”
Yevgeniy Timoshenko was born in Kharkiv, Ukraine, but moved to Washington State when he was 10 years old. He currently resides in Mukilteo, Washington.
Tymoshenko (Ukrainian: Тимошенко) or Timoshenko (Russian: Тимошенко) is a surname of Ukrainian origin. It derives from the Christian name Timothy, and its Ukrainian derivatives, Tymofiy or Tymish. The surname, Tymoshenko, was created by adding the Ukrainian patronymic suffix, -enko, meaning someone of Tymish, usually the son of Tymish.
Notable people[edit]
- Stephen Timoshenko (1878–1972), Russian-Ukrainian engineer, father of modern engineering mechanics
- Semyon Timoshenko (1895–1970), Marshal of the Soviet Union, senior Red Army officer at the time of the German invasion of 1941
- Yulia Tymoshenko (born 1960), former Prime Minister of Ukraine
- Maksym Tymoshenko (born 1972), Ukrainian culturologist, social activist
- Olexandra Tymoshenko (born 1972), former Soviet individual Rhythmic Gymnast (an element in rhythmic gymnastics is named after her)
- Daria Timoshenko (born 1980), an Azerbaijani figure skater, a winner of the 1999 World Junior championships
- Yevgeniy Timoshenko (born 1988), an American poker player
See also[edit]
- Murder of Russel Timoshenko, incident in which a 23-year-old NYPD officer was shot and killed during a traffic stop.
- Timoshenko Medal, awarded for contributions in applied mechanics.
- Timoleón Jiménez (nicknamed Timochenko), Colombian FARC commander.
Yevgeniy Timoshenko 2020
External links[edit]
(in Russian)The origin of names and surnames