Timoshenko wins World Poker Tour Championship

[Steve Ruddock]

Yevgeniy Timoshenko won the 2009 Five-Star World Poker Classic WPT Championship late Saturday night, claiming the WPT Championship and $2.1 million in prize money.

Timoshenko is the second youngest champ ever (Nick Schulman was a mere 15 days younger when he captured the Foxwoods title in season IV), and is definitely one of the up and coming tournament players with over $3 million in earnings.

Playing against a stacked lineup, Timoshenko held the final table chip lead wire to wire, and controlled the table throughout: And of course got lucky along the way!



courtesy of cardplayer.com:

Timoshenko Dominates With One-Outer

Yevgeniy Timoshenko raised to 480,000 from the small blind and Christian Harder made the call from the big blind.

The flop came A 10 4 and Timoshenko continued with a bet of 360,000. Harder made the call and the turn was the 7. Both players checked and the river was the J. Timoshenko fired out 1,120,000 and harder called, showing A J for two pair.

However, Timoshenko showed pocket jacks to take the huge pot with a rivered set. He now has nearly 16 million chips, more than half of the remaining chips in play.

In the end Timoshenko found himself heads-up against the lone amateur at the final table, Ran Azor.

Courtesy of cardplayer.com:

Ran Azor Eliminated in 2nd Place ($1,446,265)

On the very first hand back from the break, Ran Azor raised to 800,000 and Yevgeniy Timoshenko moved all in. Azor quickly called with Q 10 and Timoshenko showed a superior A 3.

The flop rolled out Q J 7 and the audience groaned, knowing Azor was now a favorite to double up. The turn was the K, giving Timoshenko some outs to the straight.

The river was the 10 and Timoshenko hit his Broadway straight on the river, taking down the pot and the tournament. Azor finished in second place and earned $1,446,265.

Here are the final results:
Yevgeniy Timoshenko -- $2,149,960
Ran Azor -- $1,446,265
Bertrand Grospellier -- $776,245
Christian Harder -- $571,965
Shannon Shorr -- $408,550
Scotty Nguyen -- $285,985

[Steve Ruddock]

that kid just doesn't look like a poker player!