Yevgeniy Timoshenko

Career

Timoshenko moved to Mukilteo, Washington when he was 8 years old. He currently resides in Seattle, Washington. At the 2011 WSOP, he finished 2nd in the $25,000 Number Limit Hold"em Heads-Up Championship, earning $525,980.

At the 2013 WSOP Main Event, he finished 22nd, earning $285,408.

This Result was his thus far highest Information Technology Management finish in the $10,000 Number Limit Hold"em Main Event. As of February 2014, his live poker career winnings exceed $6,490,000.

Timoshenko plays on Full Tilt Poker under the alias of "bballer88", while on Pokerstars he uses the screen name "Jovial Gent". As of July 2011, his online cashes exceed $4.7 million.

Achievements

• In April 2009, he won the season 7 World Poker Tour Championship, earning $2,149,960. Timoshenko was previously a winner on the Asian Poker Tour in 2008, capturing a title in Macau for Hong Kong$3,812,200 (approximately United States$500,000). He then finished 4th at a final table that included the eventual WSOP Main Event champion Pius Heinz at the $1,500 Number Limit Hold"em event, earning himself $206,348. He also won the Aussie Millions SUPERHIGHROLLER 2014 $100,000 buy in tournament in February 2014 and thus making this tournament his biggest payday for $1,791,248. In 2009, he won the main event of the World Championship of Online Poker. He bested a 2,144-player field to win $1,715,200. The same night he also won the weekly Full Tilt Poker $1,000 Number Limit Holdem event for an additional $75,000.