Yuval Bronshtein

Background

He was born Yuval Moshe Bronshtein in Ramat-Gan, Israel, and relocated to Atlanta, Georgia, at age five with his family.

Career

En route to the final table Bronshtein made a name for himself by knocking out big name pros Joe Hachem, T.J. Cloutier, and actress/poker player Shannon Elizabeth, also earning himself a nickname "Steamroller" which has not stuck with him since. Bronshtein followed that up by appearing in the inaugural World Series of Poker Europe in September 2007, becoming the youngest player to make the historic final table in the first ever World Series of Poker Europe event played, the £2,500 HORSE and cashing in 6th place. In August 2008 Bronshtein put on an unprecedented performance in online poker, setting one of the greatest feats of multi-table poker tournament history.

The tournaments were in HORSE and Turbo Number Limit Holdem, two completely different forms of poker.

Each of Bronshtein"s 4 FTOPs titles have come in a different form of poker. Bronshtein has numerous cashes in poker tournaments worldwide.

As of 2015, Bronshtein"s live tournament winnings exceed $1,200,000. He also has over $600,000 in online tournament winnings to his name.

He has also reached high levels of notoriety for his strong image on and off the poker tables.

Achievements

• Playing in Full Tilt Online Poker Series (FTOPs) under the screen name "Yuvee04" Bronshtein multi-tabled 2 different championship poker tournaments simultaneously, and won both for a combined $172,387. Bronshtein became the first ever poker player to win 2 championship titles on the same day in 2 different games. He also became the first back to back FTOPs winner in history. Bronshtein also set the record for most FTOPs ever won with 3, a record which only he has topped with his 4th FTOPs victory in 2010.