Champions of Poker

If you know poker and you are familiar with the poker scene, then the chances are good that you are familiar with the name Ivan Demidov. He is a professional poker player from Moscow, Russia. Demidov played a lot of online poker. In fact, online poker is where Ivan built up a large amount of his poker payroll. Another interesting fact is that he still focuses most of his attention on playing on the online poker rooms. However, he does venture out into the live poker scene from time to time. Actually, he has been appearing in live poker venues more recently.

He really made his name known on the poker circuit during the year 2008; this is where he found himself seated at the final table at the 2008 WSOP. He went heads up against Peter Eastgate and took second place for $5,809,595. When asked what he planned to do with the winnings, Demidov mentioned that he would be sharing it with a Russian financial supporter who had helped him get into some other big tournaments. In the end, the supporter would walk away with more than Demidov.

That WSOP 2008 was actually Demidov’s first WSOP. As far as poker goes, Ivan was pretty new to the scene and inexperienced when compared to most of the other players. However, this didn’t seem to hold him back at all. In fact, you would have thought that he had a lot more time playing and much more time and history involved with the game then he really did.
The year 2008 was a very good year for Demidov, this is also the year that he made it to the final table at the World Series of Poker Europe. Demidov finished in a very respectable third place. This achievement would make him the first poker player in history to make it to the final table in both Main Events during the same year. It’s more than obvious that 2009 was a year that Demidov was on fire when it came to his poker game; it was almost as if he could do no wrong.

Demidovs personality has been described as laid back and soft spoken. However, when it comes to poker he is a force not to be reasoned with. He has what it takes to take on the best of the best and he has the potential to do much more in the poker world. He is already supporting himself by playing just a couple of days during the week. Although the WSOP Main Event win sure helped him along financially, the fact still stands that he is able to play just a few days a week and make ends meet. He is living the poker player’s dream. Demidov is someone to keep your eyes open for. Not only do you have to watch for him at those live events, but you’ll also want to be on the lookout for him on the online poker sites on Internet as well.