- Ivo Donev
infobox poker player
firstname=Ivo
lastname=Donev
nickname=The Chess Master
caption=Ivo Donev
hometown=Bregenz
wsop bracelet count=1
wsop money finishes=8
wsop main event best finish rank="None"
wsop main event best finish year=
multi-year wsop winner=
wpt titles=
wpt final tables=
wpt money finishes=
ept titles="None"
ept final tables=0
ept money finishes=2Ivo Donev (born
25 December 1959 ) is anAustria n professionalchess andpoker player.Chess
His father, Hristo Donev was a national master at chess.
Ivo Donev won the 1989 CSSR International Chess Tournament, progressing him to International Master status. When he and his family emigrated to
Austria in 1990, Donev taught for a chess school at $30/hour to support his study ofcomputer science . Ivo Donev is the author of the chess book "The most important ideas in the end game" in German language.Poker
Donev studied the poker books of
David Sklansky ,Mason Malmuth andTom McEvoy and practiced using pokercomputer software .Donev won a bracelet in the $1,500 Limit Omaha event at the
2000 World Series of Poker (WSOP), where he took home $85,800 for his first place finish.In 2002, Donev made his one and only appearance on
Late Night Poker . He finished 5th out of an impressive field including Peter "The Poet" Costa, Dave "Karizma" Welch and Ram "Crazy Horse" Vaswani. In 2003, Donev finished as a semi-finalist in theWorld Heads-Up Poker Championship .As of 2008, his live tournament winnings exceed $680,000.
World Series of Poker Money Finishes
* 2000 $1,500 Limit Omaha - 1st place ($85,800)
* 2001 $2,500 Seven Card Stud - 10th place ($5,530)
* 2002 $1,500 Pot Limit Hold'em - 10th place ($5,670)
* 2004 $1,500 Limit Hold'em Shootout - 6th place ($16,560)
* 2004 $2,000 Pot Limit Hold'em - 3rd place ($47,700)
* 2005 $2,000 Pot Limit Hold'em - 18th place ($6,955)
* 2005 $2,500 Limit Hold'em - 21st place ($5,145)
* 2005 $2,500 Pot Limit Hold'em - 10th place ($11,730)Personal life
He has two children, and lives in
Bregenz , Austria.His life and career is also discussed in the
James McManus book "Positively Fifth Street".External links
* [http://www.ivodonev.com Ivo Donev's homepage]
* [http://pokerdb.thehendonmob.com/player.php?a=r&n=71 Hendon Mob tournament results]
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