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Yevgenly Timoshenko entered the APT Macau Final Table along with 257 other player and he won the Tournament, adding $500k to his wallet.  Timoshenko is 20 years old and  he  has won $2.3 Million in his Poker ventures.  I’m not saying that he is youngest Millionaire, however, he is doing quite well for his age, and I think anyone would agree with that.  Out of the 257 players, it came down to eight and it was very fun to watch.  With eight players at the table, tension was high, however, you could not see it on Timoshenko’s face.  For such a young player he has quite the Poker Face.

At the end of the tournament , it came down to two players, Yevgenly Timoshenko, and Joon Yeah, Yevgenly Timoshenko had an advantage as far as chips were concerned and this is what ultimately gave him the edge and to take it all.  Yevgenly Timoshenko is rising poker star who comes from Russia,a and he is very quickly making a name for himself.  After winning the tournament he made a comment to the crown and raised up the trophy.  He said that he was proud that he had won a major tournament and in the very last hand he did feel some pressure, however, his extra chips is what pushed him over the edge for the win.

Timoshenko also stated that towards the end of the tournament he was getting a little tired and had to take extra time per hand to make sure that he was making the right decision.  In addition, he also said that when he was holding the pair of Q’s and Yeah called him it made him a little nervous, however Yeah only had a K,Q.  When the flop came out and gave Yeah a almost perfect Flush, Yeah gained a little confidence, however, it was not enough because  Timoshenko’s pocket Q’s took it home.

Earlier in the game , Timoshenko had almost a 10.1 ratio lead with the chips, and this gave him the confidence that he would later use to complete the task at hand.  In the interview after the win he told  people that, when a player gets that kind of a lead in chips it makes the game very interesting, because no matter what kind of a hand you have, all you have to do is bluff your way through the game.  He also mentioned that he had to do that a couple of hands and he can not wait until he gets to watch it when he gets home.

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