Ivo Donev

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Ivo Donev

Ivo Donev
Nickname(s) The Chess Master
Hometown Bregenz
World Series of Poker
Bracelet(s) 1
Money finishes 8
Highest ITM main
event finish		 None
European Poker Tour
Titles None
Final tables 0
Money finishes 2

Ivo Donev (born 25 December 1959) is an Austrian professional chess and poker player.

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[edit] 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 of computer science. Ivo Donev is the author of the chess book "The most important ideas in the end game" in German language.

[edit] Poker

Donev studied the poker books of David Sklansky, Mason Malmuth and Tom McEvoy and practiced using poker computer 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 the World Heads-Up Poker Championship. As of 2007, his live tournament winnings exceed $540,000.

[edit] 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)

[edit] 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.

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