– General Introduction – Anatoly Filatov is a Russian professional poker player. He was born on August 8th, 1988 in Moscow, Russia. He’s mainly known as an online tournament player. He has amassed a staggering $12.6 million in online MTT winnings during his long career on the virtual felt, starting in 2008. His most […]
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Videos of the Week: Russian Poker Champ Running Like a GOD; Garrett Adelstein on Doug Polk’s Podcast, “He Called Me with Jack-High”, Brad Owen’s Biggest Win Ever & More!
In this article we deliver you a couple of selected poker videos of the past week. Vitaly Lunkin Running Like a GOD If you could pick when you want to go on your “rungood” of a lifetime, a €50K EPT event with 51 entries would probably be a solid choice. This dream scenario is exactly […]
Artur Martirosyan’s Life: Net Worth, Biggest Profits, Losses and Private Life
– General Introduction – Artur Martirosyan is a Russian professional poker player. He was born in 1997. He has collected $3.114 million in live tournament cashes. That includes an EPT (European Poker Tour) Main Event title which he won for $325,316 in his home country of Russia. The Russian seaside city of Sochi is […]
Russia’s on the rise: Primorye Gaming Zone to feature 11 casinos
The gambling industry has been one of the fastest growing sectors all over the world especially around the Asia-Pacific region wherein multiple integrated resort casinos are quickly being established. With flexibility and high rates of return on investment being recorded, continuous development of these complexes and casinos are clearly evident throughout the area. The regional […]
Interview with Russia’s GPI Number 1 Anatoly Filatov
Our reporter Gaelle Jaudon met Russia’s GPI Number 1 Anatoly Filatov for a conversation on his recent results and the current state of the Russian poker scene. Somuchpoker: To know a bit more about you: you have around $5 million in live earnings, more than $2 million online, you’re a partypoker pro, 2019 was a […]
Timofey Kuznetsov’s Life: Biggest Profits, Losses, Private Life & Net Worth
– General Information – Timofey Kuznetsov, better known as his PokerStars screen name Trueteller, is a Russian professional poker player. He was born in 1991. For most of his career as a poker player, he’s focused on high stakes online cash games, playing high volumes of No Limit Hold’em and Pot Limit Omaha as well. […]
Up next for Triton Poker: Russia and Korea
Following a massive success in Montenegro, Triton Poker has announced plans to head to Korea and Russia. The Montenegro Triton Super High Roller Series was impressive, to say the least. From May 12th to the 18th there were four high roller events as well as insanely high stakes televised cash games. The event featured two Six-Plus […]
Partypoker and PokerStars continue to battle for the Russian poker market
Rivalry between Partypoker and PokerStars is not exactly something new. As the world’s leading online poker giants, last year both brands took their battle on land to Russia, a country with a thriving online poker market despite the government’s restrictions on online gaming. Live events return to Russian soil in 2017 When it comes to […]
Russia is looking for a share of the Asian Gambling Market
The world of live gambling is developing and shifting, and it is no secret that gaming revenue in Macau has been noticeably fading for some time. Big money players from China have lost interest in Macau ever since China started looking more closely at operations there, and with that, opportunities arise for other locations to […]