Ukraine has given the world many e-sports and poker stars. What is the NAVI team worth, which participates in international tournaments and constantly takes first place. Our poker players constantly make headlines, winning tens of thousands of dollars, and sometimes more. We present five famous Ukrainian players who are known all over the world.
Yevgeny Kachalov. One of the most successful Ukrainian poker players. Some mass media even call him the best Ukrainian poker player. During his career, Kachalov won about 10 million dollars, and his biggest payout for one tournament is almost 2.5 million dollars.
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Yevgeny Tymoshenko. The biggest win in his career came in 2009. That’s $2,149,960 for winning the Seventh Annual Five Star World Poker Classic event in Las Vegas. The total amount of his winnings is estimated at almost 8 million dollars (as of 2023).Today, Evgeniy takes the second place in the list of the most profitable players of Ukraine, became the champion of the WCOOP tournament.
Igor Yaroshevsky. Yaroshevsky comes from Dnipro. Like the previous players, he is one of the most successful Ukrainian poker players who has reached the draft zone of World Series of Poker tournaments more than 40 times. In 2015, Igor came as close as possible to winning the bracelet, but took only 2nd place and received $303,767.
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Alexey Khoroshenin. Another professional poker player with many victories and more than three million dollars in earnings.
Khoroshenin is from Kyiv, but now lives in London. In 2014, he won first place in the European Poker Tour Vienna. However, the Ukrainian poker player took a break in his career.
Alexander Dovzhenko. A player with a very recognizable name, Dovzhenko earned almost three million dollars in tournaments during his career. His best achievement so far is 2nd place at the European Poker Tour Kyiv in 2009. Stay informed about changes in the gambling industry. Visit breaking news in gambling and don’t miss a thing. One way or another, each of our e-sportsmen made a significant contribution to adequately represent Ukraine on the world stage.
