Million dollar win for Russian online poker ace

May 20, 2014

Millions of dollars were available in online competitions in the Pokerstars Spring Championship of Online Poker (SCOOP) series this week, with the $10,300 buy-in Main Event taken down by young Russian ace Ivan “vandir4rek” Soshnikov, who took home $1,048,000. 657 online players, including many top international professionals, registered for the event which over two days […]

Soshnikov tops in European Poker Tour High Roller

December 19, 2013

Ivan Soshnikov, a young poker pro from Russia, triumphed in a fast and furious European Poker Tour High Roller live tournament in Prague this week in which 176 talented players each ponied up $10,000 to enter. Soshnikov’s chances of victory didn’t look that good when the final table was reached; he was the low-stack man […]