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Ivo Donev | |
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 Donev in 2010 | |
| Born | 25 December 1959 (1959-12-25) (age 65) |
| Nickname | The Chess Master |
| World Series of Poker | |
| Bracelet | 1 |
| Money finishes | 26 |
| Highest WSOP Main Event finish | None |
| European Poker Tour | |
| Title | None |
| Final table | 1 |
| Money finishes | 7 |
| Chess careerChess career | |
| Country | Austria |
| Title | International Master (1990) |
| FIDE rating | 2291 (March 2022) |
| Peak rating | 2420 (January 1997) |
Ivo Donev (born 25 December 1959) is aBulgarian, with Austrian passport, who is a professionalchess andpoker player.
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 toAustria in 1990, Donev taught for a chess school at $10 per hour to support his study ofcomputer science. Ivo Donev is the author of the chess book "The most important ideas in the end game" in German language.
Donev studied the poker books ofDavid Sklansky,Mason Malmuth, andTom McEvoy and practiced using pokercomputer software.
Donev won a bracelet in the $1,500LimitOmaha event at the2000 World Series of Poker (WSOP), where he took home $85,800 for his first-place finish.[1]
In 2002, Donev made his one and only appearance onLate Night Poker. He finished 5th out of an impressive field includingPeter Costa,Dave Welch andRam Vaswani. In 2003, Donev finished as a semi-finalist in theWorld Heads-Up Poker Championship.
He was a professional chess player before starting his poker career. His currently #1 in the Austrian All-Time Money list, and was the first Austrian to reach $1,000,000 in major tournament winnings.[2]
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He has two children, and lives in Lochau beiBregenz, Austria.
His life and career is discussed in theJames McManus bookPositively Fifth Street.[5]
