Alexander Kostritsyn

Alexander Kostritsyn
Personal information
Year of birth	1986
place of birth	Soviet Union Moscow
Nicknames 0	joisoPokerStars PostflopActionFull Tilt Poker
place of residence	Russia Moscow
Live Poker Tournament Achievements
Highest prize money	$ 1,450,396
Total prize money	$ 3,173,790
World Series of Poker
Bracelets	no
Cashes	20th
Best main event	52nd ( 2010 )
Main event of the European Poker Tour
title	no
Cashes	1
Last updated: May 15, 2020

Alexander Kostritsyn ( Russian Александр Кострицын ; English transcription Alexander Kostritsyn ; * 1986 in Moscow ) is a professional Russian poker player .

Poker career

Kostrizyn occurs primarily as a player of online - cash games in appearance and is in this area as one of the best players in the world. Under the nicknames joiso ( PokerStars ) and PostflopAction ( Full Tilt Poker ) he made a profit of more than 8.5 million US dollars with cash games until March 2018 , where he was named after Ben "Sauce123" Sulsky and Jens "Jeans89" on PokerStars Kyllönen is the third most successful player ever. There he also secured a title at the World Championship of Online Poker in September 2010 . Since 2006 Kostrizyn has also occasionally taken part in renowned live tournaments .

Kostrizyn won the main event of the Aussie Millions Poker Championship in Melbourne in mid-January 2008 and secured a prize of 1.65 million Australian dollars . In 2008 he was successful for the first time at the World Series of Poker (WSOP) at the Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas and came in six tournaments in the money. He received his highest prize money of more than 160,000 US dollars for his third place in the World Championship of the Seven Card Stud variant . At the 2010 WSOP , he finished tenth in the Poker Player's Championship , reached the semifinals of the Heads-Up Championship , finishing finally the 52nd place in the main event , which he earned prize money of around 540,000 US dollars. In mid-January 2011, Kostrizyn won the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure High Roller in the Bahamas and secured the grand prize of over $ 260,000. His last live cash placement to date was in June 2018 at the Aria Resort & Casino in Las Vegas.

Overall, Kostrizyn has earned more than three million US dollars with poker in live tournaments.

Web links

Alexander Kostrizyn in the Hendon Mob Poker Database (English)
Alexander Kostrizyn in the database of the Global Poker Index (English)
Alexander Kostrizyn in the database of the World Series of Poker (English)

Individual evidence

↑ Alexander "PostflopAction" Kostritsyn on pokerakademia.com, accessed on May 15, 2020 (Hungarian).
↑ joiso on Pokerstars on highstakesdb.com, accessed on May 15, 2020 (English).
↑ PostflopAction on Full Tilt Poker on highstakesdb.com, accessed on May 15, 2020 (English).
↑ Biggest Poker Winners on highstakesdb.com, accessed on May 15, 2020.
↑ WCOOP Event # 9: joiso wins the first marathon and $ 269,284.60 on pokerstarsblog.de on September 9, 2010, accessed on May 15, 2020.
↑ ^a ^b ^c Alexander Kostrizyn in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on May 15, 2020 (English).
↑ 2008 Aussie Millions Poker Championship (A $ 10,000 + 500 No Limit Hold'em - Main Event) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed May 15, 2020.
↑ Alexander Kostrizyn in the World Series of Poker database, accessed on May 15, 2020 (English).
↑ 39th World Series of Poker - WSOP 2008 ($ 10,000 World Championship Seven Card Stud) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on May 15, 2020.
↑ 41st World Series of Poker - WSOP 2010 ($ 50,000 The Players Championship Event 8 Game) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on May 15, 2020.
↑ 41st World Series of Poker - WSOP 2010 ($ 10,000 No Limit Hold'em - Heads Up Championship) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on May 15, 2020.
↑ 41st World Series of Poker - WSOP 2010 ($ 10,000 World Championship - No Limit Hold'em) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on May 15, 2020.
↑ PokerStars Caribbean Adventure - PCA 2011 ($ 10,000 + 200 No Limit Hold'em High Roller - 6 Max) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on May 15, 2020.

personal data
SURNAME	Kostritsyn, Alexander
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Кострицын, Александр (Russian); Kostritsyn, Alexander (English spelling); joiso (nickname); PostflopAction (Nickname)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Russian poker player
DATE OF BIRTH	1986
PLACE OF BIRTH	Moscow , Soviet Union

[1] Alexander "PostflopAction" Kostritsyn on pokerakademia.com, accessed on May 15, 2020 (Hungarian).

[2] joiso on Pokerstars on highstakesdb.com, accessed on May 15, 2020 (English).

[3] PostflopAction on Full Tilt Poker on highstakesdb.com, accessed on May 15, 2020 (English).

[4] Biggest Poker Winners on highstakesdb.com, accessed on May 15, 2020.

[5] WCOOP Event # 9: joiso wins the first marathon and $ 269,284.60 on pokerstarsblog.de on September 9, 2010, accessed on May 15, 2020.

[hendonmob-6] Alexander Kostrizyn in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on May 15, 2020 (English).

[7] 2008 Aussie Millions Poker Championship (A $ 10,000 + 500 No Limit Hold'em - Main Event) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed May 15, 2020.

[8] Alexander Kostrizyn in the World Series of Poker database, accessed on May 15, 2020 (English).

[9] 39th World Series of Poker - WSOP 2008 ($ 10,000 World Championship Seven Card Stud) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on May 15, 2020.

[10] 41st World Series of Poker - WSOP 2010 ($ 50,000 The Players Championship Event 8 Game) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on May 15, 2020.

[11] 41st World Series of Poker - WSOP 2010 ($ 10,000 No Limit Hold'em - Heads Up Championship) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on May 15, 2020.

[12] 41st World Series of Poker - WSOP 2010 ($ 10,000 World Championship - No Limit Hold'em) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on May 15, 2020.

[13] PokerStars Caribbean Adventure - PCA 2011 ($ 10,000 + 200 No Limit Hold'em High Roller - 6 Max) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on May 15, 2020.