Eugene Kachalov

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Eugene Kachalov
Eugene Katschalow (2011)
Eugene Katschalow (2011)
  Personal information  
Date of birth February 21, 1981
place of birth Ukraine Soviet Socialist RepublicUkrainian SSR Kiev
Nicknames
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MyRabbiFooPokerStars

E. KatchalovTeam PokerStars
place of residence United StatesUnited States new York
Live Poker Tournament Achievements
Highest prize money $ 2,482,605
Total prize money $ 9,242,219
World Series of Poker
Bracelets 1
Cashes 40
Best main event 39th ( 2009 )
  Main Event of the World Poker Tour  
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Cashes 10
  Main event of the European Poker Tour  
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Cashes 14th
  Main Event of the PokerStars Championship  
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Cashes 1
Last updated: February 2, 2020

Jewhen "Eugene" Katschalow ( Ukrainian Євген Качалов ; English transcription Yevgeniy Katchalov ; born February 21, 1981 in Kiev , Ukrainian SSR ) is a professional Ukrainian - American poker player .

Personal

Kachalov was born in the Ukrainian SSR and came to the United States with his family at the age of ten . He lives in New York district of Brooklyn and received a diploma in financial management of the Stern School of Business in New York. He then worked as a stockbroker .

Poker career

Kachalov started playing poker professionally in 2003 . You can find him online under the nickname MyRabbiFoo , with whom he won a title at the World Championship of Online Poker in September 2009 on the PokerStars platform . As E. Katchalov , he was part of Team PokerStars from March 2011 to mid-2016 . Katschalow has been taking part in renowned live tournaments since 2004 .

In December 2004 he made the money for the first time at the Main Event of the World Poker Tour (WPT) and finished the Five-Diamond World Poker Classic at the Bellagio Hotel in Las Vegas in 35th place for almost 30,000 US dollars in prize money. In mid-March 2005, he placed money at the main event of the European Poker Tour (EPT) and finished 18th in Monte-Carlo for 15,800 euros . In June 2005 Kachalov was also the first time at the World Series of Poker (WSOP) in the Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino successfully in Las Vegas and came in two tournaments of the variant No-Limit Hold 'em the money. In December 2007, he won the WPT's Five Diamond World Poker Classic, his biggest prize to date of just under $ 2.5 million. In January 2011, Kachalov won the Super High Roller Event in the Bahamas as part of the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure with a prize of 1.5 million dollars. At the 2011 WSOP , he secured a bracelet and more than $ 120,000 in prize money by winning a tournament in Seven Card Stud . At the beginning of September 2011 he reached the final table at the EPT Main Event in Barcelona and finished the tournament in third place for 315,000 euros. Also in February 2014 he sat at the final table of the EPT main event and only had to admit defeat to the Greek Sotirios Koutoupas in Deauville . For his second place Katschalow received prize money of almost 380,000 euros. His last live cash placement to date was in July 2018 at the WSOP Main Event .

Overall, Katschalow has earned over nine million dollars with poker in live tournaments, making him the most successful Ukrainian poker player . From April to November 2016 he played as part of LA Sunset in the Global Poker League and made it to the playoffs with his team.

Web links

Commons : Eugene Katschalow  - Collection of images

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Eugene Katchalov Profile on gosugamers.net, accessed on June 2, 2015.
  2. ↑ a b c Eugene Katschalow ( Memento from October 27, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) on PokerStars.eu, accessed on June 2, 2015.
  3. ↑ Team PokerStars - Eugene Katchalov is the newest member ( September 17, 2016 memento in the Internet Archive ) on pokerolymp.com March 24, 2011, accessed on September 17, 2016.
  4. ↑ a b c d Eugene Katschalow in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on September 17, 2016 (English).
  5. ↑ Five-Diamond World Poker Classic ($ 15,000 + 300 World Poker Tour Championship - No Limit Hold'em) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on September 17, 2016 (English).
  6. ↑ EPT - 1 - Grand Final (€ 10,000 European Poker Tour Grand Final - No Limit Hold'em) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on September 17, 2016 (English).
  7. ↑ 2007 Doyle Brunson Five Diamond World Poker Classic ($ 15,000 + 400 Doyle Brunson Classic - No Limit Hold'em) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed June 2, 2015.
  8. ↑ PCA - 2011 ($ 100,000 + 500 No Limit Hold'em - Super High Roller Event) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed June 2, 2015 (English).
  9. ↑ 42nd World Series of Poker (WSOP) 2011 ($ 1,500 Seven Card Stud) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed June 2, 2015.
  10. ↑ EPT - 8 - Barcelona (€ 5,000 + 300 No Limit Hold'em - Main Event) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on September 17, 2016 (English).
  11. ↑ EPT - 10 - FPS - 3 - Deauville (€ 5,000 + 300 No Limit Hold'em - EPT Main Event) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on September 17, 2016 (English).
  12. ↑ Ukraine All Time Money List in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on February 2, 2020.
  13. ↑ LA Sunset on the Global Poker League website, accessed May 12, 2016.
personal data
SURNAME Katschalow, Eugene
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Katschalow, Jewhen (real name); Качалов, Євген (Ukrainian); Katchalov, Eugene (English spelling); Katchalov, Yevgeniy (English spelling); MyRabbiFoo (nickname); E. Katchalov (nickname)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Ukrainian-American poker player
DATE OF BIRTH February 21, 1981
PLACE OF BIRTH Kiev , Ukrainian SSR