Vladimir Geshkenbein

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Vladimir Geshkenbein
  Personal information  
Year of birth 1987 or 1988
Nickname
BeynPokerStars
place of residence SwitzerlandSwitzerland Zurich
Live Poker Tournament Achievements
Highest prize money 0 '$ 727,483
Total prize money $ 2,530,713
World Series of Poker
Bracelets no
Cashes 24
Best main event 62nd ( 2013 )
  Main event of the European Poker Tour  
title 1
Cashes 4th
  Main Event of the PokerStars Championship  
title no
Cashes 1
  Main Event of party poker Live  
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Cashes 1
Last updated: February 8, 2020

Vladimir Geshkenbein ( Russian Владимир Гешкенбейн ; * 1987 or 1988 ) is a Russian - Swiss poker player .

Personal

Geshkenbein is studying economics . He lives in Zurich .

Poker career

Geshkenbein plays on the online poker platform PokerStars under the nickname Beyn . Since 2009 he has been taking part in renowned live tournaments .

Geshkenbein had his first success in a live tournament in late August 2009 on the Asia Pacific Poker Tour (APPT) in Macau . He prevailed against 63 other players in the high roller event and received a prize money equivalent to almost 270,000 US dollars . In October 2009 he won the PKR Heads Up Grand Slam in London for $ 120,000. In June 2010 Geshkenbein was successful for the first time at the World Series of Poker (WSOP) in the Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas and came in the money in two tournaments of the No Limit Hold'em variant . At the end of March 2011 he won the main event of the European Poker Tour (EPT) in Saalbach-Hinterglemm with a prize of 390,000 euros . During the 2013 WSOP , Geshkenbein announced that he was broke and would end his professional poker career. He played the main event with borrowed money and was eliminated there on the sixth day of the tournament in 62nd place for more than $ 120,000 in prize money. At the end of August 2016, Geshkenbein finished fourth in the Estrellas High Roller at the EPT in Barcelona for just under 150,000 euros. In November 2016, he won the APPT Main Event in Macau and secured a prize money equivalent to just under $ 730,000.

In total, Geshkenbein has earned more than $ 2.5 million in poker in live tournaments. He played several times on the German poker show German High Roller , which is broadcast on Sport1 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Vladimir Geshkenbein makes history after winning APPT Main Event on maineventtravel.com on November 14, 2016, accessed on April 23, 2018 (English).
  2. ↑ a b c Geshkenbein: “Badly dealt with money” on sport1.de from October 22, 2017, accessed on April 23, 2018.
  3. ↑ Vladimir Geshkenbein in the World Series of Poker database, accessed April 23, 2018.
  4. ↑ Sunday Warm-up: “Beyn” from Switzerland in third place on pokerstars.eu on June 22, 2009, accessed on February 8, 2020.
  5. ↑ a b Poker Gossip - Beynes Broke Confession on pokerfirma.com from July 9, 2013, accessed on April 23, 2018 (English).
  6. ↑ a b Vladimir Geshkenbein in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on April 23, 2018 (English).
  7. ↑ APPT - Macau (HK $ 88,800 No Limit Hold'em - High Roller Event) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed April 23, 2018.
  8. ↑ PKR Heads Up Grand Slam ($ 10,000 No Limit Hold'em) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed April 23, 2018.
  9. ↑ 41st World Series of Poker (WSOP) 2010 ($ 2,500 No Limit Hold'em - Six Handed) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed April 23, 2018.
  10. ↑ 41st World Series of Poker (WSOP) 2010 ($ 1,000 No Limit Hold'em) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on April 23, 2018.
  11. ↑ EPT - 7 - Snowfest (€ 3,500 + 250 No Limit Hold'em - Main Event) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on April 23, 2018 (English).
  12. ↑ 44th World Series of Poker (WSOP) 2013 ($ 10,000 World Championship - No Limit Hold'em (Event # 62)) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed April 23, 2018.
  13. ↑ EPT - 13 - ESPT - 7 - Barcelona (€ 2,000 + 200 No Limit Hold'em - Estrellas High Roller (Event # 21)) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on April 23, 2018 (English).
  14. ↑ 2016 Asia Championship of Poker (ACOP) (HK $ 95,000 + 5,000 No Limit Hold'em - Main Event (Event # 10)) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed April 23, 2018 (English).
personal data
SURNAME Geshkenbein, Vladimir
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Гешкенбейн, Владимир (Russian); Beyn (nickname)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Russian-Swiss poker player
DATE OF BIRTH 1987 or 1988