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Kirill Gerasimov

Kirill Gerasimov

Russian poker player (born 1971)

Kirill Gerasimov (Russian: Кирилл Герасимов, born 5 June 1971, in Moscow, Soviet Union) is a Russian professional poker player.

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Personal life

Gerasimov was mentored in poker by professional Marcel Lüske.[1] Gerasimov himself went on to mentor former tennis professional Yevgeny Kafelnikov in poker as well as Mikhail Lakhitov.[2][3]

Poker career

World Poker Tour

The Paradise Poker website backed Gerasimov in the World Poker Tour season 1 $25,000 championship event, where he finished runner-up to Alan Goehring to take home a $506,625 prize.[4]

World Heads-Up Poker Championship

In June 2002, he won the second World Heads-Up Poker Championship in Vienna, winning the €60,000 grand prize.[5]

World Series of Poker

In May 2003, Gerasimov made his first World Series of Poker - WSOP final table, finishing in 6th place in the $1,500 No Limit Hold-Em event and receiving a $24,000 prize. Other finalists in the tournament included eventual winner Amir Vahedi and other professionals T. J. Cloutier, and Brad Daugherty.[6]

In April 2004, Gerasimov returned to the WSOP and again made two final tables: a 5th-place finish ($30,060) in the $1,500 Pot Limit Hold-Em event featuring 1996 Main Event champion Huck Seed and Tony Bloom, and a 2nd-place finish ($100,000) in the $1,500 No Limit Hold-Em shootout event featuring John Juanda and Daniel Negreanu.[7]

Gerasimov cashed four times in the 2005 World Series of Poker, including a 2nd-place finish ($108,775) in the seven-card stud tournament,[8] and he cashed in the $10,000 Main Event World Championship for the first time, with his 444th-place finish earning $16,055.[9]

At the 2008 World Series of Poker, Gerasimov made two final tables, 5th in the $5,000 Pot-Limit Omaha w/ Rebuys, earning $192,870 won by Phil Galfond[10] and 6th in the $2,000 No Limit Hold'em event, earning $177,111[11] and he slightly bested his 2005 Main Event run (444th place) when he finished in 439th place out of 6,844 entries, earning $27,020.[12]

At the 2009 World Series of Poker, Gerasimov finished runner-up in the $10,000 Pot Limit Hold'em World Championship for $391,369, his largest WSOP cash to date.[13]

European Poker Tour

Gerasimov made two final tables during the second season of the European Poker Tour (EPT),[14] finishing in 5th-place in London and 3rd-place in Deauville.[15]

Poker earnings

Gerasimov's live tournament winnings exceed $2,500,000 with his last major cash coming in 2018.[16] His 29 cashes at the WSOP account for $1,377,938 of those winnings.[17]

References

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    "European Poker Tour - EPT London, No Limit Hold'em - EPT Main Event". The Hendon Mob. Retrieved 29 August 2023.
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