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Uri Gilboa has won the 2019 European Poker Tour Sochi 191,800 Russian Ruble ($2,931 USD) buy-in no-limit hold’em main event. The 61-year-old overcame a field of 758 total entries to become the first-ever EPT champion from his home country of Israel, earning $439,600 USD for the win.

Gilboa was also awarded 1,368 Card Player Player of the Year points for coming out on top in this event. This was enough to see him move into a tie for 41st place in the overall POY race standings, joining recent World Poker Tour Venetian main event champion Ben Palmer.

The fifth and final day of this event began with Zakhar Babaev as the chip leader with just six players remaining. Babaev sat with more than 150 big blinds, with his nearest competitor (Maksim Pisarenko) having just over 60.

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Serafim Kovalevsky was the first player to be eliminated when his pocket sixes ran into the pocket eights of Babaev. Kovalevsky failed to improve and was sent home in sixth place ($86,240 USD). Vyacheslav Mizun followed him to the rail, with his flopped set of kings losing to the turned club flush of Gilboa to knock him out in fifth place ($113,456 USD). With that Gilboa moved into second place on the leaderboard behind Babaev.

Ivan Ruban got all-in with his pocket queens up against the AK of Babaev. The board came down A7459 and Babaev paired his ace to win the pot, eliminating Ruban in fourth place. He earned $143,248 USD for his deep run in this event.

A short-stacked Maksim Pisarenko three-bet all-in over the top of Babaev’s opening raise with K8. Gilboa woke up with JJ and called. He flopped a third jack and held up from there to bust Pisarenko in third place ($189,840 USD).

Gilboa entered heads-up play with 13,360,000 in chips to Babaev’s 8,385,000. Heads-up play lasted 36 hands, with a number of lead changes along the way. By the time the final hand arose, though, Gilboa held more than a 32-to-1 advantage.

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With blinds of 60,000-120,000 and a big blind ante of 120,000, Babaev moved all-in for 655,000 from the button with the 84. Gilboa made the quick call with A4. The board ran out A10546 and Gilboa’s two pair were enough to earn him the pot and the title. Babaev was awarded $267,792 USD as the runner-up finisher.

Check out the final hand of the tournament in a video clip that PokerStars LIVE
tweeted out:

Watch Uri Gilboa's knockout blow.
He is the #EPTSochi Main Event champion, winning ~€380,000. pic.twitter.com/GwbDrwA5Yj

— PokerStars LIVE (@PokerStarsLIVE) March 29, 2019

Here is a look at the payouts and POY points awarded at the final table:

Winner photo credit: Neil Stoddart / Rational Intellectual Holdings Limited.

While you may not have ever considered the idea of Israeli poker before now, there are actually quite a few famous and well known players who hail from Israel and have seen a lot of success. You can find plenty of places to play the game in this country, where the pros hone their skills to make sure that they are ready to take on the world. You can also play online if you are visiting the country yourself, as you can find some of the best deals and table limits here, as well as the chance to take part in poker tournaments on a global scale without ever leaving your hotel room.

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There are a few big names in Israeli poker that you ought to get acquainted with when you are looking to play the game in this country. David Levi is certainly one of them, a former paratrooper and soccer player who was born in Tel Aviv but now lives in Las Vegas to be close to all of the really major casinos in the world and the tournaments that go on inside them. He has won nearly $3 million in live poker tournaments to date, making him an incredibly successful player overall, with more than $360,000 of that won in the World Series of Poker against the world’s top professional players. He even once defeated the World Poker Tournament Champion Alan Goehring, and has won the $3100 No Limit Hold’em Event at the Bellagio.

Another notable winner poker player from Israel would be Eliahu Ilan Elezra, known more commonly as Eli Ezan or Mr Vegas, as player who also now lives in Las Vegas to be at the heart of the international poker community. He was a lieutenant in the Golani Brigade when he was injured in the leg, forcing him to start playing poker while he was unable to walk for entertainment, something which developed into a true talent and passion. He has won a World Poker Tour event in the 2004 championship, where he won over $1 million for that single event, and also holds a World Series of Poker bracelet for the Seven Card Stud Hi-Low after defeating Scotty Nguyen heads up in 2007, with his career live tournament winnings being in excess of $2 million so far.

Another Israeli player you should know the name of is Rafi Amait, born in Holon, who has played a few times in the World Series of Poker. Although his career earnings may not be as impressive as the other two, he is nevertheless often to be seen at WSOP matches, with eight money finishes to his name and two bracelets – one in 2005 for Omaha, and one in 2007 for Deuce to Seven Triple Draw Lowball.

Now that you know a few of the really key figures of Israeli poker, you can play more confidently with the knowledge that you have concerning the country. Perhaps if you are lucky enough you might come across the chance to play against one of them!