And, since Trueteller takes his plans very seriously, his match against Ivey began in autumn 2015. He knew that it would be difficult for Phil to reject the game against an opponent who was inexperienced in mix-games. And a poker player came up with a plan: Kuznetsov decided to learn to play 8 games in a year at a strong enough level to play against Ivey in his best discipline. Then Trueteller realized that Phil Ivey was his biggest potential opponent, but a successful professional was no longer playing Hold'em and 2-7 with him, and Timofey himself couldn’t play other games. It took place in October 2015 against Phil Ivey, and Trueteller prepared for it for about a year.Īccording to Russian player, in 2014 the action in the expensive NL 6-max and 2-7 games died down, and the question arose about opponents to play against in online. In it, among other things, he told a curious story about the most interesting poker duel in his life.

Timofey Kuznetsov, one of the most mysterious Russian-speaking high rollers, started a blog.

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