jesus who the hell is buying action off him when he doesnt pay out

Wow thats ****ing insane, and didn't he win another 1m+ that year in other events?

dem russians

poor guy, it just keeps getting worse and worse.

After being screwed over money by about 4 people now in my life.. ive learnt people are scum bags even when its small amounts. I personally am not, and never will be, like i make sure i pay back what I owe and so on (in my opinion its good for the long run and good for business)

So.. if i saw some scummy russians who i sensed were going to rip me off out of x MILLION and not only that,.. leave me with a huge tax bill. You know what? Id be tempted to say... to hell with it..im taking ALL the winnings (i know this now makes me as scummy as them.. buy my actions would be in response to their scummy actions , teach them a lesson)

Basically in the UK you can legally change your name, so assuming you can do that in Russia thats the first thing I would be doing. Also Russia is a very very big country... good luck trying to find me when you dont even know my name. And finally.. id probably be spending 9 months of the year not even in Russia making finding me even harder still

I think people are over rating the things about "in Russia you die" ****.. how about "in Russia i spend my $6 mill that the scum tried robbing from me, so i robbed from them instead"

im aware you could never ever attend a live event again.. but hey... id be happy living the high life on my 6 mill, a score i will never ever equal again for the rest of my life anyway. And grinding online if i really wanted to. GL trying to find me fat Russians!

Sergey and Ivan are friends and this quote was taken from an old interview, now the dispute is settled, i can't reveal the details, but there way more to the topic than stated in the op.

I have dealt financially with Sergey few times and while he is, by his own admission, a sick gambler, he is one of the most pleasant and honest people in the poker world, so there is no need to label him as a criminal.

You might as well reveal some details. What we know so far makes him look pretty bad.

so, did ivan get his 20 (~) %?

I´m assuming the guy at 1:30 is Sergey and the girl next to him is Ivan´s GF?

highly doubt it

wouldn't he be paying usa taxes on that?

It's better that it will come from Ivan himself, i cannot reveal what was told to me in private conversations unless i get approval from both sides.

I think he will post here and clears the air soon enough.

Hello everyone. Ivan Demidov here ( i guess you can verify that by looking at my 2008-2009 posts ). Didn't know about this thread until now.

The "i didn't get my WSOP money" is true, however it was taken out of context. Sergey still owes me money, but we have setlled it down long time ago. He is slowly repaying me and we are still friends.

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