The Cosmos Christmas Tournaments run over the weekend
21st Dec to 24th Dec at Cosmos Casino in Moscow have
just concluded.Despite the fact that this is holiday
time in Russia & many regular tournament players from
both Moscow & St Petersberg were on holidays, the
events still managed to attract a good turnout &
prizemoney was substantial.
The Armenian contingent was in red-hot form with 1 win
& 2 seconds & several final table placings.
All the Armenian players play a good,solid &
aggressive brand of poker, & some have indicated that
they will start competing in Europe.
Kiril Gerasimov with a win , 5th & 6th was the most
consistent performer over the weekend. Kiril is a
young player who has been playing poker less than a
year, but has already shown that he is that rare breed
of player who excels both at money & tournament play.
As usual Alex Kravchenko performed well, & will be
playing a lot on the European circuit in 2002.
Prizemoney for the 3 events totalled $70,250 with a
total of 90 entries. All the events ran smoothly, &
Dmitry Lesnoy is to be commended for having his team
in top shape ,organizationally.
He must also be congratulated for a superhuman effort
in playing non-stop from Friday afternoon till Sunday
night,both in tournaments & live games,whilst at the
same time ensuring that the events ran without a
hitch. Get some sleep Dmitry,you deserve it.
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