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Maxim Lykov
Sun Aug 23 2009Winner of €5,000 EPT Kyiv Main Event
The first-ever PokerStars.net EPT Kyiv drew 296 runners from 33 countries across the globe. At the end of nearly a week of intense action on the felt, Russia's Maxim Lykov outlasted everyone who came against him to earn the championship along with the glass trophy and €330,000 in cash. Lykov was up and down at the final table, but in the end, his relentless aggression proved to be too much for his fellow competitors. After more than eight hours of play, he would finish off the crowd favorite, Ukraine's own Alexander Dovzhenko in a short and decisive heads-up battle to claim the title.
Congratulations to Maxim Lykov, EPT Kyiv Champion! Goodbye, Kyiv!
A terrific week of poker in beautiful Kyiv, Ukraine is in the books. Kyiv's own Alexander Dovzhenko made a valiant effort, but came up just shy of taking the trophy, falling in the...




