Seat 1: Gabi Livshitz, Israel – 6,050,000
Gabi Livshitz has been playing mind sports since he was a child. He started with chess when he turned five. Since then, he's made it to the high ranks of most talented chess players, earning the International Master title back in 2002. His current ELO rating is 2,446.
More importantly, though, Livshitz has been able to adapt his skills to excel in poker like several other chess competitors, such as PokerStars Ambassador Jen Shahade. Livshitz has been pretty good at playing cards, having accumulated $1.6 million in career earnings.
Ranked tenth on the Israeli all-time money list, Livshitz has already been to an EPT Main Event final table (fourth for €316,780 at EPT Prague 2019). While he won't top that score here at FPS Monte Carlo, the 39-year-old can get quite close to matching his best result.