Olga Iermolcheva, who finished second in the 2022 WPT Ladies World Championship, has held her own amidst some of poker’s best players on ‘Game of Gold.’
Olga Iermolcheva, who finished second in the 2022 WPT Ladies World Championship, has been one of the breakout stars of ‘Game of Gold.’ Imagine stepping into a poker gauntlet against the likes of Daniel Negreanu , Jason Koon , Fedor Holz , Dan Cates and a still deeper cast of legends from several different eras of the game.
That was the reality that Olga Iermolcheva was thrust into as part of the cast for the inaugural season of Game of Gold . What’s more, is that until the moment she stepped out of the elevator, Iermolcheva had no idea of the mountain she would be expected to climb in this competition.
“I knew that there would be 16 of us, but I had zero information about the competitors,” said Iermolcheva. “I was still hoping to have some non-poker competitors, to make it a little bit fairer.
“Once I saw all of the famous super pros that were there, I knew it would be difficult to beat them for sure. I realized this quickly.”
Over the last two weeks, Game of Gold has become one of the most talked about subjects in the world of poker. The revamped, reality game-style return of Poker After Dark pits 16 poker players, including some of the most recognizable names in the game, initially drafted into teams of four as the field slowly gets whittled down to what will eventually be one winner by the end of the show.
And while the big names understandably drew a lot of attention at the outset, when it came down to the poker itself, which for Round 1 was a series of four-handed Sit and Go tournaments, focus quickly turned to the action at hand. Through a random draw of cards, Iermochelva was drafted to Team Hearts, which featured David Williams , Hustler Casino Live regular Andy Stacks , and online streamer Lucas Robinson.
While team competition is far from the norm in poker, Iermolcheva had […]
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