Paul Phua and his team did interview Kuznetsov, the first video interview in English with Kuznetsov as far as we know. Or maybe nobody asked him, also a possibility. He was talkative enough at the table to other players, but talking to the media wasn't something he did just yet. Still, interviews he didn't really do much. There are only so many players who can buy into Super High Rollers and play extremely well, so when the young Russian Kuznetsov entered the live scene, the world found out. I think I can handle it really well compared to other players.'Įventually, Timofey Kuznetsov was revealed as the talented player. Mike McDonald jokingly wondered if it was Robert Williamson III at one point, just about the last player in the world people thought it could be. The Russian player was a force to be reckoned with, regarded one of the best by many, without anyone knowing who the player behind the account was. One of the screen names that wasn't figured out for quite some time was 'Trueteller'.

People of poker forums tossed out the names of just about any Swede they knew there was even one guy on TwoPlusTwo who supposedly went on a trip to Scandinavia to find out who was behind the screen name.Īnd then, after having signed with PokerStars, Viktor Blom was introduced from behind a little curtain in the Bahamas before playing a heads-up match Bertrand 'ElkY' Grospellier.Ī lot of the top online players start out anonymous, only to share their screen name with other players, and before you know it, the entire world knows. Remember when 'Isildur1' came out of nowhere to battle the big names on Full Tilt Poker? Nobody knew who he was.