{"id":6059,"date":"2010-07-22T09:55:14","date_gmt":"2010-07-22T08:55:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/?p=6059"},"modified":"2019-11-01T11:11:50","modified_gmt":"2019-11-01T11:11:50","slug":"meet-our-second-qualifier-for-the-drive-the-dream-live-final","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/meet-our-second-qualifier-for-the-drive-the-dream-live-final.html","title":{"rendered":"Meet our second qualifier for the Drive the Dream live final"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"We\u2019re excited to introduce the second player to make it through to the live final of our poker promotion for petrol heads, Drive the Dream<\/a>. Meet Stanislav Savchenko, a 43-year-old professional chess player from Ilvichevsk in Ukraine.<\/p>\n

Read the profile of the first winner, Marek Sosnowski<\/a>, here.<\/p>\n

Savchenko\u2019s route to the final table started when he bought into one of our qualifiers for just 25 PartyPoints.<\/p>\n

\u201cQualification to the final game didn’t cost me anything,\u201d he smiles, looking back on the hard-fought poker that\u2019s taken him to within touching distance of the first prize: a 2010 Aston Martin DB9 Coupe.<\/p>\n

The whole family was behind him as he played his way to victory. \u201cMy reaction and that of the people close to me\u2026 was the strongest delight. My son was next to me during the whole tournament, rooting for me, and we were the first who felt this joy.\u201d<\/p>\n

No slouch at the tables<\/h3>\n

Although he\u2019s obviously no slouch at the tables, Savchenko\u2019s never taken down a huge score. \u201cThis is my biggest poker win online; offline I played only with my friends,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n

His place in the final has given him his first chance to visit London since a trip in 1994, but Savchenko really has his eye on on the main prize. \u201cUnfortunately, I don\u2019t have a car yet\u2026 the Aston Martin is the dream of every person \u2013 and the legend from James Bond!\u201d<\/p>\n

Having said that, the Ukranian is taking a pragmatic approach to the possibility of owning one of the world\u2019s most desirable motors: \u201cIf I won the car\u2026 maybe I will take the cash\u201d. Phlegmatic perhaps, but we\u2019re sure that if he gets behind the wheel for even a second, he\u2019ll be travelling from London to Ukraine in higher style than he enjoyed on the journey out.<\/p>\n

Drive the Dream runs until 12th September, so there\u2019s still time for you to win your seat in the live final; there are six places still up for grabs. As well as the main prize, you could also win the chance to drive a Ferrari, Porsche and a Lamborghini plus loads of big cash prizes. Find out how to qualify<\/a> today.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

We\u2019re excited to introduce the second player to make it through to the live final of our poker promotion for petrol heads, Drive the Dream. Meet Stanislav Savchenko, a 43-year-old professional chess player from Ilvichevsk in Ukraine. Read the profile of the first winner, Marek Sosnowski, here. Savchenko\u2019s route to the final table started when<\/p>\n

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