Dragan Kostic Poker
Dragan Kostic is 47 years old and was born in Serbia, but has lived in Spain for the last 20 years. He took up poker in 2001 -- the year that the Euro was introduced in Spain. He said, “I remember it was that year because I was losing a lot of Euros!”
Dragan Kostic leads. Not far behind were the likes of Niclas Adoltsson (147,400), Jacob Rasmussen (128,300) and Albert Daher (127,700), among the leaders of the 308 players who survived today and who will return for Day 2 on Tuesday. First though will come the conclusion of the opening day. Professional poker player Dragan Kostic has lost his bid to avoid a lengthy jail sentence and a massive financial penalty for failing to declare his poker winnings to Spain’s tax authorities.
Dragan Kostic Poker Player
Kostic actually learned Texas Hold’em at private clubs while running a restaurant in Innsbruck, Austria. Although he plays a lot of live events in Mallorca, the European Poker Tour is by far the biggest live tournament he has ever entered. The married father of three won his seat in a live satellite on the eve of the Main Event.
Dragan Kostic Poker Chips
On making the final table he said, “I’m very happy to reach the final because, at the start of Day 3, I only had 30,000,' which was the same amount the players began the tournament with on Day 1. 'I always aimed to make it, but that means not making a single error -- because if you make just one mistake, you’re out!”
Dragan Kostic Poker Games
His wife Simona is supporting him from home while looking after the couple’s youngest daughter. Hopefully he'll be bringing an EPT title home to them when the day is complete.
Kostic enters the day sixth in chips out of the final eight with 2.155 million.
Bio courtesy of PokerStars