About The Maven

I offer an advanced tournament training program. It is important to note that I am going to reveal my entire playbook. Every move I make and detail in my system will be discussed thoroughly; holding nothing back!! Info@TheMavenVT.com.

The Maven's Recent Articles

• WSOP Experience: The Competitive Attitude of a Winner

  Views: 443. Date: May 5th, 2009.

• Poker and Mental Toughness

  Views: 1482. Date: Mar 8th, 2009.

• Take Control of Your Profits and Your Life

  Views: 1435. Date: Jan 15th, 2009.

Basic Information

• Member Since

  Jul 29th, 2006

• Real Name

  David Chicotsky

• Location

  Las Vegas, Nevada, United States

• Gender

  Male

• Last Login

  Oct 31st, 2011 at 06:16 AM

• Total Posts

  299

• Threads Started

  38 (12.71%)

• ARPT

  19.9 / 19.7

• Last Post

  9-11 big blinds in tournament PP, shove or raise?
  Aug 26th, 2011 at 11:34 PM

• Blog

  The Maven's Blog
  15 entries

Comments (1)

The Maven's Recent Threads

• The Landlord HU WSOP #43 $1.5K [Jun 28th, 2011]

  Views: 772. Replies: 5. Last Poster: pokerproplaya08

• Dyzalot FT WSOP $2K [Jun 20th, 2009]

  Views: 207. Replies: 9. Last Poster: Ari

• Ariiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! [Apr 23rd, 2009]

  Views: 733. Replies: 47. Last Poster: bob2bob

• Suspicious hand deep in 100r [Feb 20th, 2009]

  Views: 401. Replies: 29. Last Poster: rock3656

• Darrenelias = FTOPS #13 Winner [Feb 10th, 2009]

  Views: 207. Replies: 19. Last Poster: DUBZX

PocketFives Scouting Report

Two-time PocketFives.com Triple Crown winner September and December '08. David Chicotsky has become one of the top online tournament players in today's game. He has wins in the PokerStars $30k Guaranteed and the Full Tilt $35k Guaranteed tournaments along with a runner-up showing in the Full Tilt $90k for $23,400. One of the highest volume players in 2008, it is not uncommon for "The Maven" to string together multiple final table appearances in high stakes tournaments in one day. In February '09, The Maven continued his winning ways with a victory in the Absolute Poker $500 freezeout event for $28,340.

Articles by The Maven

Poker and Mental Toughness

Take Control of Your Profits and Your Life

The Maven's User Names

To learn more about how your recent scores work, visit our Rankings FAQ

• PokerStars

  BodogMaven($436,246.72)

• Full Tilt Poker

  The Yid($799,396.03)

• Bodog (Bodog)

  The Maven($237,422.58)

• Cake Poker (Cake)

  D Chicotsky($1,727.30)

• Absolute Poker (Cereus)

  The_Yid($123,752.22)

• UB.com (Cereus)

  BodogMaven($31,885.53)

• Carbon Poker (Merge)

  DChicotsky($13,860.31)

• Party Poker (PartyPoker)

  BodogMaven($1,118.00)

• Total Won:

  $1,645,408.69

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Detailed Information

• Favorite Players

  thelandlord1, daisyxoxo, busto_soon, Lil, Alexander

• Favorite Poker Hand

  7♣ Q♣

• Profession

  Pro Poker Player, Master's Candidate

• Favorite Place to Play Live Poker

  Las Vegas, NV

• Hobbies

  Reading, Writing, Traveling, Japanese Ju Jitzu, Shaolin Kung Fu, Tai Chi, Training Students at Ari's

• Favorite Cash Game

  NL/PL HE, $1/$2 to $2/$4

• Favorite Tournament Game

  NL/PL HE MTTs, $100 and over