Yes, PocketFives makes dreams come true. The title of this article was actually the response from Belarus’ Kiryl CrazymoronRadzivonau (pictured) when asked why he picked the screen name “Crazymoron” in the first place. He doesn’t look so crazy anymore. We caught up with Radzivonau after he chopped the Full Tilt Sunday Brawl heads-up earlier this month and walked away with $41,000, the largest prize given out.

“I haven’t had such a big result on a Sunday in a long time,” Radzivonau told PocketFives in an exclusive interview. “Now, I have more motivation to play a lot. It was my tournament. I had a good stack throughout it and was a big chip leader at the beginning of the final table. The most difficult situation for me was in the top 18, but I dished out one cooler and everything was fine after that.”

A deal was first discussed when three players remained, but our interview subject reported that fellow PocketFiver molliemalonedid not want to consent because he wanted more than ICM. After that, Radzivonau coolered molliemalone to send him to the rail in a hand that featured a straight versus top set on the turn. Full Tilt member HR Dub and Radzivonau then chopped.

When asked if the money would change his poker career in any way, Radzivonau responded, “I can’t say this money will change anything. Ever since I won the Sunday Million in 2012, I’ve had enough of a bankroll for any tournament. Maybe I’ll start to play $1K buy-ins online, but I’m not sure.” His Sunday Million win two years ago was worth an outstanding $179,000 officially and saw him outwit, outplay, and outlast a field of nearly 5,800 entrants.

Radzivonau is the 13th ranked PocketFiver in Belarus out of 185 that have PLB scores and tops in the half-million-person city of Gomel. “Belarus is a small and poor country, but we have a lot of good players, especially cash game players,” he said of poker in his homeland. “I think because a lot of young guys started to play in order to earn good money, which they wouldn’t have had the opportunity to do in other jobs here, there are some really good players from Belarus on PocketFives.”

Speaking of the Belarus pokercommunity on PocketFives, its members have combined for nearly $20 million in tracked scores, including $2.1 million in the last three months across 7,700 cashes. Belarus is #27 in the PocketFives Country Poker Rankings.

He got started in poker via a free $50 offer and said, “I never lost it.” He originally heard about the game after Ivan Demidov (pictured) finished second in the 2008 World Series of Poker Main Event. Demidov was a professional World of Warcraft player and known in the internet realm as SK Soul. Radzivonau said, “I tried to find some information about poker and never looked back.”

Radzivonau has also excelled on the live scene, amassing nearly three-quarters of a million dollars in earnings, according to the Hendon Mob. His largest live cash was worth $99,000 and came courtesy of a win in the Russia Poker Tour’s Main Event in Kiev in early 2013. He is #4 on the all-time live money list for Belarus, a leaderboard that features Alex Bolotin at the top, and Radzivonau has a GPI ranking of #160.

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