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Prior to winning his first EPT title at the just concluded Snowfest in Austria, Team PKR Poker pro Vladimir “Beyne” Geshkenbein was far from a household name in the poker world, but he should have definitely been on every poker fan’s “watch list”. The €390k EPT win was Geshkenbein’s largest to date, eclipsing the $260k he won when he bested Johnny Chan heads-up at the 2009 APPT Macau High-Roller tournament.

The young, brash, hyper-aggressive, Russian started the tournament in style, as the Day 1 chip-leader, and was never far from the top spot throughout the entire tournament. Geshkenbein has an almost maniacal style to his game, but considering his results in high-stakes cash-games he obviously isn’t as crazy as he seems. Coupled with his style of play, the poker pro’s brash table talk has a tendency to tilt his opponents, and Geshkenbein DEFINITELY is a talker at the poker tables.

Take his comment to eventual runner-up Kevin Vandersmissen just prior to the final hand of the tournament that was reported by PokerNews.com’s live reporting team: “Moments before the final hand was dealt Geshkenbain (sp.) joked to Vandersmissen that he should not look so sad because second place is a good result too.”

Here is a look at how the final table fared at the 2011 PokerStars EPT Snowfest Main Event:

1.    Vladimir Geshkenbein — €390,000
2.    Kevin Vandersmissen — €260,000
3.    Koen De Visscher — €147,000
4.    Giacomo Maisto — €100,000
5.    Cristian Dragomir — €81,000
6.    Philip Meulyzer — €65,000
7.    Denis Murphy — €49,000
8.    Morten Mortensen — €35,000