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Alex Kravchenko

Name
Alexander Kravchenko
Country
RussiaRussia
City
Moscow
Poker Room
PokerStars PokerStars
Total winnings
$ 3,689,387
Cashes
102
First place Finishes
8

Biography

Alexander Kravchenko was born in 1971 in Russia. He’s a professional poker player that began making a name for himself just recently. Since picking up the game, Kravchenko has been crushing tournaments around the world.

Kravchenko’s tournament cashes date back to the late 1990s. Back then, he was playing mainly out of Russia. From 1999 until 2006, all of his cashes occurred outside of the United States on European soil. During this time, his largest score was a second-place finish in an event at the Moscow Open in 2003 for over $23,000.

In 2006, Kravchenko traveled to the States to play in the WSOP. He cashed twice this year for over $12,000 total. He also played a few events at the Bellagio Cup II and cashed twice.

In 2007, Kravchenko was back at the World Series and had a stellar year. First, he won the $1,500 Omaha 8-or-Better event and took home nearly $230,000. He also cashed four more times before the Main Event and made one final table in that stretch. During the Main Event, Kravchenko battled his way through the enormous field to make his way to the final table. He wound up going out in fourth place and earning himself over $1.8 million.

Later that year, he placed fifth in an event at the WSOP Europe and cashed at the EPT Baden. Not only that, but Alexander placed third in the Moscow Milliosn for $77,000. In total, he won himself over $2.2 million in 2007 alone.

Kravchenko kept playing hard through 2008 and scored himself a double-digit amount of cashes including two at the WSOP. His biggest cash of the year came with a second place at the CAPT Baden Open for over $170,000.

Currently, Alexander sits towards the top of the all-time leading money winners for Russian players with just shy of $3 million in career tournament earnings. His is the first Russian player to win a WSO gold bracelet and holds a total of 10 World Series cashes.

Tournaments and Winnings

Tournament Place Winnings
42nd World Series of Poker (WSOP) 2011
$ 2,500 Omaha/Seven Card Stud Hi/Lo45th$4,494
$ 10,000 Pot Limit Omaha Championship17th$32,644
$ 1,500 Seven Card Stud Hi/Lo41st$3,526
$ 1,000 No Limit Hold'em177th$2,820
RPS Kiev
$ 2,750 No Limit Hold'em - Main Event2nd$113,100
EPT Snowfest
€ 3,500 Main Event - No Limit Hold'em16th€11,495
PokerStars Caribbean Adventure
$ 5,000 8 Game Championships4th$14,065
EPT London
£ 5,000 No Limit Hold'em - Main Event (UKIPT Grand Final)51st£13,000
PokerStars Russian Poker Series - Riga
€ 1,850 No Limit Hold'em - Main Event14th€4,250
41st World Series of Poker (WSOP) 2010
$ 10,000 Pot Limit Omaha Championship8th$85,180
$ 3,000 No Limit Hold'em - Triple Chance59th$8,735
$ 2,500 Mixed Event11th$14,232
$ 10,000 No Limit Hold'em - Heads Up Championship16th$38,424
$ 1,500 Seven Card Stud9th$10,057
$ 1,500 No Limit 2-7 Draw Lowball7th$9,568
WPT Rendez-Vous à Paris 2010
€ 10,000 WPT Grand Prix de Paris13th€46,955
EPT San Remo
€ 1,000 No Limit Hold'em / Pot Limit Omaha1st€70,000
EPT Snowfest
€ 3,500 No Limit Hold'em - Main Event65th€5,500
Poker EM / European Poker Championship
€ 20,000 Nationscup Flights 1 + 22nd€22,725
Bellagio Cup V
$ 15,000 No Limit Hold'em - Championship Event19th$23,245
40th World Series of Poker (WSOP) 2009
$ 5,000 No Limit Hold'em - Six Handed83rd$9,159
$ 2,000 Limit Hold'em35th$4,902
$ 1,500 No Limit Hold'em165th$2,945
$ 5,000 Pot Limit Omaha Hi/Lo5th$53,881
$ 10,000 World Championship Omaha Hi/Lo16th$26,921
$ 1,500 Pot Limit Omaha52nd$4,284
Russian Poker Tour - Moscow
RUB 236,800 No Limit Hold'em - Main Event8th1,342,000 RUB
RUB 16,000 No Limit Hold'em11th83,100 RUB
EPT - Grand Final
€ 10,000 EPT Grand Final - No Limit Hold'em38th€40,000
EPT Sanremo
€ 5,000 No Limit Hold'em111st€5,800
EPT - Budapest
€ 4,000 No Limit Hold'em23rd€10,640
2008 CAPT Baden Open/Poker EM
€ 4,000 No Limit Hold'em 2nd€124,640
Bellagio Cup IV
$ 3,000 No Limit Hold'em17th$6,000
39th World Series of Poker (WSOP) 2008
$ 10,000 World Championship Limit Hold'em27th$20,492
$ 10,000 World Championship Seven Card Stud13th$29,704
EPT Scandinavian Open
DKr 47,750 EPT Scandinavian Open36th63,259 DKR
PartyPoker.com Premier League Poker II
$ 60,000 No Limit Hold'em4th$40,000
Heat 22nd$10,000
Heat 104th$4,000
Heat 62nd$10,000
Heat 111st$18,000
Heat 43rd$6,000
Heat 74th$4,000
Moscow Millions
$ 10,500 Moscow Millions Main Event - No Limit Hold'em3rd$77,000
EPT Baden Classic
€ 7,600 EPT Baden Classic17th€12,860
World Series Of Poker - Europe
£ 2,500 H.O.R.S.E5th£17,714
38th World Series of Poker (WSOP) 2007
$ 10,000 World Championship No Limit Hold'em4th$1,852,721
$ 1,000 S.H.O.E43rd$3,521
$ 5,000 H.O.R.S.E9th$14,438
$ 2,000 Seven Card Stud Hi/Lo 8 or Better22nd$5,879
$ 5,000 World Championship Pot Limit Hold'em27th$15,900
$ 1,500 Omaha Hi/Lo Split 8 or Better1st$228,446
2007 Mandalay Bay Poker Championship
$ 9,700 No Limit Hold'em - Championship Event13th$21,860
2006 Russian Poker Championships
$ 2,000 No Limit Hold'em15th$2,000
Bellagio Cup II
$ 1,000 No Limit Hold'em7th$6,425
$ 1,000 No Limit Hold'em10th$5,040
37th World Series of Poker (WSOP) 2006
$ 5,000 Pot Limit Hold'em20th$10,660
$ 1,500 Pot Limit Omaha36th$2,508
EPT Grand Final
€ 1,000 No Limit Hold'em3rd€11,930
12th Vienna Spring Poker Festival
€ 2,000 E-WSOP Trial 2006 - No Limit Hold'em12th€5,450
2006 Pokerstars.com Caribbean Adventure
$ 7,800 WPT - Main Event - No Limit Hold'em114th$10,700
2005 World Heads Up Poker Championships
€ 300 Pot Limit Omaha Freezeout10th€650
Pacific Poker UK Open
Semi-Final III5th$12,500
$ 10,000 Heat 161st
Austrian Classics 2004
€ 500 Limit Seven Card Stud10th
2004 Ultimatebet.com Poker Classic
$ 6,000 No Limit Hold'em Final Day114th$7,000
Rendez Vous a Paris
€ 10,000 Grand Prix de Paris / WPT - No Limit Hold'em22nd€10,000
Moscow Open 2003
$ 2,000 No Limit Holdem2nd$23,400
$ 300 Pot Limit Holdem6th$1,292
Barcelona Open 2003
€ 200 Pot Limit Omaha9th€800
€ 200 Limit Holdem6th€1,950
Austrian Masters 2003
€ 1,000 World Heads Up Poker Championships 200365th
€ 200 Limit Holdem7th€1,410
Helsinki Freezeout 2002
€ 200 Pot Limit Soko4th€3,929
€ 100 Limit Holdem1st€8,672
Conti Group Open 2002
$ 500 Pot Limit Omaha2nd$9,013
Barcelona Open 2002
€ 1,000 No Limit Holdem2nd€7,000
€ 200 Pot Limit Omaha4th€1,836
Moscow Open 2002
$ 300 Pot Limit Omaha Hi/Lo8th$1,201
Autumn Tournament 2002
€ 2,000 No Limit Holdem3rd€18,300
White Nights Poker Festival 2002
$ 600 No Limit Holdem6th$2,462
Moscow Poker Trilogy - Part 3
$ 250 Pot Limit Hi/Lo Dealers Choice4th$2,499
Euro Finals of Poker 2002
€ 1,000 No Limit Holdem3rd€12,850
€ 500 Pot Limit Omaha6th€1,300
€ 5,000 European Holdem Championship7th€6,900
€ 2,000 European Omaha Championship8th€2,870
Helsinki Freezeout 2001
FIM 2,000 Limit 7 Card Stud6th13,163 FIM
Winter Tournament Olympia 2001
$ 500 No Limit Holdem6th$1,570
$ 250 Pot Limit Omaha7th$1,080
$ 200 Pot Limit Holdem1st$12,040
$ 100 Pot Limit Omaha2nd$4,355
Moscow Open 2001
$ 500 Pot Limit Omaha1st$11,914
$ 200 Limit Holdem6th$1,579
$ 200 Limit Omaha Hi-Lo4th$1,546
Autumn Tournament 2001
FF 5,000 Pot Limit Omaha8th7,900 FRF
2001 World Heads Up Poker Championship
$ 2,175 No Limit Hold'em16th$940
Austrian Masters 2001
ATS 2,000 Pot Limit Omaha1st150,420 ATS
ATS 34,400 World Heads Up Poker Championships Finals17th14,820 ATS
ATS 2,000 Pot Limit Holdem5th40,150 ATS
Vienna Spring Festival 2001
ATS 2,000 No Limit Holdem3rd64,990 ATS
ATS 1,000 Pot Limit Holdem7th12,860 ATS
Open Championships of Russia 2001
$ 500 No Limit Holdem3rd$5,200
Moscow International
$ 100 No Limit Hold'em3rd$1,550
$ 500 No Limit Hold'em4th$2,000
$ 500 Limit Seven Card Stud3rd$4,000
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