Ivan Demidov is the latest in a series of Russian natives finding incredible success at the WSOP. Last year’s WSOP saw Russian pro Alexander Kravchenko win the first bracelet in Russian history to go along with 6 other cashes, while this year saw Nikolay Evdakov obliterate the previous single WSOP record of 8 cashes by making 10 cashes himself. Both Nikolay and Ivan Demidov are residents of Moscow, now the richest city in the world.

The 27 year old Demidov has been playing poker for about 2 years and is looking to follow up his 11th place finish in the 2008 $1,000 NL Hold’em with Re-Buys event with a victory in the Main Event. Ivan Demidov stands in great position to claim his first bracelet and the second biggest first prize in the history of all live tournament play with 24,400,000 in chips, less than 2,000,000 behind chip leader, Dennis Phillips.

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