Alexander Kravchenko of Moscow entered the record books when he became the first Russian citizen to ever take home a World Series of Poker gold bracelet. This event took place at the 2007 WSOP, in the $1,500 Omaha Eight-or-Better tournament.

Alexander appeared on the European scene in 2001 when he was named Rookie of the Year at the European Poker Awards. Born on April 21, 1971 in Arkhangelsk, and has been in professional poker for 10 years. His winnings are impressive - to date he has won over $2.4 million as a professional poker player.

WSOP 2007 turned out to be very significant for Kravchenko. After the first bracelet, he went for the second. He didn't win it, but fourth place in the Main Event for $1.85 million is respectable.

He entered the record books for the second time when he officially surpassed Kirill Gerasimov and was named the luckiest Russian player to date to win the largest amount in poker.