Igor Kurganov

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Igor Kurganov
Igor Kurganov (2018)
Igor Kurganov (2018)
  Personal information  
Date of birth May 5, 1988
place of birth Soviet UnionSoviet Union Leningrad
Nicknames
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lechuckpokerPokerStars

IgorKurganovTeam PokerStars
place of residence United KingdomUnited Kingdom London
Live Poker Tournament Achievements
Highest prize money 0$ 1,559,373
Total prize money $ 18,706,719
World Series of Poker
Bracelets 1
Cashes 11
Best main event no cash
  Main Event of the World Poker Tour  
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Cashes 1
  Main event of the European Poker Tour  
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Cashes 4th
  Main Event of the PokerStars Championship  
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  Main Event of party poker Live  
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Last updated: May 22, 2020

Igor Kurganov ( Russian Игорь Курганов ; English transcription Igor Kurganov ; born May 5, 1988 in Leningrad ) is a professional Russian - German poker player .

Personal

Kurganow has been in a relationship with English poker player Liv Boeree since March 2014 . Together with her and the German poker player Philipp Gruissem , he founded the charity project Raising for Effective Giving at the beginning of July 2014, which is based on the principles of effective altruism . Kurganow lived in Munich for a time and now in London .

Poker career

Career

Kurganov at an Alpha8 event on St. Kitts (2013)

Kurganov plays online under the nickname lechuckpoker . From February 2017 to November 2019 he was a member of Team PokerStars , for which he played under the nickname IgorKurganov . Since 2009 he has also been taking part in renowned live tournaments .

Kurganow cashed in for the first time at a main event of the European Poker Tour (EPT) in early January 2010 as part of the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure in the Bahamas and finished 119th for prize money of 20,000 US dollars . At the end of April 2012, he won the high roller tournament as part of the EPT Grand Final in Monte-Carlo and received a prize of over one million euros . At the Aussie Millions Poker Championship in Melbourne in spring 2013, Kurganow reached the final table of the A $ 100,000 Challenge and A $ 250,000 Challenge for prizes of over 1.1 million Australian dollars and then won the A $ 25,000 Challenge with a prize money of 275,000 Australian dollars. At the beginning of June 2013 he came in sixth place at the main event of the GuangDong Asia Millions for the equivalent of over one million US dollars in prize money. At the end of June 2013 he was successful for the first time at the World Series of Poker (WSOP) in the Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas and finished eleventh in a tournament in No Limit Hold'em for over 70,000 US dollars. At the end of April 2014, Kurganow made it into the money again at the super high roller event of the Grand Finals in Monte-Carlo and finished the tournament in third place for his largest prize money to date of over 1.1 million euros. A year later he finished fourth in the same tournament for almost 630,000 euros. At the 2017 WSOP , Kurganow won the Tag Team Championship together with Boeree and with it his first bracelet as well as a combined prize money of around 270,000 US dollars. The couple donated half of this prize money to Raising for Effective Giving . At the PokerStars Championship in Barcelona in August 2017 , Kurganow won the Super High Roller with a prize of over one million euros. In mid-July 2018, he finished fifth in the $ 50,000 high roller event of the 2018 WSOP for around $ 380,000 in prize money. In December 2018, Kurganow took sixth place at the Super High Roller Bowl at the Aria Resort & Casino in Las Vegas, endowed with $ 756,000. In early June 2019, he reached the final table at the same place at the main event of the World Poker Tour and finished second for around $ 285,000. At the 2019 WSOP , Kurganov finished fourth in the $ 100,000 high roller event and received just under $ 850,000.

Overall, Kurganov has earned more than 18.5 million US dollars with poker in live tournaments , making him the most successful Russian poker player . From April to November 2016 he played as part of the London Royals in the Global Poker League and made it to the playoffs with his team.

Prize money overview

year Prize money (in $ ) Tournament victories
2009 00.111.175 1
2010 00.041,334 -
2011 00.738.269 -
2012 01,807,516 2
2013 03,362,109 2
2014 02,264,494 1
2015 01,408,330 1
2016 02,309,313 3
2017 02,613,586 3
2018 01,941,699 -
2019 01,831,648 -
2020 00.277,250 -
total 18,706,719 13

Web links

Commons : Igor Kurganov  - Collection of Pictures

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Igor Kurganow on rankinghero.com, accessed on May 1, 2016 (English).
  2. ↑ a b Igor Kurganow in the World Series of Poker database, accessed on May 1, 2016 (English).
  3. ↑ Liv Boeree: “It's time to give something back” ( Memento from May 1, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) on pokerzeit.com from October 21, 2014, accessed on May 1, 2016
  4. ↑ lechuckpoker on Pokerstars at highstakesdb.com, accessed on May 1, 2016 (English).
  5. ↑ Igor Kurganov is the new Team PokerStars Pro on pokerfirma.com on February 11, 2017, accessed on February 11, 2017.
  6. ↑ Liv Boeree and Igor Kurganov are leaving PokerStars at casino.org on November 15, 2019, accessed on November 25, 2019.
  7. ↑ a b Igor Kurganow in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on May 1, 2016 (English).
  8. ↑ PCA - 2010 ($ 10,000 + 300 No Limit Hold'em - Main Event) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed May 1, 2016 (English).
  9. ↑ EPT - 8 - Grand Final (€ 25,000 + 500 No Limit Hold'em - 8 Max High Rollers) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on May 1, 2016 (English).
  10. ↑ 2013 Aussie Millions Poker Championship (A $ 100,000 No Limit Hold'em - $ 100,000 Challenge) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed July 13, 2018.
  11. ↑ 2013 Aussie Millions Poker Championship (A $ 250,000 No Limit Hold'em - $ 250,000 Challenge) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed July 13, 2018.
  12. ↑ 2013 Aussie Millions Poker Championship (A $ 25,000 No Limit Hold'em - $ 25,000 Challenge) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed July 13, 2018.
  13. ↑ GuangDong Asia Millions (HK $ 1,000,000 No Limt Hold'em - Main Event) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed May 1, 2016.
  14. ↑ 44th World Series of Poker (WSOP) 2013 ($ 25,000 No Limit Hold'em - 6 Handed (Event # 52)) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on May 1, 2016.
  15. ↑ EPT - 10 - FPS - 4 - Grand Final (€ 98,000 + 2,000 No Limit Hold'em - Super High Roller) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on May 1, 2016 (English).
  16. ↑ EPT - 12 - FPS - 6 - Grand Final (€ 98,000 + 2,000 No Limit Hold'em - Super High Roller # 16) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on May 1, 2016.
  17. ↑ 48th World Series of Poker (WSOP) 2017 ($ 10,000 No Limit Hold'em - Tag Team Championship (Event # 2)) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed June 3, 2017.
  18. ↑ WSOP 2017: Liv Boeree and Igor Kurganov win gold together on pokerstars.com on June 3, 2017, accessed on June 9, 2017.
  19. ↑ PokerStars Championship Barcelona (€ 50,000 No Limit Hold'em - PokerStars Championship Super High Roller # 10) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on August 21, 2017.
  20. ↑ 49th World Series of Poker (WSOP) 2018 ($ 50,000 No Limit Hold'em - High Roller (Event # 77)) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on July 15, 2018.
  21. ↑ Super High Roller Bowl ($ 300,000 No Limit Hold'em) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed December 20, 2018.
  22. ↑ WPT ARIA Summer Championship ($ 9,500 + 500 No Limit Hold'em - WPT ARIA Summer Championship) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed June 1, 2019.
  23. ↑ 50th World Series of Poker (WSOP) 2019 ($ 100,000 No Limit Hold'em - High Roller (Event # 83)) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on July 14, 2019.
  24. ↑ Russia All Time Money List in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed June 18, 2019.
  25. ↑ London Royals on the Global Poker League website, accessed May 13, 2016.
personal data
SURNAME Kurganov, Igor
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Курганов, Игорь (Russian); Kurganov, Igor (English spelling); lechuckpoker (nickname); IgorKurganov (nickname)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Russian-German poker player
DATE OF BIRTH May 5, 1988
PLACE OF BIRTH Leningrad , Soviet Union