Oleksiy Kovalchuk

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Oleksiy Kovalchuk
  Personal information  
Date of birth September 18, 1989
place of birth Ukraine Soviet Socialist RepublicUkrainian SSR Kiev
place of residence UkraineUkraine Kiev
Live Poker Tournament Achievements
Highest prize money 0.$ 689,739
Total prize money $ 2,339,358
World Series of Poker
Bracelets 2
Cashes 15th
Best main event no cash
  Main event of the European Poker Tour  
title no
Cashes 3
Last updated: July 5, 2020

Oleksij Kovalchuk ( Ukrainian Олексій Ковальчук ; English transcription Oleksii Kovalchuk ; born September 18, 1989 in Kiev , Ukrainian SSR ) is a professional Ukrainian poker player . He is two-time bracelet winner of the World Series of Poker .

Poker career

Career

Kovalchuk has been participating in renowned live tournaments since 2011 .

Kovalchuk won the main event of the Russian Poker Tour in his native Kiev in early February 2011 and received the grand prize of more than $ 120,000 . In June 2011 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 came in the money in three tournaments. He won an event the variant No-Limit Hold'em and secured a prize money of nearly $ 700,000 and a bracelet . At the main event of the Italian Poker Tour (IPT) in Nova Gorica at the beginning of September 2011, Kovalchuk also prevailed as the winner, which brought him 150,000 euros . Less than two weeks later, he finished the main event of the Partouche Poker Tour in Cannes in third place, endowed with around 380,000 euros. At the end of January 2012, the Ukrainian won his second IPT Main Event in Sanremo , which was awarded 175,000 euros. At the 2012 WSOP , he won a tournament with mixed variants of Omaha Hi-Lo and Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo and received almost $ 230,000 as well as being the only Ukrainian to date to receive a second bracelet . Kovalchuk's last live cash placement to date was at the 2018 WSOP .

In total, Kovalchuk has earned more than $ 2 million in poker in live tournaments.

Bracelet overview

Kovalchuk cashed 15 times at the WSOP and won two bracelets :

year Buy-in (in $ ) competition Attendees Prize money (in $)
2011 2500 No-Limit Hold'em 6-Handed 1378 689.739
2012 2500 Omaha / Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo 8 or Better 0393 228.014

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Oleksij Kovalchuk in the database of the Global Poker Index, accessed on July 5, 2020 (English).
  2. ↑ Second World Series of Poker title for the 22-Year Ukrainian on mycasinostrategy.com, accessed on July 5, 2020 (English).
  3. ↑ a b c Oleksij Kowaltschuk in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on July 5, 2020 (English).
  4. ↑ Russian Poker Tour - RPT Kiev ($ 2,300 + 200 Main Event - No Limit Hold'em) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on July 5, 2020 (English).
  5. ↑ 42nd World Series of Poker - WSOP 2011 ($ 2,500 No Limit Hold'em - Six Handed) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed July 5, 2020.
  6. ↑ Italian Poker Tour - IPT Nova Gorica (€ 2,000 + 200 No Limit Hold'em - Main Event) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on July 5, 2020 (English).
  7. ↑ Partouche Poker Tour - PPT Cannes (€ 8,500 No Limit Hold'em - Main Event) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on July 5, 2020 (English).
  8. ↑ Italian Poker Tour - IPT Sanremo (€ 2,000 + 200 No Limit Hold'em - Main Event) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on July 5, 2020 (English).
  9. ↑ 43rd World Series of Poker - WSOP 2012 ($ 2,500 Omaha / Seven Card Stud Hi / Lo (Event # 42)) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed July 5, 2020.
  10. ↑ Oleksij Kovalchuk in the World Series of Poker database, accessed on July 5, 2020.
personal data
SURNAME Kovalchuk, Oleksiy
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Ковальчук, Олексій (Ukrainian); Kovalchuk, Oleksii (English spelling)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION ukrainian poker player
DATE OF BIRTH September 18, 1989
PLACE OF BIRTH Kiev , Ukrainian SSR