Vitaly Vladimirovich Lunkin

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Vitaly Lunkin
Witali Lunkin (2015)
Witali Lunkin (2015)
  Personal information  
Date of birth May 7th 1971
place of birth Soviet Union 1955Soviet Union Moscow
place of residence RussiaRussia Moscow
Live Poker Tournament Achievements
Highest prize money $ 1,891,018
Total prize money $ 6,416,451
World Series of Poker
Bracelets 2
Cashes 37
Best main event 46th ( 2013 )
  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 6th
Last updated: May 15, 2020

Witali Wladimirowitsch Lunkin ( Russian Виталий Владимирович Лункин ; English transcription Vitaly Lunkin ; born May 7, 1971 in Moscow ) is a professional Russian poker player . He is two-time bracelet winner of the World Series of Poker .

Personal

Lunkin is from and lives in Moscow .

Poker career

Career

Lunkin has been taking part in renowned live tournaments since 2003 .

In July 2006 , Lunkin 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 829th in the main event for around 15,000 US dollars . At the 2008 WSOP he won a tournament in the variant No-Limit Hold'em , which is about 630,000 US dollars and his first bracelet . In mid-May 2009 he won the main event of the Russian Poker Tour and received the equivalent of almost 450,000 US dollars. Two weeks later he secured his second bracelet and won the anniversary tournament for the 40th edition of the World Series of Poker . This achievement earned him his highest prize money to date of just under two million US dollars. At the end of the year he was named Global Poker Index Player of the Year 2009 . At the beginning of September 2013, Lunkin won the super high roller event of the European Poker Tour in Barcelona for more than 770,000 euros .

Overall, Lunkin has earned just under 6.5 million US dollars with poker in live tournaments.

Bracelet overview

Lunkin cashed 37 times at the WSOP and won two bracelets :

year Buy-in (in $ ) competition Attendees Prize money (in $)
2008 0.1500 No-Limit Hold'em 2706 0.628.417
2009 40,000 40th Annual No-Limit Hold'em 0201 1,891,012

Web links

Commons : Witali Lunkin  - Collection of Images

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Witali Lunkin in the database of the Global Poker Index, accessed on March 14, 2016 (English).
  2. ↑ Vitaly Lunkin - mistrz planszówek przy pokerowym stole on poker24.pl from July 31, 2015, accessed on March 14, 2016 (Polish).
  3. ↑ a b c Witali Lunkin in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on March 14, 2016 (English).
  4. ↑ 37th World Series of Poker (WSOP) 2006 ($ 10,000 No Limit Texas Hold'em - World Championship Event) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on March 14, 2016 (English).
  5. ↑ 39th World Series of Poker (WSOP) 2008 ($ 1,500 No Limit Hold'em) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on March 14, 2016 (English).
  6. ↑ Russian Poker Tour - Moscow (RUB 236,800 No Limit Hold'em - Main Event) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on March 14, 2016 (English).
  7. ↑ 40th World Series of Poker (WSOP) 2009 ($ 40,000 No Limit Hold'em - 40th Anniversary event) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on March 14, 2016 (English).
  8. ↑ GPI Player of the Year in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed April 8, 2017.
  9. ↑ EPT - 10 - ESPT - 4 - Barcelona (€ 48,000 + 2,000 No Limit Hold'em - Super High Roller) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on March 14, 2016 (English).
  10. ^ Witali Lunkin in the World Series of Poker database, accessed on March 14, 2016 (English).
personal data
SURNAME Lunkin, Vitaly Vladimirovich
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Лункин, Виталий Владимирович (Russian); Lunkin, Vitaly (English transcription)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Russian poker player
DATE OF BIRTH May 7th 1971
PLACE OF BIRTH Moscow , Soviet Union