Seat 1: Igor Kurganov, 25 - London, UK - 18,400,000 chips
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Over the past couple of years, Igor Kurganov has become one of the most familiar faces on the European Poker Tour and beyond, usually going deep in the high roller events that have become his speciality. He recorded the biggest win of his career to date by beating Daniel Negreanu heads up in the �25,000 event at the EPT Grand Final in April 2012, a result worth more than a million euros. He had previously finished second to his friend Philipp Gruissem in a High Roller event in London and was the stand-out player at the Aussie Millions in Melbourne at the beginning of this year, finishing fourth, second and first in the A$250,000, A$100,000 and A$25,000 buy in tournaments respectively, for a combined US $1.5M week. He has joint Russian and German citizenship but currently lives in London, UK.
Bio courtesy of the PokerStarsBlog