Viacheslav Zhukov (born ) is a Russian professional
poker player who has won two
World Series of Poker bracelet
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s. Prior to becoming a professional poker player, Zhukov was a geologist in Russia.
he has career earnings of $940,000, $838,000 of which was earned at the World Series of Poker.
World Series of Poker
Bracelets
Zhukov won a bracelet in his first
World Series of Poker
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in the 2011Omaha Hi-Low Split-8 or Better Championship for $465,216 . The final table included bracelet winners
Steve Billirakis,
Richard Ashby
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, and
Josh Arieh
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Tournament history
Arieh finished in third place in the 2004 World Series of Po ...
. He won his second bracelet in the 2012 Pot-Limit Omaha Hi-Low Split-8 or Better event. The 2012 bracelet's final table included bracelet winners
David "ODB" Baker
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,
Chris Bell,
Randy Ohel and
Scotty Nguyen
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. It took approximately three hours of heads up play for Zhukov to clinch his second bracelet and $330,277.
In both of his bracelet wins, Zhukov began the final table short stacked, and in both wins he had not finished in the money in any previous event at that World Series.
[ Zhukov claims not to be an Omaha Hi-Lo specialist although both his bracelets were in that event.][ At the time of his second bracelet win, only six Russians had won any World Series of Poker bracelets.][ Zhukov noted that Russians consider Ukrainians such as Oleksii Kovalchuk to be countrymen, when counting bracelet totals.][
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Notes
External links
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Viacheslav Zhukov at WSOP.com
Viacheslav Zhukov
at ''Bluff Magazine
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Viacheslav Zhukov at Hendon Mob
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1980s births
Living people
People from Stary Oskol
Russian poker players
World Series of Poker bracelet winners
Year of birth uncertain