Oleksii Kovalchuk (born 18 September 1989) is a professional poker player from

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who won the 2011 World Series of Poker $2,500 No Limit Hold'em Six Handed event, earning $689,739 and also winning the 2012 World Series of Poker $2,500 Omaha/Seven Card Stud Hi/Lo event, earning $228,014. Kovalchuk is the only Ukrainian to have won multiple

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. As of 2012, his total live tournament winnings exceed $2,100,000. His 7 cashes at the

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account for $976,420 of those winnings.http://www.wsop.com/players/playerProfile.asp?playerID=120512&pagecolor=FFFFFF

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1989 births Living people World Series of Poker bracelet winners Ukrainian poker players {{poker-stub