Poker Tournament Results

Russian Poker Championship

Akop Vardanyan

Tournament Report

After tonite’s event & with the last event to be played tomorrow night, the Best Overall standings have taken on a new look after early leader Alex Kravchenko bombed out in 2 consecutive events. Best Overall Table 1.Mel Judah-Australia – 79 2.Alex Kravchenko – Russia –71 3.Akov Vardanian – Armenia – 67 4.Gary Bush – GB – 64 5.Alex Leviev – Russia –63 6.John Kabbaj – GB- 60 Other players still in contention include the Russians Ivan Gannitsky, M.Tulchinsky, Alex Dovzhenko & Grigory Dvorkin. The final event is the Pot Limit 5-Card Stud,32 card deck,which will favour the Russian players as it is the game most of them were brought up on. Tonite’s event was an exciting final with Mel Judah being outdrawn on the last card by Armenia’s Akov Vardanian after both players had about equal chips. Grigory Dvorkin,the poker steamtrain of Russia, came in 3rd.