First ever WSOP bracelet for Russia.

[JK.]

Alexander Kravchenko won the Day 9 event ,the $1500 Omaha High Low event.Actually,Alexander did a double.After eight years of trying to get an American viza he got lucky.He got a viza and he won his first ever WSOP tournament.Sasha(Alexander)used to play in Korona but is now a regular in the 300/600 limit H/L game in ShangreeLa.After his great performence I expect a flood of Russians applying for a viza in 2008.Well done Sasha.

[yoyo]

Did Jethro play with this guy when we over there?

[JK.]

Hi YoYo,He certainly was playing.He was on the dealers' right side.Nodar,who gave Jethro the $10,000 was on the dealers' left.This is big news for Russian poker.Players in Korona want me to start satellites for the 2008 WSOP,tomorrow.It actually got me to start a novel tournament concept.We have daily tournaments.I have a board with 50 city names,including Las Vegas,Sydney,Berlin,London,Tokyo,New York,Paris etc.Every daily winner can pick one of the cities and place his/her name next to it.When all the 50 cities are picked we will have a $4,000 freeroll.The bonus prize will be an airfare and hotel costs to the city the winner picked.I'll bet,the first city to get picked will be Las Vegas.Actually we have just completed another unusual tournament.We had a noticeboard with 40 comic and movie heroes.Each daily winner got to choose one of the characters.All 40 have been taken and the final will be on Thursday with a cash prize donated by the poker club and the casino.The fun part is this.The starting stack is 10,000 in chips but if you wear the costume of your chosen character,you receive a 20,000 starting stack.The girl who chose Eve(Adam and Eve)ensures me that she will have a costume depicting Eve,on Thursday.Can't wait.

[yoyo]

Not sure about the city flights idea. Why would anyone choose Tokyo or Paris or London from Moscow - of course they'll take Vegas or LA. It's gotta be like $300 vs $2000 airfares. The costume concept with double stacks is very good. Sounds like a lot of fun. If I wasn't so scared of the cold, I would move to Moscow.

[TheHiandtheLo]

I love these concepts. I think it adds more fun to the game. it is a pity that in aussie casino's we struggle to get a drink in a reasonable amount of time. NH JK

[JK.]

Hi YoYo,The idea is to win the first tournament so you get the first pick.Ofcourse the first winner will take a place like Las Vegas and go for the World Series.Among the 50 cities are places like St Petersburg,Tula,Jaroslavl,RostovonDon and Rizan.These are sort of booby prizes and will be left over for the last few winners.

[yoyo]

Ah gotcha. Misunderstood the Terms and Conditions. Can you please get pictures of the costume tourney - I'm mainly interested in some with Eve in them pretty please!

[JK.]

Will do my best YoYo.The final Freezeout is on Thursday.The girl who took Eve,had a choice of Wonderwoman,Daisy Duck,Mini Mouse,Medusa,Terminator,Supergirl and quite a few others.She insisted on Eve and promised to wear a costume.Could be a great photo.By the way,our staff BBQ is on next weeks.I have some great photos of the time you Seawasp and Yethro were at the staff BBQ.The weather in Moscow is just fantastic at the moment.Pity it is like this for such a short time.

[yoyo]

I loved our time in Moscow. Hard to believe it was only a year ago. So much has happened since.