Seat 6: Igor Kurganov -- 854,000
Igor Kurganov is a regular on the European Pour Tour, and he's no stranger to high roller events. With that said, it was no surprise to see him travel to the Southern Hemisphere for the 2013 Aussie Millions.
Most of Kurganov's winnings have come in big buy-in events like this one. In May of 2011, he took second in the €10,000 High Roller Turbo at the EPT Grand Final in Madrid for €123,000. He then went on to finish third in the EPT Tallinn High Roller for €40,450 and second in the EPT London High Roller for £318,300 after losing to Philipp Gruissem.
Then in April of last year, Kurganov broke through in a big way by taking down the EPT Grand Final €25,000 High Roller for €1,080,000. He topped a field of 133 players to win that event, including a heads-up victory over poker legend Daniel Negreanu.
Just a couple days ago, Kurganov took second in the $100,000 Challenge here at the Aussie Millions for AU$610,000. If he's able to pull off the victory here, his performance could rival that of Sam Trickett's a couple years ago when he won the $100,000 Challenge and took second in the $250,000 Challenge.
Kurganov will enter the final table second in chips.