Poker Record Breakers - Konstantin Puchkov

He's got more EPT final tables (32!) than anyone in the world; more than those of the latest EPT Player of the Year @Ole Schemion (22) or any other notable among the 5,776 players listed in our database.

That's not all - he's got more ITM finishes in EPT events (63!) than those of the two top EPT earners @Bertrand Grospellier (34) and @Mike McDonald (28) combined;  in fact, he's got more ITM finishes than any of  the 11,113 players registered in the RankingHero database as having cashed in EPT events.

And if that wasn't enough, he is a 2010 WSOP bracelet winner and in 2012 had a record number of 11 ITM finishes in a single WSOP series, which got him listed in the Guiness Book of Records.

His name is @Konstantin Puchkov and he is older than @Viktor "isildur1" Blom and @Daniel Cates 'jungleman1' combined but unlike them doesn't care much for online poker, preferring the live tournament field for the 'drama' and communication with real people. And he has been a regular ever since 2006 when he scored his first recorded cash. Since then he has amassed $2,145,575 in live earnings, most recently with three ITM finishes at #EPTSanremo 

A truly unique and passionate member of the poker community, Puchkov is also a horse breeder and trainer - "I love two things -- horses and poker, I name all of my horses after poker terms", he has said in interviews. We can only wish him success in both, and will be watching out for him at 2014 WSOP (all the more that it's an even year, which Puchkov believes are luckier for him :)