Russia vs US Superpower Match in 2014 WSOP Event 34

We are in for a superpower match in a few hours, with only Russian and U.S. players left at the final table in Event 34. Two Russians went down earlier - @Sergey Rybachenko (12th) and @Vladimir Schemelev (27th), but another two are still up for the final six-way poker game in #wsop34 7 Card Stud.

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There is no record of any tournament cash for Nabih Helmi but between them, the five other finalists have $12,336,755 in live winnings.

@Alexander Kravchenko is a true veteran (first recorded ITM finish in 2000) with an amazing 107 cashes and 47 final tables in his tournament history. In 2007 he became the first Russian citizen with a WSOP bracelet and that same year finished 4th in the WSOP Main Event.

@Aleksandr Denisov has won the bulk of his $578,974 in EPT events this year. He has 11 ITM finishes in EPT since January 2014, among which the biggest one - $295,920 - from his 6th place in the 2014 PCA High-Roller.

@Eric Buchman won his bracelet in 2010 WSOP and his biggest cash to date - $2,502,890 - with his 4th place finish in the 2009 WSOP Main Event.

@Bryn Kenney may not have a bracelet or main event title in his history but does have a more balanced 'portfolio' when it comes to his impressive $3,525,418 total live winnings - slightly more than a million from WSOP events and the rest mostly from the European Poker Tour, including his biggest cash ($643,000) in the 2011 PCA $100,000 buy-in High Roller. He's already had two ITM finishes in #WSOP2014 - 4th in Event 24 for $160,927 and 41st place in Event 15.

@William Thompson has won $246,508 in 28 recorded cashes in live tournaments since 2007. If he wins the #wsop34 for $118,785 it will be the biggest cash in his tournament career.