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Biography
Professional chess player! Almira Skripchenko was born in Moldova, 1976. Daughter of an Ukrainian father and an Armenian mother, both of which pedagogues and chess coaches. She started playing when she was 6 years old. She was soon crowned champion at Under-16 level and in 1993, she took the bronze at Under-18. She is a proud French citizen from 2001. Same year she had her biggest success ever, winning the Ladies European Individual Chess Championship. She made it succeeding with poker, too. Skripchenko played in major poker tournaments. In 2009 she finished seventh in a World Series of Poker No Limit Texas Holdem tournament. For 2011, her live winnings exceed $250,000.
Written by Ina Rkh
Last update: 09/04/2015
Statistics of Almira Skripchenko
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The biggest cashes of Almira Skripchenko
$84,827
Rank: 3 / 634Event 1: $1320 NLHE
Jan 9, 2010
Tournament | Results |
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Event 36: $2000 NLHE Hold’em 40th Annual World Series of Poker 2009 Rio Jun 18, 2009 |
$78,664 7 / 1695 |
Event 44: 0 NLHE WPT Celebrity Invitational 2011 WPT IX - L.A. Poker Classic Commerce Casino Feb 19, 2011 |
$50,000 2 / 482 |
Latest performances
Tournament | Results | |
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Event 2000: 22000MAD NLHE Mazagan Poker Million - Main EURSaturday 2 April 2011 |
$9,460 81,200MAD 5th / 58 |
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2011 WPT IX - L.A. Poker ClassicEvent 44: 0 NLHE WPT Celebrity Invitational Saturday 19 February 2011 |
$50,000 2nd / 482 |
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2010 Paris Open Of PokerSaturday 9 January 2010 |
$84,827 3rd / 634 |
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2009 EPT VI - BarcelonaFriday 4 September 2009 |
$20,386 14,000€ 64th / 478 |