Seat 1: Vadim Markushevski (1,662,000)

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Vadim Markushevski is a 22-year-old semi-professional poker player from Minsk, Belarus. 2008 saw Markushevski break into the spotlight when he took fourth place in a WCOOP event for close to $1,000,000. He would prove his mettle on the live felt a few months later when he headed to St. Petersburg for the inaugural Russian Poker Tour event. That January 2009 tournament drew the largest field to date in this region, and Markushevski would work his way to a second-place finish out of the 201 runners who entered.

Markushevski comes into the final table second in chips, and maybe a win here for the Belarusian will be just what he needs to drop that pesky "semi-" in front of his job title.

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