Seat 4: Ruslan Prydryk, 38, Lugansk , Ukraine – 1,154,000
Prydryk has been playing EPTs for several years and first came to notice when he made the final of EPT Warsaw in Season 6. He finished fifth in that event for around €75,000 – his biggest ever cash. He has also enjoyed some other good EPT finishes including 48th place at EPT Prague just before Christmas for €10,000 and 91st place at EPT Berlin last season for €11,000 - as well as winning a local event in Yalta, Ukraine last May for €67,000. Former lawyer Prydryk has been playing poker for more than four years now and now considers himself a pro. He is being supported in France by his wife Oksana; the couple’s 13-year-old daughter Irisa is at home. Prydryk’s biggest poker success was winning the 2009 Gary Bowman Cup when he became the poker champion of Ukraine. Outside of poker, he enjoys watching and playing football.