Bring On the Russians!
As has been the norm for the bigger buy-in events for this year's World Series of Poker, the Russian contingency is out in full effect. Vladimir Schmelev has had himself one heck of a WSOP so far, coming in second place in the $50,000 Player's Championship and then scoring a seventh-place finish in the $10,000 Seven Card Stud World Championship, so you know he's going to be no slouch in stud. He's in the field along with Alexander Kostritsyn who regularly crushes high-stakes mixed games online. Ralph Perry is also here and he's got nearly $3 million in career tournament winnings.