Seat 3: Igor Kurganov -- 563,000
Igor Kurganov is a regular on the European Pour Tour, and he's no stranger to High Rollers. With that said, it was no surprise to see him travel to the Southern Hemisphere for the 2013 Aussie Millions $100,000 Challenge.
Most of Kurganov's winnings have come in big buy-in events like this one. In May of 2011, he took second in the €10,000 High Roller Turbo at the EPT Grand Final in Madrid for €123,000. He then went on to finish third in the EPT Tallinn High Roller for €40,450 and second in the EPT London High Roller for £318,300 after losing to Philipp Gruissem. Then, April of last year, Kurganov broke through in a big way by taking down the EPT Grand Final €25,000 High Roller for €1,080,000. He topped a field of 133 players to win that event, and that included a heads-up victory over poker legend Daniel Negreanu.
Kurganov has already made a name for himself throughout Europe and Asia, and now it's time for him to do so in Australia. He enters the final table second in chips.