Seat 3: Vladimir Troyanovsky -- 2,150,000
Vladimir Troyanovsky has burst onto the poker scene here in 2013. He began frequenting more live poker events throughout Europe in 2012 and came across the PokerNews radar most prominently at the World Series of Poker Europe when he made two deep runs. First, he took 10th place in the €10,000 Mixed-Max No-Limit Hold'em for €20,443, and then he placed 27th in the start-studded €10,000 Main Event for €22,982.
While more and more Russians are exploding onto the poker scene as of late, Troyanovsky's big bang came at the 2013 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure back in January. He earned over $1 million at that event thanks to two very large scores in the biggest events on the festival's schedule, the $100,000 Super High Roller and the $25,000 High Roller. In the former, Troyanovsky placed seventh for $257,580. He then finished runner-up to Team PokerStars Pro Vanessa Selbst in the latter for $792,180.
In February, Troyanovsky earned the third outright win of his career and the largest of the trio by taking down the €5,000 6-Max No-Limit Hold'em Turbo side event at the European Poker Tour's stop in Deauville for €51,000.
Troyanovsky will enter this final table second in chips, but heavily bunched together with Sorel Mizzi in third place and Max Altergott in fourth.