Hometown: Moscow
Country of Origin: Russian Federation
At age 21, Alexander Kostritsyn of Russia won the 2008 Aussie Millions Championship. After defeating Erik Seidel heads up, he took home almost $1.5 million. At his first World Series of Poker later that year, he cashed five times. His highest finish came in the $10,000 world championship seven-card stud event. Kostritsyn placed third for more than $163,000.