The winner of Event #9 the $1,500 Omaha High-Low was 36-year-old businessman Alex Kravchenko, from Moscow, Russia, who has been playing for about eight years.

The event attracted 690 runners making up a total prizepool of $941,850.

Kravchenko is the first Russian citizen in history to win a WSOP gold bracelet. Russian immigrants have won previously at the WSOP, including Ralph Perry last year, but Kravchenko's victory is clearly a milestone.

Up to and including Event #9, this year's WSOP has crowned champions born in four different countries -- Russia, South Korea, Ireland, and the United States.