-- Chip count: 23,920,000

-- Age 27

-- From Moscow, Russia

-- Professional Poker Player

-- Single

-- Enjoys skiing and scuba diving

-- Playing at the WSOP for the first time, this year

-- Finished 11th place in Event #44

Despite playing his first live tournament at this year’s World Series, Demidov is running a close second in chips, with 24,400,000. He describes himself as ‘a semiprofessional poker player from Moscow’, and says that the playing style there is not so different from what he’s encountered at the Series.