He started playing poker in 1997. Kravchenko had some other notable cashes in 2007, including making the final table (finishing fifth) in the inaugural World Series of Poker Europe tournament, a £2,500 buy-in H.O.R.S.E. event, as well as finishing 3rd in the Moscow Millions, which featured the largest ever prizepool for a tournament held in Russia. As of 2014, his live tournament winnings exceed $4,000,000.
His 32 cashes at the WSOP account for $2,661,909 of those winnings.
In the 2007 World Series of Poker, he cashed six times, including finishing fourth at the Main Event and the $1,500 Limit Omaha Hi/Lo event where he won a WSOP bracelet. As a result of his success at the 2007 World Series of Poker, Kravchenko passed Kirill Gerasimov to became the all-time leading money winner among Russian players, although as of 2014, he is 4th. He is also the first Russian citizen to win a WSOP bracelet. On September 27, 2010 Kravchenko won Event #61 of the World Championship Of Online Poker (WCOOP), the $10,300 8-game event. After playing in the two-day event in a field that started with 133 players he won his first WCOOP bracelet along with $345,800 in prize money.
