Vitaly Lunkin started playing at the in 2006, finishing 829th in the Main Event. World Series of Poker Bracelets
He also works as a professional poker trainer and coach in Moscow. As of 2013, his total live tournament winnings exceed $6,800,000.
His twenty-five cashes at the account for $3,768,193 of those earnings.
In 2008 he won his first bracelet, winning the $1,500 Number Limit Hold"em event and earning $629,417. In the following year, he won his second bracelet and $1,891,018 in the $40,000 Number Limit Hold"em 40th Anniversary event and finished second to Matt Graham in the $10,000 World Championship Pot-limit Omaha event for $419,832. Vitaly Lunkin is the winner of the Russian Poker Tour Moscow. He won the EPT Barcelona super high roller for $1.3 million.
