Aleksejs Ponakovs is a Latvian poker player and WSOP bracelet winner.
He won his first WSOP bracelet in 2021 in an online $7,777 buy-in event for $432,491.
The following year, he defeated Phil Ivey heads-up to win the $100,000 Super High Roller for $1,897,363.
His previous biggest cash came in Triton Madrid, finishing fourth in the Main Event for $938,391.
