The Russians have won their fourth bracelet, and the UK have taken their third, as the 48th Annual World Series of Poker remains on course for another groundbreaking year.

The $10,000 Six-Max No-Limit Hold’em Championship is one of the toughest competitions of the summer. It’s exterminate or be exterminated. The action is fast, furious, and frenetic. The parade of oddballs that usually illuminate a World Series of Poker (WSOP) event, replaced by nothing but the very best card players in the biz.

But that view isn’t shared by the eventual winner Dmitry Yurasov.

“Easy game,” Yurasov told WSOP reporters with his tongue firmly pressed into his cheek when asked how he managed to snag the gold.