Alex Kulev

Alex Kulev

Nationality
Bulgaria
Bulgaria
GPI Rank 18
WSOP Bracelets 1
Total Live Earnings $13,204,728
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Biography

Alex Kulev is a Bulgarian professional poker player living in Dublin, Ireland. Kulev specializes in multi-table tournaments and has won more than $7.7 million in the online poker world and more than $10 million in the live poker realm. Kulev is a World Series of Poker (WSOP) bracelet winner.

Kulev mostly plays online under the alias "FutureofMe" or under his real name on some sites. The Bulgarian has never been part of a staking or coaching stable, instead improving his skills through practicing and by discussing hands with players who were better than him. These days, few such players exist.

Kulev has more than a dozen online cashes worth six figures. In November 2022, he banked $538,139 after taking down the $10,300 Super MILLION$ event at GGPoker. In March 2023, He collected a career-best online score of $807,38 for a third-place finish in another $10,300 Super MILLION$ event.

His live poker career started in 2018. Kulev mostly played low to mid-stakes events, and enjoyed some moderate success. In 2021, following some impressive online results, Kulev headed to the delayed WSOP in Las Vegas, cashing five times, including a runner-up finish in the $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em The Closer for $232,920, losing out to Leo Margets but scooping a career-best prize.

By 2022, Kulev was dipping his toes into higher stakes tournaments, including high roller events. Two runner-up finishes in €25,000 buy-in high rollers at the PokerStars European Poker Tour (EPT) Prague festival netted Kulev a combined €244,418.

Kulev captured his first seven-figure prize at the 2023 EPT Monte Carlo festival, taking down the €100,000 EPT Super High Roller for €1,036,287. A few months later, at the 2023 WSOP, Kulev finished fourth in the $250,000 Super High Roller for $1,632,005. Amazingly, Kulev took down the $50,000 No-Limit Hold'em High Roller event at the same series for his first gold bracelet and a career-best $2,087,073.

With more confidence than ever and with a bankroll bursting at the seams, Kulev is now a familiar face in high roller circles, including in the Triton Poker Super High Roller Series.

In April 2024, Kulev clinched another high-stakes title, triumphing in a €30,000 buy-in event at the EPT Monte Carlo festival, a result worth €633,385.

Alex Kulev's Five Best Poker Results

DateEventEntrantsRankPrize
Jul 2023$50,000 WSOP NLHE High Roller1761st$2,087,073
Jun 2023$250,000 WSOP Super High Roller694th$1,632,005
Apr 2023€100,000 EPT Monte Carlo Super High Roller371st€1,036,287
Mar 2024$159,000 Triton Jeju1176th$983,000
Apr 2024€30,000 EPT Monte Carlo Warm-Up771st€633,385

PokerNews Covered Events

Event Place Prize
2024 PokerStars EPT Monte Carlo
€3,000 EPT Mystery Bounty
85th €3,430
2024 PokerStars EPT Monte Carlo
€100,000 EPT Super High Roller
9th €218,300
2024 PokerStars EPT Monte Carlo
€10,200 Mystery Bounty
5th €33,100
2023 PokerStars EPT Cyprus
$5,300 EPT Main Event
90th $14,150
2023 PokerStars EPT Cyprus
$25,000 NL Hold'em II
4th $81,800
2023 World Series of Poker
Event #84: $50,000 High Roller
1st $2,087,073
2023 World Series of Poker
Event #53: $1,500 Millionaire Maker
572nd $4,480
2023 World Series of Poker
Event #44: $3,000 No-Limit Hold'em
153rd $6,003
2023 World Series of Poker
Event #40: $250,000 Super High Roller
4th $1,632,005
2023 PokerStars Spring Championship of Online Poker
$1,050 Main Event
426th $2,521
2023 PokerStars Spring Championship of Online Poker
$10,300 Main Event
14th $61,314
2023 PokerStars EPT Monte Carlo
€100,000 EPT Super High Roller
1st €1,036,287
2023 PokerStars EPT Paris
€5,300 EPT Paris Main Event
22nd €37,450
2023 PokerStars Players No-Limit Hold'em Championship
2023 PokerStars Players No-Limit Hold'em Championship
151st $35,100
2023 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure
$10,300 PCA Main Event
37th $33,800
2023 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure
$25,000 8-Handed
8th $108,450
2022 PokerStars EPT Prague
€25,000 NL Hold'em III
2nd €64,830
2022 PokerStars EPT Prague
€25,000 NL Hold'em I
2nd €142,620
PokerStars WCOOP 2022
WCOOP 92-H: $10,300 NLHE [World Championship of NLHE / Main Event], $7M Gtd
37th $37,288
2022 PokerStars EPT Barcelona
€5,300 EPT Main Event
182nd €13,500
2022 PokerStars EPT Barcelona
€10,300 EPT High Roller
24th €33,370
2022 PokerStars EPT Barcelona
€2,200 Estrellas Poker Tour High Roller
83rd €7,720
2022 PokerStars EPT Barcelona
€1,100 Estrellas Poker Tour Main Event
104th €7,910
2022 World Series of Poker
Event #70: $10,000 No-Limit Hold'em Main Event World Championship
272nd $46,800
2022 World Series of Poker
[Online] $500 No-Limit Hold'em Turbo Deepstack
24th $4,007
2022 World Series of Poker
Event #49: $2,000 No-Limit Hold'em
186th $4,006
2022 MSPT Venetian
$1,100 Main Event 198 [$1,500,000 GTD]
208th $2,079
2022 World Series of Poker
Event #14: $1,500 6-Handed No-Limit Hold'em
221st $3,006
2021 PokerStars EPT Prague
€5,300 EPT Main Event
127th €9,930
2021 PokerStars EPT Prague
€10,200 No-Limit Hold'em
5th €21,970
2021 World Series of Poker
Event #83: $1,500 The Closer
2nd $232,920
2021 Wynn Fall Classic
$1,600 Mystery Bounty
68th $7,435
2021 World Series of Poker
Event #51: $3,000 6-Handed No-Limit Hold'em
17th $24,160
2021 World Series of Poker
Event #43: $1,000 Double Stack
11th $36,949
2021 GGPoker WSOP Online Bracelet Events
Event #5: $315 Bounty No-Limit Hold'em Deepstack
91st $902
2020 GGPoker WSOP Online Bracelet Events
Event #71: BIG 50, $1M GTD
2227th $203
2020 GGPoker WSOP Online Bracelet Events
Event #68: $500 Deepstack No-Limit Hold'em
78th $1,645
2020 GGPoker WSOP Online Bracelet Events
Event #64: $840 Turbo Bounty No Limit Hold'em
122nd $1,242
2020 GGPoker WSOP Online Bracelet Events
Event #61: $300 Monster Stack No Limit Hold'em 6-Handed
77th $1,458
2020 Irish Open Online
Event #1: €100,000 GTD 6-Max
50th €629
2019 PokerStars EPT Prague
€2,200 EPT National High Roller
131st €3,465
2019 Winamax Poker Open Dublin
Main Event
16th €5,000

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