Belarusian poker player (born 1992)
Mikita Badziakouski |
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Mikita Badziakouski in 2020 |
Nickname(s) | fish2013
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Residence | Belarus |
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Born | (1992-02-06) 6 February 1992 (age 32) |
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Bracelet(s) | 1 |
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Final table(s) | 5 |
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Money finish(es) | 5 |
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Title(s) | 1 |
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Final table(s) | 6 |
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Money finish(es) | 15 |
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Information last updated on 6 February 2020. |
Mikita Badziakouski (Belarusian: Мікіта Бадзякоўскі, Russian: Никита Бодяковский, romanized: Nikita Bodyakovskiy; born 6 February 1992) is a Belarusian professional poker player known for his accomplishments in live poker tournaments.
Poker career
Badziakouski began playing live tournaments in 2010, at the age of 18.[citation needed]
Badziakouski plays online poker under the alias fish2013 on PokerStars and HelicopterBen82 on Full Tilt Poker.[1] He chose the number 2013 in his screen name because that was the year he would turn 21 and be able to play for a WSOP title in America.
In May 2018, Badziakouski won the Triton Super High Roller Series Montenegro festival held at the Maestral Resort & Casino, winning $2,499,090 in the process.[2] In August, he won the 2018 EPT Barcelona €100,000 Super High Roller, his fourth title of the year, winning him $1,930,851.[3][4]
After winning the short deck hold 'em event held at King's Casino Rozvadov in October 2018, Badziakouski was dubbed the "Short Deck Poker king".[5]
In September 2019, Mikita Badziakouski lost the £50,000 NLHE at the British Poker Open 2019. Mikita defeated Cristoph Vogelsang Heads-Up To Earn £486,000.[6]
As of February 2020, Badziakouski has earned over $2,200,000 playing high stakes online cash games on PokerStars.[7] He has earned over $50,000,000 from live poker tournaments.[8] In December of 2023, he won the $1 million Big One for One Drop tournament at the WPT World Championship at the Wynn in Las Vegas, winning over $7 million.[9] He is the all-time money leader in Belarus.[10]
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