Mikita Badziakouski
Mikita Badziakouski (Belarusian: Мікіта Бадзякоўскі, Russian: Никита Бодяковский, romanized: Nikita Bodyakovskiy; born February 6, 1992) is a Belarusian professional poker player known for his accomplishments in live poker tournaments.
| Mikita Badziakouski | |
|---|---|
 Mikita Badziakouski in 2020 | |
| Nickname(s) | fish2013 |
| Residence | Belarus |
| Born | February 6, 1992 |
| World Series of Poker | |
| Bracelet(s) | 1 |
| Final table(s) | 5 |
| Money finish(es) | 5 |
| European Poker Tour | |
| Title(s) | 1 |
| Final table(s) | 6 |
| Money finish(es) | 15 |
Poker career
Badziakouski began playing live tournaments in 2010, at the age of 18.
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 £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] and has earned over $42,000,000 from live poker tournaments. He is the all-time money leader in Belarus.
References
- Von Arved Klöhn (15 November 2013). "Die nächste Million für Niklas Heinecker in den Highstakes". PokerOlymp. Retrieved 10 January 2019.
- Zetzsche, Christian (2018-05-17). "Mikita Badziakouski Wins Triton SHR Series Montenegro Main Event". PokerNews. Retrieved 10 January 2019.
- Fast, Erik (2018-08-27). "Mikita Badziakouski Wins 2018 EPT Barcelona €100,000 Super High Roller". cardplayer.com. Retrieved 10 January 2019.
- Andriey (2018-08-29). "Nikita Bodyakovskiy from Belarus wins another poker tournament". E-PLAY Online. Retrieved 10 January 2019.
- Pitt, Matthew (2018-10-25). "Mikita Badziakouski Is the Short Deck Poker King; Wins Another Event". PokerNews. Retrieved 10 January 2019.
- "British open £50,000 NLHE lost by Mikita Badziakouski from Belarus". pokersuperagent.com. 2019-10-02.
- "Poker Player fish2013". HighstakesDB. Retrieved 10 January 2019.