Mikita Badziakouski

Nikita Bodyakovskiy (born February 6, 1992) also spelled Mikita Badziakouski, is a Belarusian professional poker player known for his accomplishments in live poker tournaments.

Mikita Badziakouski
Mikita Badziakouski in 2020
Nickname(s)fish2013
HelicopterBen82
ResidenceBelarus
BornNikita Bodyakovskiy
(1992-02-06) February 6, 1992
World Series of Poker
Bracelet(s)None
Final table(s)4
Money finish(es)4
European Poker Tour
Title(s)1
Final table(s)6
Money finish(es)15

Poker career

Badziakouski began playing live tournaments in 2010. Badziakouski plays online poker under the alias fish2013 on PokerStars and HelicopterBen82 on Full Tilt Poker.[1]

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 won £50,000 NLHE at the British Poker Open 2019. Mikita defeated Cristoph Vogelsand Heads-Up To Earn £486,000.[6]

As of February 2020, Badziakouski has earned over $220,000 playing high stakes online cash games on PokerStars[7] and has won over $26,000,000 from live poker tournaments. He is the all-time money leader in Belarus.

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References
  1. Von Arved Klöhn (15 November 2013). "Die nächste Million für Niklas Heinecker in den Highstakes". PokerOlymp. Retrieved 10 January 2019.
  2. Zetzsche, Christian (2018-05-17). "Mikita Badziakouski Wins Triton SHR Series Montenegro Main Event". PokerNews. Retrieved 10 January 2019.
  3. Fast, Erik (2018-08-27). "Mikita Badziakouski Wins 2018 EPT Barcelona €100,000 Super High Roller". cardplayer.com. Retrieved 10 January 2019.
  4. Andriey (2018-08-29). "Nikita Bodyakovskiy from Belarus wins another poker tournament". E-PLAY Online. Retrieved 10 January 2019.
  5. Pitt, Matthew (2018-10-25). "Mikita Badziakouski Is the Short Deck Poker King; Wins Another Event". PokerNews. Retrieved 10 January 2019.
  6. "British open £50,000 NLHE won by Mikita Badziakouski from Belarus". pokersuperagent.com. 2019-10-02.
  7. "Poker Player fish2013". HighstakesDB. Retrieved 10 January 2019.
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