Mikita Badziakouski

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.

Mikita Badziakouski
Mikita Badziakouski in 2020
Nickname(s)	fish2013
Residence	Belarus
Born	(1992-02-06) 6 February 1992 (age 33)
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
Information last updated on 6 February 2020.

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 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]