As well as making high roller tournaments his niche, Bodyakovsky is a world-class cash game player. Deep runs in EPT high rollers eventually turned into top-three finishes in Asia. However, once he entered high roller poker tournaments, things changed. Why? Because 2013 was the year he turned 21 and made his WSOP debut in America.īodyakovsky’s results between 20 were solid but far from spectacular. He joined PokerStars and used the name fish2013. However, it wasn’t until he appeared online that people started to take notice.

The Belarusian started playing live tournaments in 2010 when he turned 18. When poker fans think about high-roller tournaments, such as the Triton Series, they think about Mikita Bodyakovsky. Add to this the fact he’s got a natural talent that people can’t learn, and it’s easy to see why people call him the GOAT. Indeed, you can go on YouTube and see him winning cash game pots worth over $800,000. It doesn’t matter if it’s at a live poker table or online, Ivey will play and win. However, it’s the fact Phil Ivey is capable of beating the toughest cash games in the world that makes him the best.

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