Seat 4: Nikita Kuznetsov, 28, Russia – 7,475,000
The 28-year-old professional player Nikita Kuznetsov is known as “Ebaaa11” on PokerStars – and it’s under that screen name that he has won two SCOOP and two WCOOP titles, in addition to landing a seven-figure score in another online
tournament.
Kuznetsov started playing when he was 18 and gradually improved to become one of the best tournament players from Russia. "I play only MTTs, no cash games," Kuznetsov said.
He has amassed more than $1.4 million in cashes in the live arena and is now at his second EPT Main Event final table. He made the final eight in Sochi in October 2020 but bowed out in seventh place. He's already topped that result here in Cyprus.
Kuznetsov claims he doesn't have any hobbies; it's all about poker for him. "No poker, no life," he says.
His next focus will be on the Winter Series, which he says he will probably play from Bosnia & Herzegovina.