Mike Gorodinsky is an American poker player from California. He has won five World Series of Poker (WSOP) bracelets including the prestigious $50,000 Poker Players Championship in 2015. In that same year, he won WSOP Player of the Year.
Biography
Gorodinsky was born in St Petersburg, Russia, and graduated from Olin Business School at Washington University in St. Louis in 2009.
His first recorded cash on The Hendon Mob came in 2008, with Gorodinsky's cashes coming in a wide variety of tournaments including 8-Game, Chinese Poker, and Pot-Limit Omaha.
Gorodinsky made his first WSOP final table in 2012, finishing sixth in the $2,500 10-Game and won his first WSOP bracelet in 2013, taking down Event #5: $2,500 Omaha/Seven-Card Stud Hi-Low 8-or-Better for $216,958.
In 2015, Gorodinsky was named WSOP Player of the Year after a performance that saw him finish second in the $10,000 Razz Championship and win the $50,000 Poker Players Championship 12 months after finishing ninth in the same event.
Since 2015, he has been a regular at the WSOP and in High Roller Mixed Game tournaments. In 2018, he won a US Poker Open Pot-Limit Omaha title 2018 for $179,200.
At the 2023 WSOP, Gorodinsky won the $10,000 H.O.R.S.E. Championship for his third bracelet and $422,747 in prize money. He became a four-time bracelet winner at the 2025 WSOP Paraidse, taking down the $10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha event for $393,250.
Gorodinsky won his fifth bracelet at the 2025 WSOP, winning the $10,000 Eight Game Championship for $422,421.
Mike Gorodinsky's Top Five Live Cashes
| Date | Event | Rank | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 2015 | $50,000 PPC WSOP | 1st | $1,270,086 |
| Jun 2023 | $10,000 HORSE WSOP | 1st | $422,747 |
| Jul 2025 | $10,000 Eight Game WSOP | 1st | $422,421 |
| Dec 2024 | $10,000 PLO WSOP Paradise | 1st | $393,250 |
| Jun 2015 | $5,000 NLHE 6-Max WSOP | 3rd | $393,250 |
