Poker Players

Mike Gorodinsky

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Last seen on:	2021 World Series of Poker

Biography

Mike Gorodinsky is an American poker player. He has won two 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 the 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 in 2018 for $179,200.

PokerNews Covered Events

Event	Place	Prize
2021 World Series of Poker Event #49: $10,000 No-Limit 2-7 Single Draw Championship	14^th	$20,165
2021 World Series of Poker Event #40: $10,000 H.O.R.S.E. Championship	20^th	$16,218
2021 World Series of Poker Event #36: $10,000 Dealer's Choice Championship	8^th	$25,741
2021 World Series of Poker Event #20: $1,000 FLIP & GO No-Limit Hold'em	70^th	$2,900
2021 World Series of Poker Event #18: $2,500 Mixed Triple Draw Lowball	12^th	$8,582
PokerStars WCOOP 2021 WCOOP-92-M: $1,050 PLO [6-Max, PLO Main Event], $750K Gtd	40^th	$3,599
2021 US Poker Open Event #6: $10,000 8-Game	8^th	$27,200
PokerStars WCOOP 2020 WCOOP-73-M: $1,050 PLO [6-Max, Main Event]	25^th	$4,699
2020 PokerStars Stadium Series Stadium Series Freezeout Grand Final - High: $5,200 NLHE [8-Max], $5M Gtd	41^st	$22,729
2019 World Series of Poker Event #62: $10,000 Razz Championship	11^th	$20,528
2019 World Series of Poker Event #49: $10,000 Limit 2-7 Lowball Triple Draw Championship	7^th	$32,127
2019 World Series of Poker Event #6: $2,500 Limit Mixed Triple Draw	8^th	$15,787
2018 World Series of Poker Event #27: $10,000 H.O.R.S.E. Championship	19^th	$15,229
2018 World Series of Poker Event #9: $10,000 Omaha Hi-Lo 8 or Better Championship	16^th	$17,488
2018 US Poker Open USPO #02 – $10,000 Pot Limit Omaha	1^st	$179,200
2017 World Series of Poker Event #73: $10,000 No-Limit Hold'em MAIN EVENT - World Championship	427^th	$27,743
2017 World Series of Poker Event #54: $10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha 8-Handed Championship	23^rd	$26,167
2017 World Series of Poker Event #22: $10,000 No-Limit 2-7 Lowball Draw Championship	6^th	$42,357
2017 World Series of Poker Event #14: $1,500 H.O.R.S.E.	50^th	$3,181
2014 World Series of Poker Event #42: $5,000 Six-Handed Pot-Limit Omaha	28^th	$14,021
2013 World Series of Poker Event #55: The $50,000 Poker Players' Championship	9^th	$173,796
2013 World Series of Poker Event #5: $2,500 Omaha/Seven-Card Stud Hi-Low 8-or-Better	1^st	$216,958
2012 World Series of Poker Event 52: $2,500 10-Game Mix - Six-Handed	6^th	$30,169
2012 World Series of Poker Event 26: $3,000 Pot-Limit Omaha	20^th	$10,757
2011 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure Main Event	182^nd	$17,500
2009 World Series of Poker Event 30 - $2,500 Pot Limit Omaha	42^nd	$4,883