Dmitry Vitkind

Dmitry Vitkind is a Russian poker player from Moscow who had his first live-event cash in 2007. In 4 years, he cashed 38 times (including 6 times at the WSOP), made 16 final tables, won the EPT Deauville, and earned close to $800,000. During that time he was also successful playing in online poker tournaments.

Dmitry started playing online in 2008 and earned over $100,000 with his biggest score being in 2011, when he finished 3rd in the PokerStars MicroMillion for $26,489. The same year, he also won the Turbo $50K Guarantee on Full Tilt Poker for $14,160.

Dmitry cashed for the first time in a live poker tournament at the 2007 Black Sea Poker Holidays Festival in Odessa He earned $2,675 for his runner-up finish in the $100 NLHE, and went on to cash 3 more times at the Festival, making the final table each time.

Dmitry next cashed in 2009, starting a run of 11 in the money finishes at the Russian Poker Tour in Moscow, where he finished 7th for RUB 1,790,000 in the RUB 236,800 NLHE Main Event. In Las Vegas, he cashed at the Mega Stack Series before winning a Bellagio $1,000 NLHE event for $19,000. He also cashed twice at the Deep Stack Extravaganza: 3rd in the $1,500 NLHE to collect $39,662, and 7th in the $2,000 NLHE for $32,887. While in Vegas, he cashed two more times in the Bellagio daily events and twice at the Bellagio Cup. Dmitry ended his year with cashes at the EPT Barcelona and the IPT San Remo.

In January 2010, Dmitry finished 10th in the $1,500 NLHE at the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure for $10,705. He had 3 EPT cashes in a row at the EPT Snowfest, the EPT San Remo, and the EPT Grand Final in Monte Carlo. He also cashed 4 times at the 2010 WSOP, with his best effort being in the $1,000 NLHE where he received $11,139 for finishing 32nd.

Dmitry’s biggest score in Las Vegas was not at the WSOP, but at the 2010 Bellagio Cup, where he finished 3rd for $97,040 in the $5,000 NLHE. To finish off his year, he placed 3rd in the €1,000 NLHE event at the PokerStars Russian Poker Series in Riga for €7,000 and, took 4th for €120,000 in the €4,000 NLHE Main Event at the EPT Tallinn.

In the first 9 months of 2011, Dmitry had cashed 13 times, starting with winning the €1,000 NLHE at the EPT Deauville for €65,400. He went on to cash at the EPT Copenhagen, the Merit Spring Open, EPT Snowfest, WPT Vienna, and twice at EPT San Remo. In Las Vegas, he cashed at the Deep Stack Extravaganza and twice at the WSOP. Back home, he cashed at the Russian Poker Tour before finishing 4th in the €2,000 NLHE at EPT Barcelona, worth €32,200, and cashed on the Partouche Poker Tour.