Maxim Wassiljewitsch Lykow

Maxim Lykov
Personal information
Date of birth	September 21, 1987
place of birth	Balashikha
Nickname	Decay
Nicknames 0 0 0 0 0 0	$ uperdecayPokerStars kaketkaFull Tilt Poker CANiwinsmhHEREpartypoker hateVAMOS888poker vamoshaterTitanPoker h0neym0neyKingPoker lebigb0ssPokerStars.ES
place of residence	Moscow
Live Poker Tournament Achievements
Highest prize money	0.$ 648,880
Total prize money	$ 3,846,736
World Series of Poker
Bracelets	1
Cashes	23
Best main event	353rd ( 2019 )
Main Event of the World Poker Tour
title	no
Cashes	2
Main event of the European Poker Tour
title	1
Cashes	5
Main Event of the PokerStars Championship
title	no
Cashes	1
Main Event of party poker Live
title	no
Cashes	1
Last updated: February 5, 2020

Maxim Wassiljewitsch Lykow ( Russian Максим Васильевич Лыков ; English transcription Maxim Vasil'evič Lykov ; born September 21, 1987 in Balaschikha ) is a professional Russian poker player .

Personal

Lykow came to poker from e-sports . He lives in Moscow .

Poker career

Lykow plays online on all common platforms under different nicknames. His online poker tournament revenues are over six million US dollars , with the majority being won as $ uperdecay on PokerStars and kaketka on Full Tilt Poker . Since 2009 he has been taking part in renowned live tournaments.

In June 2009 he was successful for the first time at the World Series of Poker (WSOP) in the Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas and finished third in a shootout tournament. Two months later he became the first Russian to win the main event of the European Poker Tour (EPT) in Kiev . For this he prevailed against 295 other players and received prize money of 330,000 euros . In early May 2011 Lykow again reached the final table of an EPT main event and landed in Sanremo, Italy , in fourth place for 290,000 euros. At the 2011 WSOP he won a tournament variant No Limit Hold'em and a bracelet as well as its highest ever live cash prize of 650,000 dollars.

Overall, Lykow has earned more than $ 3.5 million in poker in live tournaments.

Web links

• Maxim Lykow in the Hendon Mob Poker Database (English)
• Maxim Lykow in the database of the Global Poker Index (English)
• Maxim Lykow in the database of the World Series of Poker (English)
• Maxim Lykow in the database of Pocket Fives (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Максим Лыков (Maxim Lykov) on propokerpro.net, accessed on April 15, 2016 (English).
2. ↑ ^{a b} decay in the PocketFives database, accessed on April 15, 2016.
3. ↑ ^{a b} Maxim Lykow in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on April 15, 2016 (English).
4. ↑ 40th World Series of Poker (WSOP) 2009 ($ 5,000 No Limit Hold'em - Shootout) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on April 15, 2016 (English).
5. ↑ EPT - 6 - Kiev (€ 4,700 + 300 No Limit Hold'em - Main Event) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on April 15, 2016 (English).
6. ↑ EPT - 7 - San Remo (€ 5,000 + 300 No Limit Hold'em - Main Event) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on April 15, 2016 (English).
7. ↑ 42nd World Series of Poker (WSOP) 2011 ($ 1,000 No Limit Hold'em) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on April 15, 2016.