The most successful Belarusian poker player Nikita Badiakouski joined the partypoker team. In one of the interviews, Bodyakovsky spoke about his attitude to the well-known brand and shared his plans for his participation in the life of the poker room.According to the player, his decision to join partypoker was influenced by the operator’s policies and his own positive attitude towards what the poker room does: This is the case when you can proudly wear the patch and represent the interests of the company. Not like it usually happens with other rooms, when you get certain bonuses, but you have to say and promote something that you don’t really agree with. I just love what partypoker does, and of course I don’t turn down additional financial incentives. Nikita Bodyakovsky intends to appear more often in the public space, actively participate in the life of the site, influencing its development and major events: I’m talking about unique events in which Pati raises the bar to a very high level. I will try my best to support such events, comment on live events or maybe stream events like MILLIONS Online. At the end of 2018, Belarusian Nikita Badiakovsky became the best player from the CIS according to the Global Poker Index. He had the best year of his career, ranked 9th in the world GPI rankings and managed to earn over $14.5 million in a year. He will be joining the partypoker team with Jason Koon, Fedor Holtz, Sam Trickett and more. In September 2018, the poker room signed a contract with Russian poker player Timofey Kuznetsov.