Nikolay Evdakov is a professional poker player from Moscow, Russia. He entered the poker circuit in the year 2006, when he participated in the Korona Russian Poker Championship. On October 16th, he took part in the No-Limit Hold'em event and finished first to take home $37,515 in prize money. That same year, Nikolay Evdakov participated in the No-Limit Hold'em event of the Christmas Hold'em Festival tournament, earning a sum of $8,960 by finishing first. Later that year, he ranked first in the No-Limit Hold'em event of the Club A Invitational Christmas tournament and walked away with $19,350.
In June 2007, Nikolay Evdakov played in the No-Limit Hold'em tournament and won $31,100 by finishing in first place. In 2008, Nikolay Evdakov earned $25,700 from his fourth-place finish at the Five Star World Classic Poker Classic/World Poker Tour World Championship - Season 6 Super Satellite tournament in the No-Limit Hold'em event. In the same year, he finished 14th in the Caesars Las Vegas Poker Tournament in Event #13 - WSOP Circuit No-Limit Hold'em Championship and made $16,099.
A major breakthrough in his poker career came in the year 2008, when Nikolay Evdakov took part in the 39th World Series of Poker tournament. He cashed in many events, including the $10k Pot-Limit Hold'em World Championship, $1500 No-Limit Hold'em, $1k No-Limit Hold'em w/Rebuys, $10k Mixed World Championship, $5k No-Limit 2-7 Draw Lowball w/Rebuys, $5k Pot-Limit Omaha w/Rebuys, and $1500 Pot-Limit Omaha. On June 27, 2008, Nikolay Evdakov cashed $4,216 in Event #48 - WSOP No-Limit Hold'em and broke the record for more than 8 WSOP cashes in the same year. As of 2008, Nikolay Evdakov has $452,853 in total earnings.