Name: Yuri "theNERDguy" Dzivielevski

Nationality: Brazilian

partypoker screen name: Yuri theNERDguy

Yuri "theNERDguy" Dzivielevski entertained nightclub audiences with his guitar playing and singing before his meteoric rise to poker stardom!

The Brazilian learned his craft at his brother’s home games, before successfully transferring his skills to the online felt. He swiftly made poker his career and music a hobby!

Yuri’s career highlights include two WSOP bracelets, reaching number one in the world on pocketfives.com twice, and topping Latin America’s all-time prize money list: $13M+ online and $1.2M live.

The former musician has effortlessly found his rhythm at the tables, and you can expect to hear him making plenty more noise!