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Monika "HeyMonia" Zukowicz
Polish professional poker player, Twitch streamer, Americas Cardroom Team pro.

History
Monika was born on 5th February in Gdynia, Poland.

She attended Gdański Universytet Medyczny and later earned master's degree in pharmacy. Before that she also studied Biotechnology on Uniwersytet Gdańska but she qiuted after 1 year to pursuit pharmaceutical degree. According to interviews, Monika always wanted to be a scientist and was planning on getting the PhD title in Toronto. However right after defending her Master's degree (2017) she decided to take a gap year before getting on PhD path. During her gap year she decided to move to Malta and give poker ad streaming a try. Monika became Betsafe ambassador right before moving to Malta. After a year of this partnership she quit and teamed up with partypoker (2018). She represented partypoker as Team Pro Online for 4 years 2018-2022. On 1st November 2023 Monika signed the contract with Americas Cardroom. Currently Monika lives in Vienna, Austria due to poker-friendly tax regulation (poker is not regulated in her homeland - Poland).

Live poker
Monika has been playing mainly online due to her Twitch streaming career.

After pandemic she started showing up at the live poker festivals. Her biggest live score was recorded at the PCA/PSPC 2023 in Bahamas where she won the $550 Mysterious Bounty event for $43 680. According to her hendonmob profile, she also cashed a few WSOP events in Las Vegas.