Russian poker star Lilya Novikova electrocuted in bath at home

Russia’s “most beautiful poker player” Lilya Novikova (26) has died of electrocution in her bath. Russian media reports that the dreadful incident happened in Moscow.

Lilya’s body was found out by an elderly neighbour, in her bath. The neighbour had received an emergency call from Lilya’s parents.

She was known as Lia among her poker fans. Media reports said that she suffered a fatal electric shock while using a hair dryer in the flat. She was living with her parents.

Lilya was was well known on Twitch.tv, a live streaming channel for online gamers. The confirmation was obtained from the Investigative Committee (SK) of Russia that Lilya had been electrocuted. The reports says that this was an accident.

Lilya was an Engineering graduate from Moscow’s prestigious Bauman University. She was interested in sports as well, besides poker. MK reports said that she had made some videos with top tips for poker fans.

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