Wiktor Malinowski (born 2 August 1994) is a Polish professional poker player who focuses on mid to high stakes online no limit hold 'em (NLHE) cash games. He transitioned to the live poker tournament scene in 2019. He formerly played handball professionally for the national team of Poland.[1]
Career[edit]
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Malinowski started playing poker seriously in 2014. He began playing freerolls and the lowest stakes offered for online cash games. Over the next two years, he managed to become a regular at mid to high stakes online cash games playing under the alias 'limitless'. In 2018, he won the World Championship of Online Poker $25K High Roller Turbo, winning $726,000 in the process.[1]
While on Joey Ingram's podcast, Malinowski offered a 'heads-up challenge to anyone, playing while drunk'.[2] In June 2020, Malinowski won the partypoker High Roller Club $25,500 Main Event winning $443,750 in the process.[3]
In August 2020, Malinowski won a $842,438 pot from Michael Addamo while playing NLHE on the poker site Natural8.[4] It became the largest online pot in NLHE history beating the previous record of $723,938 won by Di Dang against Tom Dwan in 2008.[5] The record was beaten just a few days later when poker player Ali Imsirovic won a pot worth $974,631 while playing NLHE online.[6] Approximately one week later Malinowski won another pot worth $500,146 holding 7♥2♥ for a wheel.[7]
As of August 2020, Malinowski's total live tournament winnings exceed $700,000.
References[edit]
^ abCross, Valerie (April 30, 2019). 'Limitless: High-Stakes Online Crusher Wiktor Malinowski Joins Live High Roller Scene'. PokerNews. Retrieved August 23, 2020.
^'Wiktor 'limitless' Malinowski and Michael Addamo Play Out The Biggest NLHE Cash Game Pot in Online Poker History'. Paul Phua Poker. Retrieved August 23, 2020.
^Pitt, Matthew (June 8, 2020). 'Sunday Briefing: Big Win at partypoker For Malinowski'. PokerNews. Retrieved August 23, 2020.
^Epskamp, Yori (August 13, 2020). 'Malinowski Wins $842K Pot Off Addamo in Biggest-Ever Online NLHE Cash Game Hand'. PokerNews. Retrieved August 23, 2020.
^Tom (August 12, 2020). 'Wiktor Malinowski Takes $842,000 Cash Game Pot from Michael Addamo in Natural8 VIP Game'. HighstakesDB. Retrieved August 23, 2020.
^Nuwwarah, Mo (August 20, 2020). 'Another Record Pot at GGPoker High-Stakes Cash'. PokerNews. Retrieved August 23, 2020.
^Tom (August 23, 2020). 'Wiktor Malinowski Scoops $½million Pot with 7 2 on Natural8'. HighstakesDB. Retrieved August 23, 2020.
External links[edit]
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February 3rd, 2021 | Last updated on February 3rd, 2021
Home » Poker News » Katz Among Winners in Aria High Roller Return
High-stakes poker tournaments returned to Aria on the Las Vegas Strip last weekend. It wasn’t easy, as health protocols to protect players and tournament staff from Covid-19 requires many changes and hassles. The poker room had been open for several months, but the tournaments were deemed too risky until this year.
Aria had to cancel scheduled high-stakes poker tournaments in December 2020 while the second wave of the coronavirus pandemic raged forward. Those were to be the comeback events at Aria, but the staff ultimately determined that it was best to postpone. Meanwhile, the Wynn’s poker room hosted some high-stakes action in December.
A few weeks ago, Aria rescheduled its tournaments for January 28-30.
Tournaments with Caveats
There were more rules than usual for the three tournaments scheduled for the last weekend in January (Thursday through Saturday, actually).
Most of the new rules came from the casino operator, which mandated masks and physical distancing. The poker room constructed plexiglass barriers between player seats, among other employee mandates like temperature checks, face shields, and required sanitization practices.
Pleased to announce @ARIAPoker is now 8-handed for cash and tournaments on 15 out of our 19 usable tables. Our plexiglass dividers are on left/right and in front of all players and dealer. Please remember to wear your mask at all times. Come hop in a game!
— Sean McCormack (@ThePokerBoss) October 6, 2020
Other details of the tournaments remained typical of or similar to previous High Roller events at Aria. Players who registered on time paid no rake, with late registrants and reentries paying $500 in fees each. There was a 30-second shot clock with time extensions for each player.
The buy-ins were $10K each. Late registration remained open through the first six levels, each lasting 40 minutes.
Wins and Cashes
For typical High Roller tournaments, the attendance wasn’t exactly outstanding. However, there isn’t exactly a roadmap for resuming poker tournaments after a pandemic.
The first of the three events brought in 34 entries, including reentries. The prize pool of $340K was enough to pay the top five players in the end. And those players were:
-1st place: Dan Smith ($136,000)
-2nd place: Alex Foxen ($88,400)
-3rd place: Ali Imsirovic ($54,400)
-4th place: Sean Winter ($34,400)
-5th place: Jake Daniels ($27,200)
As Poker Central noted, that win for Smith put him over $36.8 million in lifetime earnings in live poker tournaments.
Congrats to @DanSmithHolla for winning yesterday’s $10K NLH High Roller @ARIAPoker ?
Same event today at 2pm: $10K – 100K/40 min, reg open til 7:30p pic.twitter.com/5jGNw4ZCv4
— Paul Campbell (@TDPaulCampbell) January 29, 2021
On Friday, a smaller crowd gathered to participate, resulting in only 22 entries. That put together a $220K prize pool to delegate to the top four finishers. The results:
-1st place: Cary Katz ($82,800)
-2nd place: Sean Winter ($80,000)
-3rd place: Jake Daniels ($35,200)
-4th place: Brock Wilson ($22,000)
Katz, who founded and is an owner of Poker Central, made a two-way deal with Winter for the top payouts.
On Saturday, some familiar faces returned to the Aria for some high-stakes action. That event had 21 entries and a $210K prize pool. The three payouts went to:
-1st place: Christopher Brewer ($113,400)
-2nd place: Ali Imsirovic ($63,000)
-3rd place: Brock Wilson ($33,600)
Congrats to Christopher Brewer for his victory in yesterday’s $10K NLH High Roller @ARIAPoker ?
Was a fun weekend running them, hope to all the High Rollers again soon! ? pic.twitter.com/O3edAYwpEe
— Paul Campbell (@TDPaulCampbell) January 31, 2021
There is no official word yet as to when the next High Roller action will take place.