Wiktor Malinowski Wins 2021 Super High Roller Bowl Europe For $3.7 Million

Wiktor Malinowski has already established himself on the high-stakes poker scene, though up to now the Polish professional recognized to many by his display screen title ‘limitless’ has primarily targeted on on-line money video games. The former skilled handball participant has gained loads of six-figure pots on-line, however till just lately his largest recorded match rating was the $296,643 payday he earned because the seventh-place finisher within the 2019 European Poker Tour Monte Carlo €100,000 buy-in excessive curler. Malinowski completely blew that earlier high-water mark away on Sept. 1 by rising victorious within the 2021 Super High Roller Bowl Europe $250,000 buy-in championship occasion. He took house $3,690,000 for the win after overcoming a area of 41 entries and a stacked ultimate desk that included a number of of the most effective gamers within the recreation.

In addition to the title and the cash, Malinowski additionally earned 600 Card Player Player of the Year factors after popping out on high on this occasion. This was his first POY-qualified rating of the Year. He additionally earned 600 PokerGO Tour rankings factors because the champion, sufficient to see him shoot up the standings and into 26th place on that leaderboard.

The ultimate day started with Malinowski main the ultimate six gamers, all of whom had locked up at the very least half 1,000,000 {dollars} for his or her efforts. The very first hand noticed medium stack David Peters double by means of second-ranked Zhuang Ruan, who shoved on the flip with the nut flush draw. Peters known as with journey queens and improved to quads on the river. Shortly after that sturdy begin to the day, Peters misplaced an enormous pot with pocket kings in opposition to the flopped set of nines of Ivan Leow to plummet again down the leaderboard.

Viacheslav Buldygin got here into the day because the shortest stack. He misplaced a large chunk of his remaining chips when his A-7 did not outrun the pocket tens of Ruan and was eradicated shortly after that in sixth place ($512,500). Peters adopted Buldygin to the rail, together with his 44 falling to the A9 of a surging Leow who made queens and nines to remove Peters in fifth place ($820,000). The rating elevated the three-time World Series of Poker bracelet winner’s profession earnings to simply shy of $38.5 million, sufficient to see him surpass Dan Smith and transfer into fifth place on poker’s all-time cash record. Peters additionally earned 250 POY factors and for his eighth final-table end of the yr, with three titles gained alongside the best way. As a consequence. Peters climbed into seventeenth place within the 2021 POY race standings, sponsored by Global Poker.

Peters has now cashed for greater than $2.9 million in occasions that qualify for PokerGO Tour rankings factors. With 1,392 factors, he now occupies the sixth-place spot on that within the standings for that race.

Bracelet winner and two-time SHRB champion Timothy Adams’ run on this occasion got here to an finish when his J10 was unable to crack the AA of Malinowski. Adams flopped an open-ended straight draw, however failed to enhance any additional and was knocked out in fourth place. He earned $1,127,500 for his sturdy displaying, rising his profession earnings to greater than $26.7 million.

20-year-old Zhuang Ruan exploded onto the reside match scene in August by taking down the $50,000 buy-in excessive curler occasion on the Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open for $562,600. Ruan had managed to recuperate from his loss within the first hand of the day to outlive to the ultimate three. His ultimate hand on this occasion started with him elevating to 120,00 from the button with AA. Ivan Leow defended his large blind holding 87 and the flop got here down J74. Leow checked and Ruan guess 200,000 together with his overpair. Leow known as together with his pair of sevens and the 9 got here off the deck on the flip. Leow checked a second time and Ruan moved all-in for 755,000. Leow went deep into the tank earlier than making the decision together with his pair and straight draw. The 10 on the top accomplished Leow’s straight, giving him the lead and sending Ruan packing in third place ($1,640,000). This was his first-ever seven-figure match rating. His profession earnings grew to over $2.3 million consequently, whereas additionally transferring into nineteenth place within the PokerGO Tour factors race.

With that, the marathon heads-up showdown commenced, with Leow initially sitting on 5,635,000 to Malinowski’s 4,615,000. The two proceeded to battle it out for over 5 hours, with a number of lead adjustments alongside the best way, however no preflop all-in showdowns till the pivotal hand of the heads-up conflict. With the blinds having climbed all the best way to 100,000-200,000 with a 200,000 large blind ante, Malinowski min-raised to 400,000 on the button with AOk. Leow three-bet shoved from the massive blind with A4. Malinowski known as all-in for roughly 4.7 million and the board ran out 86589. Malinowski’s superior side-card performed, incomes him the large double as much as go away Leow on fumes. Shortly after that Malinowski shoved with 98 and Leow known as all-in for a number of large blinds extra with J4. Malinowski hit a pair of eights on the flip and held by means of the river to safe the pot and the title.

Leow earned $2,460,000 because the runner-up finisher. This was his largest profession payday, topping the $1,439,173 he earned because the winner of a €100,000 buy-in facet occasion on the 2018 WSOP Europe. The rating elevated Leow’s earnings to simply shy of $11.9 million.

Here is a have a look at the payouts and rankings factors awarded on this occasion:

Winner picture credit score: PokerInformation.