Wiktor Malinowski

Wiktor Malinowski
Wiktor Malinowski 2020
Nickname(s)Limitless
Born (1994-08-02) 2 August 1994 (age 30)
Belarus
European Poker Tour
Final table(s)1
Money finish(es)2

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.[1]

Career

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 Bosnian-born poker player Almedin “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]

In 2021, he won the first place prize of $3,690,000 at the Super High Roller Bowl Europe held in North Cyprus Turkish Republic (North Cyprus) becoming No. 2 on Poland's all-time money list.[8]

As of 2024, Malinowski's total live tournament winnings exceed $6,800,000.[9]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b Cross, Valerie (30 April 2019). "Limitless: High-Stakes Online Crusher Wiktor Malinowski Joins Live High Roller Scene". PokerNews. Retrieved 23 August 2020.
  2. ^ "Wiktor 'limitless' Malinowski and Michael Addamo Play Out The Biggest NLHE Cash Game Pot in Online Poker History". Paul Phua Poker. Retrieved 23 August 2020.
  3. ^ Pitt, Matthew (8 June 2020). "Sunday Briefing: Big Win at partypoker For Malinowski". PokerNews. Retrieved 23 August 2020.
  4. ^ Epskamp, Yori (13 August 2020). "Malinowski Wins $842K Pot Off Addamo in Biggest-Ever Online NLHE Cash Game Hand". PokerNews. Retrieved 23 August 2020.
  5. ^ "Wiktor Malinowski Takes $842,000 Cash Game Pot from Michael Addamo in Natural8 VIP Game". HighstakesDB. 12 August 2020. Retrieved 23 August 2020.
  6. ^ Nuwwarah, Mo (20 August 2020). "Another Record Pot at GGPoker High-Stakes Cash". PokerNews. Retrieved 23 August 2020.
  7. ^ "Wiktor Malinowski Scoops $½million Pot with 7 2 on Natural8". HighstakesDB. 23 August 2020. Retrieved 23 August 2020.
  8. ^ "Wiktor Malinowski Wins Super High Roller Bowl Europe for $3,690,000". PokerGO Tour. 1 September 2021. Retrieved 22 December 2023.
  9. ^ "Wiktor Malinowski's profile on The Hendon Mob". The Hendon Mob Poker Database. Retrieved 26 November 2023.