Wiktor Malinowski has rocketed up Poland's all time tournament money list to grab second place with $5,832,431 in cashes, trailing only the $6,259,530 of Dzmitry Urbanovich.
With moves like the one Malinowski pulled off in the $100K Triton Super High Roller Main Event in Cyprus earlier this month, we can see how the 28-year-old is living up to his online moniker of "Limitless."
Malinowski executed a stone cold all-in bluff versus Frenchman Jean-Noel Thorel, grabbing a nice pot on the way to a third place finish and $1,210,000 in prize money. Watch how the hand plays out in the clip below:
That hand proved to be a crucial blow to Thorel, who failed to cash and add to his $7,533,313 in total live earnings, despite holding down fourth place in chips when the hand began.
A quick look at the Twitter feed and some of the comments on the play finds some players of the mind that Malinowski's move was reckless and on the wrong side of a winning strategy. Here's one such comment from "mrmik."
"If mr nobody does something like that, everybody would call him a fish. If a "pro" does it, then it becomes a smart move, something to celebrate and talk about. Sure..."
Daniel Negreanu chimed in with the following response to the doubter: