2021 Super High Roller Bowl Europe

SHRB Europe $250,000 No-Limit Hold’em Main Event
Day: 3
Event Info

2021 Super High Roller Bowl Europe

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
98
Prize
$3,690,000
Event Info
Buy-in
$250,000
Prize Pool
$10,250,000
Entries
41
Level Info
Level
22
Blinds
100,000 / 200,000
Ante
200,000
Players Info - Day 3
Entries
6
Players Left
1

SHRB Europe $250,000 No-Limit Hold’em Main Event

Day 3 Completed

Wiktor Malinowski Wins Super High Roller Bowl Europe ($3,690,000)

Level 22 : 100,000/200,000, 200,000 ante
Wiktor Malinowski
Wiktor Malinowski

Wiktor Malinowski has won the Super High Roller Bowl Europe Main Event for $3,690,000.

He topped a field of 41 players and defeated Ivan Leow in a tense and gruelling five-hour heads-up at the Merit Hotel & Casino in Cyprus.

The former professional handball player started out playing freerolls in 2014, and worked his way up the cash game stakes before transitioning to High Roller tournaments.

From the Triton Super High Roller Series to EPT Monte Carlo, Malinowski was a regular in some of the biggest Super High Roller tournaments. He now has a victory in one of them on his poker resume, and a coveted SHRB ring to go with it.

Super High Roller Bowl Europe Final Table Results

RankPlayerCountryPayout
1Wiktor MalinowskiPoland$3,690,000
2Ivan LeowMalaysia$2,460,000
3Zhuang RuanUnited States$1,640,000
4Timothy AdamsUnited States$1,127,500
5David PetersUnited States$820,000
6Viacheslav BuldyginRussia$512,500

There was a seven-figure payday for 20-year-old Zhuang Ruan in third, ahead of Timothy Adams in fourth place.

Adams was looking to win a third live Super High Roller Bowl in a row after victories in Australia and Russia, but would have to settle for $1,127,500.

Winner's Reaction

This was Malinowski's first live Super High Roller Bowl appearance and he came into the final day as the chip leader. The high stakes online cash grinder now has his first live tournament win under his belt.

"It was a hell of a lot of fun," Malinowski told PokerNews. "The final table took two hours and then played heads-up for five more.

"I haven't played very well, and then I got ace-king. It was a great tournament. It's good to have live poker back, so I'm looking forward to more action!"


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Final Table Recap

SHRB Ring
SHRB Ring

It was a frenetic start to the final table, with short-stack Viacheslav Buldygin watching on as both David Peters and Zhuang Ruan scored doubles.

However, Ruan's double came at the expense of Buldygin, which pushed him closer to the exit, before he was eliminated by Leow. The Malaysian then cracked kings to double through Peters and into the chip lead.

Although Wiktor Malinowski would regain the chip lead, Leow's elimination of Peters in fifth place would see him move ahead once more.

Timothy Adams had been looking to join Justin Bonomo as the only player with three Super High Roller Bowl titles, and to win his third live SHRB in a row, but fell in fourth place after shoving into the aces of Malinowski.

And after the pair returned from break, it was Ruan with the aces who shoved into Leow. He called and rivered a gutshot straight to crack aces and send Ruan to the rail in third.

Heads-Up Play

Ivan Leow
Ivan Leow

The flurry of all-ins over the course of the opening 90 minutes was nothing compared to the barren and desolate landscape of heads-up. Both players spent time feeling each other out, content to check flop and take it to the streets.

Leow began heads-up in the chip lead, but it was Malinowski who was in the lead for large portions of the contest.

The pair bantered back and forth, revealing their hole cards after a hand and speculating as to whether the opponent bluffed them.

"You play very good," Malinowski said to his opponent as the heads-up match approached five hours, and shortly after Leow folded to Malinowski's shove - the first of the heads-up match.

With the blinds getting steadily higher, there was always going to be an instrumental moment. And so it proved with Leow shoving ace-four into the ace-king of Malinowski for the Pole to double, and Malinowski sent Leow to the rail shortly afterwards.

Ivan Leow Wiktor Malinowski
Ivan Leow Wiktor Malinowski

Super High Roller Bowl Results

YearEventEntrantsWinnerPrize
Jul-15Super High Roller Bowl I43Brian Rast$7,525,000
Jun-15Super High Roller Bowl II49Rainer Kempe$5,000,000
Jun-17Super High Roller Bowl III56Christoph Vogelsang$6,000,000
Mar-18Super High Roller Bowl China75Justin Bonomo$4,823,077
May-18Super High Roller Bowl IV48Justin Bonomo$5,000,000
Dec-18Super High Roller Bowl V36Isaac Haxton$3,672,000
Sep-19Super High Roller Bowl London12Cary Katz$2,610,317
Nov-19Super High Roller Bowl Bahamas51Daniel Dvoress$4,080,000
Feb-20Super High Roller Bowl Australia16Timothy Adams$1,446,112
Mar-20Super High Roller Bowl Russia40Timothy Adams$3,600,000
Jun-20Super High Roller Bowl Online50Justin Bonomo$1,775,000
Sep-21Super High Roller Bowl Europe41Wiktor Malinowski$3,690,000

Tags: David PetersIvan LeowTimothy AdamsViacheslav BuldyginWiktor MalinowskiZhuang Ruan

Ivan Leow Eliminated in 2nd Place ($2,460,000)

Level 22 : 100,000/200,000, 200,000 ante
Ivan Leow
Ivan Leow

Wiktor Malinowski shoved and Ivan Leow called all in for 900,000.

Wiktor Malinowski: {9-Spades}{8-Diamonds}
Ivan Leow: {j-Clubs}{4-Clubs}

Malinowski picked up extra straight outs on the {a-Spades}{6-Diamonds}{5-Diamonds} flop and the turn {8-Spades} gave him a pair.

Leow could river a jack to stay alive, but the {4-Hearts} sealed his fate and he was eliminated in second place.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Wiktor Malinowski pl
Wiktor Malinowski
10,200,000
600,000
600,000
Profile photo of Ivan Leow my
Ivan Leow
Busted

Malinowski Scores Pivotal Double Through Leow

Level 22 : 100,000/200,000, 200,000 ante

Wiktor Malinowski raised to 400,000 {a-Spades}{k-Diamonds} and Ivan Leow {a-Diamonds}{4-Hearts} three-bet all in. Malinowski called for 4.7 million.

The flop was {8-Clubs}{6-Clubs}{5-Diamonds} giving Leow extra outs to a straight to eliminate Malinowski. The turn was the {8-Hearts} offering some extra chop outs.

The river was the {9-Spades} and Malinowski doubled up.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Wiktor Malinowski pl
Wiktor Malinowski
9,600,000
4,900,000
4,900,000
Profile photo of Ivan Leow my
Ivan Leow
600,000
-4,900,000
-4,900,000

Level: 22

Blinds: 100,000/200,000

Ante: 200,000

Leow Forces Out Malinowski

Level 21 : 75,000/150,000, 150,000 ante

Wiktor Malinowski {6-Clubs}{6-Diamonds} raised to 300,000 and Ivan Leow {j-Clubs}{5-Spades} called.

The flop {9-Hearts}{8-Clubs}{3-Hearts} was checked by both players. Leow bet 250,000 on the {k-Hearts} turn and Malinowski called.

The river was the {6-Hearts} and Leow bet 800,000. Malinowski tanked before laying down his set.

"Bluff!" said Leow with a smile.

"Really?" said Malinowski. "I had no heart but I had set of sixes."

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Ivan Leow my
Ivan Leow
5,800,000
600,000
600,000
Profile photo of Wiktor Malinowski pl
Wiktor Malinowski
4,400,000
-600,000
-600,000