{"id":4454,"date":"2021-03-01T11:39:15","date_gmt":"2021-03-01T11:39:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.top10pokersites.net\/news\/?p=4454"},"modified":"2021-03-01T11:39:15","modified_gmt":"2021-03-01T11:39:15","slug":"fedor-holz-vs-wiktor-malinowski-could-be-the-next-heads-up-battle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.top10pokersites.net\/news\/fedor-holz-vs-wiktor-malinowski-could-be-the-next-heads-up-battle","title":{"rendered":"Fedor Holz vs. Wiktor Malinowski Could Be The Next Heads-Up Battle"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.top10pokersites.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2021\/03\/fedor-holz-and-wiktor-malinowski.jpg\" alt=\"Fedor Holz and Wiktor Malinowski\" title=\"Fedor Holz vs. Wiktor Malinowski Could Be The Next Heads-Up Battle\" width=\"300\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-4455\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.top10pokersites.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2021\/03\/fedor-holz-and-wiktor-malinowski.jpg 380w, https:\/\/www.top10pokersites.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2021\/03\/fedor-holz-and-wiktor-malinowski-300x197.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 380px) 100vw, 380px\">It looks like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.top10pokersites.net\/news\/antanas-guoga-becomes-challenges-phil-hellmuth-to-a-heads-up-contest\">another high-profile heads-up battle<\/a> is about to happen, this time between <a href=\"https:\/\/www.top10pokersites.net\/news\/fedor-holz-wins-his-first-world-series-of-poker-bracelet\">German poker superstar <strong>Fedor Holz<\/strong><\/a> and Polish online poker legend <strong>Wiktor Malinowski<\/strong>. <\/p>\n<p>In August 2020, Malinowski was included in the line-up of participants for the Run It Once Legends Showdown, a weeks-long competition which saw some of the world\u2019s best heads-up no-limit players battle it out in \u20ac50\/\u20ac100 heads-up <a href=\"https:\/\/www.top10pokersites.net\/top-10-poker-games\/texas-holdem-poker\">no-limit Hold\u2019em<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>The Polish poker pro declined to take part in the competition, as he was not satisfied with the \u201c<em>small<\/em>\u201d stakes involved. <\/p>\n<p>The RIO Legends Showdown was eventually taken down by <strong>Kevin Rabichow<\/strong>. <\/p>\n<p>Malinowski was later invited as a guest on Joey Ingram\u2019s podcast, and on the show, he said he\u2019d be willing to play Rabichow in a separate match, this time at higher stakes. The 26-year-old also offered to battle it out with Holz at any stakes, and said he could play against the two-time World Series of Poker bracelet winner while \u201c<em>drunk<\/em>\u201c. <\/p>\n<p><strong>joeingram1<\/strong><\/p>\n<div style=\"position:relative;height:0;padding-bottom:56.25%\">\n<iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/OU5Zodl5uv4?rel=0&amp;showinfo=0?ecver=2\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"position:absolute;width:100%;height:100%;left:0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The HU match between Malinowski and Rabichow has yet to happen until now, with the former instead deciding to face high-stakes pro <strong>Stefan Burakov<\/strong> in a different HU challenge which is currently underway on PokerStars. <\/p>\n<p>Malinowski and Burakov agreed to play $50\/$100 HU NLHE across 30,000 hands, and with more than 13,000 hands already completed, things are not looking good for Malinowski who is currently behind by nearly $384,000. <\/p>\n<h2 id=\"holz-brings-up-malinowskis-earlier-offer\">Holz Brings Up Malinowski\u2019s Earlier Offer<\/h2>\n<p>As Malinowski deals with such a massive deficit, Holz suddenly showed up with a taunting challenge, saying he\u2019d like to play against the Polish pro before Burakov \u201c<em>takes all his money<\/em>\u201c. <\/p>\n<p>Holz is not just any other poker player. He currently ranks <a href=\"https:\/\/pokerdb.thehendonmob.com\/ranking\/all-time-money-list\/\">8th in Hendon Mob\u2019s All-Time Money List<\/a>, and is the number one player in his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.top10pokersites.net\/blog\/germans-dominate-list-of-who-made-most-money-from-live-poker-in-2017\">home country of Germany<\/a>. While the GGPoker ambassador is better-known for his accomplishments in the live tournament arena, so far amassing more than $32,500,000 in total live earnings, he has also achieved significant success in his online pursuits.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"malinowski-ready-to-play\">Malinowski Ready To Play<\/h2>\n<p>Malinowski has stayed true to his earlier promise on Ingram\u2019s podcast that he won\u2019t back off from a potential HU match against Holz. <\/p>\n<p>In a reply to the German pro\u2019s video tweet, the online legend said he\u2019s ready, and Holz can even bring along his \u201c<em>two best students<\/em>\u201d and Malinowski will play all of them simultaneously, at any stakes, and any number of hands. <\/p>\n<center>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Hey <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CrownUpGuy?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@CrownUpGuy<\/a> \u2013 where are you? I am waiting for you \u2013 pick your 2 best students and I play all 3 of you! <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/fedorlolz?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#fedorlolz<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/SQAAONgwbj\">https:\/\/t.co\/SQAAONgwbj<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/a2k3sznwVI\">pic.twitter.com\/a2k3sznwVI<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Wiktor Malinowski: \u2018Limitless\u2019 (@Iimitless2) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Iimitless2\/status\/1365348487005687812?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 26, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\"><\/script><\/p><\/center>\n<p>The poker community is now waiting for the final details of the match.  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It looks like another high-profile heads-up battle is about to happen, this time between German poker superstar Fedor Holz and Polish online poker legend Wiktor Malinowski. In August 2020, Malinowski was included in the line-up of participants for the Run It Once Legends Showdown, a weeks-long competition which saw some of the world\u2019s best heads-up&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Fedor Holz vs. Wiktor Malinowski Could Be The Next Heads-Up Battle<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"It looks like another high-profile heads-up battle is about to happen, this time between German poker superstar Fedor Holz and Polish online poker legend Wiktor Malinowski.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" 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