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Just weeks after a reported $1.8 million pot was split in a hand of pot-limit Omaha, the online no-limit hold’em record appears to have fallen as well.
During a high-stakes cash game on GGPoker with blinds of $500-$1,000, the six players at the table managed to create not one, but three hands in excess of $1 million.
All three pots were enough to break the previous hold’em online record, set by Ali Imsirovic in 2020 for $974,631.
The first pot, worth $1,092,276, went to ‘BIEDERMEIR,’ who is rumored to be Leon Tsournik. (The Czech Republic casino owner was also involved in the previously mentioned $1.8 million PLO pot, chopping it up with aces against Antanas ‘Tony G’ Guoga.)
BIEDERMEIR got the better of Belarus high roller star Mikita Badziakouski, whose overpair went down against a turned straight.
The second biggest pot of the session worth $1,237,886 was kickstarted by two straddles to bump the action to $500-$1,000-$2,000-$4,000, before BIEDERMEIR straddled out of position to a whopping $32,000.
This time WSOP bracelet winner Barak Wisbrod of Israel raised to isolate with pocket aces, and got BIEDERMEIR to punt off on the flop with a gutshot straight draw. The four-outer never came, and Wisbrod dragged the virtual chips.
Yet another blind straddle to $32,000 by BIEDERMEIR triggered the biggest pot of the night. Once again Wisbrod raised to $77,000 with the intent to isolate, but this time Wiktor ‘Limitless’ Malinowski opted to get involved, shoving all in with A
9 for $331,420.
BIEDERMEIR was undeterred, and moved in for his last $555,113 with 6
6
. Wisbrod had a real hand, however, and made the easy call with Q Q to bring the pot to the new record of $1,447,347.
According to the Card Player Poker Odds Calculator, Wisbrod should win the hand nearly 55 percent of the time, with Malinowski coming out on top 27.5 percent of the time. The flop of 10 9 4
kept Wisbrod in the lead, but the A on the turn left both him and BIEDERMEIR drawing to two outs each.
The river was the 9, giving Malinowski a full house and the majority of the pot. His more than full triple up was worth $999,960. Wisbrod suffered a bad beat, but at least he won the side pot of $447,387 to get some of his money back.
Malinowski is considered one of the top online players in the game today, and last summer proved his ability in the live arena by winning the $250,000 buy-in Super High Roller Bowl Europe main event for $3.69 million.
Considering the fact that the $1.8 million PLO hand was played on a site that uses a crypto currency ‘stable coin’ known as Tether, many in the poker community have discredited its status at the new record holder. Given that this $1,447,347 pot is slightly larger than the $1,356,946 PLO pot that went to Patrik Antonius back in 2009, it may now be debated that Malinowski holds the overall pot size record as well.
Of course, the real record may never be known, as high-stakes players have also been known to play for significantly smaller stakes online, and then settle up the real wins and losses offsite.
Watch all three hands below.
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