Holz vs. Malinowski: Four Sessions of $100/$200, Starting March 5

Mo Nuwwarah

Mar 05, 2021 2 min read

Fedor Holz will face Wiktor Malinowski heads up.

Tale of the Tape
First of a Many?
Schedule of Play
PokerNews Video Breakdown

Challenge accepted — the match is on between Fedor Holz and Wiktor Malinowski.

It won't be a long match but it should be entertaining nonetheless. The action kicks off today at 12:45 p.m. EST with the first of four sessions, each of which will last at least 400 hands of $100/$200 heads-up no-limit hold'em.

Additionally, the two high-stakes veterans will engage each other not just on the virtual felt, but on a video call. That should allow for considerable trash talk and Malinowski to take his fair share of drinks as promised in their pregame banter.

Action will take place on Holz's sponsor site GGPoker, which will also facilitate a show for the fans on GGPoker.tv. Joe Ingram has signed on to serve as lead commentator for the cards-up stream.

Tale of the Tape

Fedor Holz		Wiktor Malinowski
"CrownUpGuy"	Online Nickname	"limitless"
$32,556,377	Recorded Tournament Cashes	$708,014
17-10	Heads-Up Record in Tournies	1-0
Won a $25K Heads-Up bracelet in 2020	Notable Fact	Won one of the biggest pots in online poker history
Made semifinals of RIO Legends Showdown, won +€9,179 overall	Notable High-Stakes Experience	Can often be found playing highest stakes cash anywhere online
"I'm gonna motherf****** destroy you."	Notable Trash Talk	"I'll offer you 3bb/100 extra or $1K per hour and I'll be drunk."
2.15/+115	Odds*	1.77/-130

_{Stats courtesy of The Hendon Mob}
_{*as of Thursday afternoon}

First of a Many?

Of note, the GGPoker page hyping the match calls it GGPoker Face-Off Challenge and bills it as "the greatest heads-up matches in poker."

"The greatest feuds are unforgettable, unmissable and intriguing," the page says. "In the GG Face-Off Challenge, some of the world’s top poker players throw down the gauntlet and take their peers on head-to-head, playing for both big cash and eternal glory."

That's a lot of plural in there, and it seems to indicate more matches may be on the way in the future. Certainly, with the amount of high-stakes action taking place on the site already, there should be no shortage of candidates for the GGPoker matchmakers to try to prop up for short but entertaining battles.

Schedule of Play

Date	Time (EST)	Game Details
March 5	12:45 p.m.	One table, $100/$200, 400+ Hands
March 8	12:45 p.m.	One table, $100/$200, 400+ Hands
March 10	12:45 p.m.	One table, $100/$200, 400+ Hands
March 13	12:45 p.m.	One table, $100/$200, 400+ Hands