Malinowski Takes Down First Match Early

Henri “ButtonClickr” Puustinen opens to 2,300 on blinds of 500/1,000 with , Wiktor “Limitless” Malinowski looks down at  and three-bets to 9,850. Puustinen calls and the  flop hits down on the felt.

Both players check to the  turn where Malinowski bets 27,000. A completes the board after Puustinen calls and Malinowski then shoves 62,755. Puustinen calls with his pair of aces and is left with just one big blind, shipping the monster pot to Malinowski’s flopped straight.

Two hands later Puustinen shoves a and Malinowski snaps, having . The board comes down  and Malinowski finishes off the first match with his two pair, taking a 1-0 lead on Puustinen.