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Lukasz Dumanski

Canadian poker player

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionSep 7, 2026
Entity authorityQ6701722 ↗
Source-derived summary

Łukasz Dumański (pronounced [ˈwukaʐ duˈmaj̃skʲi]; born 20 April 1983) is an Ivory Coast-born Polish-Canadian professional poker player who now resides in Toronto, Canada. In 2007, he won a World Series of Poker bracelet in the $1,500 Pot Limit Omaha Hi/Lo Split 8 or Better. This was the first time this event was ever played at the World Series of Poker.

Up to 2008, Łukasz Dumanski had poker tournament winning of over $240,000.

Editorial summary

Begin with the source’s own compact description: “Lukasz Dumanski” is canadian poker player. The dossier treats that line as a proposition to test through Lukasz, Dumanski and Canadian, not as a finished interpretation.

Editorial reviewA useful biographical orientation record, particularly for establishing names, roles and a first chronology. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1983, 2007, 2008—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1983-04-20. For this dossier, Lukasz, Dumanski and Canadian is the immediate research focus.
Editorial analysis

Why this record matters

The phrase “canadian poker player” supplies a clear boundary for inquiry. It also exposes the unanswered questions: who defined that boundary, when it became stable and which sources sit outside it.

Evidence profile

The entry’s evidential value lies in the named roles, institutions and publications that can be tested against primary documentation. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 7, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q6701722. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1983, 2007 and 2008.

Critical limits

A concise life account rarely captures disputed attribution, private networks or the changing language used to describe a career. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

How to read it

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  • Establishing names and roles
  • Building a first chronology
  • Locating cited institutions
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  2. Expand the search: follow Lukasz Dumanski primary sources, Lukasz Dumanski archive and Lukasz research across catalogues and specialist indexes.
  3. Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.

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This entry incorporates text from “Lukasz Dumanski” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.