At the turn of the year, with the world watching China crumble under the weight of a treacherous virus we were glad would never reach our shores, the Australian Poker Hall of Fame thrust two players into the sunlight.
Kahle Burns made it into the Poker Hall of Fame, Michael Addamo, picked up the Young Achiever Award, and on Day 5 of the Poker Masters online this same concoction shone once again.
Burns posted his first in the money (ITM) finish taking the golden egg in Event #10: $10,300 No-Limit Hold’em (NLHE). The event attracted another bumper field with 119-entrants vying for the $291,550 first prize that ended up in the Burns bank account.
It’s been an incredible start to 2020 for the man who ended 2019 with a record $4.3m earned playing live tournaments. Burns won the AUD 100,000 Challenge at the Aussie Millions and finished runner-up to Timothy Adams in the Super High Roller Bowl (SHRB) Australia for a combined haul of $2m.
Burns is also an ulcer to his online brethren.
In 2017, the Australian star won the Spring Championships of Online Poker (SCOOP) [M] Main Event on PokerStars for a whopping $787,312.19. Talking of SCOOP Main Event winners, Gianluca Speranza, the man who won back-to-back [H] Main Event titles in 2018 & 2019, featured in the results for the first time this series, as did Ben Heath.
Timothy Adams became the first player to rack up five ITM finishes, and surely, there’s a big score waiting around the corner for the double SHRB Champion.
Here are the results.
Results
- Kahle Burns – $291,550
- Luuk Gieles – $208,250
- Eelis Parssinen – $148,750
- Gianluca Speranza – $104,125
- Joao Vieira – $77,350
- Wiktor Malinowski – $59,500
- Edwin Villalobo Amaya – $47,600
- Vicent Bosca Ramon – $38,675
- Ian Engel – $29,750
- Giueseppe Iadisernia – $29,750
- Ben Heath – $29,750
- Thomas Meuhloecker – $29,750
- Timothy Adams – $23,800
- Karim Khayat – $23,800
- Mike Watson – $23,800
- Chris Hunichen – $23,800
Michael Addamo Wins Event #11: $10,300 NLHE 6-Max
Michael Addamo moved into the second place on the Championship Leaderboard after taking down Event #11: $10,300 NLHE 6-Max. The former World Championships of Online Poker (WCOOP) Sunday Million High Roller winner, defeated Poker Masters Online Championship hopeful, Chris Hunichen, heads-up, to claim the $294,037 first prize.
Hunichen joined Adams as the only two players to record five cashes. Jorryt Van Hoof, Alexandros Kolonias and Wiktor Malinowski picked up their fourth ITM finish.
Here are the results.
Results
- Michael Addamo – $294,037
- Chris Hunichen – $183,300
- Jorryt Van Hoof – $112,800
- Yahia Fahmy – $82,250
- Justin Bonomo – $58,750
- Aliaksandr Hirs – $39,950
- Jake Schindler – $30,550
- Lukas Matthias Nowakowski – $30,550
- Luuk Gieles – $30,550
- Wiktor Malinowski – $25,754
- Talal Shakerchi – $25,754
- Alexandros Kolonias – $25,754
Poker Masters Online Championship Standings
- Andras Nemeth – $515,879 (511pts)
- Michael Addamo – $444,037 (406)
- Pauli Ayras – $394,492 (393)
- Elias Talvitie – $572,250 (380)
- Alex Foxen – $351,277 (352 pts)