It was a case of pistols at noon and 1 pm on Day 2 of the event that’s currently occupying the minds of the high stakes brethren and those taking a shot.
The 2020 Poker Masters Online, created by Poker Central, and hosted by partypoker, has blazed through two more events with its riding crop in hand and a healthy turnout to boot.
Event #4: $10,300 No-Limit Hold’em (NLHE) enticed 102 players to the virtual baize, making it the most substantial field size of the opening quartet. The $1,020,000 in prize money is the second-largest loot behind the $1,375,000 raised in Event #1 (a $25,000 event).
The heads-up battle for the title saw Mike Watson with a dagger strapped to his thigh, and Sam Greenwood holding the pepper spray. Of the Canadians, Watson was making his first in the money (ITM) finish of the series. It was Greenwood’s second.
Watson chopped down the Greenwood to take the title, but a runner-up finish keeps the twin in the Poker Masters Championship Standing Top 5.
The win moves Watson’s all-time online tournament earnings to within a nostril hair of $5m, and it’s his second most significant score trailing the $280,238.52 Watson banked for winning the $10,300 Eight-Game Championship at the 2016 World Championships of Online Poker (WCOOP) at PokerStars.
Here are the ITM results.
Results
- Mike Watson – $249,900
- Sam Greenwood – $178,500
- Jorryt van Hoof – $127,500
- Orpen Kisacikoglu – $89,250
- Wiktor Malinowski – $66,300
- Karim Khayat – $51,000
- Patrick Leonard – $40,800
- Pauli Ayras – $33,150
- Zachary Clark – $25,500
- Darrell Goh – $25,500
- Alexander Kolonias – $25,500
- Matthias Eibinger – $25,500
- Andras Nemeth – $20,400
- Vicent Bosca Ramon – $20,400
- Simo Mattsson – $20,400
- Simon Pedersen – $20,400
Andras Nemeth Wins Event #5: $10,300 NLHE
The second event of the day (see above) attracted 83-entrants like toddlers in wellies to a puddle and raised $830,000 in prize money.
Orpen Kisacikoglu made money for the second successive time, finishing runner-up to the eventual winner, Andras Nemeth. Kisacikoglu ends the day fifth in the Poker Masters Championship Leaderboard.
To have a Poker Masters Online without a few results from Nemeth is unfathomable. He is a former PocketFives World #1, and in the past few years has been picking up six-figure scores both online and live with the speed and grace of one of Fagin’s pickpockets.
Nemeth collected $259,629 for the win and will have added incentive to don the Purple Jacket after coming so close to Australian Poker Open glory, losing out to Stephen Chidwick in the final stages of the series earlier in the year.
Here are the results in full.
Results
- Andras Nemeth – $259,629
- Orpen Kisacikoglu – $161,850
- Eelis Parssinen – $99,600
- Fedor Holz – $72,625
- Dan Shak – $51,875
- Sami Kelopuro – $35,275
- Christoph Vogelsang – $26,975
- Carlos Sanchez – $26,975
- Joni Jouhkimainen – $26,975
- Sergi Reixach – $27,740
- Artur Martirosian – $27,740
- Ian Engel – $27,740
The Global Poker Index (GPI) World #1, Alex Foxen, didn’t make money in either event, but still tops the leaderboard thanks to his victory in Event #3. Nemeth, Greenwood and Kisacikoglu make their presence felt in the top five, and Elias Talvitie holds onto his #2 berth after winning the opening event.
Poker Masters Online Championship Standings
- Alex Foxen – $309,677 (310 pts)
- Elias Talvitie – $481,250 (289)
- Andras Nemeth – $285,129 (280)
- Sam Greenwood – $302,250 (253)
- Orpen Kisacikoglu – $251,100 (251)