With church pews empty due to the spread of Coronavirus (COVID-19) for some, the poker table became the place to say their prayers, three of whom received answers.
The Poker Masters Online Series had a bumper Sunday on partypoker with three events falling like dominos, and the first to tumble in this omnibus is Event #16: $25,500 No-Limit Hold’em (NLHE).
Heading into the weekend, the names ‘Jason Koon’ hadn’t graced the headlines during the Poker Masters Online Series, but he burst into song taking down the most substantial single payout of the series so far.
The charm and challenge of a $25,000 event attracted 72-entrants like hatboxes on Derby Day, and it was the partypoker ambassador who lasted longer than anyone to bank the $549,000 first prize.
Koon defeated Justin Bonomo, heads-up, and although the former All-Time Money List leader will be disappointed to finish as the bridesmaid for the second time during the series, he has now earned more de Niro’s than anyone in the tournament ($606,974), so he won’t be threading a needle through his eyeball just yet.
Other notables names in the money (ITM) included the first score for Dan Smith and a sixth score for Juan Pardo Dominguez.
Here are the results.
Results
- Jason Koon – $549,000
- Justin Bonomo – $369,000
- Steve O’Dwyer – $252,000
- Conor Beresford – $162,000
- Juan Pardo Dominguez – $126,000
- Dario Sammartino – $99,000
- Joni Jouhkimainen – $85,500
- Dan Smith – $81,000
- Ole Schemion – $76,500
Eelis Parssinen Wins Event #17: $10,300 Pot-Limit Omaha (PLO) 6-Max
Eelis Parssinen moved into the highest seam of the Championship Leaderboard after winning Event #17: $10,300 PLO 6-Max. The Finnish star has now finished in the Top 3 spots, on three separate occasions, suitable for a fourth-place berth overall.
Jorryt Van Hoof continued his impressive series with his seventh ITM finish, good for a sixth-place standing in the Championship Leaderboard.
Here are the results.
Results
- Eelis Parssinen – $287,781
- Bengt Sonnert – $179,400
- Aku Joentausta – $110,400
- Jorryt Van Hoof – $80,500
- Andreas Torbergsen – $57,500
- Tobias Ziegler – $39,100
- Andrew Moseley – $29,900
- Pedro Zagalo – $29,900
- Ferenc Deak – $29,900
- Carlo Van Ravenswoud – $25,206
- Niko Soininen – $25,206
- Joao Vieira – $25,206
Linus Loeliger Wins Event #18: $10,300 NLHE Six-Max
Linus Loeliger joined Koon in the ‘one-time’ club after taking down Event #18: $10,300 NLHE Six-Max. The prodigious talents of the Swiss star overcame the in-form Artur Martirosian, heads-up, to claim the $202,800 first prize.
The Russian moves into third place overall after finishing in the Top 3 spots three times in four ITM finishes. A hat tip to Chris Hunichen who recorded his sixth ITM finish, although he’s yet to find the luck needed to place higher than he has been.
Here are the results.
Results
- Linus Loeliger – $325,318
- Artur Martirosian – $202,800
- Darrell Goh – $124,800
- Niklas Astedt – $91,000
- Ole Schemion – $65,000
- Edwin Villalobo Amaya – $44,200
- Adrian Mateos – $33,800
- Chris Hunichen – $33,800
- Sergi Reixach – $33,800
- Aliaksandr Hirs – $28,493
- Luc Greenwood – $28,493
- Nick Petrangelo – $28,493
Poker Masters Online Championship Standings
- Alexandros Kolonias $591,034 (592 pts)
- Timothy Adams $583,575 (584)
- Artur Martirosian $566,090 (562)
- Eelis Parssinen $536,131 (537)
- Andras Nemeth $539,715 (535)