As the Hungarian nation continues to feel the pressure of Viktor Orbán’s ‘State of Danger,’ one of their most venerable citizens, Mr Andras Nemeth, is casting his own state of danger over the Poker Masters Online Series.
The 2020 Poker Masters Online Series has unlocked nine gates in a scheduled 30-event maze, and Nemeth has the championship lead after making his third and fourth final table amid an apple-cider sweet fifth day of action.
Nemeth, who won Event #5, finished second in Event #8: $10,300 NLHE, and fifth in Event #9: $10,300 NLHE to lead to take a 118-point lead into Day 5, with the wind at his back. It’s worth noting that the Hungarian star warmed up for this one by finishing runner-up in the Irish Open Main Event for €325,423.
partypoker ambassador, Joni Jouhkimainen, defeated Nemeth, heads-up, to take the title and $254,800 in Event #5: $10,300 NLHE, for his second in the money (ITM) finish of the series and he also came into this one in fine fettle after winning a couple of POWERFEST titles in March.
Outside of the top two, Juan Pardo Dominguez became the first player to make money in four events, Alex Foxen recorded his second cash, as did Elias Talvitie, who had now earned the most money with $572,250 banked in two games.
Here are the results in full.
Results
- Joni Jouhkimainen – $254,800
- Andras Nemeth – $182,000
- Sergi Reixach – $130,000
- Elias Talvitie – $91,000
- Juan Pardo Dominguez – $67,600
- Timothy Adams – $52,000
- Alex Foxen – $41,600
- Dario Sammartino – $33,800
- Chris Hunichen – $26,000
- Joao Vieira – $26,000
- Carlos Sanchez – $26,000
- Simon Pederson – $26,000
- Benjamin Rolle – $20,800
- Sami Kelopuro – $20,800
- Mike Watson – $20,800
- Rui Ferreira – $20,800
Pascal Lefrancois Wins Event #9: $10,300 NLHE
From a Finn to a French-Canadian, and the World Series of Poker (WSOP) bracelet winner, Pascal Lefrancois, placed his stamp on the Poker Masters by taking down Event #9: $10,300 NLHE. LeFrancois likes peddling his wares in partypoker events. In 2018, he won the MILLIONS Grand Final in Barcelona for $2.1m.
The tournament lured 78-entrants onto the virtual event, and Justin Bonomo pushed Lefrancois the hardest. The one-time All-Time Money Earner finished second for $152,100. Lefrancois collected $243,988 for the win, his third six-figure online score, and his most meaty. In December, Lefrancois won a 69-entrant $10,300 High Roller on PokerStars for $186,237, and in 2008 he won the Sunday Warm-Up on Stars for $101,250.
Joining Juan Pardo Dominguez in the four score record books are Nemeth, Pauli Ayras and Timothy Adams.
Here are the results.
Results
- Pascal Lefrancois – $243,988
- Justin Bonomo – $152,100
- Kristen Bicknell – $93,600
- Fedor Holz – $68,250
- Andras Nemeth – $48,750
- Dario Sammartino – $33,150
- Ioannis Angelou-Konstas – $25,350
- Jake Schindler – $25,350
- Timothy Adams – $25,350
- Alexandros Kolonias – $21,370
- Ian Engel – $21,370
- Pauli Ayras – $21,370
Poker Masters Online Championship Standings
- Andras Nemeth – $515,879 (511pts)
- Pauli Ayras – $394,492 (393)
- Elias Talvitie – $572,250 (380)
- Alex Foxen – $351,277 (352 pts)
- Sergi Rexiach $480,865 (347)