Tag: Eelis Parssinen

If you live in Finland, then you’re going to have to deal with the snow from November through to May. So, if you’re, Ellis Parssinen, you could do with a new fur jacket, not a purple one.

Luckily, for Parssinen, its June, and that allows him to slip those arms into the sleeves of his new purple jacket courtesy of his stunning performance at the Poker Masters Online Pot Limit Omaha Series on partypoker.

In the end, the battle for the title and purple jacket went right to the wire. Andras Nemeth and Jens Kyllonen both finished strongly with Nemeth picking up two wins, and Kyllonen picking up his third. Nemeth led until the penultimate event when Parssinen finished runner-up to Chance Kornuth to beat Nemeth by a single point.

The series hasn’t ended.

The two-day Main Event ends today, with Isaac Haxton leading, but nobody at the final table can surpass Parssinen at the top.

Main Event Final Table Chip Counts

Isaac Haxton – 2,804,854
Grazvydas Kontautas – 847,705
Chris Kruk – 838,621
Andre Santos – 830,621
Aku Joentausta – 477,840

Here are the results in full.

Event #9: $25,000

Results

  1. Andras Nemeth – $430,000
  2. Gavin Cochrane – $275,141
  3. Viktor Blom – $139,750
  4. Aku Joentausta – $96,750
  5. Joao Vieira – $75,250
  6. George Wolff – $58,109

Event #10: $10,000

  1. Sami Kelopuro – $208,000
  2. Isaac Haxton – $133,091
  3. Joao Vieira – $67,600
  4. Bengt Sonnert – $46,800
  5. Mark Davis – $36,400
  6. Laszlo Bujtas – $28,109

Event #11: $10,000

  1. Aku Joentausta – $200,000
  2. Espen Myrmo – $127,973
  3. Sami Kelopuro – $65,000
  4. Viktor Blom – $45,000
  5. Henrik Eide – $35,000
  6. Niklas Astedt – $27,028

Event #12: $5,000

  1. Andras Nemeth – $100,000
  2. Andrew Pantling – $63,986
  3. Eelis Parssinen – $32,50
  4. Matthew Wood – $22,500
  5. Viktor Blom – $17,500
  6. Dimitrios Michailidis – $13,514

Event #13: $10,000

  1. Jens Kyllonen – $200,000
  2. Matthew Wood – $127,973
  3. Espen Myrmo – $65,000
  4. Stephen Chidwick – $45,000
  5. Niklas Astedt – $35,000
  6. Ludovic Geilich – $27,028

Event #14: $5,000

  1. Chance Kornuth – $100,000
  2. Eelis Parssinen – $63,986
  3. Matthew Wood – $32,500
  4. Simon Trumper – $22,500
  5. Andras Nemeth – $17,500
  6. Espen Myrmo – $13,514

Leaderboard

  1. Eelis Parssinen – 625 pts, $735,359 in earnings through 6 cashes
  2. Andras Nemeth – 624 pts, $674,186 in earnings through 4 cashes
  3. Jens Kyllonen – 612 pts, $612,000 in earnings through 3 cashes
  4. Gavin Cochrane – 549 pts, $754,094 in earnings through 5 cashes
  5. Aku Joentasuta – 452 pts, $507,643 in earnings through 6 cashes

It seems as if Finland has coronavirus by the scruff of its neck with the latest reports showing a rate of eight new infections per 100,000 people over the past fortnight.

The reduction of cases has led to the country’s officials relaxing restraints, including allowing citizens of 12 different countries (who have gotten their shit together) to enter the country, and allowing their natives to go yonder.

Two people will not be shifting from their seats.

The inaugural Poker Masters Online Pot-Limit Omaha Series continued to paint beautiful storylines over partypoker’s canvass, and Jens Kyllonen and Eelis Parssinen have been the primary artists.

Kyllonen won two $10,000 events for a combined haul of $412,000, but he still trails Parssinen on the overall leaderboard by 68-points. Parssinen made the final table of four of the six events featured below, most notably winning the 44-entrant $25k event for $440,000, and finishing second to Kyllonen in one of those $10k events.

Aku Joentausta is another Finnish star who had a fabulous week in the Poker Masters making three final tables. Jonathan Depa also made three final tables.

Here the results in full.

Event #3: $10,000 PLO

53-entrants

Results

  1. Jens Kyllõnen – $212,000
  2. Jonathan Depa – $135,651
  3. Andriy Lyubovetskiy – $68.900
  4. Sami Kelopuro – $47,700
  5. Eelis Pässinen – $37,100
  6. Veselin Karakitukov – $28,649

Event #4: $5,000 PLO

63-entrants

Results

  1. Bengt Sonnert – $108,961
  2. Andrew Pantling – $70,875
  3. Jonathan Depa – $37,800
  4. Andreas Torbergsen – $28,350
  5. Marcello Marigliano – $20,475
  6. Noah Boeken – $14,175
  7. Aku Joentausta – $11,455
  8. Ferenc Deak – $11,455
  9. Pedro Zagalo – $11,455

Event #5: $25,000 PLO

44-entrants

Results

  1. Eelis Parssinen – $440,000
  2. Gavin Cochrane – $281,540
  3. Andrew Pantling – $143,000
  4. Aku Joentausta – $99,000
  5. Jake Schindler – $77,000
  6. James Greenwood – $59,460

Event #6: $10,000 PLO

49-entrants

Results

  1. Jesper Hougaard – $183,621
  2. Pedro Zagalo – $144,352
  3. Jonathan Depa – $65,000
  4. Joni Jouhkimainen – $45,000
  5. Andriy Lyubovetskiy – $35,000
  6. Maxime Lemay – $27,028

Event #7: $10,000 PLO

Results

  1. Jens Kyllonen – $200,000
  2. Eelis Parssinen – $127,973
  3. Aku Joentausta – $65,000
  4. Roberto Romanello – $45,000
  5. Laszlo Bujtas – $35,000
  6. Andreas Torbergsen – $27,028

Event #8: $5,000 PLO

63-entrants

Results

  1. Bengt Sonnert – $104,000
  2. Sampo Ryynanen – $66,546
  3. Eelis Parssinen – $33,800
  4. Joni Jouhkimainen – $23,400
  5. Gavin Cochrane – $18,200
  6. Ferenc Deak – $14,054

Poker Masters Leaderboard

  1. Eelis Parssinen – 480 pts, $638,873 in earnings, and 4 cashes
  2. Jens Kyllonen – 412 pts, $412,000 in earnings, and 2 cashes
  3. Gavin Cochrane – 384 pts, $478,953 in earnings, and 4 cashes
  4. Bengt Sonnert – 366 pts, $259,761 in earnings, and 3 cashes
  5. Marcello Marigliano – 280 pts, $269,529 in earnings, and 2 cashes

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

  1. Jason Koon – $549,000
  2. Justin Bonomo – $369,000
  3. Steve O’Dwyer – $252,000
  4. Conor Beresford – $162,000
  5. Juan Pardo Dominguez – $126,000
  6. Dario Sammartino – $99,000
  7. Joni Jouhkimainen – $85,500
  8. Dan Smith – $81,000
  9. 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

  1. Eelis Parssinen – $287,781
  2. Bengt Sonnert – $179,400
  3. Aku Joentausta – $110,400
  4. Jorryt Van Hoof – $80,500
  5. Andreas Torbergsen – $57,500
  6. Tobias Ziegler – $39,100
  7. Andrew Moseley – $29,900
  8. Pedro Zagalo – $29,900
  9. Ferenc Deak – $29,900
  10. Carlo Van Ravenswoud – $25,206
  11. Niko Soininen – $25,206
  12. 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

  1. Linus Loeliger – $325,318
  2. Artur Martirosian – $202,800
  3. Darrell Goh – $124,800
  4. Niklas Astedt – $91,000
  5. Ole Schemion – $65,000
  6. Edwin Villalobo Amaya – $44,200
  7. Adrian Mateos – $33,800
  8. Chris Hunichen – $33,800
  9. Sergi Reixach – $33,800
  10. Aliaksandr Hirs – $28,493
  11. Luc Greenwood – $28,493
  12. Nick Petrangelo – $28,493

Poker Masters Online Championship Standings

  1. Alexandros Kolonias $591,034 (592 pts)
  2. Timothy Adams $583,575 (584)
  3. Artur Martirosian $566,090 (562)
  4. Eelis Parssinen $536,131 (537)
  5. Andras Nemeth $539,715 (535)