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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

As if the high stakes world didn’t have enough options on their smorgasbord of multi-table tournament (MTT) action Poker Central and partypoker cut the ribbon on the Poker Masters Pot-Limit Omaha Series on Sunday.

God’s day of rest saw 426-entrants hold amiable and crude conversations in the chat boxes of four shuttered virtual rooms, and there were a few names worthy of mention.

The biggest single purse went to Marcello Marigliano, who won the 72-entrant Event #1: $10,300 for $249,053.76. Gavin Cochrane finished runner-up in that one, and Cochrane also finished sixth in the $5k event. Norbert Szecsi also featured in two final tables, finishing third in both. Not to be outdone, Bengt Sonnert finished runner-up in two, losing out to Erik Dahlberg in the $1k, and Boris Angelov in the $530.

There was also a win for the former PocketFives World #1 Andras Nemeth. The Hungarian conquered a field of 81-entrants to win the $126,686.43 first prize in the $5k, beating the in-form, Viktor Blom, heads-up, for the title.

Here are the results in full.

Event #1: $10,300, $500k GTD

72-entrants

Results

  1. Marcello Marigliano – $249,053.76
  2. Gavin Cochrane – $162,000
  3. Norbert Szecsi – $86,400
  4. Mark Demirjian – $64,800
  5. Jesper Hougaard – $46,800
  6. Lasse Neilsen – $32,400
  7. Niklas Astedt – $26,182.08
  8. Niko Soininen – $26,182.08

Event #1: $1,050 $50k GTD Mini

124-entrants

Results

  1. Erik Dahlberg – $31,236.38
  2. Bengt Sonnert – $21,080
  3. Norbert Szecsi – $14,880
  4. Benjamin Voreland – $10,540
  5. Robert Woodcock – $7,750
  6. Federico Quevedo – $5,146
  7. Noah Boeken – $3,906
  8. Andrew Pantling – $3,906

Event #2: $5,200, $250k GTD

81-entrants

Results

  1. Andras Nemeth – $126,686.43
  2. Viktor Blom – $78,975
  3. Alexander Norden – $48,600
  4. Aku Joentausta – $35,437.50
  5. Jake Schindler – $25,312.50
  6. Gavin Cochrane – $17,212.50
  7. Isaac Haxton – $13,162.50
  8. Niko Soininen – $13,162.50

Event #2: $530, $25k GTD Mini Knockout

149-entrants

Results

  1. Boris Angelov – $10,324.24+$7,135.47
  2. Bengt Sonnert – $3,011.71+$7,127.95
  3. Daniel Westerholm – $1,929.68+$5,034.12
  4. Jeanfrancois Talbot – $1,421.87+$3,565.84
  5. Riku Santeri Piroinen – $2,312.50+$2,621.94
  6. Olli Ikonen – $125+$1,740.96
  7. Pedro Zagalo – $656.25+$1,173.37
  8. Shyngis Satubayev – $593.75+$1,173.37

The poker world needed this.

With live poker locked in an iron cage, Alexandros Kolonias emerged with the skeleton key.

The reigning World Series of Poker Europe (WSOPE) Main Event Champion proved he has the online skills to match after taking down the inaugural Poker Masters Online Championship.

Kolonias won the Purple Jacket and $50,000 in prize money after winning the final event, ripping both from the grip of Artur Martirosian.

Two events graced the final day, and Kolonias began in fourth place, with Artur Martirosian sitting on top. The $51,000 No-Limit Hold’em Main Event came first, and neither Kolonias nor Martirosian featured in the money (ITM), and that changed things dramatically.

Due to the lopsided scores given to the Main Event ITM finishers, Loeliger ended up in the Championship lead with one event to go without ever being a supporting cast member in this epic masterpiece.

Fortunately, the script remained intact with Loeliger failing to cash, leaving Kolonias and Martirosian, two of the main protagonists throughout this tournament, fighting it out in the final event.

The Russian refused to release his grip on the title until falling in fifth, leaving Kolonias to march on to claim the title, defeating Jason McConnon, heads-up, to win the Championship.

Kolonias finished ITM 11-times, secured $1,266,116 in gross prize money, made five top-three finishes, and won two events to finish as the 2020 Poker Masters Online Champion.

Here are the stats.

Championship Leaderboard

  1. Alexander Kolonias – 1,191 pts
  2. Artur Martirosian – 1,048
  3. Linus Loeliger – 1,037
  4. Timothy Adams – 861
  5. Ali Imsirovic – 857
  6. Andras Nemeth – 807
  7. Pascal Lefrancois – 782
  8. Paulis Ayras – 748
  9. Alex Foxen – 736
  10. Steve O’Dwyer – 732

Money Earned

  1. Linus Loeliger – $1,511,818
  2. Alexandros Kolonias – $1,316,116
  3. Artur Martirosian – $1,283,973
  4. Elias Talvitie – $1,104,995
  5. Pascal Lefrancois – $1,049,887
  6. Ali Imsirovic – $1,035,696
  7. Steve O’Dwyer – $1,005,654
  8. Timothy Adams – $996,332
  9. Andras Nemeth – $980,023
  10. Pauli Ayras – $968,049

ITM Finishes

  1. Alexandros Kolonias – 11
  2. Timothy Adams – 11
  3. Jorryt Van Hoof – 10
  4. Artur Martirosian – 9
  5. Ali Imsirovic – 9
  6. Andras Nemeth – 8

Multiple Titles

  1. Alexnadros Kolonias – 2
  2. Linus Loeliger – 2
  3. Pacsal Lefrancois – 2
  4. Mustapha Kanit – 2
  5. Ali Imsirovic – 2
  6. Pauli Ayras – 2

Event #29: $51,000, $2m GTD No-Limit Hold’em Main Event

Results

  1. Linus Loeliger – $1,097,250
  2. Giuseppe Iadisernia – $750,750
  3. Chris Kruk – $519,750
  4. Steve O’Dwyer – $346,500
  5. Ole Schemion – $269,500
  6. Elias Talvitie – $211,750
  7. David Peters – $182,875
  8. Kahle Burns – $163,625
  9. Conor Beresford – $154,000
  10. Vicent Bosca Ramon – $154,000

Event #30: $10,300 No-Limit Hold’em 6-Max

Results

  1. Alexandros Kolonias – $367,782
  2. Jason McConnon – $248,200
  3. Mark Demirjian – $175,200
  4. Mustapha Kanit – $124,100
  5. Artur Martirosian – $91,250
  6. Chris Kruk – $60,590
  7. Pacsal Lefrancois – $45,990
  8. Samuel Vousden – $45,990
  9. Mark Radoja – $45,990
  10. Hossein Ensan – $31,390
  11. Mark Davis – $31,390
  12. Dan Shak – $31,390
  13. Alexander Ivarsson – $26,789
  14. Ben Heath – $26,789
  15. Chris Hunichen – $26,789
  16. Connor Drinan – $26,789
  17. Steve O’Dwyer – $26,789
  18. Orpen Kisacikoglu – $26,789

The penultimate day of the Poker Masters Online Series created two more double champions, pushing one of them into contention to create a double of another kind.

Ali Imsirovic was only 23-years-old when he took on the world’s best players and beat them, capturing the Purple Jacket in the 2018 Poker Masters. That was live, and this is online, but after Imsirovic booked his second win of the series after taking down the 51-entrant Event: #27: $25,500 No-Limit Hold ’em, he is one of the favourites heading into the home straight.

It’s the ninth in the money (ITM) finish for the Bosnian, and he’s now earned $1.035m gross during the series. The only player to win more than Imsirovic is the current Championship leader, Artur Martirosian, who still leads despite whiffing both Saturday contests. Imsirovic sits in third place with two events left to run.

Imsirovic beat Elias Talvitie, heads-up, to win the title. You may remember that Talvitie won the opening event, and has earned close to $900,000 through four cashes, making it a decent tournament for the Finnish star.

Alexandros Kolonias took fourth place in the Championship Leaderboard after making money for the tenth time, and Jorryt Van Hoof also made his tenth cash.

Here are the results.

Results

  1. Ali Imsirovic – $446,250
  2. Elias Talvitie – $299,625
  3. Alexandros Kolonias – $191,250
  4. Jorryt Van Hoof – $114,750
  5. Linus Loeliger – $89,250
  6. David Peters – $73,312
  7. Ben Heath – $60,562

Event: #28: $10,300 No-Limit Hold’em 6-Max

Mustapha Kanit became the second player of the day, and fourth of the series to win two events after beating Matthias Eibinger, heads-up, to bank the £237,732 first prize.

Despite the double win, Kanit isn’t in contention to win the Purple Jacket, but the only man to win two Super High Roller Bowl (SHRB) titles is.

Timothy Adams finished fifth in Event #28, to move into second place on the Championship Leaderboard.

Adams’ 11-cashes is a record.

Here are the results.

Results

  1. Mustapha Kanit – $237.732
  2. Matthias Eibinger – $148,200
  3. Sergi Reixach – $91,200
  4. Koray Aldemir – $66,500
  5. Timothy Adams – $47,500
  6. Pascal Hartmann – $32,300
  7. Juan Pardo Dominguez – $24,700
  8. David Peters – $24,700
  9. Michail Manolakis – $24,700
  10. Dan Smith – $20,822
  11. Ole Schemion – $20,822
  12. Jonathan Van Fleet – $20,822

Championship Leaderboard

  1. Artur Martirosian – 957 pts
  2. Timothy Adams – 861
  3. Ali Imsirovic – 857
  4. Alexandros Kolonias – 823
  5. Andras Nemeth – 807

As the Poker Masters Online Series moves into the end boss stage, Artur Martirosian leads after another sterling performance saw him finish third in Event #25: $25,500 No-Limit Hold’em.

The Russian has finished in the money (ITM) eight times during the series while banking $1.2m in gross earnings more than anyone else in the competition.

Martirosian finished behind Samuel ‘€urope€an’ Vousden in the $25,500 pecking order. It’s the Fin’s first cash of the series, and the most substantial of a career that has seen him earn more than $8.3m gross while taking down the Sunday Million, Spring and World Championships of Online Poker (SCOOP & WCOOP) titles.

Vousden is a coach on Patrick Leonard’s bitB Staking platform, and according to his roll call on the bitB website, he has collected $2.5m in profit during 20,000 online multi-table tournaments (MTTs) for an ROI of 86%.

Timothy Adams remains in third place on the Championship Leaderboard after cashing in both Event #25 & #26. Adams has etched up ten cashes, more than anyone else in the tournament.

Pascal Lefrancois has also thrown his chip protector into the ring adding a fourth and fifth a few events shy of picking up his second title of the series. Lefrancois becomes the second player after Martirosian to accumulate more than $1m in gross earnings.

There was also the seventh cash for Joni Jouhkimainen who has been the best performing partypoker ambassador of the series by far.

Here are the results.

Results

  1. Samuel Vousden – $520,000
  2. Wiktor Malinowski – $352,000
  3. Artur Martirosian – $232,000
  4. Pascal Lefrancois – $144,000
  5. Timothy Adams – $112,000
  6. Joni Jouhkimainen – $88,000
  7. Guillaume Nolet – $76,000
  8. Elio Fox – $76,000

Mark Davis Wins Event #26: $10,300 No-Limit Hold’em 6-Max

Mark Davis booked his first ITM finish of the series after winning Event #26: $10,300 NLHE 6-max. Davis beat Rob Lipkin, heads-up, to collect the $284,633 first prize. Lipkin also made his first splash of the series.

The one-time leader, Pauli Ayras, squeezed into the money in 12th place, and Ali Imsirovic finished ninth.

Here are the results.

Results

  1. Mark Davis – $284,653
  2. Rob Lipkin – $177,450
  3. Wiktor Malinowski – $109,200
  4. Pavel Plesuv – $79,625
  5. Pascal Lefrancois – $56,875
  6. Thomas Muehloecker – $38,675
  7. Luuk Gieles – $29,575
  8. Lukas Matthias Nowakowski – $29,575
  9. Ali Imsirovic – $29,575
  10. Nick Petrangelo – $24,932
  11. Timothy Adams – $24,932
  12. Pauli Ayras – $24,932

Championship Leaderboard

  1. Artur Martirosian – 957 pts
  2. Andras Nemeth – 807
  3. Timothy Adams – 799
  4. Pauli Ayras – 747
  5. Alex Foxen – 736

Pascal Lefrancois joined Pauli Ayras as a double Poker Masters Online title winner after topping the field in Event #24: $25,500 Pot-Limit Omaha (PLO) 6-Max.

The French-Canadian previously outlasted the field in Event #9: $10,300 No-Limit Hold’em (NLHE), and has now earned a smidgen more than $800,000 in gross profit during the series.

Andras Nemeth finished runner-up for $343,125, and coupled to his 13th place finish in Event #24, the Hungarian has now earned more gross profit than anyone else at the series with $980,023 through eight cashes and has to be one of the favourites to win the title with six events remaining.

Here are the results.

Results

  1. Pascal Lefrancois – $527,509
  2. Andras Nemeth – $343,125
  3. Andreas Torbergsen – $183,000
  4. Pedro Zagalo – $137,250
  5. Ioannis Kontonatsios – $99,125
  6. Aku Joentausta – $68,625
  7. Evan Mathis – $55,455
  8. Christopher Frank – $55,455
  9. George Wolff – $55,455

Ali Imsirovic Wins Event #24: $10,300 No-Limit Hold ’em 6-Max

When Ali Imsirovic won the 2018 Poker Masters, he did so after winning two events, and he’s bagged another one, this time, online. Imsirovic collected the win in Event #24: $10,000 NLHE 6-Max, for his seventh overall cash. The Bosnian star has now amassed close to $600,000 in gross profit.

The win puts Imsirovic in with a shot of winning his second Poker Masters title. Still, he will have to get through the likes of Alexandros Kolonias, Andras Nemeth and Artur Martirosian who finished in the money (ITM) for the ninth, eighth and seventh time respectively, and take up most of the spaces atop of the Championship Leaderboard.

Here are the results.

Results

  1. Ali Imsirovic – $277,096
  2. Ben Jones – $187,000
  3. Dario Sammartino – $132,000
  4. Sam Greenwood – $93,500
  5. Vicent Bosca Ramon – $68,750
  6. Joni Jouhkimainen – $45,650
  7. Laszlo Bujtas – $34,650
  8. Luuk Gieles – $34,650
  9. Sami Kelopuro – $34,650
  10. Joao Vieira – $23,650
  11. Alexandros Kolonias – $23,650
  12. Patrick Leonard – $23,650
  13. Andras Nemeth – $20,183
  14. Ole Schemion – $20,183
  15. Darrell Goh – $20,183
  16. Artur Martirosian – $20,183
  17. Farid Jattin – $20,183
  18. George Wolff – $20,183

There is a new face on top of the Poker Masters Online Championship Leaderboard, and it belongs to Artur Martirosian. As Russia’s Coronavirus (COVID-19) cases surpass China’s, Martirosian is dealing with it the only way he knows how – grinding.

Martirosian took the lead from Pauli Ayras after finishing runner-up to Dan Smith in Event #21: $25,500 No-Limit Hold’em. It’s the Russian’s sixth in the money (ITM) finish of the series, half of which have been Top 3 finishes. The only blot on Martirosian’s copybook is the absence of a win after finishing second on three separate occasions. Martirosian has also earned $940,540, second only to Ayras who failed to accumulate any points on Day 10 of the series.

Ayras falls to third in the Championship stakes after Alex Foxen cashed in Event #21 & #22 to move into second place.

Dan Smith Wins Event #21: $25,500 No-Limit Hold’em

Event #21 attracted 63-entrants and created a $1.5m prizepool.

No stranger to the winner’s circle, Dan Smith, picked up the win and $511,875, enough to move his online multi-table tournament (MTT) needle over the $3m mark.

Smith doesn’t play much online poker these days. A combination of living in Nevada and winning $36.7m the reasons for that. Still, in the good old days, Smith had his moments. While his most recent score ranks as a personal best, he has accrued six-figure scores on three occasions, most notably winning the PokerStars Sunday Million (2012) and a Turbo Championship of Online Poker (TCOOP) title (2014).

Timothy Adams finished third for his eighth ITM finish, a record held jointly with Jorryt Van Hoof for a single event before the Dutchman went on to record his ninth cash in Event #22. Adams sits in fourth place overall as Van Hoof skulks around on the periphery of the Top 5.

Here are the results.

Results

  1. Dan Smith – $511,875
  2. Artur Martirosian – $346,500
  3. Timothy Adams – $228,375
  4. Alex Foxen – $141,750
  5. Matthias Eibinger – $110,250
  6. Steve O’Dwyer – $86,625
  7. Eelis Parssinen – $74,812
  8. Koray Aldemir – $74,812

Sebastian Lewin Wins Event #22: No-Limit Hold’em 6-Max

Canada’s Sebastian Lewin recorded the win in Event #22, his first ITM finish of the campaign. Lewin conquered Alex Foxen, heads-up, for the $240,860 first prize. The Global Poker Index #1 now sits second in the overall standings with seven ITM finishes and $792,677 in gross profit.

Alexandros Kolonias is still in the title race after finishing third for $92,400. It’s the Grecian’s eighth cash, with $683,434 in gross profit, and he sits fifth in the Championship Leaderboard.

The former Poker Masters winner, Ali Imsirovic, finished ITM for the sixth time.

Here are the results.

Results

  1. Sebastian Lewin – $240,860
  2. Alex Foxen – $150,150
  3. Alexandros Kolonias – $92,400
  4. David Peters – $67,375
  5. Ali Imsirovic – $48,125
  6. Joni Jouhkimainen – $32,725
  7. Dario Sammartino – $25,025
  8. Georgios Zisimopoulos – $25,025
  9. Patrick Leonard – $25,025
  10. Mark Radoja – $21,096
  11. Jorryt Van Hoof – $21,096
  12. Kristen Bicknell – $21,096

Championship Leaderboard

  1. Artur Martirosian (798 pts)
  2. Alex Foxen (736)
  3. Pauli Ayras – (722)
  4. Timothy Adams (721)
  5. Alexandros Kolonias (684)

State of enmity?

Glad of the break?

Who knows how the high stakes phenoms and shot takers felt when partypoker shoved a bookcase in front of the door leading to the Poker Masters Online Series, but who cares, it’s back, and anyone writing about poker these days is mighty glad about that.

Tom Waters’ butler has the results of a third of seven $25,000 No-Limit Hold’em (NLHE) events, and it was the predatory urges of Pauli Ayras that came out on top.

Ayras became the first player in the series to win two games, and his latest #1 finish saw him rise to the top of the Championship Leaderboard with five cashes and close to a million dollars in earnings.

Sam Greenwood finished runner-up, the second time that’s happened, and although he doesn’t feature in the Top 5 positions on the Championship Leaderboard, he sits third in gross profit with $677,625 amassed over the series.

Justin Bonomo finished in the money (ITM) for the fifth time, and the one-time leader, Andras Nemeth, did the same for the sixth time.

Results

  1. Pauli Ayras – $548,625
  2. Sam Greenwood – $375,375
  3. David Peters – $259,875
  4. Luuk Gieles – $173,250
  5. Matthew Wantman – $134,750
  6. George Wolff – $105,875
  7. Guillaume Nolet – $91,437
  8. Bartlomiej Ryszard Machon – $81,812
  9. Justin Bonomo – $77,000
  10. Andras Nemeth – $77,000

Steve O’Dwyer Wins Event #20: $10,300 NLHE 6-Max

Steve O’Dwyer topped the 86-entrant field in Event #20: $10,300 NLHE 6-Max. It’s a significant win for O’Dwyer who sees his all-time online multi-table tournament (MTT) winnings exceed $6m. The $269,013 that O’Dwyer binked is his second most substantial online score after winning the 2018 $25,000 POWERFEST No-Limit Hold’em event on partypoker for $896,610.

It was a good day for David Peters, who finished third in Event #19, and then came runner-up to O’Dwyer in this one – his first two ITM finishes of the series.

Jorryt Van Hoof moved into fourth place on the Championship Leaderboard after becoming the first player to finish ITM an impressive eight times in 20 events.

Here are the results.

Results

  1. Steve O’Dwyer – $269,013
  2. David Peters – $167,700
  3. Jake Schindler – $103,200
  4. Guiseppe Iadisernia – $75,250
  5. Jorryt Van Hoof – $53,750
  6. Dario Sammartino – $36,550
  7. Artur Martirosian – $27,950
  8. Ali Imsirovic – $27,950
  9. Eelis Parssinen – $27,950
  10. Adrian Mateos – $23,562
  11. Joni Jouhkimainen – $23,562
  12. Michael Addamo – $23,562

Championship Results

  1. Pauli Ayras – $943,117 (722 pts)
  2. Alexandros Kolonias – $591,034 (592)
  3. Artus Martirosian – $594,040 (590)
  4. Jorryt Van Hoof – $584,462 (585)
  5. Timothy Adams – $583,575 (584)

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)