2020 Poker Masters Online PLO Series

2020 Poker Masters Online PLO Series
Locationpartypoker (online)
DatesJune 21-29, 2020
Champion
Finland Eelis Pärssinen
(Purple Jacket winner);
United States Isaac Haxton
(Main Event winner)
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The 2020 Poker Masters Online PLO Series was the fifth season of the Poker Masters. Following the COVID-19 pandemic, the Poker Masters moved online to partypoker with the 2020 Poker Masters Online in April before the addition of a PLO Series from June 21-20, 2020.[1] The event was sponsored by Poker Central and partypoker, and some of the final tables were streamed on PokerGO, PokerGO's Facebook page, and partypoker's Twitch channel.[1] There were 16 events on the schedule, and they were exclusively Pot-Limit Omaha. Buy-ins ranged from $5,000 to the $50,000 Main Event.[2]

The Main Event was won by American Isaac Haxton, and the Poker Masters Purple Jacket was awarded to Finland's Eelis Pärssinen.[3]

Schedule

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The schedule for the 2020 Poker Masters Online PLO Series was a Pot-Limit Omaha exclusive series of 16 events. All tournaments carried a prize pool guarantee of between $250,000 and $1,500,000. Each event last two days, and the final tables were streamed on PokerGO, PokerGO's Facebook page, and partypoker's Twitch channel.[1]

2020 Poker Masters Online PLO Series
# Event Entrants Prize Pool (US$) Winner Prize (US$) Runner-Up Results
1 $10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha 72 $720,000 Italy Marcello Marigliano $249,054 England Gavin Cochrane Results[4]
2 $5,000 Pot-Limit Omaha 81 $405,000 Hungary Andras Nemeth $126,686 Sweden Viktor Blom Results[4]
3 $10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha 53 $530,000 Finland Jens Kyllönen $212,000 United States Jonathan Depa Results[4]
4 $5,000 Pot-Limit Omaha 63 $315,000 Sweden Bengt Sonnert $108,961 Canada Andrew Pantling Results[4]
5 $25,000 Pot-Limit Omaha 44 $1,100,000 Finland Eelis Pärssinen $440,000 England Gavin Cochrane Results[4]
6 $10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha 49 $500,000 Denmark Jesper Hougaard $183,621 Portugal Pedro Zagalo Results[4]
7 $10,000 Pot-Limit Omha 50 $500,000 Finland Jens Kyllönen $200,000 Finland Eelis Pärssinen Results[4]
8 $5,000 Pot-Limit Omaha 52 $260,000 Sweden Bengt Sonnert $104,000 Finland Sampo Ryynanen Results[4]
9 $25,000 Pot-Limit Omaha 43 $1,075,000 Hungary Andras Nemeth $430,000 England Gavin Cochrane Results[4]
10 $10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha 52 $520,000 Finland Sami Kelopuro $208,000 United States Isaac Haxton Results[4]
11 $10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha 49 $500,000 Finland Aku Joentausta $200,000 Norway Espen Myrmo Results[4]
12 $5,000 Pot-Limit Omaha 46 $250,000 Hungary Andras Nemeth $100,000 Canada Andrew Pantling Results[4]
13 $10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha 47 $500,000 Finland Jens Kyllönen $200,000 Canada Matthew Wood Results[4]
14 $5,000 Pot-Limit Omaha 48 $250,000 United States Chance Kornuth $100,000 Finland Eelis Pärssinen Results[4]
15 $50,000 Pot-Limit Omaha Main Event 29 $1,500,000 United States Isaac Haxton $675,000 Lithuania Grazvydas Kontautas Results[4]
16 $5,000 Pot-Limit Omaha Mini Main Event 118 $590,000 Denmark Alexander Petersen $148,624 Brazil Dante Fernandes Results[4]

Purple Jacket standings

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The 2020 Poker Masters Online PLO Series awarded the Purple Jacket to the player that accumulated the most points during the series. Finland's Eelis Pärssinen won one event and cashed six times on his way to accumulating $735,359 in winnings. Pärssinen accumulated 625 points and was awarded the Purple Jacket.[3]

Poker Masters Purple Jacket Standings
Rank Name Earnings Points
1 Finland Eelis Pärssinen $735,359 625
2 Hungary Andras Nemeth $674,186 624
3 Finland Jens Kyllönen $612,000 612
4 England Gavin Cochrane $754,094 549
5 Finland Aku Joentausta $507,643 452
6 Sweden Bengt Sonnert $259,761 366
7 Finland Sami Kelopuro $320,700 321
8 Canada Andrew Pantling $277,861 288
9 Italy Marcello Marigliano $269,529 280
10 Sweden Viktor Blom $281,225 273

Results

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Event #1: $10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha

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  • 2-Day Event: June 21-22, 2020
  • Number of Entrants: 72
  • Total Prize Pool: $720,000
  • Number of Payouts: 9
Event #1 Results
Place Name Prize
1st Italy Marcello Marigliano $249,054
2nd England Gavin Cochrane $162,000
3rd Hungary Norbert Szecsi $86,400
4th Lebanon Mark Demirjian $64,800
5th Denmark Jesper Hougaard $46,800
6th Denmark Lasse Nielsen $32,400
7th Sweden Niklas Astedt $26,182
8th Finland Niko Soininen $26,182
9th Norway Andreas Torbergsen $26,182

Event #2: $5,000 Pot-Limit Omaha

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  • 2-Day Event: June 21-22, 2020
  • Number of Entrants: 81
  • Total Prize Pool: $405,000
  • Number of Payouts: 12
Event #2 Results
Place Name Prize
1st Hungary Andras Nemeth $126,686
2nd Sweden Viktor Blom $78,975
3rd Sweden Alexander Norden $48,600
4th Finland Aku Joentausta $35,438
5th United States Jake Schindler $25,313
6th England Gavin Cochrane $17,213
7th United States Isaac Haxton $13,163
8th Finland Niko Soininen $13,163
9th Hungary Laszlo Bujtas $13,163
10th Republic of Ireland Mark Davis $11,096
11th Lebanon Mark Demirjian $11,096
12th Canada Matthew Wood $11,096

Event #3: $10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha

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  • 2-Day Event: June 22-23, 2020
  • Number of Entrants: 53
  • Total Prize Pool: $530,000
  • Number of Payouts: 6
Event #3 Results
Place Name Prize
1st Finland Jens Kyllönen $212,000
2nd United States Jonathan Depa $135,651
3rd Ukraine Andriy Lyubovetskiy $68,900
4th Finland Sami Kelopuro $47,700
5th Finland Eelis Pärssinen $37,100
6th Bulgaria Veselin Karakitukov $28,649

Event #4: $5,000 Pot-Limit Omaha

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  • 2-Day Event: June 22-23, 2020
  • Number of Entrants: 63
  • Total Prize Pool: $315,000
  • Number of Payouts: 9
Event #4 Results
Place Name Prize
1st Sweden Bengt Sonnert $108,961
2nd Canada Andrew Pantling $70,875
3rd United States Jonathan Depa $37,800
4th Norway Andreas Torbergsen $28,350
5th Italy Marcello Marigliano $20,475
6th Netherlands Noah Boeken $14,175
7th Finland Aku Joentausta $11,455
8th Hungary Ferenc Deak $11,455
9th Portugal Pedro Zagalo $11,455

Event #5: $25,000 Pot-Limit Omaha

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  • 2-Day Event: June 23-24, 2020
  • Number of Entrants: 44
  • Total Prize Pool: $1,100,000
  • Number of Payouts: 6
Event #5 Results
Place Name Prize
1st Finland Eelis Pärssinen $440,000
2nd England Gavin Cochrane $281,540
3rd Canada Andrew Pantling $143,000
4th Finland Aku Joentausta $99,000
5th United States Jake Schindler $77,000
6th James Greenwood $59,460

Event #6: $10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha

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  • 2-Day Event: June 23-24, 2020
  • Number of Entrants: 49
  • Total Prize Pool: $500,000
  • Number of Payouts: 6
Event #6 Results
Place Name Prize
1st Denmark Jesper Hougaard $183,621
2nd Portugal Pedro Zagalo $144,352
3rd United States Jonathan Depa $65,000
4th Finland Joni Jouhkimainen $45,000
5th Ukraine Andriy Lyubovetskiy $35,000
6th Maxime Lemay $27,028

Event #7: $10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha

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  • 2-Day Event: June 24-25, 2020
  • Number of Entrants: 50
  • Total Prize Pool: $500,000
  • Number of Payouts: 6
Event #7 Results
Place Name Prize
1st Finland Jens Kyllönen $200,000
2nd Finland Eelis Pärssinen $127,973
3rd Finland Aku Joentausta $65,000
4th Wales Roberto Romanello $45,000
5th Hungary Laszlo Bujtas $35,000
6th Norway Andreas Torbergsen $27,028

Event #8: $5,000 Pot-Limit Omaha

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  • 2-Day Event: June 24-25, 2020
  • Number of Entrants: 52
  • Total Prize Pool: $260,000
  • Number of Payouts: 6
Event #8 Results
Place Name Prize
1st Sweden Bengt Sonnert $104,000
2nd Finland Sampo Ryynanen $66,546
3rd Finland Eelis Pärssinen $33,800
4th Finland Joni Jouhkimainen $23,400
5th England Gavin Cochrane $18,200
6th Hungary Ferenc Deak $14,054

Event #9: $25,000 Pot-Limit Omaha

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  • 2-Day Event: June 25-26, 2020
  • Number of Entrants: 43
  • Total Prize Pool: $1,075,000
  • Number of Payouts: 6
Event #9 Results
Place Name Prize
1st Hungary Andras Nemeth $430,000
2nd England Gavin Cochrane $275,141
3rd Sweden Viktor Blom $139,750
4th Finland Aku Joentausta $96,750
5th Portugal Joao Vieira $75,250
6th United States George Wolff $58,109

Event #10: $10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha

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  • 2-Day Event: June 25-26, 2020
  • Number of Entrants: 52
  • Total Prize Pool: $520,000
  • Number of Payouts: 6
Event #10 Results
Place Name Prize
1st Finland Sami Kelopuro $208,000
2nd United States Isaac Haxton $133,091
3rd Portugal Joao Vieira $67,600
4th Sweden Bengt Sonnert $46,800
5th Republic of Ireland Mark Davis $36,400
6th Hungary Laszlo Bujtas $28,109

Event #11: $10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha

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  • 2-Day Event: June 26-27, 2020
  • Number of Entrants: 49
  • Total Prize Pool: $500,000
  • Number of Payouts: 6
Event #11 Results
Place Name Prize
1st Finland Aku Joentausta $200,000
2nd Norway Espen Myrmo $127,973
3rd Finland Sami Kelopuro $65,000
4th Sweden Viktor Blom $45,000
5th Sweden Henrik Eide $35,000
6th Sweden Niklas Astedt $27,028

Event #12: $5,000 Pot-Limit Omaha

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  • 2-Day Event: June 26-27, 2020
  • Number of Entrants: 46
  • Total Prize Pool: $250,000
  • Number of Payouts: 6
Event #12 Results
Place Name Prize
1st Hungary Andras Nemeth $100,000
2nd Canada Andrew Pantling $63,986
3rd Finland Eelis Pärssinen $32,500
4th Canada Matthew Wood $22,500
5th Sweden Viktor Blom $17,500
6th Greece Dimitrios Michailidis $13,514

Event #13: $10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha

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  • 2-Day Event: June 27-28, 2020
  • Number of Entrants: 47
  • Total Prize Pool: $500,000
  • Number of Payouts: 6
Event #13 Results
Place Name Prize
1st Finland Jens Kyllönen $200,000
2nd Canada Matthew Wood $127,973
3rd Norway Espen Myrmo $65,000
4th England Stephen Chidwick $45,000
5th Sweden Niklas Astedt $35,000
6th Scotland Ludovic Geilich $27,028

Event #14: $5,000 Pot-Limit Omaha

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  • 2-Day Event: June 27-28, 2020
  • Number of Entrants: 48
  • Total Prize Pool: $250,000
  • Number of Payouts: 6
Event #14 Results
Place Name Prize
1st United States Chance Kornuth $100,000
2nd Finland Eelis Pärssinen $63,986
3rd Canada Matthew Wood $32,500
4th England Simon Trumper $22,500
5th Hungary Andras Nemeth $17,500
6th Norway Espen Myrmo $13,514

Event #15: $50,000 Pot-Limit Omaha Main Event

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  • 2-Day Event: June 28-29, 2020
  • Number of Entrants: 29
  • Total Prize Pool: $1,500,000
  • Number of Payouts: 4
Event #15 Results
Place Name Prize
1st United States Isaac Haxton $675,000
2nd Lithuania Grazvydas Kontautas $442,104
3rd Finland Aku Joentausta $225,000
4th Canada Chris Kruk $157,896

Event #16: $5,000 Pot-Limit Omaha Mini Main Event

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  • 2-Day Event: June 28-29, 2020
  • Number of Entrants: 118
  • Total Prize Pool: $590,000
  • Number of Payouts: 18
Event #16 Results
Place Name Prize
1st Denmark Alexander Petersen $148,624
2nd Brazil Dante Fernandes $100,300
3rd Germany Jens Lakemeier $70,800
4th Norway Joachim Haraldstad $50,150
5th Finland Joni Jouhkimainen $36,865
6th Sweden Alexander Norden $24,485

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Poker Central Announces Poker Masters Online PLO Series on partypoker". Poker Central. 2020-06-11. Retrieved 2021-04-11.
  2. ^ "Inaugural Poker Masters Online PLO Series Has More Than $10M Gtd". Online Poker News und Updates | partypoker Blog. 2020-06-12. Retrieved 2021-04-11.
  3. ^ a b "Parssinen Holds Off Nemeth and Kyllonen to Win Poker Masters Online PLO Series". www.pokernews.com. Retrieved 2021-04-11.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p "Poker Masters Online Pot Limit Omaha Series: Hendon Mob Poker Database". The Hendon Mob. Retrieved 2021-04-12.
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