Poker Masters Online Update: Elias Talvitie Scoops Largest Prize So Far
April 14, 2024 Will Shillibier European Executive Editor
The Poker Masters 8️⃣ is underway on partypoker with five events of a jam-packed 30 event schedule already completed. In total almostR$5 million in 8️⃣ prize money has been won by some of the biggest names on the High Roller scene, with several players already 8️⃣ putting themselves into contention to win the coveted purple jacket and theR$50,000 that comes with it.
Elias Talvitie Wins Poker Masters 8️⃣ Event #1 forR$481,250
The first of sevenR$25,500 buy-in tournaments on the Poker Masters schedule attracted 55 players this past Sunday with 8️⃣ several big names in attendance. They included Kahle Burns, Dan Smith, Justin Bonomo, Steve O'Dwyer, Fedor Holz, Laszlo Bujtas and 8️⃣ David Peters to name but a few.
Just seven places were paid, with Canada's Timothy Adams falling just short of the 8️⃣ money. In the end it was Finland's Elias Talvitie who secured victory in the first event of the festival, defeating 8️⃣ Sergi Reixach heads-up forR$481,250.
Final Table Results
Place Player Country Payout 1 Elias Talvitie FinlandR$481,250 2 Sergi Reixach United KingdomR$323,125 3 Ole 8️⃣ Schemion AustriaR$206,250 4 Sam Greenwood CanadaR$123,750 5 Michael Addamo United KingdomR$96,250 6 Chris Hunichen Costa RicaR$79,063 7 Juan Pardo United 8️⃣ KingdomR$65,313
Tobias Ziegler Wins Poker Masters Event #02 forR$190,249
A total of 55 players entered the second event of the Poker Masters, 8️⃣ with Germany's Tobias Ziegler coming out on top. This is the first pot-limit Omaha tournament of the festival, and Ziegler 8️⃣ defeated James Akenhead heads-up to winR$190,249. Akenhead would have to settle forR$123,750 for his second-place finish.
Final Table Results
Place Player Country 8️⃣ Payout 1 Tobias Ziegler GermanyR$190,249 2 James Akenhead United KingdomR$123,750 3 Espen Myrmo NorwayR$66,000 4 Matthew Kirk BahamasR$49,500 5 Ola 8️⃣ Amundsgaard NorwayR$35,750 6 Kai Erik Juhani Lehto FinlandR$24,750
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Alex Foxen Wins Poker Masters Event #03 forR$309,678
It 8️⃣ wouldn't be a high roller tournament festival without a big name getting in on the action, and they don't come 8️⃣ much bigger than GPI #1 ranked player Alex Foxen. He took down Event #3 forR$309,678, enough to top the overall 8️⃣ leaderboard after the first day's play.
Foxen defeated a tough final table featuring Adrian Mateos, Conor Beresford, Timothy Adams and Ali 8️⃣ Imsirovic before defeating Artur Martirosian heads-up to secure victory.
Final Table Results
1 Alex Foxen CanadaR$309,678 2 Artur Martirosian RussiaR$193,050 3 Adrian 8️⃣ Mateos United KingdomR$118,800 4 Conor Beresford United KingdomR$86,625 5 Timothy Adams CanadaR$61,875 6 Ali Imsirovic MexicoR$42,075
Mike Watson Wins Poker Masters 8️⃣ Event #04 forR$249,900
Mike Watson took down Event #4, securing a Canadian one-two in the process, as Sam Greenwood had to 8️⃣ settle for second place. This was Greenwood's second final table of the festival, after his fourth-place finish in Event #1 8️⃣ and it brings his total earnings for the festival to overR$300,000.
Final Table Results
Place Player Country Payout 1 Mike Watson CanadaR$249,900 8️⃣ 2 Sam Greenwood CanadaR$178,500 3 Jorryt van Hoof United KingdomR$127,500 4 Orpen Kisacikoglu United KingdomR$89,250 5 Wiktor Malinowski GermanyR$66,300 6 8️⃣ Karim Khayat LebanonR$51,000 7 Patrick Leonard United KingdomR$40,800 8 Pauli Ayras FinlandR$33,150
Andras Nemeth Wins Poker Masters Event #05 forR$259,629
The fifth 8️⃣ event of the series was anotherR$10,300, with big names Fedor Holz and Dan Shak both making it to the final 8️⃣ table.
Orpen Kisacikoglu notched up his second final table of the festival so far, joining Sam Greenwood as the only player 8️⃣ to final table two tournaments this Poker Masters, but Kisacikoglu just missed out on the title as Andras Nemeth secured 8️⃣ victory.
The Hungarian addsR$259,629 to the €325,423 he earned after his runner-up finish in the Irish Open Online Main Event just 8️⃣ one day earlier.
Final Table Results
Place Player Country Payout 1 Andras Nemeth HungaryR$259,629 2 Orpen Kisacikoglu United KingdomR$161,850 3 Eelis Parssinen 8️⃣ FinlandR$99,600 4 Fedor Holz GermanyR$72,625 5 Dan Shak PolandR$51,875 6 Sami Kelopuro FinlandR$35,275
Big Winners So Far
Alex Foxen leads the way 8️⃣ in the points standings after the first five events of the Poker Masters. Talvitie's win has him ranked second, with 8️⃣ Nemeth right behind him in third before a bit of a gap to Greenwood in fourth.
Here's the full standings through 8️⃣ five events:
Rank Player Total Cashes Points 1 Alex FoxenR$309,677 310 2 Elias TalvitieR$481,250 289 3 Andras NemethR$280,092 280 4 Sam 8️⃣ GreenwoodR$302,250 253 5 Orpen KisacikogluR$251,100 251 6 Mike WatsonR$249,900 250 7 Sergi ReixachR$345,865 217 8 Artur MartirosianR$215,790 216 9 Tobias 8️⃣ ZieglerR$192,249 192 10 Jorryt van HoofR$127,500 128
Full Poker Masters Results
Here is a list of all the Poker Masters winners so 8️⃣ far:
Event Buy-in Prize Pool Entrants Winner Payout Poker Masters #01R$25,500R$1,375,000 55 Elias TalvitieR$481,250 Poker Masters #02R$10,300R$550,000 55 Tobias ZieglerR$190,249 Poker 8️⃣ Masters #03R$10,300R$990,000 99 Alex FoxenR$309,678 Poker Masters #04R$10,300R$1,020,000 102 Mike WatsonR$249,900 Poker Masters #05R$10,300R$830,000 83 Andras NemethR$259,629
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