Poker Masters Online Update: Elias Talvitie Scoops Largest Prize So Far
April 14, 2024 Will Shillibier European Executive Editor
The Poker Masters 👍 is underway on partypoker with five events of a jam-packed 30 event schedule already completed. In total almostR$5 million in 👍 prize money has been won by some of the biggest names on the High Roller scene, with several players already 👍 putting themselves into contention to win the coveted purple jacket and theR$50,000 that comes with it.
Elias Talvitie Wins Poker Masters 👍 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 👍 several big names in attendance. They included Kahle Burns, Dan Smith, Justin Bonomo, Steve O'Dwyer, Fedor Holz, Laszlo Bujtas and 👍 David Peters to name but a few.
Just seven places were paid, with Canada's Timothy Adams falling just short of the 👍 money. In the end it was Finland's Elias Talvitie who secured victory in the first event of the festival, defeating 👍 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 👍 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 👍 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, 👍 with Germany's Tobias Ziegler coming out on top. This is the first pot-limit Omaha tournament of the festival, and Ziegler 👍 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 👍 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 👍 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 👍 wouldn't be a high roller tournament festival without a big name getting in on the action, and they don't come 👍 much bigger than GPI #1 ranked player Alex Foxen. He took down Event #3 forR$309,678, enough to top the overall 👍 leaderboard after the first day's play.
Foxen defeated a tough final table featuring Adrian Mateos, Conor Beresford, Timothy Adams and Ali 👍 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 👍 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 👍 Event #04 forR$249,900
Mike Watson took down Event #4, securing a Canadian one-two in the process, as Sam Greenwood had to 👍 settle for second place. This was Greenwood's second final table of the festival, after his fourth-place finish in Event #1 👍 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 👍 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 👍 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 👍 event of the series was anotherR$10,300, with big names Fedor Holz and Dan Shak both making it to the final 👍 table.
Orpen Kisacikoglu notched up his second final table of the festival so far, joining Sam Greenwood as the only player 👍 to final table two tournaments this Poker Masters, but Kisacikoglu just missed out on the title as Andras Nemeth secured 👍 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 👍 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 👍 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 👍 in the points standings after the first five events of the Poker Masters. Talvitie's win has him ranked second, with 👍 Nemeth right behind him in third before a bit of a gap to Greenwood in fourth.
Here's the full standings through 👍 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 👍 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 👍 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 👍 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 👍 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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