2020 Poker Masters Online PLO Series

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]

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 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   Marcello Marigliano $249,054   Gavin Cochrane Results[4]
2 $5,000 Pot-Limit Omaha 81 $405,000   Andras Nemeth $126,686   Viktor Blom Results[4]
3 $10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha 53 $530,000   Jens Kyllönen $212,000   Jonathan Depa Results[4]
4 $5,000 Pot-Limit Omaha 63 $315,000   Bengt Sonnert $108,961   Andrew Pantling Results[4]
5 $25,000 Pot-Limit Omaha 44 $1,100,000   Eelis Pärssinen $440,000   Gavin Cochrane Results[4]
6 $10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha 49 $500,000   Jesper Hougaard $183,621   Pedro Zagalo Results[4]
7 $10,000 Pot-Limit Omha 50 $500,000   Jens Kyllönen $200,000   Eelis Pärssinen Results[4]
8 $5,000 Pot-Limit Omaha 52 $260,000   Bengt Sonnert $104,000   Sampo Ryynanen Results[4]
9 $25,000 Pot-Limit Omaha 43 $1,075,000   Andras Nemeth $430,000   Gavin Cochrane Results[4]
10 $10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha 52 $520,000   Sami Kelopuro $208,000   Isaac Haxton Results[4]
11 $10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha 49 $500,000   Aku Joentausta $200,000   Espen Myrmo Results[4]
12 $5,000 Pot-Limit Omaha 46 $250,000   Andras Nemeth $100,000   Andrew Pantling Results[4]
13 $10,000 Pot-Limit Omaha 47 $500,000   Jens Kyllönen $200,000   Matthew Wood Results[4]
14 $5,000 Pot-Limit Omaha 48 $250,000   Chance Kornuth $100,000   Eelis Pärssinen Results[4]
15 $50,000 Pot-Limit Omaha Main Event 29 $1,500,000   Isaac Haxton $675,000   Grazvydas Kontautas Results[4]
16 $5,000 Pot-Limit Omaha Mini Main Event 118 $590,000   Alexander Petersen $148,624   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   Eelis Pärssinen $735,359 625
2   Andras Nemeth $674,186 624
3   Jens Kyllönen $612,000 612
4   Gavin Cochrane $754,094 549
5   Aku Joentausta $507,643 452
6   Bengt Sonnert $259,761 366
7   Sami Kelopuro $320,700 321
8   Andrew Pantling $277,861 288
9   Marcello Marigliano $269,529 280
10   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   Marcello Marigliano $249,054
2nd   Gavin Cochrane $162,000
3rd   Norbert Szecsi $86,400
4th   Mark Demirjian $64,800
5th   Jesper Hougaard $46,800
6th   Lasse Nielsen $32,400
7th   Niklas Astedt $26,182
8th   Niko Soininen $26,182
9th   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   Andras Nemeth $126,686
2nd   Viktor Blom $78,975
3rd   Alexander Norden $48,600
4th   Aku Joentausta $35,438
5th   Jake Schindler $25,313
6th   Gavin Cochrane $17,213
7th   Isaac Haxton $13,163
8th   Niko Soininen $13,163
9th   Laszlo Bujtas $13,163
10th   Mark Davis $11,096
11th   Mark Demirjian $11,096
12th   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   Jens Kyllönen $212,000
2nd   Jonathan Depa $135,651
3rd   Andriy Lyubovetskiy $68,900
4th   Sami Kelopuro $47,700
5th   Eelis Pärssinen $37,100
6th   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   Bengt Sonnert $108,961
2nd   Andrew Pantling $70,875
3rd   Jonathan Depa $37,800
4th   Andreas Torbergsen $28,350
5th   Marcello Marigliano $20,475
6th   Noah Boeken $14,175
7th   Aku Joentausta $11,455
8th   Ferenc Deak $11,455
9th   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   Eelis Pärssinen $440,000
2nd   Gavin Cochrane $281,540
3rd   Andrew Pantling $143,000
4th   Aku Joentausta $99,000
5th   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   Jesper Hougaard $183,621
2nd   Pedro Zagalo $144,352
3rd   Jonathan Depa $65,000
4th   Joni Jouhkimainen $45,000
5th   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   Jens Kyllönen $200,000
2nd   Eelis Pärssinen $127,973
3rd   Aku Joentausta $65,000
4th   Roberto Romanello $45,000
5th   Laszlo Bujtas $35,000
6th   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   Bengt Sonnert $104,000
2nd   Sampo Ryynanen $66,546
3rd   Eelis Pärssinen $33,800
4th   Joni Jouhkimainen $23,400
5th   Gavin Cochrane $18,200
6th   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   Andras Nemeth $430,000
2nd   Gavin Cochrane $275,141
3rd   Viktor Blom $139,750
4th   Aku Joentausta $96,750
5th   Joao Vieira $75,250
6th   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   Sami Kelopuro $208,000
2nd   Isaac Haxton $133,091
3rd   Joao Vieira $67,600
4th   Bengt Sonnert $46,800
5th   Mark Davis $36,400
6th   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   Aku Joentausta $200,000
2nd   Espen Myrmo $127,973
3rd   Sami Kelopuro $65,000
4th   Viktor Blom $45,000
5th   Henrik Eide $35,000
6th   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   Andras Nemeth $100,000
2nd   Andrew Pantling $63,986
3rd   Eelis Pärssinen $32,500
4th   Matthew Wood $22,500
5th   Viktor Blom $17,500
6th   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   Jens Kyllönen $200,000
2nd   Matthew Wood $127,973
3rd   Espen Myrmo $65,000
4th   Stephen Chidwick $45,000
5th   Niklas Astedt $35,000
6th   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   Chance Kornuth $100,000
2nd   Eelis Pärssinen $63,986
3rd   Matthew Wood $32,500
4th   Simon Trumper $22,500
5th   Andras Nemeth $17,500
6th   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   Isaac Haxton $675,000
2nd   Grazvydas Kontautas $442,104
3rd   Aku Joentausta $225,000
4th   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   Alexander Petersen $148,624
2nd   Dante Fernandes $100,300
3rd   Jens Lakemeier $70,800
4th   Joachim Haraldstad $50,150
5th   Joni Jouhkimainen $36,865
6th   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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