2020 Poker Masters Online PLO Series

2020 Poker Masters Online PLO Series
Location	partypoker (online)
Dates	June 21-29, 2020
Champion
Eelis Pärssinen (Purple Jacket winner); 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[]

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[]

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 pints 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[]

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

• 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[]

• 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[]

• 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[]

• 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[]

• 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[]

• 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[]

• 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[]

• 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[]

• 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[]

• 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[]

• 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[]

• 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[]

• 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[]

• 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[]

• 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[]

• 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

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