Michael Addamo won two Poker Masters tournaments in a row
Australian high roller Michael Addamo demonstrated an excellent result in the expensive tournaments of live Poker Masters series 2021.
The Australian player managed to win two tournaments in a row and became the owner of the coveted purple jacket.
The first tournament Poker Masters #11 - $50 000 No-Limit Hold'em collected 34 entries and formed a prize pool of $1 700 000.
In this tournament, Michael Addamo beat Jason Koon in heads-up and earned $680 000. Jason Koon finished as a runner-up and enriched with $442 000. Apart from the champion, the rest of winners appeared to be participants from the USA.
Payouts of Poker Masters #11 Tournament - $50 000 No-Limit Hold'em:
Place | Player | Prize money |
---|---|---|
1 | Michael Addamo | 680 000$ |
2 | Jason Koon | 442 000$ |
3 | David Coleman | 272 000$ |
4 | Alex Foxen | 187 000$ |
5 | Cary Katz | 119 000$ |
In the final hand, Jason Koon went all in from the button with his last 18 BB and K♣-6♦, but Michael Addamo called with K♦-J♥.
8♥-5♠-4♠-4♣-K♥ were dealt on the board. Jason failed to hit a single six, so Michael became the tournament champion.
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The next Poker Masters Event #12 - No-Limit Hold'em became one of the main events of the entire series. This tournament with a huge buy-in of $100 000 collected 21 entries. As a result, the prize pool reached the mark of $2 100 000.
Addamo earned $1 160 000 for his incredible victory. In addition, Michael also received an additional $50 000 of prize money for the first place in the series leaderboard, as well as the Poker Masters purple jacket.
Nick Petrangelo became a runner-up of this event with a payout of $754 000. By the way, the famous high rollers such as Alex Foxen and Mikita Badziakouski also reached the prize zone.
Payouts of Poker Masters #12 Event - $100 000 No-Limit Hold'em:
Place | Player | Country | Prize money |
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1 | Michael Addamo | Австралия | 1 160 000$ |
2 | Nick Petrangelo | США | 754 000$ |
3 | Alex Foxen | США | 464 000$ |
4 | Stanley Tang | США | 319 000$ |
5 | Mikita Badziakouski | Беларусь | 203 000$ |
The last hand started with Petrangelo’s raise with K♣-8♦. Addamo called with 7♥-3♣. The following cards were dealt on the flop: 7♣-2♣-2♦. Addamo decided to check, but then he re-raised in response to Petrangelo’s raise. Nick called and 10♥ was dealt on the turn. Addamo checked again, but Petrangelo raised.
Without hesitation, Michael called and 5♣ appeared on the river. Addamo checked once again, but soon he called all-in from Petrangelo and became the champion.