Jason Koon Scores Huge Win & Timothy Adams Surges in Poker Masters Online Championship

The Poker Masters Online action on partypoker continues to draw big numbers and this weekend the total paid out prize money vaulted to $17.7 million with 12 events left to be played! All the final table action was covered on the PokerGO Facebook channel and you can relive the action right here as Mustapha Kanit, Timothy Adams, and Jason Koon locked up big wins. Greece’s Alexandros Kolonias took the lead on the Championship standings as he’s the front-runner to take home the $50,000 top prize and the coveted Purple Jacket with 12 events left to be played.

The Poker Masters Online has a night off today and the Top 10 of the overall Championship is now as follows. A total of 99 unique players have now recorded at least one result in this series for a total of $17.7 million in prize money paid out.

Poker Masters Online Championship Standings
	Name	Earnings	Points	Cashes
1	Alexandros Kolonias	$591,214	592	7
2	Timothy Adams	$583,575	584	7
3	Artur Martirosian	$561,090	562	4
4	Eelis Parssinen	$536,131	537	3
5	Andras Nemeth	$534,678	535	5
6	Jorryt van Hoof	$527,712	531	7
7	Alex Foxen	$500,777	501	5
8	Luuk Gieles	$492,017	492	3
9	Justin Bonomo	$606,974	450	3
10	Michael Addamo	$444,037	406	3

Going back to Friday night, Hungary’s Laszlo Bujtas took down the $10,000 Pot Limit Omaha event for $272,141 beating Canada’s Ami Barer heads up. Jorryt van Hoof recorded another cash, finishing fourth, and along with a ninth-place finish in Event #15 and fourth in Event #17 he now sits sixth on the overall standings with seven total cashes for $527,712. Event #12 had 87 total entries creating a prize pool worth $870,000 and former Championship leader Andras Nemeth recorded a min cash to bring his total results to five.

	Event #12 $10,000 PLO
Place	Name	Payout	Points
1	Bujtas Laszlo	$272,141	272
2	Ami Barer	$169,650	170
3	Carlo van Ravenswood	$104,400	104
4	Jorryt van Hoof	$75,125	75
5	Bengt Sonnert	$54,375	54
6	Andreas Torbergsen	$36,975	37
7	Ali Imsirovic	$28,275	28
8	Adam Hendrix	$28,275	28
9	George Wolff	$28,275	28
10	Jean Carlos Rincon	$23,836	24
11	Andras Nemeth	$23,836	24
12	Christopher Frank	$23,836	24

The action on Friday night was capped off by Dutchman Luuk Gieles who took a commanding chip lead right after the money bubble burst and he never let go of said chip lead. Timothy Adams, who made his way into the money with the shortest stack, mounted an impressive to find himself heads up roughly an hour later. Relive this final table on Facebook right here with commentary provided by Jeff Platt and Remko Rinkema. This event had 68 total entries creating a prize pool worth $680,000.

	Event #13 $10,000 NLHE 6-Max
Place	Name	Payout	Points
1	Luuk Gieles	$253,217	253
2	Timothy Adams	$153,000	153
3	Ludovic Geilich	$81,600	82
4	Kahle Burns	$61,200	61
5	Alex Foxen	$44,200	44
6	Mike Watson	$30,600	31
7	Lukas Nowakowski	$24,727	25
8	Alexandros Kolonias	$24,727	25
9	Steve O’Dwyer	$24,727	25

Saturday night saw Mustapha Kanit record his first cash of the series and he immediately made it a big one by defeating a field of 114 entries. Kanit took the lion share of the $1,140,000 prize pool after defeating current Poker Masters Championship leader Alexandros Kolonias heads up. Artur Martirosian gathered valuable points with his third-place finish as he managed to climb up to third on the overall standings.

	Event #14 $10,000 NLHE
Place	Name	Payout	Points
1	Mustapha Kanit	$279,300	279
2	Alexandros Kolonias	$199,500	200
3	Artur Martirosian	$142,500	143
4	Brunno Botteon	$99,750	100
5	Christoph Vogelsang	$74,100	74
6	Edwin Amaya	$57,000	57
7	Simon Pedersen	$45,600	46
8	Alex Foxen	$37,050	37
9	Simon Higgins	$28,500	29
10	Lucas Reeves	$28,500	29
11	Jake Schindler	$28,500	29
12	Chris Fraser	$28,500	29
13	Mike Watson	$22,800	23
14	Nick Petrangelo	$22,800	23
15	Niklas Astedt	$22,800	23
16	Kahle Burns	$22,800	23

Event #15 had 78 total entries and Timothy Adams continued his strong streak by winning this one after defeating a truly epic final table. After Alexandros Kolonias departed in seventh place it was former Purple Jacket winner Ali Imsirovic who busted in sixth followed by Ben Heath, Alex Foxen, and Dario Sammartino. Adams collected another $243,988 payout, putting him within striking distance of the Championship lead, just one min cash behind Kolonias. You can catch the final table action of Event #14 and #15 on the PokerGO Facebook page.

	Event #15 $10,000 No Limit Hold’em
Place	Name	Payout	Points
1	Timothy Adams	$243,988	244
2	Joao Vieira	$152,100	152
3	Dario Sammartino	$93,600	94
4	Alex Foxen	$68,250	68
5	Ben Heath	$48,750	49
6	Ali Imsirovic	$33,150	33
7	Alexandros Kolonias	$25,350	25
8	Yahia Fahmy	$25,350	25
9	Jorryt van Hoof	$25,350	25
10	Sami Kelopuro	$21,370	21
11	Elias Talvitie	$21,370	21
12	Juan Pardo Dominguez	$21,370	21

On Sunday all three events were heavily contested with Jason Koon winning the biggest single prize. Koon, recording his first cash of the series, won the $25,000 No Limit Hold’em event that had a total of 72 entries creating a $1.8 million prize pool. Koon squared off at the final table against familiar opponents such as Steve O’Dwyer and Justin Bonomo who finished second and third.

	Event #16 $25,000 No Limit Hold’em
Place	Name	Payout	Points
1	Jason Koon	$549,000	329
2	Justin Bonomo	$369,000	221
3	Steve O’Dwyer	$252,000	151
4	Conor Beresford	$162,000	97
5	Juan Pardo Dominguez	$126,000	59
6	Dario Sammartino	$99,000	51
7	Joni Jouhkimainen	$85,500	51
8	Daniel Smith	$81,000	49
9	Ole Schemion	$76,500	46

Everyone’s four-card favorite was back on the menu on Sunday as well, this time attracting 92 entries for a prize pool just shy of a million dollars. As usual, Finland was heavily represented with the entire final table hailing from Europe. After a German, Norwegian, and Dutchman busted it was two Fins and a Swede battling over the $287,781 top prize. Eelis Parssinen ultimately beat Bengt Sonnert heads up and his third cash in the series bumped him into fourth on the overall standings.

	Event #17 $10,000 PLO 6-max
Place	Name	Payout	Points
1	Eelis Parssinen	$287,781	288
2	Bengt Sonnert	$179,400	179
3	Aku Joentausta	$110,400	110
4	Jorryt van Hoof	$80,500	81
5	Andreas Torbergsen	$57,500	58
6	Tobias Ziegler	$39,100	39
7	Andrew Moseley	$29,900	30
8	Pedro Zagalo	$29,900	30
9	Ferenc Deak	$29,900	30
10	Carlo van Ravenswoud	$25,206	25
11	Niko Soininen	$25,206	25
12	Joao Vieira	$25,206	25

Closing out a big night of Sunday action was a $10,000 No Limit Hold’em event with a fast structure. Arguably one of the most successful online tournament players of the last five years, Linus Loeliger, made his first Poker Masters Online final table appearance and closed it out in style. Artur Martisorian collected another great result vaulting him into third on the overall standings. This event had 104 total entries creating a prize pool of $1,040,000. Watch all the Sunday night Poker Masters Online action on the PokerGO Facebook page.

	Event #18 $10,000 NLHE
Place	Name	Payout	Points
1	Linus Loeliger	$325,318	325
2	Artur Martirosian	$202,800	203
3	Darrell Goh	$124,800	125
4	Niklas Astedt	$91,000	91
5	Ole Schemion	$65,000	65
6	Edwin Amaya	$44,200	44
7	Adrian Mateos	$33,800	34
8	Chris Hunichen	$33,800	34
9	Sergi Reixach	$33,800	34
10	Aliaksandr Hirs	$28,493	28
11	Luc Greenwood	$28,493	28
12	Nick Petrangelo	$28,493	28

The Poker Masters Online continues on Tuesday night with a $25,000 and $10,000 No Limit Hold’em event.