2020 Poker Masters Online

With the COVID-19 pandemic forcing shutdowns around the world, live poker was on hiatus and operators were forced to think outside the box for running events. Many opted to create online versions of live poker series, and that's exactly what happened with the Poker Masters. In a partnership with partypoker, there were two Poker Masters online events held. The first was the 30-event Poker Masters Online, and the second was a pot-limit Omaha version, the 16-event Poker Masters Online PLO.

The 2020 Poker Masters Online took place April 12-26, 2020, on partypoker. It was a heated battle for the 2020 Poker Masters Online leaderboard, but in the end Greek player Alexandros Kolonias finished on top to win the Purple Jacket. Kolonias won two of the series’ 30 events and cashed 11 times, picking up $1,266,296 in winnings.

Kolonias had to really work for the leaderboard win, as Artur Martirosian and Linus Loeliger also performed very well over the course of the series. Although Martirosian didn’t win an event, he did have three runner-up finishes and nine cashes. In fact, Martirosian was atop the leaderboard entering the final event of the series and Kolonias had to win to surpass him. Like Kolonias, Loeliger won two events. Loeliger had a third cash as well.

When it was all said and done, Kolonias’ 1,191 leaderboard points were enough to top Martirosian’s 1,048 and Loeliger’s 1,037.

2020 Poker Masters Online Leaderboard Top 10

Rank	Player	Wins	Cashes	Points
1	Alexandros Kolonias	2	11	1,191
2	Artur Martirosian	0	9	1,048
3	Linus Loeliger	2	3	1,037
4	Timothy Adams	1	11	861
5	Ali Imsirovic	2	9	857
6	Andras Nemeth	1	8	807
7	Pascal Lefrancois	2	6	782
8	Pauli Ayras	2	6	748
9	Alex Foxen	1	7	736
10	Steve O'Dwyer	1	6	732

2020 Poker Masters Online Tournament Winners

Event	Entries	Prize Pool	Winner	First Prize
#1: $25,000 NL Hold'em	55	$1,372,875	Elias Talvitie	$481,250
#2: $10,000 PLO 6-Max	55	$551,999	Tobias Ziegler	$192,249
#3: $10,000 NL Hold'em 6-Max	99	$989,999	Alex Foxen	$309,677
#4: $10,000 NL Hold'em	102	$1,014,900	Mike Watson	$249,900
#5: $10,000 NL Hold'em 6-Max	83	$830,062	Andras Nemeth	$259,692
#6: $10,000 PLO 6-Max	97	$969,999	Pauli Ayras	$303,421
#7: $10,000 NL Hold'em 6-Max	86	$859,999	Alexandros Kolonias	$269,013
#8: $10,000 NL Hold'em	104	$1,040,000	Joni Jouhkimainen	$254,800
#9: $10,000 NL Hold'em 6-Max	78	$779,998	Pascal Lefrancois	$243,988
#10: $10,000 NL Hold'em	119	$1,190,000	Kahle Burns	$291,550
#11: $10,000 NL Hold'em 6-Max	94	$939,999	Michael Addamo	$294,037
#12: $10,000 PLO 6-Max	87	$868,999	Laszlo Bujtas	$272,141
#13: $10,000 NL Hold'em 6-Max	68	$679,998	Luuk Gieles	$235,217
#14: $10,000 NL Hold'em	114	$1,140,000	Mustapha Kanit	$279,300
#15: $10,000 PLO 6-Max	78	$779,998	Timothy Adams	$243,988
#16: $25,000 NL Hold'em	72	$1,800,000	Jason Koon	$549,000
#17: $10,000 PLO 6-Max	92	$919,999	Eelis Parssinen	$287,781
#18: $10,000 NL Hold'em 6-Max	104	$1,039,997	Linus Loeliger	$325,318
#19: $25,000 NL Hold'em	77	$1,924,999	Pauli Ayras	$548,625
#20: $10,000 NL Hold'em 6-Max	86	$859,299	Steve O'Dwyer	$269,013
#21: $25,000 NL Hold'em	77	$1,574,999	Dan Smith	$511,875
#22: $10,000 NL Hold'em 6-Max	86	$769,998	Sebastian Lewin	$240,860
#23: $25,000 PLO 6-Max	64	$1,525,999	Pascal Lefrancois	$527,509
#24: $10,000 NL Hold'em 6-Max	110	$1,099,999	Ali Imsirovic	$277,096
#25: $25,000 NL Hold'em	64	$1,600,000	Samuel Vousden	$520,000
#26: $10,000 NL Hold'em 6-Max	110	$909,999	Mark Davis	$284,653
#27: $25,000 NL Hold'em	51	$1,275,000	Ali Imsirovic	$446,250
#28: $10,000 NL Hold'em 6-Max	56	$760,000	Mustapha Kanit	$237,733
#29: $50,000 NL Hold'em	77	$3,850,000	Linus Loeliger	$1,097,250
#30: $10,000 NL Hold'em 6-Max	77	$1,459,996	Alexandros Kolonias	$367,782

There were five two-event winners during the 2020 Poker Masters Online series, but in the end, it was Alexandros Kolonias who proved to be the best of them. Kolonias won Event #7 for $269,013 and Event #30 for $367,782. Kolonias ended the series with 11 cashes in total and was able to top the series leaderboard ahead of Artur Martirosian who had nine cashes. Martirosian had no wins, though he didn't finish runner-up in Event #3, Event #18, and Event #21. The other two-time tournament winners were Linus Loeliger (Event #18 and Event #29), Ali Imsirovic (Event #24 and Event #27), Pascal Lefrancois (Event #9 and Event #23), and Pauli Ayras (Event #6 and Event #19).