Alex Foxen Scores Big on Day 1 of Poker Masters Online on partypoker

The Poker Masters Online Championship on partypoker is officially underway as Easter Sunday saw three winners crowned with Alex Foxen, Tobias Ziegler, and Elias Talvitie coming out on top. The latter, from Finland, took down the $25,000 opening event for $481,250, the largest payout of the day, as a total of nearly $3 million in prize money exchanged hands. With his win for $309,677, Alex Foxen has taken an early lead in the Poker Masters Online Championship Standings.

The Poker Masters Online is a series of 30 high stakes events organized by Poker Central and partypoker ranging from $10,000 up to $50,000. The player who gathers the most points in the championship race will receive the highly coveted Poker Masters Purple Jacket as well as a $50,000 cash prize.

All three events on the first day saw big fields and big names including big names such as Justin Bonomo, Sam Greenwood, Ali Imsirovic, and Sam Trickett. The first event was a $25,000 No Limit Hold’em tournament with a $1,000,000 guarantee which was swiftly eclipsed with a total of $1.375 million up for grabs. Jason Koon, David Peters, Nick Petrangelo, and Timothy Adams fell just short of the money in this event before Juan Pardo Dominguez was the first to get knocked out in the money. The payouts of Event #1 were as follows.

	Event #1 $25,000 No Limit Hold’em
Place	Name	Payout	Points
1	Elias Talvitie	$481,250	289
2	Sergi Reixach	$323,125	194
3	Ole Schemion	$206,125	124
4	Sam Greenwood	$123,750	74
5	Michael Addamo	$96,250	58
6	Chris Hunichen	$79,063	47
7	Juan Pardo Dominguez	$63,313	38
	Total	$1,372,875

The second event was a $10,000 Pot Limit Omaha 6-max tournament which drew a total of 55 entries creating a prize pool of $552,000. Players that fell short of the money included Kahle Burns, Andreas Torbergsen, Jorryt van Hoof, Sami Kelopuro, Tony G, Mike Watson, and Ludovic Geilich. The payouts of this event were as follows.

	Event #2 $10,000 PLO 6-Max
Place	Name	Payout	Points
1	Tobias Ziegler	$192,249	192
2	James Akenhead	$123,750	124
3	Espen Myrmo	$66,000	66
4	Matt Kirk	$49,500	50
5	Ola Amundsgaard	$35,750	36
6	Kai Lehto	$24,750	25
7	Robinson Morales	$20,000	20
8	Sam Trickett	$20,000	20
9	Jukka Paloniemi	$20,000	20
	Total	$552,000

The final event of the night was a $10,000 No Limit Hold’em event that drew a whopping 99 total entries that included the likes of Patrick Leonard, Steve O’Dwyer, Fedor Holz, and David Peters but those all fell short of the money. Alex Foxen came out on top after beating Artur Maritrosian heads up and Adrian Mateos finished third.

	Event #2 $10,000 NLH
Place	Name	Payout	Points
1	Alex Foxen	$309,677	310
2	Artur Martirosian	$193,050	193
3	Adrian Mateos	$118,800	119
4	Conor Beresford	$86,625	87
5	Timothy Adams	$61,875	62
6	Ali Imsirovic	$42,075	42
7	Wiktor Malinowski	$32,175	32
8	Juan Pardo Dominguez	$32,175	32
9	Chris Hunichen	$32,175	32
10	Justin Bonomo	$27,124	27
11	Mohsin Charania	$27,124	27
12	Elio Fox	$27,124	27
	Total	$990,000	990

The Poker Masters Online 2020 Championship Standings are now as, obviously, the winners of the first three events sit at or near the top. The Poker Masters Online continues today with a $10,000 No Limit Hold’em event that kicks off at 2:00 pm ET and a $10,000 No Limit Hold’em 6-max event that starts at 4:00 pm ET on partypoker. Stay tuned to Poker Central for daily updates from the virtual felt!

Poker Masters Online Championship Standings
	Name	Earnings	Points
1	Alex Foxen	$309,677	310
2	Elias Talvitie	$481,250	289
3	Sergi Reixach	$323,125	194
4	Artur Martirosian	$193,050	193
5	Tobias Ziegler	$192,249	192
6	James Akenhead	$123,750	124
7	Ole Schemion	$206,125	124
8	Adrian Mateos	$118,800	119
9	Conor Beresford	$86,625	87
10	Chris Hunichen	$111,238	80