Big Wins for Watson & Nemeth on Day 2 of Poker Masters Online

The Poker Masters Online high roller series on partypoker saw its second night of action be heavily contested with Mike Watson coming out on top beating a field of 102 entries in Event #3 for a $249,900 score while Andras Nemeth won Event #4 by beating 83 entries for the $259,692 top prize.

Read about Day 1 of the Poker Masters Online here as Alex Foxen, Tobias Ziegler, and Elias Talvitie came out on top in the first three events. 

After two days of play, Alex Foxen remains in the lead of the Poker Masters Online Championship standings with 310 points. The overall winner after 30 events will receive the Poker Masters Purple Jacket and a $50,000 cash bonus.

Yesterday’s first event doubled its $500k guarantee with a whopping 103 entrants and it was Jorryt van Hoof who carried the chip lead for quite some time before Mike Watson took control four-handed. Players that fell just short of the money included Fedor Holz, George Wolff, and Steve O’Dwyer. Orpen Kisacikoglu ultimately busted in fourth place, right after he finished second in the turbo Event #4 as he shot up the Championships standings into fifth place. Canadians Mike Watson and Sam Greenwood ultimately battled heads-up with the former coming out on top.

	Event #3 $10,000 NLH
Place	Name	Payout	Points
1	Mike Watson	$249,900	250
2	Sam Greenwood	$178,500	179
3	Jorryt van Hoof	$127,500	128
4	Orpen Kisacikoglu	$89,250	89
5	Wiktor Malinowski	$66,300	66
6	Karim Khayat	$51,000	51
7	Patrick Leonard	$40,800	41
8	Pauli Ayras	$33,150	33
9	Zachary Clark	$25,500	26
10	Darrel Goh	$25,500	26
11	Alexandros Kolonias	$25,500	26
12	Matthias Eibinger	$20,400	20
13	Andras Nemeth	$20,400	20
14	Vicent Bosca	$20,400	20
15	Simon Mattsson	$20,400	20
16	Simon Pedersen	$20,400	20

The second event of the day was won by Hungarian Andras Nemeth who best a field of 83 entrants in this 6-max format with 12-minute levels. Fedor Holz recorded his first Poker Masters Online cash by finishing fourth and while Orpen Kisacikoglu seemed on his way to a win, Nemeth turned things around to grab the win and the 260 points for the Championship. Earlier this year Nemeth fell just short of winning the Australian Poker Open when Stephen Chidwick eclipsed him on the final event.

	Event #4 $10,000 NLH 6-Max
Place	Name	Payout	Points
1	Andras Nemeth	$259,692	260
2	Orpen Kisacikoglu	$161,850	162
3	Eelis Parssinen	$99,600	100
4	Fedor Holz	$72,625	73
5	Dan Shak	$51,875	52
6	Sami Kelopuro	$35,275	35
7	Christoph Vogelsang	$26,975	27
8	Carlos Sanchez	$26,975	27
9	Joni Jouhkimainen	$26,975	27
10	Sergi Reixach	$22,740	23
11	Artur Martirosian	$22,740	23
12	Ian Engel	$22,740	23

The Poker Masters Online continues today at 2pm ET with a $10,000 Pot Limit Omaha 6-max tournament that has a $500,000 guarantee followed by a $500,000 guarantee No Limit Hold’em tournament with $10,000 buy-in. This event kicks off at 4:00 pm ET. The Poker Masters Championship standings are now as follows.

Poker Masters Online Championship Standings
	Name	Earnings	Points
1	Alex Foxen	$309,677	310
2	Elias Talvitie	$481,250	289
3	Andras Nemeth	$280,092	280
4	Sam Greenwood	$302,250	253
5	Orpen Kisacikoglu	$251,100	251
6	Mike Watson	$249,900	250
7	Sergi Reixach	$345,865	217
8	Artur Martirosian	$215,790	216
9	Tobias Ziegler	$192,249	192
10	Jorryt van Hoof	$127,500	128