WPT500 festival with 25 numbered events from March 7-25.
Two of the events boast tasty $1 million guarantees for a buy-in of $530 including the
WPT #01: WPT 500 on March 7-16 and the
WPT #13: WPT500 Knockout on March 15-23.
Manuel Ruivo unseeded Day 1g chip leader
Gediminas Uselis to snag the overally chip lead in the WPT #01: WPT 500 after virtually bagging a huge stack of 13,383,142 (191 big blinds) during last night s Day 1h.
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The often controversial and rarely silent Will Kassouf has won the 2020 Irish Poker Masters Online Main Event.
Will Kassouf has turned a satellite ticket into more than $200,000 after winning the Online Irish Poker Masters. (Image: Twitter/William Kassouf)
Kassouf has ruffled the feathers of many a player since his infamous appearance at the 2016 WSOP. However, during his latest winning run, the Englishman let his chips do the talking.
What’s even more impressive about the win is the fact he qualified for the €1,100/$1,332 Irish Poker Masters Online Main Event for just €109/$131.
Partypoker Ensures Craic Continues Online
Owing to COVID-19, the Irish Poker Masters took place on Partypoker this month. 1,340 players joined the event but only nine could make the final table on December 16.
â¬1,100 Irish Poker Masters Main Event seat via a â¬109 satellite at
partypoker. That seat is now worth â¬215,163 thanks to Kassouf taking down the IPM Main Event.
Kassouf was one of 1,341 players who bought in over the course of two starting flights. This meant the â¬1 million guarantee was blown out of the water and a â¬1,341,000 prize pool created.
Only 37 of those starters made it through Day 2, which that more manageable crowd whittled to the final table nine on the penultimate dayâs action. Hereâs how that final table went down.
Irish Poker Masters Main Event Final Table Results
Place
Jessica Teusl started the final table in the unwanted position of being the shortest stack. Try as she did, Teusl couldnât improve her situation and was the first casualty of the evening. Teusl three-bet all-in for 15.5 big blinds with ace-jack after Netherlandsâ