Michael Addamo Claims Poker Masters Purple Jacket

Written by Jennifer Newell

Last updated on September 21st, 2021

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The PokerGO team just wrapped another successful live poker series, another group of high-stakes tournaments at the PokerGO Studio in Las Vegas. Some of the biggest names in poker competed in the dozen tournaments. And they brought their big bankrolls with them, as the tournament buy-ins ranged from $10K to $100K.

The Poker Masters is one of the most prestigious high roller series on the PokerGO Tour, as it is an annual series and it offers the Poker Masters Purple Jacket as the coveted top prize. That and an extra $50K go to the player who wins the overall series via a leaderboard system.

Poker Masters 2021 Results

This year’s Poker Masters returned to a live setting after having to run online in 2020 due to the pandemic. Poker players brought their money and skills to the PokerGO Studio at Aria on the Las Vegas Strip this month to play for big money and a smooth jacket.

The series played September 7-19, just wrapping this weekend with a new champion. Each preliminary tournament offered up to two reentries per player, with the final event allowing only one.

Let’s get to the results:

Event 1: $10K NLHE = 82 entries, $820K prize pool, 12 players paid

-Shannon Shorr won for $205K

Event 2: $10K NLHE = 86 entries, $860K prize pool, 13 players paid

-Sean Perry won for $206,400

Event 3: $10K PLO = 69 entries, $690K prize pool, 10 players paid

-Adam Hendrix won for $186,300

Event 4: $10K NLHE = 73 entries, $730K prize pool, 11 players paid

-Brock Wilson won for $189,800

Event 5: $10K NLHE = 66 entries, $660K prize pool, 10 players paid

-Daniel Negreanu won for $178,200

Event 6: $10K 8-Game Mix = 30 entries, $300K prize pool, 5 players paid

-Maxx Coleman won for $120K

Event 7: $10K NLHE = 68 entries, $680K prize pool, 10 players paid

-Stephen Chidwick won for $183,600

Event 8: $25K NLHE = 57 entries, $1,425,000 prize pool, 9 players paid

-Christopher Brewer won for $427,500

Event 9: $25K PLO = 43 entries, $1,075,000 prize pool, 7 players paid

-Miles Rampel won for $365,500

Event 10: $25K NLHE = 38 entries, $950K prize pool, 6 players paid

-Mikita Bodyakovsky won for $342K

Event 11: $50K NLHE = 34 entries, $1.7M prize pool, 5 players paid

-Michael Addamo won for $680K

Event 12: $100K NLHE = 29 entries, $2.9M prize pool, 5 players paid

-Michael Addamo won for $1.16M

Leaderboard Challenge

Players earned points throughout the series to compete on the Poker Masters leaderboard. When the final points tallied, they showed these results:

-1^st place: Michael Addamo = 808 points (2 wins, 2 cashes, $1.84M earnings)

-2^nd place: Nick Petrangelo = 402 points (0 wins, 3 cashes, $929,800 earnings)

-3^rd place: Lou Garza = 376 points (0 wins, 4 cashes, $550,200 earnings)

-4^th place: Daniel Negreanu = 372 points (1 win, 3 cashes, $433,400 earnings)

-5^th place: Brock Wilson  = 358 points (1 win, 3 cashes, $538,300 earnings)

Addamo spoke to PokerGO after the second win, saying it was an “incredible run of winning a lot of all-ins.” He also spoke to the excitement of winning two tournaments like this in quick succession, as well as the importance of study. “I’ve put in so many hours studying the game, and I still feel like every time I get humbled and that there’s still so many things to learn. But it’s incredibly important and you can see who has been putting in the work and who hasn’t.”

#PokerMasters2021: Michael Addamo wins Event 12: $100,000 NLH and $1.16 million! Addamo also picks up the Purple Jacket after back-to-back wins!

“It’s been an incredible run of winning a lot of all ins – it’s just insane." – Michael Addamo https://t.co/apKiI3b3b9

— PokerGO News (@PokerGONews) September 19, 2021

Even with those finishes and money earned, it didn’t change the status on the overall PokerGO Tour presented by Guaranteed Rate leaderboard. Ali Imsirovic sits securely in first place with 3,095 points, far ahead of Sean Perry in second with 2,301 points.

There are numerous stops remaining on the tour through the rest of the year. There are four Aria High Roller events in September, along with the Super High Roller Bowl VI. October then offers two more Aria High Rollers, followed by many more in November, along with quite a few events from the 2021 WSOP schedule.

The full PokerGO Tour presented by Guaranteed Rate schedule is on its website.