Addamo Takes Over Late, Leads Final 9 in $25K
It was a tidy seven-hour Day 1 in SCOOP-43-H: $25,000 NLHE [8-Max, Super High Roller], $1.5M Gtd, and when it wrapped up, a familiar high roller name far outdistanced the rest in the final nine players heading to Wednesday's final table.
Aussie sensation Michael "imluckbox" Addamo has been a name that has appeared over and over in the payout tables of the big online events since last spring, and he's once again in command after "bagging" more than 125 big blinds in the compact 71-entry field.
He leads a final table that includes the usual of stars, players like Wiktor "Iimitless" Malinowski, Mikita "fish2013" Badziakouski, Christian "WATnlos" Rudolph and Niklas "lena900" Astedt.
Addamo was one of the later registrants and his day got started off on the right foot when he three-outed Sergi "srxakgirona" Reixach for stacks, ace-jack over ace-queen.
He really picked up steam late with three more bustouts, the most important of which came in a limped pot blind-on-blind when he flopped two pair and hit a full house on the river against Jordi "prot0" Urlings. Addamo blasted his favored overbets on the turn and river and Urlings couldn't get away from flopped top pair to bust a few spots shy of the money.
Other players making deep runs but not quite deep enough included Christoph "26071985" Vogelsang, Timothy "Tim0thee" Adams and Jason "jakoon1985" Koon, the latter bubbling when a three-bet shove with king-jack suited ran into an ace-queen suited behind him and didn't get there.
The remaining players have all locked up $54,286, meaning everyone has secured a profit since none fired the maximum of three shells. They'll play for $469,987 up top starting at 1:05 p.m. EDT, and PokerNews will again be on top of the live updates right here.
| Seat | Player | Stack | Big blinds |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mikita "fish2013" Badziakouski | 1,021,752 | 29 |
| 2 | Benjamin "bencb789" Rolle | 2,687,426 | 76 |
| 3 | Samuel "€urop€an" Vousden | 1,877,297 | 53 |
| 4 | Conor "1_conor_b_1" Beresford | 1,684,957 | 48 |
| 5 | Wiktor "Iimitless" Malinowski | 1,962,432 | 56 |
| 6 | Niklas "lena900" Astedt | 968,102 | 27 |
| 7 | Christian "WATnlos" Rudolph | 1,906,328 | 54 |
| 8 | Michael "imluckbox" Addamo | 4,377,475 | 125 |
| 9 | Joao "Naza114" Vieira | 1,264,231 | 36 |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
4,377,475 | -298,241 |
|
2,687,426 | 621,978 |
|
|
1,962,432 | -204,485 |
|
|
1,906,328 | -501,470 |
|
1,877,297 | 67,938 |
|
|
1,684,957 | 1,089,679 |
|
|
1,264,231 | 612,001 |
|
|
1,021,752 | -334,201 |
|
|
968,102 | 112,877 |
brought nothing for Koon but the 
actually improved his equity on the turn. No matter, though, as it was Rolle improving on the 
river.
and checked the 
. Addamo bet 375,000, about twice the pot. Urlings called and the river was the 
. Urlings checked and Addamo shoved for just under 1.1 million, just over the pot. 
but was no good against 
.
flop. He bet 23,250 and Malinowski raised to 87,000 after the small blind mucked. Muehloecker called and the turn was the 
. Malinowski barreled for 200,250. Muehloecker called again.
river, Malinowski checked and Muehloecker jammed for 495K. Malinowski called with 
and Muehloecker had been coolered flopping second set with pocket fives.
and he was good as Greenwood had 
river, Muehloecker set Gieles in for about 301K and Gieles called with 
.
, bringing a 
river with 49,590. Loeliger shoved for 263,185. Muehloecker tanked and found a call.
flop. Gieles checked and roo_400 bet really small with 9,454. Gieles came back with 27,200 but then checked the 
. 
for top set. roo_400 turned up 
