Australian’s 3rd straight poker tourney win adds $3.4M to pile

Ten days ago, Michael Addamo said winning $1.84 cardinal was “just insane.” How astir much than doubling it?

Addamo continued his epic run, winning the $300,000 buy-in No-limit Hold’em Super High Roller Bowl for $3.402 cardinal Wednesday astatine the PokerGO studio. That pushes his three-tournament haul to $5.242 million.

How would Addamo person reacted to idiosyncratic predicting 3 consecutive wins?

“I’d say, ‘That’s similar a one-in-a-million accidental oregon thing ridiculous,’” Addamo told PokerGO.

Addamo won the last 2 events of the Poker Masters connected Sept. 18 and 19 astatine the PokerGO studio. He earned $680,000 successful a $50,000 buy-in event, past $1.16 cardinal successful the $100,000 finale to assertion the wide Poker Masters title.

On Wednesday, Addamo won heads-up against Justin Bonomo, who collected $1.89 million. In the last hand, Addamo turned a flush against Bonomo’s apical pair. On the river, Bonomo made an unfortunate 2 brace and called for the remainder of his chips erstwhile Addamo went all-in.

Addamo, a two-time World Series of Poker lawsuit winner, present has much than $13.5 cardinal successful vocation tourney earnings, according to the Hendon Mob Poker Database, pushing him past erstwhile WSOP Main Event champion Joe Hachem for archetypal spot connected Australia’s all-time wealth list.

“To beryllium honest, I effort and tune retired each of the money, each of the fame, and each of that benignant of worldly truthful I tin conscionable absorption connected playing my best,” Addamo said. “I don’t know, I conjecture it’s taken years to enactment done that, and that’s wherever I am.”

Bonomo missed a accidental to instrumentality implicit the apical spot connected the wide all-time wealth list. He present has much than $55 cardinal successful vocation tourney earnings, according to the Hendon Mob, conscionable down Bryn Kenney’s much than $56 million.

Sean Winter took 3rd for $1.008 million. Chris Brewer finished connected the bubble successful the 21-entry field, receiving nary wealth for 4th spot erstwhile his ace-queen couldn’t clasp up all-in earlier the flop against Bonomo’s ten-four of hearts. Bonomo made a flush connected the stream to bushed Brewer’s apical pair.

Addamo’s attraction present turns to the WSOP, which starts Thursday astatine the Rio.

“I’ll play immoderate of the bigger events,” helium said. “I’m present each series, truthful I’ll play some.”

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