Sunday Briefing: Chidwick, Imsirovic, and Martirosian Each Bank Pair of Titles

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Jul 06, 2020 4 min read

Some online poker tournament players can go their entire careers without taking down a major event. Stephen Chidwick, Ali Imsirovic, and Artur Martirosian are not like most players, however, they’re absolute beasts at the poker table.

Chidwick, Imsirovic, and Martirosian each won a brace of high stakes online poker tournaments on July 5 and walked away with bankroll-boosting prizes. What did they win and how much? Let’s find out.

Chidwick Crushes at partypoker

Both of Chidwick’s victories came at partypoker in the High Roller Club tournaments the site runs. The first came in the $5,200 Big Game which has $750,000 guaranteed but paid out $866,370. Chidwick secured $191,727 of that impressive sum by outlasting a field of 165-players on the final day.

The final table was a star-studded affair with the likes of Rainer Kempe, Mark Radoja, recent WPT Online Championship Main Event champion Christian Jeppsson, and Mike Watson all present and correct.

Thomas Boivin was the only player standing between Chidwick and a near $200,000 score and Chidwick brushed him aside to bank title number one of the night. Boivin walked away with a still welcomed $137,752.

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Victory number to came Chidwick’s way in the $10,300 Mix-Max 2nd Chance, a tournament that attracted a field of 44-entrants. Only the final six players walked away with a slice of the $440,000 prize pool.

Rok Gostisa was the first player to cash. He was joined on the rail by Wiktor Malinowski, Timothy Adams, and Jake Schindler before Chidwick defeated Poker Central’s Dan Shak heads-up to scoop $176,000 and leave Shak to collect $112,615.

Imsirovic Wins Almost $510,000!

Imsirovic’s victories came at partypoker and GGPoker. At partypoker, Imsirovic came out on top of a 38-strong field in the $25,500 buy-in High Roller Club Main Event and locked up the lion’s share of the $950,000 prize pool.

Mikita Badziakouski burst the bubble when he busted in sixth-place, paving the way to at least $59,375 for the remaining players. Daniel Dvoress secured this sum before Michael Addamo busted in fourth for $95,000.

Artur Martirosian crashed and burned in third-place for a $156,750 addition to his bankroll, leaving Imsirovic and Dusk Till Dawn owner Rob Yong to lock horns heads-up. Imsirovic defeated Yong heads-up to bank $387,125 and resign Yong to a $251,750 consolation prize.

His second victory came in the GGPoker High Rollers Blade Mulligan, a $5,000 buy-in event that saw 118 players take to the virtual felt.

Imsirovic was the last man standing here and won an additional $122,853 after sending high stakes specialist Sean Winter heads-up, leaving Winter to collect $93,453.

Some of the other notable scores at GGPoker on July 5 included:

• Juan Pardo – first-place in the Bryn High Rollers $25K for $297,371
• Elio Fox – first-place in the High Roller MILLION$ $2M Gtd for $286,773
• Alex Foxen – first-place in the High Rollers Blade Prime $5K for $105,816
• “1kkwinner” – first-place in the Global MILLION$ $1M Gtd for $82,359**
• “mathouse” – first-place in the GGMasters $150 for $71,974
• “Pato Negro” – first-place in the High Rollers Battle Royale $525 for $69,388*
• “fat&lazy” – first-place in the High Rollers Main Event $1K for $65,538
• “michael79” – first-place in the Bounty Hunters Main Event $210 for $64,745*

*includes bounty payments
**part of a four-handed deal

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Martirosian Dominates at PokerStars

Martirosian’s victories both came at PokerStars and in high roller events. Some 100-players bought into the High Roller [Single Event], $500K Gtd event and it was Martirosian who was the last man standing.

The likes of Samuel “€urop€an” Vousden and Jon “apestyles” Van Fleet cashed, with Ole “wizowizo” Schemion bursting the final table bubble with his 10th place finish.

Ninth-place and $15,153 went to British sensation Conor “1_conor_b_1” Beresford before Andras “probirs” Nemeth and Luke “Bit2Easy” Reeves fell by the wayside.

Martirosian eventually found himself heads-up against fellow Russian “hello_totti” but the pair didn’t strike a deal. This resulted in hello_totti netting $88,459 when they fell in second place, leaving Martirosian to bank $115,217.

Win number two for Martirosian came in the $2,100 Sunday High Roller. A compact field of 40-entries meant only the final four players received a slice of the $80,000 pie, with Martirosian netting the largest prize, namely $34,653.

Martirosian once again found himself heads-up against “hello_totti” and the end result was the same. hello_totti walked away with a $22,146 consolation prize.

The other two players who saw a return on their investment were Conor “1_conor_b_1” Beresford ($9,045) and “WATnlos” ($14,153).

Some of the other big prizes won at PokerStars included:

• Mike “munchenHB” Telker – first-place in the Stadium Series Heat 02-H: $530 NLHE PKO for $80,080*
• “pappadogg” – first-place in the $215 Bounty Builder for $29,996*
• “FishyFishz” – first-place in the $1,050 Sunday Cooldown for $29,634*
• “exitonlyKK” – first-place in the $109 Bounty Builder for $29,440*
• Bruno “botteonpoker” Botteon – first-place in the $109 Sunday Cooldown for $27,412*
• “BarracudaNL” – first-place in the $1,050 Sunday Supersonic for $25,246
• Gary “GaryT20” Thompson – first-place in the $215 Sunday Warm-Up for $24,329
• “23noraB” – first-place in the $215 Sunday Supersonic for $20,162
• “KGB0569” – first-place in the $1,050 Sunday Warm-Up for $18,893
• “Henk88” – first-place in the Bigger $109 for $15,931
• “Netto3K” – first-place in the $109 Sunday Kickoff for $11,171
• “CrazyLissy” – first-place in the $530 Sunday Marathon for $11,111
• Chris “ImDaNuts” Oliver – first-place in the Hotter $109 for $10,948

*includes bounty payments

Massive value awaits in the PokerStars Stadium Series

Finally to 888poker where “NakedNaked” of the Ukraine walked away with the $100,000 Sunday Mega Deep title, a result worth $18,350. “NinyaWarrior” won the $25,000 Sunday Challenge after firing two $109 bullets. They secured a $5,654 payment.

Matthew Pitt hails from Leeds, West Yorkshire, in the United Kingdom, and has worked in the poker industry since 2008, and worked for PokerNews since 2010. In September 2010, he became the editor of PokerNews. Matthew stepped away from live reporting duties in 2015, and now concentrates on his role of Senior Editor for the PokerNews.

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