Michael Addamo

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Michael Addamo
  Personal information  
Year of birth 1994
Nicknames
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ImluckboxPokerStars

Michael AddamoGGPoker
place of residence AustraliaAustralia Melbourne
Live Poker Tournament Achievements
Highest prize money 0.$ 973,360
Total prize money $ 8,303,257
World Series of Poker
Bracelets 2
Cashes 24
Best main event 134th ( 2017 )
  Main event of the European Poker Tour  
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Cashes 1
  Main Event of party poker Live  
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Cashes 3
Last updated: August 14, 2020

Michael Addamo (* 1994 ) is a professional Australian poker player . He is two-time bracelet winner of the World Series of Poker .

Poker career

Addamo started playing poker when he was 14.

On-line

Addamo plays on the online poker platform PokerStars under the nickname Imluckbox and uses his real name at GGPoker . At the beginning of June 2020, the Australian played the Super High Roller Bowl Online on the partypoker platform , which with a buy-in of 102,000 US dollars - together with the Super High Roller of the World Championship of Online Poker in September 2016 on PokerStars - is the most expensive online to date -Poker tournament. He reached the final table and finished second, worth nearly $ 1.2 million. In mid-August 2020, he reached the final of the Heads-Up Championship of the World Series of Poker Online played on GGPoker due to the COVID-19 pandemic . There he was defeated by David Peters and received prize money of more than $ 220,000.

live

Addamo has also been participating in renowned live tournaments since 2012 .

Addamo won his first live prize money at the Crown Casino in Melbourne . There he took a. a. At the end of January 2015, he finished 21st in the Main Event of the Aussie Millions Poker Championship and received a cash prize of 40,000 Australian dollars . In June 2016 Addamo was the first time in the World Series of Poker (WSOP) in the Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas successful and came with a total of seven tournaments of the variant No-Limit Hold'em in the money. He received his highest prize money for his third place in the sixth event, for which he was paid almost 200,000 US dollars. At the beginning of April 2017, the Australian won a tournament as part of the PokerStars Championship in Macau and, thanks to a deal with two other players, secured a prize money equivalent to nearly 200,000 US dollars. In mid-April 2018, he finished second in the opening tournament of the Aussie Millions for just under 200,000 Australian dollars. At the 2018 WSOP , he won the marathon event, securing a bracelet and a prize of more than $ 650,000. At the World Series of Poker Europe at King's Resort in Rozvadov , Addamo won the high roller at the end of October 2018 with a buy-in of 25,000 euros . To do this, he prevailed against 132 other players and, in addition to his second bracelet, received his highest live prize money to date of almost 850,000 euros. Two days later, he was also at the final table of the € 100,000 super high roller event, which he finished in eighth place for around € 265,000. In March 2019, Addamo finished fourth in the Triton Refresh of the Triton Super High Roller Series in Jeju-do, South Korea, and received the equivalent of more than 350,000 US dollars. At the 2019 WSOP , he finished third in the Final Fifty and secured nearly $ 700,000. In mid-January 2019, Addamo prevailed in the A $ 50,000 Challenge of the Aussie Millions and secured a prize of just under 1.1 million Australian dollars. In early February 2020, he also won the main event of the Australian Poker Open in Gold Coast and received the main prize of just under 1.3 million Australian dollars.

In total, Addamo has earned more than eight million US dollars with poker in live tournaments, making it the third most successful Australian poker player after Joe Hachem and Kahle Burns .

Bracelet overview

Addamo cashed 24 times at the WSOP and won two bracelets :

year Buy-in competition Attendees Prize money
2018 E. 0.$ 2,620 The Marathon - No-Limit Hold'em 1637 $ 653,581
2018 E € 25,500 Super Highroller Series 25K 0133 € 848,702

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Michael Addamo chess games and profile aufchess-db.com, accessed on October 29, 2018 (English).
  2. ↑ Insight, Young Gamblers at sbs.com.au, accessed October 29, 2018.
  3. ↑ SCOOP 2016: Australia's Michael "Imluckbox" Addamo Wins SCOOP-05-H: $ 700 NL Hold'em [6-Max] for $ 142,465.22 on pokerstars.com on May 8, 2016, accessed on October 29, 2018 (English).
  4. ↑ partypoker: Justin Bonomo wins the Super High Roller Bowl Online at pokerfirma.com on June 3, 2020, accessed on June 3, 2020.
  5. ↑ David Peters Wins Second Bracelet in Event # 54: $ 10,000 Heads Up No Limit Hold'em Championship ($ 360,480) on pokernews.com on August 16, 2020, accessed on August 16, 2020.
  6. ↑ a b c Michael Addamo in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed October 29, 2018 (English).
  7. ↑ 2015 Aussie Millions Poker Championship (A $ 10,000 + 600 # 10 No Limit Holdem Main Event) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed October 29, 2018.
  8. ↑ a b Michael Addamo in the World Series of Poker database, accessed on October 29, 2018.
  9. ↑ 47th World Series of Poker (WSOP) 2016 ($ 1,500 No Limit Hold'em (Event # 6)) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed October 29, 2018.
  10. ↑ PokerStars Championship Macau (HK $ 80,000 + 2,400 No Limit Hold'em # 3) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed October 29, 2018.
  11. ↑ 2018 Aussie Millions Poker Championship (A $ 1,025 + 125 No Limit Hold'em - Opening Event (Event # 1)) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed October 29, 2018.
  12. ↑ 49th World Series of Poker (WSOP) 2018 ($ 2,620 No Limit Hold'em - The Marathon (Event # 24)) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed October 29, 2018.
  13. ↑ 2018 World Series of Poker Europe (WSOPE) (€ 25,000 + 500 No Limit Hold'em - Highroller (Event # 8)) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on October 29, 2018 (English).
  14. ↑ 2018 World Series of Poker Europe (WSOPE) (€ 95,000 + 5,000 No Limit Hold'em - Super High Roller (Event # 9)) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on October 29, 2018 (English).
  15. ↑ Triton Poker Super High Roller Series - Jeju (HK $ 1,000,000 No Limit Hold'em - Triton Refresh (Event # 7)) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on March 9, 2019 (English).
  16. ↑ 50th World Series of Poker (WSOP) 2019 ($ 50,000 No Limit Hold'em - High Roller (Event # 90)) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on July 11, 2019.
  17. ↑ 2020 Aussie Millions Poker Championship (A $ 48,500 + 1,500 No Limit Hold'em - 50K Challenge (Event # 15)) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on January 19, 2020.
  18. ↑ Michael Addamo Wins $ 100k Main Event - Stephen Chidwick Wins Australian Poker Open on pokercentral.com on February 1, 2020, accessed on February 5, 2020.
  19. ↑ Australia All Time Money List in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed February 11, 2020.
personal data
SURNAME Addamo, Michael
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Imluckbox (nickname)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Australian poker player
DATE OF BIRTH 1994