Michael Addamo Takes Down Second Triton Madrid Title with €1,152,086 Victory

Australia’s Michael Addamo bagged his second Triton title in a week last night by taking down the €75k NLHE title, picking up €1,152,086 after a heads-up deal with England’s Stephen Chidwick...

🏆Congratulations to Michael Addamo, who eliminated Stephen Chidwick in Event 7 of the #TritonMadrid2022, a €75k NLH 8-Handed tournament. Addamo wins his SECOND 🔱Triton title, earning €1,152,086 in the process.

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Addamo opened the show in Madrid’s Casino Gran Via last week by scooping the Triton Series Opener for €478k, and he was back at it in event 7, a €75k buy-in NLHE 8-handed tournament.

As always, first order on a pro’s list is always to hit the money and the final table of 8 would be the only ones taking home a paycheck. Among those missing out were Phil Ivey, Ike Haxton and Steve O’Dwyer, as well as the unfortunate bubble boy, Fedor Holz, coolered to the rail in 9th.

Holz: J♦ J♣
Addamo: K♥ K♠

Flop: 2♠ 3♠ 8♥
Turn: 6♣
River: 6♦

Kings weren’t so lucky for England’s ben heath, cracked by Seth Davies’ big slick to send him out in 8th and he was followed by Tony G and Jason Koon, both at the hands of Addamo.

That meant shortstack Laszlo Bujtas laddered up to a very healthy €387,500 in 5th, with Daniel Dvoress taking €500,500 in 4th. The three-way battle lasted a good while, but eventually Davies bowed out as the blinds took their toll.

Heads-up between Chidwick and Addamo saw the Englishman’s 5-1 chip lead quickly whittled back, the stacks now so short that a random flip would prove super-expensive, so a deal was agreed.

Some ICM number-crunching gave Chidwick €1,291,414 to Addamo’s €1,152,086, but it was the Aussie who would take the trophy and the Player of the Series leaderboard points...

Final results

*after heads-up deal

“I have to always acknowledge that to win this much you have to get incredibly lucky,” Addamo told Ali Nejad afterwards. “So I think there’s a lot of luck involved. Obviously some skill as well, but winning the all-ins.”

“It was a super tough table, a lot of great players,” Addamo added. “Three handed, with a lot of all-ins going back and forward, it was hard to know what was going to happen. It’s great to get the win from there.”

Addamo can now boast six 7-figure cashes in the past year, the Aussie sensation closing in on the $20million career tournament cashes milestone.

He’ll have a chance to cross that this weekend as the Triton SHR Madrid Series continues with event 8, the € 50,000 Short Deck Ante Only. We’ll be back again tomorrow to bring you up to speed on the best of the action.