Michael Addamo

{{Short description|Australian poker player (born 1994)}}

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|hometown= Melbourne, Australia

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|wsop main event best finish rank=134th

|wsop main event best finish year=2017

|multi-year wsop winner

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Michael Addamo (born 1994) is an Australian professional poker player from Melbourne. He is a four-time World Series of Poker (WSOP) bracelet winner.

Addamo was a chess player as a teenager and reached a career-high rating of 1930 in 2013.{{Cite web |title=Michael Addamo profile |url=https://ratings.fide.com/profile/3212149/chart |access-date=19 September 2021 |website=FIDE}} He studied to be an actuary.{{Cite web |title=Michael Addamo |url=https://somuchpoker.com/player/michael-addamo/ |access-date=19 September 2021 |website=Somuchpoker.com}}

Addamo began playing poker in 2012. His first WSOP cashes came in 2016, including a third-place finish in a $1,500 No Limit Hold'em event. He won his first bracelet at the 2018 WSOP in the $2,620 Marathon No Limit Hold'em event, defeating a field of 1,637 players for $653,000.{{Cite web |last=Rodriguez |first=Julio |date=16 June 2018 |title=Australia's Michael Addamo Wins World Series of Poker Marathon Event |url=https://www.cardplayer.com/poker-news/22909-australia-s-michael-addamo-wins-world-series-of-poker-marathon-event |access-date=19 September 2021 |website=CardPlayer.com}} Later that year, he added another bracelet at the WSOP Europe, winning the €25,500 Super High Roller for €848,000.{{Cite web |last=Zetzsche |first=Christian |date=26 October 2018 |title=Aussie on the Rise: Two Bracelets in 2018 for Michael Addamo |url=https://www.pokernews.com/news/2018/10/two-bracelets-2018-michael-addamo-32468.htm |access-date=19 September 2021 |website=PokerNews.com}}

Addamo won two more bracelets at the 2021 WSOP. First, he won the $50,000 No Limit Hold'em High Roller for $1,132,968. He then won another bracelet in the $100,000 No Limit Hold'em High Roller on the final day of the series, earning $1,958,569.{{Cite web |last=Duckworth |first=Tim |date=21 October 2021 |title=MICHAEL ADDAMO WINS 3RD WSOP BRACELET IN $50K HIGH ROLLER TO LEAD 2021 MONEY LIST WITH OVER $7.2 MILLION |url=https://www.pokergonews.com/articles/michael-addamo-wins-3rd-wsop-bracelet-in-50k-high-roller-to-lead-2021-money-list-with-over-7-2-million/ |access-date=23 November 2021 |website=PokerGo}}

Playing under the name imluckbox, Addamo won a World Championship of Online Poker event in 2019.{{Cite web |last=Walsh |first=Jeff |date=10 September 2019 |title=WCOOP: Michael 'imluckbox' Addamo Wins Sunday Million HR For $258K |url=https://www.pocketfives.com/articles/wcoop-michael-imluckbox-addamo-wins-sunday-million-hr-for-258k-626451/ |access-date=19 September 2021 |website=PocketFives.com}} In June 2020, he was runner-up to Justin Bonomo in the Super High Roller Bowl Online for $1,187,500, his largest career cash.{{Cite web |last=Rinkema |first=Remko |date=3 June 2020 |title=JUSTIN BONOMO WINS SUPER HIGH ROLLER BOWL ONLINE FOR $1,775,000 |url=https://www.pokergonews.com/articles/justin-bonomo-wins-super-high-roller-bowl-online-for-1775000/ |access-date=19 September 2021 |website=Poker Central}}

At the 2021 Poker Masters, Addamo won the final two events on consecutive days, including the $100,000 Main Event for $1,160,000, and earned the Purple Jacket as series champion.{{Cite web |last=Walsh |first=Jeff |date=19 September 2021 |title=Michael Addamo Goes Back-To-Back, Wins Poker Masters Finale For $1.16M |url=https://www.pocketfives.com/articles/michael-addamo-goes-back-to-back-wins-poker-masters-finale-for-1-16m-636322/ |access-date=19 September 2021 |website=PocketFives.com}}

As of October 2022, Addamo has $20.8 million in career tournament cashes.{{Cite web |title=Michael Addamo's profile on The Hendon Mob |url=https://pokerdb.thehendonmob.com/player.php?a=r&n=291264 |access-date=4 December 2023 |website=The Hendon Mob Poker Database |language=en}}