Kayhan Mokri added the Triton title to his collection of wins, taking home $1,005,000

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The Triton Monte-Carlo also had its second tournament, which had a buy-in of $31,800 and brought 144 entries with a prizepool of $4,320,000. A $1,005,000 prize awaited the winner here and the top 20 players battled it out on the final day.

Brian Kim wins the first Triton Monte-Carlo tournament to claim his first title of the seriesBrian Kim wins the first Triton Monte-Carlo tournament to claim his first title of the series

Just before the final table, Samuel Mullur busted out, taking home $84,000 for his 10th place finish. Orpen Kisacikoglu entered the final table as chipleader with a stack of 5,175,000. At the other end was Kayhan Mokri, who only had a 9 blind stack.

However, Kayhan was able to gradually multiply himself and won hand after hand. As a result, he knocked as many as 7 of his opponents out of the game. The final heads-up match was between Kayhan Mokri and Paulius Vaitiekunas. Kayhan was able to take down this opponent as well, winning his first Triton title and $1,005,000 along with it. Vaitiekunas took home $680,000 for his second place finish.

Place Name Country Prize
1. Kayhan Mokri Norway 1.005.000$
2. Paulius Vaitiekunas Lithuania 680.000$
3. Alex Kulev Bulgaria 454.000$
4. Orpen Kisacikoglu Turkey 371.000$
5. Patrik Antonius Finland 298.000$
6. Marius Kudzman Lithuania 231.000$
7. Krasimir Neychev Bulgaria 171.000$
8. Dimitar Danchev Bulgaria 125.000$
9. Zhou Quan China 100.000$

Third Tournament Finals

Today, we are going to see the final of the third tournament, which is the NLH 7-Handed Mystery Bounty with a buy-in of $42,400, an entry count of 155 and a prize pool of $3,100,000. Cash prizes await 27 players here, with a min-cash of $31,000 and $686,000 awaiting the winner. In addition to this money, players will also take home bounty rewards.

39 players have advanced to today's final table and they are led by Finnish player Ossi Ketola with a stack of 2,085,000. In second place is Czech player Roman Hrabec with a stack of 1,630,000.

Names like Hossein Ensan, Adrian Mateos, Christoph Vogelsang, Mikita Badziakouski, Sam Greenwood, Dan Smith, Samuel Mullur, Seth Davies, Espen Jorstad, Patrik Antonius, Mike Watson and Lucas Greenwood are also in the field.

The final day will start at 13:00 on blinds of 10k/20k/20k and players will run through 35 minute levels. Of course, there is also a live stream that will start at 14:00 and can be found on our website.


Source - Triton poker, pokerphotoarchive.com