It is the biggest career win of the 31-year-old Danish poker player, and came after a heads-up deal with Orpen Kisacikoglu, the UK-based Turkish businessman, whose poker game has come on leaps and bounds over the past few years.

Both heads-up players already had one Triton Series title to their names, so this final battle offered the chance to join the small club of players with two. And Hecklen’s victory means he is also the first player to win the exclusive Jacob & Co timepiece, specially produced by the master jeweller in collaboration with Triton Series.

For all that, the heads-up battle might have lasted a long time. There was still enough money on the table to make it worth playing for, even after a deal, and they had a decent number of blinds between them too. However, a pocket pair versus pocket pair situation — kings versus fours — ended it on the very first hand of heads-up play.

“It was a great final table, fun players to play with,” Hecklen said.

He recalled that he had been down to 20 big blinds at one point, but, like everyone at the table, managed a few double ups in crucial spots. He said he’d been lucky, but certainly wasn’t complaining.

“It’s a great event,” Hecklen said. “I’m definitely going to get drunk, I guess.”

 Triton Poker Ambassador Tom Dwan has his first title on the series where he holds legendary status already — bludgeoning through the €25K PLO field in Madrid to win a nice payout of €290,000.

It was an incredible performance from Dwan, 35, who led the field from the middle of Day 1 and did not even blink through a quick-fire final table. They went from eight players all the way to a champion in two-and-a-half hours.

Source: triton-series.com