To kick off the Triton Montenegro article, we'll go straight to the number 10 event of the day, which was the 50K NLH Turbo with a total buy-in of $52,000. The entry count here got to 53 and so the prizepool was worth $2,650,000. A reward of $775,000 awaited the winner.
Names like Isaac Haxton, Daniel Dvoress, Leon Sturm, Steve O'Dwyer and Nick Petrangelo, who was the chipleader, were battling for this amount at the final table. They all had at least $77,000 in their pockets here.
Petrangelo finally won the title
Nick Petrangelo was the proverbial underdog of the triton series. He had 14 cashes and 5 final table appearances under his belt, but never once won the title. But that changed on this night. After taking on Lewis Spencer in the final heads-up, it was Nick Petrangelo who took home the coveted trophy and the $775,000 prize for the winner.
Place | Name | Country | Prize |
1. | Nick Petrangelo | USA | 775.000$ |
2. | Lewis Spencer | UK | 556.000$ |
3. | Dylan Linde | USA | 362.000$ |
4. | David Yan | New Zealand | 273.000$ |
5. | Maher Nouira | Tunisia | 212.000$ |
6. | Isaac Haxton | USA | 164.000$ |
7. | Leon Sturm | Germany | 130.000$ |
8. | Steve O'Dwyer | Ireland | 101.000$ |
9. | Daniel Dvoress | Canada | 77.000$ |
Main Event Winner Today
Event number 9 enters its third and final day today, which is the 125K NLH Main Event with a total buy-in of $132,500. The number of entries has climbed to 171, bringing the prizepool to $21,275,000. Out of this amount, the winner will take home $4,737,000 and will also get a special Jacob & Co luxury watch, which is only for the triton Main Event champions.
Today, the top 9 players will meet together at the final table and they are led by Wai Kin Yong with a stack of 8,825,000. However, there is also no shortage of names like Alexei Ponakovs, Bryn Kenney and Phil Ivey. All of the finalists already have at least $478,000 in their pockets.
The final table of the NLH Main Event awaits us from 13:00, when the 50k/125k/125k blinds will start and 50 minute levels will run. Of course, there is also a livestream which will start at 14:00 and can be found on our website.
Name | Country | Stack |
Wai Kin Yong | Malaysia | 8.825.000 |
Alexey Ponakov | Latvia | 7.850.000 |
Phil Ivey | USA | 7.075.000 |
Dejan Kaladjurdjevic | Montenegro | 5.300.000 |
Igor Zaroshevskyy | Ukraine | 4.725.000 |
Mikalai Vaskaboinikau | Belarus | 3.100.000 |
Samuel Ju | Germany | 3.000.000 |
Bryn Kenney | USA | 1.650.000 |
Elizabeth Chen | China | 1.250.000 |
Source - tritonpoker.plus, triton-series.com, youtube, pokerphotoarchive.com