The Triton Poker’s Super High Roller Series in Montenegro has crowned it second champion with Andy Ni reigning supreme over a field of poker’s bright talents in Event #2: $25K NLH 8-Handed. The 41-year-old Chinese player, who is now based out of Spain, clinched the victory in a three-way all-in against Nicolas Chouity and Chris Brewer, earning a whopping $785,000 as the champion.
Event #2: $25K NLH 8-Handed was a two-day affair running from May 13 to 14, 2024. A total of 135 entries were recorded in this event, building a prize pool of $3,375,000. The top 23 were paid out, with Mikita Badziakouski (23rd), Seth Davies (22nd), Steve O’Dwyer (17th), Quan Zhou (15th), Nick Petrangelo (14th), Henrick Hecklen (13th), Patrik Antonius (12th) being some notables to cash.
The final table was reached after the elimination of Ben Heath (9th). Ni held the chip lead when the official 8-handed final table was reached. He extended his lead when his pocket aces bested A-Q of Alex Kulev (8th – $98,500) to narrow the field to seven. Jose Barbero was the next to fall, with his A-K losing to pocket aces of Chris Brewer. Five-time Triton champion Danny Tang then exited in sixth place with his pocket queens failing to beat A-K suited for Nicolas Chouity. Brewer then scored another knockout with his A-3 holding up against the K-8 of Viacheslav Buldygin (5th for $233,000).
Aram Sargsyan, whose pocket tens failed to hold up against the Q-7 suited of Chouity, was the next player to fall, earning $290,000 for his fourth-place finish. This was just his second Triton event. Later, Ni won a key pot with his K-10 coming from behind against the K-J suited of Brewer. Finally, it was all over with hi Ah Jc holding up against the As 10d of Chouity and Ac 8s Brewar. The board brought Qd Qc 7h 6d 4d, giving Ni the coveted title. Brewer, the two-time WSOP bracelet winner, took home $354,000 as the third-place finisher. Chouity, a bracelet winner, banked $531,000 as the runner-up.
Event #2: $25K NLH 8-Handed Final Table Results
1 – Andy Ni, China – $785,000
2 – Nicolas Chouity, Lebanon – $531,000
3 – Chris Brewer, USA – $354,000
4 – Aram Sargsyan, Armenia – $290,000
5 – Viacheslav Buldygin, Russia – $233,000
6 – Danny Tang, Hong Kong – $180,500
7 – Nacho Barbero, Argentina – $133,600
8 – Alex Kulev, Bulgaria – $98,500
Mike Watson Wins The Third Event of the Triton Poker Montenegro Series
The third event of the Triton Poker’s Super High Roller Series in Montenegro concluded yesterday, crowning a winner in Canada’s Mike Watson, who overcame a field of 154 entrants, taking home the coveted trophy and his first-seven figure score worth $1,023,000. In the final showdown, he defeated Malaysia’s Kiat Lee, who, despite his valiant fight, had to settle for the runner-up prize of $691,000.
The strong turnout for Event #3 was the $30,000 buy-in No-Limit Hold’em 8-Handed resulted in a massive $4,620,000 prize pool, which was finally shared by the top 27 players with a min cash worth $46,200. On Day 1 of the tournament, the field whittle down to 25 hopefuls. Mario Mosboeck was the unfortunate bubble boy, exiting in 28th place. Watson’s fellow Canadian Andrew Chen and Chuck Chu exited before Day 1 concluded. Both of them took home $46,200 prizes.
Day 2 saw a total of 25 players, with Mikita Badziakouski (24th), Chris Moneymaker (23rd), Dimitar Danchev (16th), and Patrik Antonius (11th), all falling before the final table was reached.
The final table was set when the 2019 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event champion Hossein Ensan busted in 9th place. He was followed by Daniel Rezaei (8th), Leon Sturm (7th), Sirzat Hissou (6th), Morten Klein (5th) and David Yan (4th). Finally, it came down to heads-up after the demise of Biao.
In this hand, Lee open-shoved with ace-seven, and Biao called with pocket jacks from the big blind. An ace came on the flop and Lee held from there, busting his opponent in third place ($475,000).
The heads-up saw Lee holding a three-to-one chip lead over Watson. However, Watson was able to take the chip lead by the time the final hand arrived. On the final hand, Lee’s queen-six improved to top pair on a nine-queen-seven flop, with Watson holding eight-six for a straight draw. Watson hit his straight on the turn 5h, claiming Lee’s stack and the title with a river shove that Lee called to see bad news. Lee finished second for $691,000. Watson claimed the $1,023,000 top prize and his fourth Triton title.
Event 3 – $30,000 – 8-Handed Final Table Results
1 – Mike Watson, Canada – $1,023,000
2 – Kiat Lee, Malaysia – $691,000
3 – Ding Biao, China – $475,000
4 – David Yan, New Zealand – $387,400
5 – Morten Klein, Norway – $309,000
6 – Sirzat Hissou, Germany – $238,000
7 – Leon Sturm, Germany – $173,000
8 – Daniel Rezaei, Austria – $125,000
9 – Stephen Chidwick, UK – $103,400
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