It began with the primary girls profitable a Triton Poker Tremendous Excessive Curler Occasion, and the sequence in Montenegro ended with the person who has extra Triton titles than anybody else profitable his second — in 4 days.
Sure, Jason Koon received his record-leading eleventh and twelfth Triton titles at Maestral Resort and On line casino, whereas Xuan Liu become the first woman to win a Triton occasion, beating the incredible Kristen Foxen, who made three last tables on this sequence, to the historic punch.
Jesse Lonis additionally had an unbelievable few weeks, making 4 last tables and profitable two Triton Tremendous Excessive Curler Occasions himself.
A dozen for Koon
Koon has been caught on 10 Triton titles since 2023, the yr he racked-up a whopping six Triton trophies. It’s not that 2024 wasn’t one other nice yr in Koon’s stellar match poker profession, he simply didn’t win one. It’s humorous the way it modifications so quick, even for one of the best gamers on the earth.
Koon received his eleventh Triton occasion within the $150,000 (+$7,500) contest that attracted 63 gamers (45 reentries) who constructed a prize pool of $16.2 million. Koon took $3,393,656 of that after beating his good friend and mentor Benjamin Tollerene heads-up for the trophy after the 2 made a deal.
Tollerene received $3,437,344 for second, however added one other $2,390,000 to his match poker pile that will soon hit $30 million by profitable the $100,000 (+$4,000) PLO championship solely two days later.
Koon solely needed to wait till the finale occasion of the Sequence to win Triton trophy quantity 12 within the $20,000 + $1,200 + $10,000 Quattro Bounty Turbo occasion that attracted 31 (21 rebuys). He took $305,176 by beating Seth Davies heads-up after making one other deal. Koon now has greater than $64 million in tournament cashes.
Davies received $296,824, which he added to the $4,190,000 he received for one more runner-up end within the $200,000 (+$12,000) Triton Invitational, which is his finest lifetime money and brings his lifetime tournament total to $40 million.
Novice Aleksa Pavicevic was the winner of that occasion, taking dwelling a whopping $6,180,000. Not unhealthy for a person who has never cashed more than $18,000.
Lonis additionally double-dips
Jesse Lonis additionally received two titles on the 17-event sequence, pushing his lifetime whole into the $20 million neighborhood.
After cashing within the first occasion for ending twenty sixth, he went on to make 4 last tables, ending fourth in two of them, and profitable the others.
His first title in Montenegro got here within the $20,000 + $2,400 + $20,000 7-Handed Thriller Bounty occasion that introduced in 82 entries (47 rebuys) that constructed the prize pool to $2.58 million. Lonis received $619,000 of that after beating Barak Wisbrod heads-up ($422,000). Widbrod additionally had a ninth, seventh, and a fifth-place finishes on this sequence.
However his greatest rating not solely of the sequence — however of Lonis’ life — got here within the $100,000 (+$6,000) Fundamental Occasion that introduced in 101 gamers (79 rebuys). The $3,446,298 Lonis received for taking down the entire thing beats his earlier lifetime better of $2,303,017 he obtained by profitable the $50,000 Pot Restrict Omaha Excessive Curler occasion on the 2023 World Sequence of Poker.
Mikalai Vaskaboinikau, who scored a career-best $4,737,000 by profitable this headliner final yr, couldn’t go back-to-back and was the runner-up, which was good for his second-best money of $2,927,702.
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