It was always going to be this way, but everywhere you look at the final table of the Triton Montenegro Main Event there is elite talent and some of the best high roller players in the world.
The final table features defending champion Mikalai Vaskaboinikau, chip leader Jesse Lonis, heavyweights like Stephen Chidwick and Fedor Holz, and Ivan Leow Player of the Year leader Artur Martirosian.
It could have been even tougher, with Leon Sturm and Alex Foxen narrowly missing out on the final table.
There isn't one player at the final table without a Triton title to their name, and with the nine remaining players all eyeing the $3,810,000 first prize, let's take a closer look at each of their Triton records.
| Seat | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Christoph Vogelsang | Germany | 3,600,000 | 24 |
| 2 | Stephen Chidwick | United Kingdom | 6,675,000 | 45 |
| 3 | Santhosh Suvarna | India | 5,025,000 | 34 |
| 4 | Fedor Holz | Germany | 2,025,000 | 14 |
| 5 | Ramin Hajiyev | Azerbaijan | 4,800,000 | 32 |
| 6 | Kiat Lee | Malaysia | 5,450,000 | 36 |
| 7 | Mikalai Vaskaboinikau | Belarus | 5,225,000 | 35 |
| 8 | Jesse Lonis | United States | 8,975,000 | 60 |
| 9 | Artur Martirosian | Russia | 3,225,000 | 22 |
https://twitter.com/tritonpoker/status/1925907159759368196
A late double for Christoph Vogelsang through Santhosh Suvarna has given him breathing room at the bottom of the chip counts, and the tough German will now look to manoeuvre his way up the chip counts.
Vogelsang narrowly missed out on a second in Jeju earlier this year, finishing second in the $125,000 event for $2,456,445, and although a win wouldn't be the biggest score of his career, it would constitute a new personal best on the Triton tour and a second Triton title.
Stephen Chidwick first cashed in a $25,000 buy-in tournament in 2013. Now, 12 years later, his name has become synonymous with the high roller circuit. Sitting third in the all-time money list, Chidwick has two Triton titles to his name (Madrid 2022 & Jeju 2024),
Sitting second in chips, Chidwick's close to the second-largest cash of his career, with the largest already coming in a Triton event, finishing fourth in the 2019 Triton Million for Charity.
A solitary cash so far in the Triton Montenegro festival shouldn't underly Santhosh Suvarna's high roller credentials. Since his Triton debut in Cyprus 2022, the affable Indian has cashed 25 times including a maiden title in the 2023 Triton Cyprus $25k NLH GG Super Millions.
Already top of the Indian all-time money list, victory in this tournament would constitute one of the biggest wins in Suvarna's young high roller career.
Could Fedor Holz make it five Triton titles nine years since his first? A fresh-faced Holz took down the Triton Super High Roller $200,000 Cali Cup at WPT Philippines in 2016 aged just 22 and is now at his sixth Triton Main Event final table.
The best finish for Holz in a Main Event is a second-place in Macau 2017, and more recently finished third in the Paradise 2024 Main Event.
A final table in the Triton Invitational earlier this week for Ramin Hajiyev is not the same as his victory in the same event in Cyprus two years ago, but victory in this event would certainly be ample reward for a good couple weeks of work. It would see Hajiyev secure a second Triton title of the year and a third of his career.
He comes into the final table as one of the middling stacks with 32 big blinds, so will be looking to ladder and push ahead for an even greater chance at securing victory.
There's no doubt that Kiat Lee would be a popular winner here in Montenegro. Having clinched his second Triton title in the $30K NLH 8-Handed Turbo, he's now looking for a third in quick succession.
Lee has only ever cashed two two Triton No-Limit Hold'em Main Events (Cyprus 2023 & Paradise 2024), but a win in this event would be the biggest of his career by far, eclipsing a fifth-place finish in Triton Jeju $150,000 earlier this year for $1,372,000.
All seven of Mikalai Vaskaboinikau's Triton cashes have seen him finish in the top 10, and he's once again made a deep run in a major Triton event.
He may only have one Triton title, but in the context of this tournament, Vaskaboinikau has extra incentive to make it to the winner's circle once again. Twelve months ago, he took down the 2024 Triton Montenegro Main Event for $4,737,000 and is now just eight eliminations away from going back-to-back.
The current Global Poker Index world number one-ranked player is no stranger to Triton success, with Jesse Lonis winning the second of his two titles right here in Montenegro just one week ago. Lonis triumphed in the $40,000 Mystery Bounty for $619,000 as well as $800,000 in bounty prizes. His first title came in Monte-Carlo last year, and with close to $5 million in earnings on the Triton Super High Roller Series alone, he's a force to be reckoned with and will be gunning for more GPI ranking points and a second Triton trophy of the trip.
The last thing players will have wanted to see at the final table of the Triton Montenegro Main Event was Artur Martirosian. The current leader of the Ivan Leow Player of the Year award is on a tear this year, with five cashes in both Jeju and Montenegro. A third-place finish in the Jeju Main Event secured him $2,644,000 and valuable POY points, and will now be going one or two places further to add a third Triton title and first since Monte Carlo last year.
| Position | Prize Money |
|---|---|
| 1 | $3,810,000 |
| 2 | $2,564,000 |
| 3 | $1,807,000 |
| 4 | $1,463,000 |
| 5 | $1,159,000 |
| 6 | $879,000 |
| 7 | $643,000 |
| 8 | $470,000 |
| 9 | $389,000 |
Pictures courtesy of Triton Super High Roller Series
Contact: iufmq
Phone: 020-123456789
Tel: 020-123456789
Email: [email protected]
Add: 联系地址联系地址联系地址