Five years and 11 Triton Poker stops later, Nick Petrangelo can finally call himself a Triton Champion after getting over the line at the Montenegro High Roller Series.
The battleground this time around was Event #10: $50,000 NLH Turbo, where 53 entries tried their luck at a shot at glory. Those players were competing for the lion’s share of the $2,650,000 prize pool, where $775,000 awaited the victor.
Petrangelo was the man to seize the first-place prize, last defeating Lewis Spencer, who earned $556,000 for his silver medal finish.
Event #10: $50,000 NLH Turbo Final Table Results
| Place | Player | Country | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nick Petrangelo | United States | $775,000 |
| 2 | Lewis Spencer | United Kingdom | $556,000 |
| 3 | Dylan Linde | United States | $362,000 |
| 4 | David Yan | New Zealand | $273,000 |
| 5 | Maher Nouira | Tunisia | $212,000 |
| 6 | Isaac Haxton | United States | $164,000 |
| 7 | Leon Sturm | Germany | $130,000 |
| 8 | Steve O’Dwyer | Ireland | $101,000 |
| 9 | Daniel Dvoress | Canada | $77,000 |
How Petrangelo Got It Done
With ten remaining, Petrangelo flipped out Artur Martirosian to burst the money and final table. As the field convened on one table, Petrangelo had the chip lead, with Daniel Dvoress and Leon Sturm propping up the rest of the pack with their ten-big blind stack.
Sturm had a hot start, picking up aces to double through Isaac Haxton and then found pocket tens to see off the Big Slick of Dvoress, who collected the $77,000 min-cash. Next to depart was Steve O’Dwyer, who’s pocket queens remained best until Spencer paired his ace on the river to down the Irishman.
Sturm was the next player to feel pain on the river as Maher Nouira‘s pocket sixes made a set on the final card of the runout to usurp the German prodigy’s jacks. Petrangelo bagged his first scalp of the FT, ousting Haxton with a superior ace. Nouira jammed into Spencer’s aces before Petrangelo completed his hattrick of eliminations, busting David Yan and Dylan Linde with inferior holdings.
Heads-up consisted of one solitary hand. In a limped pot to the J♥7♣5♣ flop, Petrangelo check-called a bet with his Q♣3♣. On the K♣ turn, Spencer jammed with his 8♣5♥ as the shorter stack only to see he was drawing dead, handing Petrangelo his maiden Triton triumph.
“This one doesn’t count…Obviously I want to win one of the Mains or the Invitational or the $200Ks.” Petrangelo somewhat joked to the media after the win. “Obviously, this is great, and I’m happy. I’d like to win one of the big ones before I’m done.”
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Wai Kin Yong Leads Final Table in Main Event
The next event that will anoint its champion is the series $125,000 buy-in Main Event, which has reached the final table after two days of play. The series showstopper has created another bumper prize pool, with the final tally being $21,375,000 thanks to the 171 entries.
The top 27 players made the money, with players like Dan Smith and Mikita Badziakouski earning the $214,000 min-cash. Other luminaries such as Patrik Antonius, Hossein Ensan, Santhosh Suvarna and Chris Brewer also saw a return on their investment and you can see the complete list of payouts here.
Several familiar faces make up the final table, with four-time Triton winner Wai Kin Yong having the chip lead ahead of the finale. Latvian superstar Aleksejs Ponakovs is his closest rival, but all eyes will be on the legendary Phil Ivey who rounds out the top three chip counts.
Triton $125K Main Event Final Table Seating Chart
| Seat | Player | Country | Chips | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Elizabeth Chen | China | 1,250,000 | 10 |
| 2 | Mikalai Vaskaboinikau | Belarus | 3,100,000 | 25 |
| 3 | Dejan Kaladjurdjevic | Montenegro | 5,300,000 | 42 |
| 4 | Samuel Ju | Germany | 3,000,000 | 24 |
| 5 | Aleksejs Ponakovs | Latvia | 7,850,000 | 63 |
| 6 | Igor Yaroshevskyy | Ukraine | 4,725,000 | 38 |
| 7 | Bryn Kenney | United States | 1,650,000 | 13 |
| 8 | Wai Kin Yong | Malaysia | 8,825,000 | 71 |
| 9 | Phil Ivey | United States | 7,075,000 | 57 |
The final nine have all locked up $478,000, however, around ten times that amount will be awarded to the last player standing.
The top six players will get a seven-figure prize, and the recipients of those riches will be determined today when the action restarts at the Maestral Resort & Casino in Budva, Montenegro.
You can see who’ll come out on top in the series’ showstopper by venturing to the Triton Poker YouTube channel, where cards-up coverage starts within the hour.
Final Table Payouts
| Place | Prize |
|---|---|
| 1 | $4,737,000 |
| 2 | $3,196,000 |
| 3 | $2,200,000 |
| 4 | $1,795,000 |
| 5 | $1,430,000 |
| 6 | $1,098,000 |
| 7 | $800,000 |
| 8 | $580,000 |
| 9 | $478,000 |
Triton Poker Super High Roller Series Montenegro Remaining Schedule
| Date | Time | Event |
|---|---|---|
| Wed 22 May | 1:00 p.m. | Triton Main Event Final Table |
| 2:00 p.m. | #11 – $212,000 NLHE 8-Handed Day 1 | |
| Thu 23 May | 1:00 p.m. | #11 – NLHE 8-Handed Day 2 |
| 4:00 p.m. | #12 – $26,000 Pot-Limit Omaha Day 1 | |
| Fri 24 May | 1:00 p.m. | #12 – Pot-Limit Omaha Day 2 |
| 2:00 p.m. | #13 – $26,000 PLO Main Event Day 1 | |
| Sat 25 May | 1:00 p.m. | #13 – PLO Main Event Day 2 |
| 4:00 p.m. | #15 – $52,000 Pot-Limit Omaha Day 1 | |
| Sun 26 May | 1:00 p.m. | Pot-Limit Omaha Day 2 |
| 4:00 p.m. | #16 – $31,200 Pot-Limit Omaha Quatro Bounty |
*Photos courtesy Joe Giron/Poker Photo Archive
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Calum has been a part of the PokerNews team since September 2021 after working in the UK energy sector. He played his first hand of poker in 2017 and immediately fell in love with the game. Calum’s proudest poker achievement is winning the only tournament he has ever played in Las Vegas, the prestigious $60 Flamingo evening event.
