It will be truthful to say that Montenegro is changing into a cheerful searching floor for Richard Gryko.
Twelve months after capturing his first Triton title within the $50,000 PLO 6-Handed for $884,000, the British Pot-Restrict Omaha specialist was again within the winner’s circle on the 2026 Triton Montenegro pageant. This time, Gryko conquered the $75,000 PLO 6-Handed for $1,243,000, the second-largest rating of his profession and his third seven-figure payout on the reside felt.
$75,000 Six-Handed Pot-Restrict Omaha Outcomes
1Richard Gryko$1,243,000
2Jason Koon$879,000
3Cesar Garcia$593,000
4Mike Watson$448,000
5Martin Dam$354,000
6Chan Wai Leong$274,000
7Ben Tollerene$191,500
8Espen Jorstad$191,500
9Punnat Punsri$136,000
10Patrik Antonius$115,000
Third Time’s the Attraction for Gryko
The victory additionally marked Gryko’s first money of the collection after earlier falling quick in each the $100,000 PLO Major Occasion and the $50,000 PLO Thriller Bounty.
The event drew 59 entries at Maestral Resort & On line casino, producing a $4,425,000 prize pool, and Gryko entered the ultimate day with the chip lead. Standing between him and one other Triton trophy was none apart from Jason Koon, probably the most adorned participant in Triton historical past.
Koon continued his exceptional consistency in Montenegro with a runner-up end value $879,000. The end result marked his seventh money of the collection, a run that has additionally included six ultimate desk appearances and greater than $2.6 million in complete earnings up to now.
Cesar Garcia accomplished the rostrum in third place, whereas Mike Watson added yet one more deep run to his standout collection. Watson’s fourth-place end was his sixth ultimate desk look of the pageant, tied with Koon for probably the most on the cease. Impressively, all six of Watson’s cashes in Montenegro have ended with a ultimate desk look.
The Canadian has already captured two titles this collection — the $30,000 No-Restrict Maintain’em Turbo and the $50,000 No-Restrict Maintain’em Turbo Bounty Quattro — and his newest $164,000 payout pushed his collection earnings to $2,941,000.
Ben Tollerene was the primary participant eradicated on the ultimate desk, however the American nonetheless strengthened his case because the collection’ most constant performer. Tollerene has now recorded eight cashes throughout the pageant, probably the most of any participant.
Triton Montenegro Winners So Far
$25,000 Golden Decade No-Restrict Maintain’em146$3,650,000Daniel Dvoress$849,000
$25,000 Eight-Handed No-Restrict Maintain’em119$2,975,000Anatoly Zlotnikov$715,000
$30,000 Eight-Handed No-Restrict Maintain’em133$3,990,000Mario Mosboeck$928,000
$40,000 No-Restrict Maintain’em Thriller Bounty111$4,440,000Fedor Holz$1,208,811
$50,000 Eight-Handed No-Restrict Maintain’em132$6,600,000Christopher Nguyen$1,535,000
$30,000 No-Restrict Maintain’em Turbo84$2,520,000Mike Watson$659,000
$200,000 No-Restrict Maintain’em Triton Invitational137$27,400,000Adrian Mateos$6,370,000
$50,000 Seven-Handed No-Restrict Maintain’em118$5,900,000Christoph Vogelsang$1,037,858
$100,000 No-Restrict Maintain’em Major Event159$15,900,000Danny Tang$3,522,000
$50,000 No-Restrict Maintain’em Turbo Bounty Quattro32$1,120,000Mike Watson$621,000
$150,000 No-Restrict Maintain’em tenth Anniversary Special76$11,400,000Aleksejs Ponakovs$3,027,000
$30,000 PLO/NLH Mixed53$1,590,000Tobias Schwecht$465,000
$100,000 Pot-Restrict Omaha Major Event76$7,600,000Daniel Dvoress$2,018,000
$50,000 Pot-Restrict Omaha Thriller Bounty47$2,350,000Matthias Eibinger$1,053,000
$75,000 Six-Handed Pot-Restrict Omaha59$4,425,000Richard Gryko$1,243,000
Calum Grant
Senior Editor & Dwell Occasions Government
Calum has written for varied poker shops however discovered his dwelling at PokerNews, the place he has contributed to numerous articles and reside updates, offering insights and reporting on main poker occasions, together with the World Sequence of Poker (WSOP).
