It began with the primary girls successful a Triton Poker Tremendous Excessive Curler Occasion, and the collection in Montenegro ended with the person who has extra Triton titles than anybody else successful 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 grow to be the primary girl to win a Triton occasion, beating the unbelievable Kristen Foxen, who made three remaining tables on this collection, to the historic punch.
Jesse Lonis additionally had an unimaginable few weeks, making 4 remaining tables and successful 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 event 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 pal 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 event poker pile that can quickly hit $30 million by successful the $100,000 (+$4,000) PLO championship solely two days later.
Koon solely needed to wait till the finale occasion of the Collection 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 event cashes.
Davies received $296,824, which he added to the $4,190,000 he received for an additional runner-up end within the $200,000 (+$12,000) Triton Invitational, which is his greatest lifetime money and brings his lifetime event whole 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 by no means cashed greater than $18,000.
Lonis additionally double-dips
Jesse Lonis additionally received two titles on the 17-event collection, 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 remaining tables, ending fourth in two of them, and successful 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 collection.
However his largest rating not solely of the collection — however of Lonis’ life — got here within the $100,000 (+$6,000) Important 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 received by successful the $50,000 Pot Restrict Omaha Excessive Curler occasion on the 2023 World Collection of Poker.
Mikalai Vaskaboinikau, who scored a career-best $4,737,000 by successful 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.
