Haxton Triton Drought Continues as Yaroshevskyy Wins First Title

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Igor Yaroshevskyy Triton Poker Series Montenegro

It's been a busy weekend at the Maestral Resort & Casino in Budva, Montenegro as the Triton Poker High Roller Series continued.

As the countdown to the $132,500 NLHE Triton Main Event, which gets underway on Monday, continues there has been plenty more high-stakes action including two deep runs for Spain's Adrian Mateos and the chance for yet another deep run in Montenegro for a certain Bryn Kenney.

Seven-Figure Score for Yaroshevskyy in Event #6

Igor Yaroshevskyy

It was delight for Ukraine's Igor Yaroshevskyy, who topped a field of 126 to win Event #6: $50,000 Bounty Quattro.

It was another close call for runner-up Isaac Haxton who has now gone 39 cashes on the Triton Series without a win, including five runner-up spots, and has amassed over $12 million in earnings in the process.

"It��s an amazing feeling. Today is my day."

Yaroshevskyy was joined on his rail by Viacheslav Buldygin, Shyngis Satubayev and Ramin Hajiyev who celebrated with the Ukrainian after the final hand was dealt.

"I am so excited," said Yaroshevskyy. "It��s an amazing feeling. Today is my day. Thank you guys!"

This regular bounty format saw $15,000 of the $50,000 buy-in make up the bounty prize pool. Bounties were introduced once 25% of the field remained, with each bounty worth $60,000.

Amazingly, Yaroshevskyy only managed to win a single bounty �� his heads-up opponent Haxton which, added with his own $60,000 bounty, added $120,000 to his payout of $1,052,000.

Triton Montenegro Event #6 �C $50,000 �C Bounty Quattro Final Table Results

PlacePlayerCountryBountiesPayoutTotal (USD)
1Igor YaroshevskyyUkraine$120,000$1,052,000$1,172,000
2Isaac HaxtonUnited States$180,000$716,000$896,000
3Punnat PunsriThailand$300,000$473,000$773,000
4Dimitar DanchevBulgaria$300,000$390,000$690,000
5Shyngis SatubayevKazakhstan$150,000$313,000$463,000
6Adrian MateosSpain$240,000$255,000$495,000
7Paulius VaitiekunasLithuania$120,000$183,800$303,800
8Patrik AntoniusFinland $136,000$136,000

Event #6 �C $50,000 �C Bounty Quattro Final Table Recap

The final table was led by Dimitar Danchev, with Yaroshevskky languishing in seventh of the eight remaining players. However, he still held over 30 big blinds so a comeback was by no means an impossibility.

Haxton meanwhile started the final table in the middle of the back, but boosted his standing with the elimination of Patrik Antonius when the Finn rivered two pair only to run into the American's straight.

Paulius Vaitiekunas was then eliminated at the hands of Adrian Mateos, only for Mateos to immediately bust. After doubling Punnat Punsri, the same opponent sent him to the rail in sixth place �� his third cash of the trip.

Triton Montenegro Event #6 ¨C $50,000 ¨C Bounty Quattro Final Table

Punsri then sent Shyngis Satubayev to the rail, and by this stage had built up a head of steam. Danchev had seen his stack diminish to just 10 big blinds before getting it in against Punsri who added yet another victim �� his third in a row.

But if he was expecting a procession, things took a turn with Punsri's stack taking hits left and right. Eventually, he succumbed to Haxton who sent him to the rail.

Isaac Haxton and Punnat Punsri

The stacks were even heading into heads-up play, and it didn't take long before Haxton got it in with ace-king in a flip against his opponent's pocket sevens. The pocket pair held and Yaroshevskyy took down the title and the latest seven-figure score on the Triton Poker Series.

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Mateos Leads Final Four in Event #7: 50K NLH 8-Handed

Adrian Mateos

An extra day is needed in Event #7: $50,000 NLHE, with just four players remaining. The remaining players are led by Adrian Mateos (pictured left), fresh from the Spaniard's sixth-place finish in Event #6.

The players have all locked up $667,00 with third place taking home $818,000 and both the runner-up and eventual champion winning seven-figure scores. The winner will take home $1,761,000 and the runner-up $1,188,000.

Other players who finished in the money included Phil Ivey (6th - $408,000) and Dan Smith (8th - $215,000) with other Triton regulars such as Danny Tang (15th - $119,200) and Elton Tsang (21st - $87,500) also cashing.

Event #7: 50K NLH 8-Handed Final Table Chip Counts

RankPlayerCountryChip CountBig Blinds
1Adrian MateosSpain14,800,00049
2Justin SalibaUnited States8,375,00028
3Nick PetrangeloUnited States6,750,00023
4Joe ZouChina1,875,0006

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Kenney Fourth in Chips in Event #8: $100,000 NLHE 8-Handed

Bryn Kenney

Montenegro has good memories for Bryn Kenney. It may have been five years ago, but Kenney did a double in 2019. After first winning the Six Max for $1,432,264 he went back-to-back, winning the Triton Poker Montenegro Main Event as well for $2,713,876.

He's back in action in the $100,000 this year, and sits fourth in chips with 37 players remaining from a starting field of 102. It's been less than a year since Kenney won the $250K Luxon Invitation for $6,860,000 to return to the top of the all-time money list. Will he extend his lead with a big score in Event #8?

Event #8: $100K NLH 8-Handed Top 10 Chip Counts

RankPlayerCountryChip CountBig Blinds
1Maher NouiraTunisia1,395,00093
2Dylan LindeUnited States1,090,00073
3Masashi OyaJapan1,055,00070
4Bryn KenneyUnited States1,045,00070
5David YanNew Zealand960,00064
6Danny TangHong Kong880,00059
7Xu LiangChina875,00058
8Brian KimUnited States870,00058
9Thomas SanterneFrance850,00057
10Aleksejs PonakovsLatvia845,00056

Remaining Triton Montenegro Schedule

DateTimeEvent
Sun 19 May1:00 p.m.#8 �C $100,000 NLHE 8-Handed Day 2
Mon 20 May2:00 p.m.#9 - $132,500 NLHE Triton Main Event Day 1
Tue 21 May1:00 p.m.$132,500 NLHE Triton Main Event Day 2
 5:00 p.m.#10 - $52,000 NLHE Turbo 8-Handed
Wed 22 May1:00 p.m.Triton Main Event Final Table
 2:00 p.m.#11 - $212,000 NLHE 8-Handed Day 1
Thu 23 May1:00 p.m.#11 �C NLHE 8-Handed Day 2
 4:00 p.m.#12 - $26,000 Pot-Limit Omaha Day 1
Fri 24 May1:00 p.m.#12 �C Pot-Limit Omaha Day 2
 2:00 p.m.#13 - $26,000 PLO Main Event Day 1
Sat 25 May1:00 p.m.#13 �C PLO Main Event Day 2
 4:00 p.m.#15 - $52,000 Pot-Limit Omaha Day 1
Sun 26 May1:00 p.m.Pot-Limit Omaha Day 2
 4:00 p.m.#16 - $31,200 Pot-Limit Omaha Quatro Bounty

Photography by Joe Giron/Poker Photo Archive

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