Andy Ni has solely entered 5 Triton Super High Roller Series tournaments thus far, and has managed to money in three of 5 with one outright victory. His win got here within the $25,000 eight-max no-limit maintain’em occasion on the 2024 Triton Montenegro pageant. Ni, a 41-year-old Chinese participant now primarily based out of Spain, earned $785,000 because the champion.
This title run additionally netted Ni 924 Card Player Player of the Year factors. This was his first-ever POY-qualified rating.
A complete of 135 entries had been made on this occasion by the point registration closed, constructing a prize pool of $3,375,000 that was paid out among the many prime 23 finishers. Among those who ran deep the place five-time Triton champion Mikita Badziakouski (twenty third), Seth Davies (twenty second), Steve O’Dwyer (seventeenth), Quan Zhou (fifteenth), Nick Petrangelo (14th), Henrick Hecklen (thirteenth), Patrik Antonius (twelfth), and Ben Heath (ninth).
Ni held the chip lead when the official last desk of eight gamers was set. He added to that lead when his pocket aces held in opposition to the A-Q suited of Alex Kulev (eighth – $98,500) to slim the sphere to seven. Jose ‘Nacho’ Barbero was the subsequent to fall, together with his A-Ok working into pocket aces for Chris Brewer. barbero was awarded $133,600 because the seventh-place finisher. Kulev and Barbero at the moment are each sitting inside the highest 25 within the 2024 POY standings introduced by Global Poker after recording their eighth and fifth final-table finishes of the yr, respectively.
Five-time Triton champion Danny Tang misplaced a traditional preflop race with pocket queens in opposition to A-Ok suited to Nicolas Chouity. Tang earned $180,500 for his sixth-place exhibiting.
Brewer scored one other knockout with A-3 holding in opposition to the Ok-8 of Viacheslav Buldygin (fifth – $233,000). Buldygin was quickly joined by Aram Sargsyan, whose pocket tens failed to carry in opposition to the Q-7 suited of Chouity. Sargsyan earned $290,000 for his fourth-place end in simply his second Triton occasion.
Ni overtook the lead when his Ok-10 got here from behind in opposition to the Ok-J suited of Brewer. He then closed out the win through a three-way all-in, together with his A
J
holding up in opposition to the A
10
of Chouity and the A8 of Brewer. The board got here down QQ764 to offer Ni the title.
Brewer earned $354,000 because the third-place finisher. The two-time World Series of Poker bracelet winner has now made six last tables this yr, placing him in thirty fourth place within the present POY rankings. Chouity, a bracelet winner and the champion of the 2010 European Poker Tour Grand Final, walked away with $531,000 because the runner-up.
Here is a have a look at the payouts and POY factors awarded on the last desk:
| Place | Player | Earnings | POY Points |
| 1 | Andy Ni | $785,000 | 924 |
| 2 | Nicolas Chouity | $531,000 | 770 |
| 3 | Chris Brewer | $354,000 | 616 |
| 4 | Aram Sargsyan | $290,000 | 462 |
| 5 | Viacheslav Buldygin | $233,000 | 385 |
| 6 | Danny Tang | $180,500 | 308 |
| 7 | Jose Barbero | $133,600 | 231 |
| 8 | Alex Kulev | $98,500 | 154 |
Photo credit: Triton Poker / Joe Giron.
