When the stakes are excessive, Bryn Kenney appears to discover a completely different stage in his recreation. The New York native has all the time excelled on poker’s greatest levels, discovering methods to shut when life-changing cash is on the road.
Nowhere has the 38-year-old been extra profitable than on the Triton Super High Roller tour. In truth, of his $72.4 million in recorded earnings, $43.3 million has been received at Triton tournaments, together with the $20.6 million he banked within the £1 million buy-in Triton London Charity Invitational.
Kenney newest rating was price $4,410,000, taking down the $125,000 buy-in fundamental occasion in Monte Carlo for his fourth Triton title total. Already poker’s all-time cash record chief, Kenney has now opened his lead over second place Justin Bonomo by greater than $6 million, and is $13 million away from the pack behind him.
“Never give up, that’s the secret, for sure,” Kenney instructed Triton reporters. “Everyone has their roller coaster, their wave that they’re on…You just got to hang on for the ride. Give it your best, don’t let things get you down and never stop fighting. I’ve put my life into poker. It’s been quite the mountain climbing. Incredibly lucky, grateful, blessed.”
The occasion drew 159 entries, which created a complete prize pool of $19,875,000. The ultimate 27 gamers made the cash, together with present Card Player Player of the Year race chief Adrian Mateos (twenty seventh), Steve O’Dwyer (twenty third), Sam Greenwood (twentieth), Dan Smith (nineteenth), Chris Brewer (seventeenth), Isaac Haxton (sixteenth), Alex Foxen (fifteenth), Fedor Holz (14th), Alexandre Reard (thirteenth), Linus Loeliger (twelfth), and Mikita Badziakouski (tenth).
By the time the ultimate desk started, Jonathan Jaffe was effectively out in entrance with twice as many chips as his nearest opponent in Wai Leon Chan. Kenney was in third place, however had just below the typical stack as play obtained underway.
Jesse Lonis was the primary to bust, shedding his chips to Punnat Punsri. The American professional had already been heads-up with the professional from Thailand just some days earlier, with Lonis popping out on prime for the title. This time, nevertheless, Punsri scored the knockout.
Thomas Muhlocker then misplaced most of his stack to Mario Mosbock earlier than Kenney completed him off.
Danny Tang is tied for second on the all-time Triton titles leaderboard with 5, however couldn’t get a lot happening the ultimate day of this event. The Hong Kong professional settled for $743,000 to deliver his profession earnings above $29 million.
Mosbock then adopted him to the rail in sixth place, including $1,020,000. The CoinPoker ambassador and former soccer standout has been performing effectively on the Triton tour for the final couple of years, together with a runner-up end within the 2023 Triton Monte Carlo Invitational for $2,690,000 and a win at Triton Jeju earlier this yr for $1,191,196.
He additionally completed fourth within the $100,000 occasion earlier on this collection for $1,544,316. In whole, the Austrian professional has $14.6 million in profession earnings, almost all of which have come within the final three years.
Jaffe had been having fun with the chip lead however discovered himself on the backside of the counts after doubling up Chan. He then ran second pair into prime pair for Chan to complete him off. The American banked $1,330,000 for fifth place, the second greatest rating of his profession and sufficient to place him over the $15 million in earnings mark.
Although Canadian sports activities bettor and soccer staff proprietor Haralabos Voulgaris doesn’t play lots of tournaments as of late, he proved he can nonetheless grasp with the highest gamers with a career-best $1,665,000 for fourth place. Voulgaris misplaced a flip for his stack to Chan, who discovered himself surging to the highest of the leaderboard.
Chan stored his foot on the fuel, taking out Punsri in third place after a battle of the blinds. Punsri picked up $2,045,000 for his newest deep end, which got here simply two days after he earned $1,021,000 within the $50,000 occasion. Earlier this yr the Thai participant additionally received the Triton Jeju $50,000 occasion for $2,010,000. As a outcome, he now sits in fourth place within the Card Player Player of the Year race.
Chan had all of the momentum and a virtually 3:2 lead going into heads up play, however a fortunate river for Kenney turned the tables. Kenney had four-bet shoved with A
J
, solely to run into Chan’s pocket kings. The board ran out J 7
2 3 J, and Kenney made journeys to depart Chan on fumes. The few large blinds he had left went in a couple of arms later, and Chan was eradicated in second place, good for $2,970,000.
This was his third high-profile runner-up end. In 2018, he completed second within the Triton Jeju fundamental occasion for $3,251,141, and in 2019, he once more took second within the Caribbean Poker Party excessive curler for $2,677,500.
Final Table Results
| Place | Player | Payout | *POY |
| 1 | Bryn Kenney | $4,410,000 | 1,440 |
| 2 | Wai Leon Chan | $2,970,000 | 1,200 |
| 3 | Punnat Punsri | $2,045,000 | 960 |
| 4 | Haralabos Voulgaris | $1,665,000 | 720 |
| 5 | Jonathan Jaffe | $1,330,000 | 600 |
| 6 | Mario Mosbock | $1,020,000 | 480 |
| 7 | Danny Tang | $743,000 | 360 |
| 8 | Thomas Muhlocker | $538,000 | 240 |
| 9 | Jesse Lonis | $445,000 | 120 |
The Triton Monte Carlo Super High Roller Poker Series runs from Nov. 1-14.
*_Photo Credit: Triton Poker_
