Christopher Frank emerged victorious from a subject of 83 entries within the 2024 Triton Poker Super High Roller Series Montenegro $100,000 buy-in pot-limit Omaha major occasion. The World Series of Poker bracelet winner from Germany was awarded a career-best payday of $2,008,910 and his first Triton title because the champion.
The 29-year-old had solely entered 5 earlier Triton occasions, along with his finest consequence being a Sixteenth-place end in a $30,000 buy-in no-limit maintain’em occasion for $71,800. Now he has a trophy and a multi-million-dollar rating earned on the tour.
“I’m feeling very good, it’s a very nice feeling,” Frank informed Triton reporters after popping out on high. ““I really like these events. I really want to be back.”
Frank now has greater than $5.5 million in whole lifetime match earnings. His second-highest payday was additionally recorded earlier this yr: a $500,000 rating secured for a runner-up end in a $3,500 buy-in occasion on the Wynn Millions collection.
This newest victory was good for 960 Card Player Player of the Year factors. Frank now has 2,652 whole factors earned throughout 4 final-table finishes to this point this yr. As a outcomes, he now sits simply exterior the highest 20 within the 2024 POY standings offered by Global Poker.
The $8,300,000 prize pool on this occasion was break up up amongst the highest 14 finishers, with massive names like Seth Davies (14th), Chris Brewer (123th), Quan Zhou (twelfth), Michael Duek (tenth), and Sean Winter (eighth) working deep.
The closing desk started with Laszlo Bujtas main and Frank in second chip place among the many remaining seven contenders. Ben Tollerene (seventh – $391,000) was the primary to fall, bounced by five-time Triton champion Danny Tang and his ace-high flush. Despite that knockout, Tang was in the end the following to be eradicated. He ran high two pair into the highest set of Bujtas to complete sixth for $495,000.
Frank knocked out Tomas Ribeiro in fifth place ($635,000), making a straight to crack pocket aces. He then bought concerned in an enormous conflict with fellow bracelet winner Eelis Parssinen, who bought all-in with center set. Frank held flush and straight attracts. He made the straight to ship Parssinen packing in fourth place $795,000.
Bujtas bowed out in third place ($982,000), working right into a flopped straight held by bracelet winner Dylan Weisman. Weisman entered heads-up play with 47 massive blinds to Franks 119. The closing two hashed out a deal to redistribute the remaining prize cash, setting apart $70,000 and the trophy to play for whereas making certain $1,938,910 for Frank and $1,666,090 for Weisman.
Frank was in a position to draw back after the deal was struck. He then landed the decisive blow with a rivered full home towards the rivered straight of Weisman. Moments later, he was hoisting the trophy.
Weisman now has practically $5.4 million in profession match earnings after locking up $1.6 million on this occasion.
Here is a take a look at the payouts and POY factors awarded on the closing desk:
| Place | Player | Earnings | POY Points |
| 1 | Christopher Frank | $2,008,910 | 960 |
| 2 | Dylan Weisman | $1,666,090 | 800 |
| 3 | Laszlo Bujtas | $982,000 | 640 |
| 4 | Eelis Parssinen | $795,000 | 480 |
| 5 | Tomas Ribeiro | $635,000 | 400 |
| 6 | Danny Tang | $495,000 | 320 |
| 7 | Benjamin Tollerene | $391,000 | 240 |
Photo credit: Triton Poker / Joe Giron.
