Daniel Dvoress had 17 in-the-money finishes in Triton Poker occasions with out coming away with the title. Finally, the 18th time was the allure for the World Series of Poker bracelet winner from Canada. He emerged victorious within the closing occasion of the 2023 Triton Super High Roller Series North Cyprus competition, topping a subject of 29 entries to safe the title and the prize of $214,000 within the $20,000 brief deck occasion.
Dvoress now has greater than $26.5 million in profession event earnings, with greater than $7 million coming in Triton occasions.
This win additionally conveyed 216 Card Player Player of the Year factors to Dvoress, who has made eight closing tables to date this 12 months. With greater than $1.6 million in to-date POY earnings and a couple of,305 factors, Dvoress is now the Thirty fifth-ranked participant within the 2023 POY race offered by Global Poker.
Only the highest 5 finishers cashes on this occasion. Paul Phua was knocked out on the cash bubble when his A-Q misplaced to the J-9 suited of two-time Triton winner Tom Dwan.
Stephen Chidwick quickly adopted when his A-9 suited bumped into the pocket tens of Dvoress, which improved to a set on the flop. Chidwick discovered no assist and was knocked out in fifth place, incomes $55,100 for his fifth money of the collection. Chidwick has now made ten closing tables in 2023, successful three titles alongside the best way. The defending POY champion now sits in twelfth place within the POY standings with practically $3.5 million in to-date POY earnings and three,256 whole factors.
First-time Triton casher Denys Chufarin was the following to hit the rail, working A-10 suited into the pocket jacks of Dvoress. Chufarin secured $68,100 for his efforts.
Ace-high battled in opposition to a giant pocket pair once more within the subsequent key hand on the closing desk. Recent pot-limit Omaha occasion winner Michael Watson held A-Q suited dealing with the pocket queens of Dwan. The pair held on this occasion as properly, and Watson settled for $94,800 because the third-place finisher. This was Watson’s ninth final-table end of the 12 months, with 4 titles received and greater than $3.3 million in POY earnings accrued to date. With this newest deep run, Watson has strengthened his maintain on the fifth-place spot on the POY leaderboard.
Heads-up play started with Dwan holding greater than a 2:1 chip benefit on Dvoress. Things even up as play continued, with Dvoress pulling forward in time for the ultimate hand.
All of the chips went in on the OkOk
J
flop with Dwan holding Q
J
for kigns and queens. Dvoress had Q
7
for a flush draw. The 7
flip gave Dwan a flush draw additionally, whereas Dvoress added a pair of his personal. The 7
on the top gave Dvoress a backdoor full home, sevens stuffed with kings, to lock up the pot and the title. Dwan was eradicated in second place, incomes $148,000 to convey his profession whole to greater than $5.9 million.
Here is a have a look at the payouts and POY factors awarded on this occasion:
Place | Player | Earnings | POY Points |
1 | Daniel Dvoress | $214,000 | 216 |
2 | Tom Dwan | $148,000 | 180 |
3 | Michael Watson | $94,800 | 144 |
4 | Denys Chufarin | $68,100 | 108 |
5 | Stephen Chidwick | $55,100 | 90 |
Photo credit: Triton Poker / Joe Giron.