Igor Yaroshevskyy was the highest finisher within the $60,000 buy-in turbo occasion on the Triton Super High Roller Poker Series, and that gave the Ukrainian poker participant the third win of his profession. It was additionally good for his second Triton trophy, bringing his profession earnings above $10.5 million.
Yaroshevskyy didn’t have a lot to say after his victory, however his rail did the speaking for him with chants of “Second time,” repeatedly when the match reached its conclusion.
The whole subject for the occasion stood at 61 entries to place the entire prize pool as much as $3.66 million with the highest 11 gamers pocketing at the very least $91,500. The two gamers that made the cash however missed the ultimate desk had been Brian Kim in tenth place, and Michael Soyza in eleventh place.
Yaroshevskyy was within the backside half of the chip counts when the ultimate desk started, and David Yan kicked off the eliminations with an exit in ninth place. Thomas Boivin surprisingly went from chip chief to out in eighth place subsequent after Luc Greenwood scored a double up with a full home over Boivin’s flush.
Yaroshevskyy received in on delivering the bustouts subsequent when he took out Ren Lin in seventh place to start out climbing the chip standings. This was Lin’s twentieth last desk of the yr, placing him in ninth place general within the Card Player Player of the Year race.
Germany’s Leon Sturm was out subsequent in sixth place, and that knockout got here by the hands of Greenwood to take him as much as the chip lead.
That chip lead was brief lived for Greenwood, nonetheless, when Alex Theologis gained a three-way all-in to storm to the highest of the standings in a single hand. Aleks Ponakovs was one of many losers in that massive hand, and that despatched him down the inevitable path to exiting in fifth place.
Although Ponakovs hasn’t discovered the winner’s circle this yr, his 14 last tables have put him in eighth place within the POY standings. The Latvian professional now has $23 million in earnings.
The quickly rising blinds saved pushing the motion as Greenwood busted in fourth place, and Dominykas Mikolaitis adopted in third place to set the ultimate match.
Theologis nonetheless held the lead when heads-up play started with a virtually 4:1 benefit over Yaroshevskyy, however a fast double up introduced issues near even. The last two gamers then agreed to a chop with the Triton trophy and $29,000 up high left to play for.
There was a little bit of back-and-forth play left between them earlier than the final hand of the match performed out. Theologis was brief when he jammed holding 10-6 suited, and Yaroshevskyy had him lined holding A-3 offsuit. The board was overkill, giving the Ukrainian the match victory when he made a full home.
The runner-up from Greece has had a constant run of outcomes throughout this match sequence with 5 cashes. The $860,143 Theologis pocketed on this occasion took his profession earnings as much as $5.7 million, $2.3 million on which has come within the final week.
Final Table Results
| Place | Player | Payout | POY |
| 1 | Igor Yaroshevskyy | $862,357 | 612 |
| 2 | Alex Theologis | $860,143 | 510 |
| 3 | Dominykas Mikolaitis | $468,900 | 408 |
| 4 | Luc Greenwood | $360,000 | 306 |
| 5 | Aleks Ponakovs | $285,500 | 255 |
| 6 | Leon Sturm | $223,200 | 204 |
| 7 | Ren Lin | $175,700 | 153 |
| 8 | Thomas Boivin | $137,200 | 102 |
| 9 | David Yan | $104,000 | 51 |
The Triton Super High Roller Poker Series in Monte Carlo runs from Nov. 1-14.
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