It has been a meteoric rise for Jesse Lonis within the poker world over the past two years. The American professional has racked up quite a few accolades on his poker resume, and now can add a Triton Super High Roller Poker Series title to the checklist, taking down the $50,000 seven-max occasion at Sporting Monte-Carlo.
“I never gave up, which was good. I didn’t quit, or just get it all in. I just kept doing my normal thing, stabbing and it worked out. Obviously you never know when you’re going to win, so I just came in and played my best,” mentioned Lonis to reporters.
Along with the trophy, he pocketed $1,502,000 in prize cash to take his complete match earnings as much as $13.7 million. Although his largest rating stays the $2.3 million he pocketed for certainly one of his two bracelet wins on the WSOP, Lonis has managed 12 different cashes of 1 / 4 of 1,000,000 {dollars} or extra, all of which have come within the final two years.
The occasion drew a area of 125 entries to set the whole prize pool at $6.25 million. The high 20 gamers all cashed for a minimum of $81,000, and high names that made a deep run to money within the occasion included Alex Kulev (eighth), Pieter Aerts (ninth), Wiktor Malinowski (eleventh), Dimitar Danchev (twelfth), Orpen Kisacikoglu (thirteenth), Stephen Chidwick (14th), Michael Soyza (seventeenth), David Yan (18th), and Jonathan Jaffe (twentieth). Pieter Aerts, recent off a $2.2 million aspect occasion win three days earlier, completed ninth for one more $150,000.
28 gamers got here again for the ultimate day, with Punnat Punsri within the chip lead. He additionally held the lead when the ultimate desk started, however Lonis was proper on his heels after a robust comeback from the brief stack.
Mario Mosbock fell by the hands of Punsri in sixth place, and he remained busy by busting Daniel Rezaei in fifth place.
The sizzling streak continued when Punsri took out Leonard Maue in fourth place, however Lonis then scored a well timed double as much as maintain his match run. Punsri was on hearth and couldn’t be stopped when he took out one of many high high-stakes professionals in poker by sending Dan Smith dwelling in third place. Smith added $650,000 to his profession totals, which now sit at $56.4 million. That’s good for sixth on the all-time cash checklist.
The heads-up last had the stacks at 3:1 for Punsri over Lonis earlier than playing cards acquired into the air, however Lonis scored a double up over the participant from Thailand to realize the benefit.
The stacks have been practically even the following time the ultimate two gamers acquired all of their chips into the center. Lonis held A-9, and he had the A-3 of Punsri coated and dominated preflop. The board modified nothing, and Punsri earned simply north of 1,000,000 to take his complete match winnings as much as nearly $18 million.
Punsri picked up 935 POY factors for the runner-up end, which vaulted him into fifth place within the 2024 standings heading down the homestretch with 17 last tables and practically $5 million in earnings. In addition to a number of different high-stakes last tables, he additionally received the $50,000 occasion at Triton Jeju final March for $2 million.
Lonis, nonetheless, banked 1,122 POY factors. The New York native now has 8,402 for the 12 months, which is nice for second place. He solely trails Spanish poker star Adrian Mateos, however will want a giant rating or two within the last months of the 12 months to overhaul him.
Final Table Results
| Place | Player | Payout | POY |
| 1 | Jesse Lonis | $1,502,000 | 1,122 |
| 2 | Punnat Punsri | $1,021,000 | 935 |
| 3 | Dan Smith | $675,000 | 748 |
| 4 | Leonard Maue | $556,000 | 561 |
| 5 | Daniel Rezaei | $446,000 | 468 |
| 6 | Mario Mosbock | $350,000 | 374 |
| 7 | Anson Ewe | $262,000 | 281 |
The Triton Super High Roller Poker Series in Monte Carlo is hitting the mid-way level with tournaments operating from Nov. 1-14 on the shores of the Mediterranean. Stay tuned to Card Player for recaps all through this marquee match collection that includes the very best poker gamers on the planet.
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