Mario Mosbock took down the $50,000 buy-in seven max occasion on the 2025 Triton Poker Jeju pageant to grow to be simply the eleventh participant on the planet to have earned three or extra titles on the high-stakes tour.
The Austrian poker professional and CoinPoker ambassador overcame a large turnout of 215 entries, incomes $1,836,570 alongside along with his newest trident trophy. This was the third-largest rating of the previous soccer participant’s profession. It grew his lifetime event earnings to almost $17.7 million.
This win got here lower than every week after Mosbock had completed runner-up within the second occasion of this collection, a $20,000 buy-in eight-max affair. He navigated his approach via a subject of 348 entries in that affair, incomes $856,000 and 1,200 Card Player Player of the Year factors because the runner-up. With the 1,5330 factors from this newest win, Mosbock now has 2,730 factors, which is nice for second place within the POY standings introduced by Global Poker.
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The unofficial last desk of eight started with Dylan Linde within the lead and Mosbock in third chip place. World Poker Tour champion Matas Cimbolas acquired the final of his stack in with A-10 main the 10-7 suited of Mosbock, however the board introduced a ten to offer him the lead on the flop, which held via the river. The Lithuanian earned $276,000 for his eighth-place exhibiting.
Poker Triple Crown winner Michael Watson then hit the rail in seventh place ($377,000) when his Okay-10 misplaced a preflop race towards the pocket eights of all-time cash chief Bryn Kenney.
American rising high-roller star Brandon Wilson was the subsequent to fall, along with his A-5 operating into A-J for Spain’s Juan Pardo. Both gamers paired their facet playing cards on the flop, however Wilson discovered no additional assistance on the flip or river and was knocked out in sixth place ($512,000). This was already the sixth final-table of 2025 for Wilson, with two titles received alongside the best way. As a end result, he has climbed to sixth within the POY standings.
Start-of-day chip chief Dylan Linde’s run led to fifth place. The WPT champion and two-time bracelet winner three-bet from the cutoff over the hijack open of Kenney with AOkay
. Kenney four-bet jammed with Q
J
and Linde known as. Kenney flopped a pair of queens and a flush draw to take a giant fairness lead within the hand. Linde added outs to a straight on the flip, however the river was a brick to see him despatched packing with $676,000. This was the second-largest payday but for the completed American professional.
Two-time Triton champion Steve O’Dwyer was the subsequent participant to run into the Kenney buzzsaw. He acquired the final of his 14-blind stack in with Okay10
towards Kenney’s A
J
. The flip gave Kenney high pair, high kicker, but in addition noticed O’Dwyer decide up a gutshot straight draw. The river was a clean, which meant Kenney’s surge continued whereas O’Dwyer headed to the payout desk to gather $854,000. The rating grew his profession earnings complete to greater than $48.3 million.
Pardo was all the way down to only a handful of huge blinds by the point his final hand was dealt. He known as Mosbock’s small-blind shove with 98
and was in respectable form towards the Austrian’s Q
3
. Both gamers flopped a pair with their bigger card. The flip and river introduced operating sixes to offer each gamers two pair, however Mosbock’s queens up had been greatest. Pardo walked away with $1,055,000, bringing his lifetime haul on the circuit to over $14.6 million.
Kenney entered heads-up play with 25,750,000 to Mosbock’s 17,250,000. The two quickly hashed out a deal to redistribute the remaining prize cash a bit. Kenney locked up $1,897,430, whereas Mosbock was ensured of $1,766,570. The two contenders put aside $70,000 and the title to play for.
Just two palms after play resumed, Mosbock received an enormous pot with pocket aces that noticed him overtake the lead. He raised to 2,000,000 (4x the large blind) with AA
after Kenney limped with 6
5
from the button. The flop got here down Q
7
6
and Mosbock guess 1,500,000 into the pot of 6,000,000 and Kenney known as. The 9
on the flip prompted checks from each gamers and the A
accomplished the board. Mosbock guess 7,500,000 on the top along with his set and Kenney made the hero name with backside pair.
Kenney misplaced one other massive one when he picked up a flush draw towards the flopped journey jacks of Mosbock after which hero-called with king excessive after lacking. Kenney was left with 10 massive blinds after that, and was quickly all-in with 98
. Mosbock had picked up one other monster preflop holding in Q
Q
. He snap-called Kenney’s shove and the board got here down Okay
10
10
6
J
and Kenney was eradicated in second place.
The $1,897,430 he earned due to the heads-up deal introduced his profession earnings to greater than $75.9 million, which provides him a $6.5 million lead over second-ranked Justin Bonomo on the profession event earnings leaderboard.
This was not the primary time Kenney has earned the highest payout in an enormous occasion regardless of finally ending second. He locked up the most important event rating in poker historical past by way of a deal within the 2019 Triton Million Charity Invitational, securing $20,606,421 because the chip chief when the settlement was struck. Aaron Zang went on to shut out the victory in that occasion, securing $16,810,979 and the trophy.
Mosbock has been releasing some behind-the-scenes movies from Triton stops lately. Check out one in every of his newest episodes that takes a take a look at an enormous rating made by one in every of his poker college students beneath.
Final Table Results
Place | Player | Earnings | POY Points |
1 | Mario Mosbock | $1,836,570 | 1530 |
2 | Bryn Kenney | $1,897,430 | 1275 |
3 | Juan Pardo | $1,055,000 | 1020 |
4 | Steve O’Dwyer | $854,000 | 765 |
5 | Dylan Linde | $676,000 | 638 |
6 | Brandon Wilson | $512,000 | 510 |
7 | Michael Watson | $377,000 | 383 |
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