Roland Rokita defeated a discipline of 225 entries within the $20,000 buy-in no-limit maintain’em occasion on the 2024 Triton Super High Roller Series Jeju competition. The Austrian earned a career-best payday of $904,000 and his first Triton title for the win.
“It means a lot,” Rokita advised Triton reporters after the win. “I came here, I prepared a lot. To lift the trophy, it’s unbelievable.”
In addition to the {hardware} and the cash, Rokita additionally secured 1,152 Card Player Player of the Year factors for the win. This was his first recorded money of the yr, nevertheless it alone was sufficient to shoot him up the standings and into thirty eighth place within the 2024 POY rankings offered by Global Poker.
The sizable discipline for this occasion, which passed off on the Landing Casino Jeju, constructed a prize pool of $4,500,000 which was paid out among the many high 39 finishers. Several massive names fell simply in need of making the ultimate desk, together with five-time bracelet winner John Juanda (fifteenth),
By the time the ultimate desk was set, two-time European Poker Tour champion and World Poekr Tour important occasion winner Mike Watson (twelfth), and five-time Triton Poker winner Danny Tang (eleventh).
The remaining desk started with Aleksandr Zubov within the lead and Rokita in third chip place. He scored a double knockout, busting Yu Xiangyu (ninth) and Tobias Schwecht (eighth) to slender the sector to seven.
Four-time Triton winner Mikita Badziakouski’s pocket tens then held up in opposition to the A-10 suited of Damir Zhugralin (seventh – $154,000) to additional skinny the numbers. Bracelet winner Leon Sturm’s run on this occasion concluded when his 7-6 suited was unable to beat the pocket eights of a surging Rokita. Sturm made a pair of sixes on the flop, however failed to enhance any additional and was eradicated in sixth place ($210,000).
Rokita scored the following knockout with the identical hand, this time successful a flip in opposition to the A-Q suited of Zubov. Rokita hit a set and held from there to ship Zubov house with $278,000. He scored one other massive elimination when his A-9 beat out the A-5 of Badziakouski, who had slid to the underside of the counts throughout short-handed motion. Badsiakouski earned $355,000 for his newest deep run in a Triton occasion. The Belarusian now has almost $53.7 million in recorded earnings, the fifth-highest whole of any participant within the sport.
Kiat Lee misplaced a race for many of his stack with pocket sevens going through the A-10 of Sirzat Hissou. He was left on fumes after that, and Hissou quickly completed the deal to arrange a heads-up showdown with Rokita. Lee earned $439,000 because the third-place finisher.
Rokita started with a 2:1 lead over Hissou. The tables had been turned when Hissou’s A-7 suited cracked the pocket kings of Rokita, however Rokita quickly doubled with A-3 making a wheel to beat the pocket sevens of his opponent. The remaining hand of the event pitted pocket deuces for Hissouw in opposition to the pocket nines of Rokita. The bigger pair held up and Hissou was eradicated in second place ($599,000).
Here is a have a look at the payouts and rankings factors awarded on the remaining desk:
| Place | Player | Earnings | POY Points |
| 1 | Roland Rokita | $904,000 | 1152 |
| 2 | Sirzat Hissou | $599,000 | 960 |
| 3 | Kiat Lee | $439,000 | 768 |
| 4 | Mikita Badziakouski | $355,000 | 576 |
| 5 | Alexander Zubov | $278,000 | 480 |
| 6 | Leon Sturm | $210,000 | 384 |
| 7 | Damir Zhugralin | $154,000 | 288 |
| 8 | Tobias Schwecht | $113,000 | 192 |
Photo credit: Triton Poker / Joe Giron.
