The first stretch of the Triton Super High Roller Series Montenegro has already produced plenty of headlines, and the schedule is now beginning to shift as the series moves away from pure No-Limit Hold’em and into its mixed-game stretch.
Today sees Event #13, the $30,000 NLH/PLO, get underway at 15:00 local time at the Maestral Resort & Casino. It’s the first real sign that Pot-Limit Omaha is starting to take a more central role in the festival, adding an extra layer of variance and complexity to the schedule.
While the field is still to be confirmed, these mixed formats are a familiar feature of Triton stops, typically drawing a strong mix of all-rounders and high-variance specialists as players switch between two very different disciplines in the same session.
The Triton Montenegro schedule just keeps getting heavier.
Day 1 of the $150,000 NLH 10th Anniversary Special wrapped up on Saturday with 60 entries recorded and 26 players surviving to Day 2, but with late registration still open until the restart, both the field and prize pool are expected to climb even higher.
And leading the way? None other than Matthias Eibinger.
The Austrian high-stakes crusher, already a Triton Main Event champion in both PLO and NLH formats, bagged 1,104,000 chips to finish as the overnight leader, good for 110 big blinds when play resumes at noon local time.
Eibinger sits narrowly ahead of Thailand’s Punnat Punsri and Latvian superstar Aleks Ponakovs, who both finished just shy of the million-chip mark after another brutal day in poker’s toughest arena.
Punnat Punsri
The top of the leaderboard is a who's who of tournament poker, with Kiat Lee, Eelis Pärssinen, Jonathan Jaffe, and Kristen Foxen all comfortably above average heading into Day 2.
Further down the counts, there’s no shortage of danger either. Recent Triton Main Event winner Danny Tang returns with 32 blinds, while Adrian Mateos, Jason Koon, and Jesse Lonis are all still alive despite sitting in the lower half of the leaderboard.
Top 10 Chip Counts $150K Anniversary Special
1
Matthias Eibinger
1,104,000
2
Punnat Punsri
984,000
3
Aleks Ponakovs
982,000
4
Kiat Lee
674,000
5
Eelis Pärssinen
639,000
6
Jonathan Jaffe
629,000
7
Mikalai Vaskaboinikau
589,000
8
Tom Fuchs
512,000
9
Jean-Noel Thorel
502,000
10
Kristen Foxen
457,000
With late registration still open and some of the biggest names in high-stakes poker already in the mix, the anniversary event is shaping up to be another monster turnout for Triton Montenegro.
Danny Tang finally got his Triton Main Event moment.
After coming painfully close seven years ago, the Triton ambassador captured the biggest title of his career on Saturday night, taking down the Triton Super High Roller Series Montenegro $100,000 Main Event for a massive $3,522,000 score.
The victory came over a 159-entry field and pushed Tang’s live tournament earnings beyond $42 million, while strengthening his grip atop Hong Kong’s all-time money list.
And judging by the emotion after the final hand, this one meant plenty.
Danny Tang
Tang buried his head in his hands as the chips were pushed his way, soaking in a victory that looked far from certain only a few hours earlier.
“It didn’t go my way last time, but today, redemption,” Tang said in his post-match interview with Triton.
The final table was predictably stacked, featuring Patrik Antonius, Alex Kulev, Leon Sturm, and Kiat Lee, but it was Austria’s Klemens Roiter who emerged as Tang’s final obstacle.
Roiter entered heads-up play with the chip lead and at one point looked poised to deny Tang again. Earlier in the day, Tang had already seen a commanding stack evaporate after firing a huge bluff into eventual third-place finisher Ye Wang.
That hand left Tang with just seven big blinds.
“When I went down to seven blinds, I thought, ‘Urgh, man, I blew another chip lead,’” Tang admitted. “But then I got lucky, kept myself together, and kept fighting.”
Fight he did.
Tang spun the short stack back into contention before gradually taking control during heads-up play. The final hand saw Tang limp-call with ace-jack before Roiter moved all in with ace-seven. A clean board secured the title and finally erased the memories of his runner-up finish in this same event back in 2019.
$100k NLH Main Event Final Table Results
Place
Player
Country
Prize
1
Danny Tang
Hong Kong
$3,522,000
2
Klemens Roiter
Austria
$2,377,000
3
Ye Wang
China
$1,636,000
4
Leon Sturm
Germany
$1,334,000
5
Dominykas Mikolaitis
Lithuania
$1,064,000
6
Cong Pham
United States
$817,000
7
Patrik Antonius
Finland
$595,000
8
Alex Kulev
Bulgaria
$431,000
9
Wai Kiat Lee
Malaysia
$356,000
The win also adds another huge chapter to what has been a defining series for Triton’s younger generation.
Earlier in the festival, Adrian Mateos captured the $200,000 Invitational for $6.3 million, while Mario Mosböck and Fedor Holz both added more Triton silverware to their growing collections.
For Tang, though, this one hit differently.
“Triton is in my blood, in my veins,” he said. “My career would not have been what it is without Mr. Paul Phua and the whole Triton family.”
Just nine players remain in the $100,000 Triton Montenegro Main Event, and if the line-up is anything to go by, today has all the ingredients for another classic on poker’s biggest high-stakes stage.
Danny Tang returns as chip leader with 7,050,000 chips, continuing what has already been a huge series for the Triton ambassador after his runner-up finish to Mario Mosboeck earlier in the week.
But there’s barely any breathing room at the top.
German crusher Leon Sturm sits right behind Tang on 6,775,000, while Wang Ye completes a tightly-packed top three with 6,425,000 as the biggest stacks all head into the final table separated by little more than a couple of pots.
Danny Tang Triton Montenegro
Antonius Chasing Another Huge Triton Result
There’s also plenty of experience lurking just beneath the leaders.
Patrik Antonius, one of the defining names of the Triton era, returns seventh in chips with 26 big blinds and more than enough room to apply pressure once play resumes.
Elsewhere, Alex Kulev and Kiat Lee will both come back among the shorter stacks, but with the average sitting at 35 big blinds, there’s still plenty of play left in the tournament.
Mike Watson is now a seven-time Triton champion after the Canadian added another trophy to his collection in Montenegro, taking down the $50,000 NLH Turbo Bounty Quattro for $621,000.
The victory came just four days after Watson won another turbo event earlier in the series, making him the first player at this stop to capture multiple titles.
And given the pace these events move at, there was barely time for the trophy to cool down.
Triton
The event attracted 32 entries and generated a $1.6 million prize pool, including $480,000 in bounties, with Watson collecting $240,000 in bounty payments alone on his way to the title.
Despite the compact field size, the final table was predictably loaded. Watson had to navigate past Jason Koon, Alex Foxen, Artur Martirosian, and Anatoly Zlotnikov before defeating online crusher Linus Loeliger heads-up.
“It’s sick,” Watson said after the win. “Lucky cards, I guess really, at the end of the day. In turbos, there’s going to be some all-ins, if you win the hands, that’s a big part of it.”
The result also moves Watson further clear in second place on Triton’s all-time title list, behind only Koon’s 12 trophies.
“I don’t think Jason is going to feel me breathing down his neck just yet,” Watson joked. “But being second alone is pretty incredible.”
Watson also admitted the relentless Triton schedule can take its toll, but says the focus remains firmly on poker while away from home.
“I’m here to play poker, it’s a work trip,” he said. “I’m away from my family for a few weeks so I’m here to play, try to make some money, try to win some titles if I can.”
Spanish superstar Adrian Mateos will not be the $100,000 NLH Main Event champion because he recently bowed out in 60th place, and in rather unfortunate circumstances.
With blinds of 10,000/15,000 and a 15,000 big blind ante, Mateos opened to 35,000 from under the gun, Ramin Hajiyev called from the next seat across, and Maher Nouira came along for the ride from middle position. The action folded to Curtis Knight in the big blind, and the Canadian three-bet to 135,000. Mateos moved all-in for 560,000, which folded out everyone except Curtis, who called.
Adrian Mateos: A♥A♦
Curtis Knight: J♠J♦
Mateos was a massive favorite to double his stack and become one of the chip leaders. Unfortunately for him, the deck had other ideas.
A 9♦10♠Q♠ flop gave Knight a double gut-shot straight draw, which came in on the 8♣ turn. Mateos wasn't dead and buried just yet because a king on the river would save him. The river was the 6♥, which eliminated Mateos in 60th place, and pushed Knight into the top 10.
The Triton Poker Super High Roller Series Montenegro No-Limit Hold’em Main Event wraps up on May 23, but the festival continues right through to May 28.
The one-day Turbo Bounty Quattro event takes place on May 22. $50,000 is the tournament’s buy-in. Last year, Matthias Eibinger topped a 51-strong field and walked away with $531,000 plus bounties.
On May 23, we see the $150,000 10th Anniversary Special shuffle up and deal. The equivalent tournament last year drew in a 108-entry field that created a $16,200,000 prize pool. Jason Koon came out on top and banked $3,393,656. Expect even larger numbers this time around as Triton pushes the boat out for its 10th anniversary event.
A $30,000 No-Limit Hold’em/Pot-Limit Omaha mixed event is scheduled for May 24-25, a new tournament for 2026. That’s followed by a $100,000 PLO Main Event from May 25-27, where Ben Tollerene will attempt to defend his title and capture a similar prize to the $2,390,000 he scooped in 2025.
The final three events are also PLO. The $50,000 PLO Mystery Bounty runs from May 26-27 followed by the $75,000 PLO 6-Handed (May 27-28). The last event taking place in Montenegro is the $25,000 PLO Bounty Quattro on May 28.
Upcoming Triton Poker Super High Roller Series Montenegro Events
Day 1 of the $100,000 No-Limit Hold'em Main Event of the Triton Poker Super High Roller Series Montenegro festival is done and dusted. The first day of this prestigious tournament attracted 142 entrants, including re-entries. After the completion of 10 levels, almost half of the field had fallen, leaving 73 players bagging and tagging their chips. None of the surviving players crammed more chips into their overnight bags than Germany's Leon Sturm.
Sturm was essentially idling along for a significant part of Day 1 before adding to his stack as play progressed. He won a decent pot when he turned a straight with king-ten of spades against fellow German Tobias Schwecht and got a raise paid off on the river.
He then sent Wiktor Malinowski to the rail when his ace-jack won a coinflip against the Polish star's pocket fives before helping himself to Schwecht's stack when his pocket three flopped a set against Schwecht's pocket aces, and Sturm allowed his opponent to empty the clip into him.
That hand, late into proceedings, propelled Sturm to the top of the overnight chip counts. Sturm returns to the action at 1:00 p.m. local time on May 22 armed with 1,370,000 chips, or 137 big blinds.
Danilo Velasevic (1,031,000) finds himself in second place at the restart, with Javid Ismayilov (1,016,000) rounding off the podium places.
As you would expect from a $100,000 buy-in tournament, the field is littered with household names. They include Ben Tollerene (988,000), Alex Foxen (819,000), Jesse Lonis (771,000), Isaac Haxton (754,000), Fedor Holz (647,000), recent $6.4 million winner Adrian Mateos (545,000), Mikita Badziakouski (413,000), and Triton founder Paul Phua (201,000).
$100K NLH Main Event Final Table Chip Counts
Rank
Player
Country
Chip Count
Big Blinds
1
Leon Sturm
Germany
1,370,000
137
2
Danilo Velasevic
Serbia
1,370,000
103
3
Javid Ismayilov
Azerbaijan
1,370,000
102
4
Ben Tollerene
United States
1,370,000
99
5
Tom Fuchs
Germany
1,370,000
86
6
Samuel Muller
Austria
1,370,000
83
7
Alex Foxen
United States
1,370,000
82
8
Mehdi Chaoui
Morocco
1,370,000
79
9
Ye Wang
China
1,370,000
79
10
Jesse Lonis
United States
1,370,000
77
Play resumes at 1:00 p.m. local time, and late registration remains open until the start of play. Last year's Montenegro $100K NLH Main Event saw Jesse Lonis outlast 179 opponents on his way to securing a $3,446,298 payday. Will the 2026 edition see a similar field? We don't have long to wait to find out.
Germany's Christoph Vogelsang is now a three-time Triton Poker champion after he triumphed in the $50,000 buy-in No-Limit Hold'em 7-Handed event on May 21. The methodical 40-year-old came out on top of a 118-strong field and received $1,037,858, the 13th seven-figure score of his glistening career.
Vogelsang's haul would have been even larger had it not been for a deal struck when the contest was three-handed. He struck a deal with fellow German speakers Leonard Maue and Thomas Muehloecker that saw Maue bank $909,127 and Muehloecker take home $1,071,015.
$50,000 NLH 7-Handed Final Table Results
Rank
Player
Country
Prize
1
Christoph Vogelsang
Germany
$1,037,858*
2
Leonard Maue
Germany
$909,127*
3
Thomas Muehloecker
Austria
$1,071,015*
4
Alexandros Theologis
Greece
$525,000
5
Bryn Kenney
United States
$422,000
6
Kayhan Mokri
Norway
$331,000
7
Ye Wang
China
$248,000
*Denotes three-handed deal
Day 1 saw the field reduced to a more manageable 23 and almost on the money bubble because the tournament paid the top 20 finishers.
The bubble burst early into Day 2, and Cong Pham was the unfortunate soul who popped it. Pham got his short stack into the middle wth ace-nine of hearts and can count himself unfortunate to lose to Maue's queen-deuce of spades.
Mikita Badzikouski fell in ninth-place
Top-tier grinders fell by the wayside through proceedings, with the eliminations of Mikita Badziakouski and final table bubble boy Wiktor Malinowski setting the official final table. The tournament director wound back the blinds to a 30 big blind average, and the final table action began.
China's Wang Ye's elimination broke the deadlock at the final table. Ye three-bet all-in for 19 big blinds with ace-king and was flipping against the pocket queens of Alexandros Theologis. The queens held, and Ye crashed out.
Bryn Kenney
Muehlocker eliminated Norwegian Kayhan Mokri in sixth before Triton Poker's all-time money leader, Bryn Kenney, bowed out. Kenney's last action in this event was to call all-in with ace-queen after Muehloecker had open-shoved with what turned out to be pocket fives. The lowly pair held, and the $50,000 NLH 7-Handed event was suddenly being contested four-handed.
Alexandros Theologis
Muehlocker claimed another scalp, that of Theologis, to reduce the field to only three hopefuls. The Austrian again open-shoved, this time with ace-ten, and Theologis looked him up with ace-six, committing his last 14 big blinds. The five community cards provided no drama, and Theologis was sent packing; the $525,000 he banked should go some way to numbing the pain of defeat.
The final trio requested the clock be paused while they looked at the numbers an ICM deal would produce. Those numbers locked in $1,071,015 for Meuhloecker, $937,858 for Maue, and $909,127 for Vogelsang, while leaving the trophy and $100,000 to play for.
With a deal in place, Vogelsang climbed to the top of the counts before concluding the tournament in two quickfire hands.
Thomas Muehloecker
First, Vogelsang three-bet all-in with ace-five after Muehloecker had opened, and the latter called off what remained of his 15 big blind stack with king-jack of hearts. An ace on the flop proved more than enough to halt Muehloecker in his tracks.
Leonard Maue
On the next hand, Vogelsang completed his blind with king-five of hearts only to see Maue rip in 23 big blinds with ace-queen. Vogelsang called and was rewarded with a king on the flop. No ace on the turn or river, and Vogelsang emerged victoriously once again, reeling in another $1 million score and a third Triton trophy.
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