Artsiom Lasouski Wins Triton Montenegro $40,000 Mystery Bounty Event

Belarus’ Artsiom Lasouski made his debut on the Triton Poker Tremendous Excessive Curler Collection tour on the ongoing cease at Maestral Resort & On line casino in Montenegro. Whereas the 25-year-old didn’t money within the first two occasions of the sequence, he managed to bounce again in an enormous method by rising victorious in occasion no. 3, the $40,000 buy-in no-limit maintain’em thriller bounty match.

Lasouski overcame a subject of 151 entries to safe the title and the highest payout of $669,000 from the primary prize pool. Half of the $6,040,000 was put aside for Thriller bounties, which will likely be drawn a day after play concluded. Lasouski has 12 bounties to money in.

“I’m very enthusiastic about this second,” Lasouski advised Triton reporters by way of translator after closing out the victory. “I can’t consider how nice it’s.”

This win was by far the biggest reside poker rating but for Lasouski, simply surpassing the $63,000 he secured for a final-table end in a $2,200 buy-in occasion on the Mediterranean Poker Social gathering pageant simply eight days earlier. He now has almost $872,000 in recorded scores to his title.

When the sphere mixed onto a single desk, Lasouski sat in second chip place behind solely Nikita Kuznetsov. Large names fell early, with two-time Card Participant Participant of the 12 months award winner Stephen Chidwick (eighth – $82,000) and five-time Triton champion Danny Tang (seventh – $114,000) being the primary to move to the rail.

Lasouski then eradicated Daniel Rezaei (sixth – $156,000) to make him the chief heading into five-handed motion. His A-2 suited held towards the J-10 of Rezaei on an ace-high runout.

World Poker Tour champion and bracelet winner Dylan Linde obtained all-in with A-2 suited towards the Okay-J of Lasouski, who made two pair to win the pot and slender the sphere to 4.

Samuel Ju had been left on fumes earlier than Linde was knocked out, together with his A-8 suited shedding an all-in to the pocket jacks of Kuznetsov. He was quickly all-in with for simply greater than a single large blind with A-J dealing with A-Q fitted to Lasouski and A-5 for Kuznetsov. Ju flopped a pair of jacks and held to win the primary pot, whereas Lasouski’s ace-queen excessive earned him the huge aspect pot. Kuznetsov completed fourth for $253,000.

Current Triton Montenegro kickoff occasion champion Chris Moneymaker was left because the brief stack. He shoved from the button for round 8 large blinds with J-3 and Ju referred to as from the massive blind with Okay-10. Neither participant improved and Moneymaker was knocked out in third place ($311,000). He managed to money in every of the three occasions which have wrapped up thus far this sequence, accumulating greater than $1.26 million throughout the trio of deep runs. The 2003 World Collection of Poker fundamental occasion champion now has greater than $7.3 million in profession match earnings.

Heads-up play started with Lasouski holding 22,075,000 to eight,100,000 for Ju. Not too lengthy after being down almost a single large blind, Ju managed to battle his method into the lead with the title on the road. Lasouski edged his method again in entrance in time for the ultimate hand. He appeared down at QQ after Ju limped the button with 86 for 600,000. Lasouski raised to 2,000,000 and Ju referred to as. The flop got here down J63. Lasouski wager 1,500,000 and Ju referred to as with second pair. The 9 rolled off on the flip and Lasouski fired one other 3,500,000. Ju referred to as and the 9 accomplished the board. Lasouski moved all-in and Ju, after loads of thought, made the decision for his final 6,800,000. Lasouski revealed his overpair to safe the pot and the title. Ju walked away with $452,000 because the runner-up.