Martin Dam had by no means entered a Triton Poker occasion prior to creating the journey to the Maestral Resort & On line casino in Montenegro for the newest cease. The 27-year-old Danish participant had a formidable first exhibiting, cashing in three of the 4 occasions he entered whereas accruing $501,000 in earnings. Dam saved the very best for final. Within the closing occasion of the collection, he emerged victorious from a subject of 41 entries because the champion of the $30,000 buy-in pot-limit Omaha turbo bounty occasion. He was awarded his first Triton title, $250,000 in prize cash, and one other $280,000 in bounty payouts.
“Actually, the expertise has been wonderful,” Dam advised Triton reporters when requested about his debut on the tour. “You actually get a greater expertise right here. All the things is simply wonderful. I really feel nice.”
Dam’s total slate of occasions at this Triton Montenegro cease consisted of pot-limit Omaha tournaments, which is constant along with his prior file. Dam now has 14 recorded match scores in his profession, with all however two coming in PLO occasions. This newest victory grew his whole earnings to $996,000.
This occasion took only a single day to play out. The 41-entry turnout constructed a complete prize pool of $1,230,000. Solely the highest seven finishers earned a chunk of the principle prize pool, together with bracelet winner Ronald Keijzer (seventh – $42,000), ten-time Triton champion Jason Koon (sixth – $51,000), six-time bracelet winner Brian Rast (fifth – $67,000), and Biao Ding (4th – $87,000).
World Poker Tour champion and bracelet winner Dylan Linde made his fifth money of the pageant. His run resulted in third place when his single-suited pocket aces had been unable to fend off the double-suite queen-high rundown of Dam. The board gave Dam a flush to ship Linde to the rail with $114,000.
That left Dam heads-up with two-time Card Participant Participant of the 12 months award winner Stephen Chidwick, who was at an enormous chip drawback. Chidwick managed an early double up, however was quickly all-in and in danger once more. This time Dam flopped a set and held from there to convey the match and the pageant to an in depth.
Chidwick earned $179,000 because the runner-up. This was his sixteenth final-table end of the yr, with 4 titles received and greater than $2.9 million in POY earnings accrued alongside the best way. He now sits in third place within the 2024 POY race standings offered by World Poker.
Here’s a have a look at the payouts and POY factors awarded on the closing desk:
Place
Participant
Earnings
POY Factors
1
Martin Dam
$250,000
420
2
Stephen Chidwick
$179,000
350
3
Dylan Linde
$114,000
280
4
Biao Ding
$87,000
210
5
Brian Rast
$67,000
175
6
Jason Koon
$51,000
140
7
Ronald Keijzer
$42,000
105
Photograph credit score: Triton Poker / Joe Giron.
