Artur Martirosian Continues Hot Streak At Triton Super High Roller Poker Series In Monte Carlo With Turbo Bounty Win

Artur Martirosian – Picture Credit score: Triton Tremendous Excessive Curler Poker Collection

Artur Martirosian has been busy in Monte Carlo, cashing in 5 out of the primary six occasions scheduled on the Triton Tremendous Excessive Curler Poker Collection.

Though he has been a fixture on the desk for the final 4 days, his win got here rapidly within the $30,000 no-limit maintain’em turbo bounty. The rating was good for $891,000 ($360,000 of which have been bounties), placing the Russian poker participant’s profession earnings simply shy of $20 million. This was his fifteenth event victory, and first Triton title.

The win additionally put Martirosian in twenty seventh place within the Card Participant Participant of the Yr standings because of 4,400 factors.

The sequence continues to tug robust numbers with giant prize swimming pools, and this event was no totally different with $3.15 million within the complete pot because of 105 entries. The highest 17 gamers all made the cash. Notables that cashed among the many chaos of the quickly rising blinds earlier than the ultimate desk included high high-stakes professionals Danny Tang (eleventh), Dan Smith (twelfth), Seth Davies (14th), and Brian Kim (fifteenth).

It surprisingly took two full ranges of play after shuffle up and deal on the ultimate desk earlier than Paulius Vaitiekunas fell in ninth place, and Espen Jostad exited in eighth place. They each fell on the toes of Martirosian, who took the chip lead after eliminating each opponents on the identical hand.

Martirosian was clearly within the lead, and there have been so few chips left in circulation among the many remainder of the ultimate desk that it was solely a brief matter of time earlier than destiny in the end performed its hand. Martirosian took out David Benefield in sixth place, after which he scored one other double knockout by sending Ren Lin (fifth place) and Adrian Mateos (fourth place) packing in the identical hand for a second time on the evening.

It wasn’t all unhealthy for Mateos, who elevated his Card Participant POY race factors as much as 10,174 within the race because of the money. The $313,000 payout gave him greater than $11 million for the yr, and a large 1,874-point lead over David Coleman in second place.

A 3-way all-in despatched Jamil Wakil house in third place. Nikita Kuznetcov received the primary pot in that hand to have a combating likelihood within the heads-up ultimate with 30 large blinds in opposition to the 58 of Martirosian.

The 2 Russian gamers confronted off principally in silence as Kuznetcov scored two early doubles earlier than Martirosian scored one in every of his personal to take again the lead. There have been solely 37 blinds left on the desk when Kuznetcov obtained all briefly holding Okay-5 offsuit in opposition to the 10-9 suited of Martirosian. A second 9 hit on the board, and Martirosian was topped the champion. He congratulated his countrymen Kuznetcov, who took house $358,000 together with one other $80,000 in bounties.

Remaining Desk Outcomes

Place
Participant
Payout
POY

1
Artur Martirosian
$891,000
840

2
Nikita Kuznetcov
$438,000
700

3
Jamil Wakil
$353,000
560

4
Adrian Mateos
$313,000
420

5
Ren Lin
$236,000
350

6
David Benefield
$163,000
280

7
Benjamin Tollerene
$134,000
210

8
Espen Jorstad
$111,000
140

9
Paulius Vaitiekunas
$93,000
70

The Triton Tremendous Excessive Curler Poker Collection in Monte Carlo is hitting the mid-way level with tournaments working from Nov. 1-14 on the shores of the Mediterranean. Keep tuned to Card Participant for recaps all through this marquee event sequence that includes the perfect poker gamers on the planet.