Ben Tollerene Takes PLO Title At Triton Super High Roller Poker Series

Ben Tollerene grabbed the latest title on the Triton Tremendous Excessive Curler Poker Sequence at Sporting Monte-Carlo with a win within the $50,000 buy-in six-max pot-limit Omaha occasion. The highest payout was value $1,070,000 in Monaco, and that took his earnings simply shy of $18 million.

“It’s nice, I used to be having a horrible journey. A few bubbles. I used to be simply excited to play a distinct sport, play some PLO,” mentioned Tollerene to reporters after the win.

There have been 84 entries within the subject, with the highest 14 cashing for a minimum of $78,000 in prize cash. All of these gamers returned for the ultimate day of play on this two-day match (with a loopy 39 fingers performed out hand-for-hand on the bubble to finish a late Day 1).

Acquainted faces that made the cash included Luc Greenwood (14th), Jonas Kronwitter (thirteenth), Girk ‘VeniVidi’ Gerritse (twelfth), Jason Koon (eleventh), and Santhosh Suvarna (tenth).

Tollerene was second in chips when the ultimate desk started, and he quickly elevated his stack by eliminating Mads Amot in sixth place. Joni Jouhkimainen began the ultimate desk with the lead, however his endgame surprisingly got here to a detailed in fifth place, and as soon as once more it was Tollerene scoring the bustout. Jouhkimainen cashed for $217,000, giving him $7.6 million for his profession.

Tollerene was on a roll, and stored it going when Tollerene took out Zhou Quan in fourth place. Quan, a excessive curler common with a Triton title and quite a few deep runs, now has greater than $10 million in recorded earnings after including $393,000 in Monte Carlo.

PLO specialist and 2022 WSOP important occasion third-place finisher Michael Duek had been quiet on the closing desk up till that time, however then he took out a participant who selected to stay nameless in third place to present him 23 large blinds within the closing battle in opposition to Tollerene’s 43.

It took simply three fingers of play after that to wrap issues up, nonetheless. In that fateful final hand Duek pegged his match hopes on a flush draw on the flop, however it couldn’t get there in opposition to the two-pair held by Tollerene who received the match.

Duek was awarded $736,000, and that put the Florida poker participant’s profession earnings above $7.3 million.

Ultimate Desk Outcomes

Place
Participant
Payout
POY

1
Ben Tollerene
$1,070,000
816

2
Michael Duek
$736,000
680

3
Nameless
$485,000
N/A

4
Quan Zhou
$393,000
408

5
Joni Jouhkimainen
$314,500
340

6
Mads Amot
$244,500
272

The Triton Tremendous Excessive Curler Poker Sequence in Monte Carlo runs from Nov. 1-14.

Photograph: Triton Poker