Jeremy Ausmus topped the most important area in Triton Poker historical past, outlasting a file 391 entries within the 2025 Triton Poker Tremendous Excessive Curler Sequence $25,000 no-limit maintain’em eight max occasion to earn his first trident trophy and the highest prize of $1,892,000.
This was the third-largest profession rating for Ausmus, a six-time World Sequence of Poker bracelet winner from the USA. The 45-year-old Las Vegas resident now has extra than $26.6 million in recorded earnings throughout 374 in-the-money finishes.
This large triumph additionally got here with 2,100 Card Participant Participant of the Yr factors. This was the third POY-qualified last desk of the 12 months for Ausmus, who additionally took down the $1 million PGT Championship invitational to cap off his PokerGO Tour season-long factors race win for 2024. With 2,870 POY factors, Ausmus now sits in first place within the 2025 race, which is sponsored by World Poker.
Ausmus’ may have simply been eradicated when there have been nonetheless 23 gamers remaining, as he picked up pocket kings towards the pocket aces of Aliaksandr Shylko. He introduced a elevate that was too small to depend. Because of this, he was required to kick the hand off with a limp. Shylko raised, then flat-called Ausmus’ three-bet. The confusion very properly may have saved Ausmus from getting his whole stack in preflop. Shylko ended up making quads and successful the sizable pot, however may need been in a position to get rid of Ausmus had issues performed out a little bit otherwise preflop.
Wow! ACES vs. KINGS! It ought to be throughout for Jeremy Ausmus, however a misclick preflop might give him an opportunity to flee together with his life! pic.twitter.com/xFIyDeC3dy
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Shylko ended up effervescent the official last desk. The 2023 PokerStars Gamers No-Restrict Maintain’em Championship winner earned $178,000 because the ninth-place finisher.
A 3-way all-in noticed two gamers eradicated in the identical hand. Three-time Triton Poker champion Matthias Eibinger was all-in with pocket nines going through the pocket aces of Quan Zhou and A-Ok suited of Shunjiro Kita. Heading into the river Kita loads of outs, with a royal flush draw and a pair of kings. The ultimate card was a brick, although, and Zhou’s pocket aces held to slender the sphere to 6. Eibinger earned $222,000 because the eighth-place finisher, whereas Kita secured $314,000 for his first money in a Triton occasion.
Paulius Vaitiekunas was the subsequent to fall. He misplaced nearly all of his stack with Q
J going through the AOk
of Alexander ‘Wolfgang Poker’ Seibt. The perfect hand-held up and Vaitiekunas was left on fumes. He managed a double up, however was quickly all-in once more with 5-4 trailing the pocket jacks of Zhou, who improved to a king-high straight by the river to ship Vaitiekunas house with $417,000. The Lithuanian bracelet winner now has greater than $4.6 million in recorded scores to his identify.
The following large conflict noticed Sim Kok Wai elevate from the small blind with A
A. Maksim Vaskresenski three-bet shoved with Q
9 from the large blind for six large blinds. Wai snap known as and the board introduced 4 diamonds to present him the nut flush for the win. Vaskresenski left with $532,000, which was good for the second-highest payout of his profession.
Seibt’s cinderella run on this occasion got here to an finish when his A8 was unable to finest the Q9 of Ausmus who min-raised from the button for two,400,000 and known as the 4,800,000 shove from Seibt out of the small blind. The board got here down 954QJ and Ausmus made two pair to get rid of Seibt in fourth place. The favored poker vlogger, who now has practically 1.6 million YouTube subscribers, earned $680,000 because the fourth-place finisher. This was his largest event rating by far, together with his earlier prime payday being the $62,000 he earned for a Twenty second-place exhibiting within the occasion that straight preceded this one in Jeju. He now has greater than $840,000 in lifetime cashes.
Wai received the final of his stack in with OkOk, limping from the small blind then calling a shove from Quan Zhou out of the large blind. Zhou had made the all-in for ten large blinds efficient with 53. The ten64107 runout noticed Zhou river a seven-high straight to attain the knockout in brutal style. Wai was awarded $855,000 for his third-place exhibiting.
Heads-up play started with Zhou holding roughly a 3:2 chip lead over Ausmus. The lead had modified arms forward of the ultimate deal of the event, although. Zhou shoved from the button with 33 for 31,700,000. Ausmus known as out of the large blind with A9, having the 20 large blind wager lined. The flop got here down A95 to show the coin flip into a large benefit for Ausmus. The Ok flip left Zhou in want of one of many two remaining threes within the deck on the river. As a substitute, the two rolled off to crown Ausmus because the champion. Zhou earned $1,193,000 because the runner-up, a brand new prime rating for the Chinese language event crusher. He now has greater than $11.7 million in profession earnings.
Last Desk Outcomes
Place
Participant
Earnings
POY Factors
1
Jeremy Ausmus
$1,892,000
2100
2
Quan Zhou
$1,193,000
1750
3
Sim Kok Wai
$855,000
1400
4
Alexander Seibt
$680,000
1050
5
Maksim Vaskresenski
$532,000
875
6
Paulius Vaitiekunas
$417,000
700
7
Shunjiro Kita
$314,000
525
8
Matthias Eibinger
$222,000
350
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