Artisom Lasouski in all probability will not be a reputation you might be acquainted with however it might be a reputation that poker followers will hear lots extra about sooner or later. The younger Belarusian acquired his Triton Poker Tremendous Excessive Curler Sequence debut off to the very best of begins, taking down Occasion #5 of the Montenegro collection, the $40,000 Thriller Bounty No-Restrict Maintain’em 7-Handed event.
Lasouski reeled in a career-best $669,000 for this spectacular debut victory, a sum that’s set to swell as a result of he additionally collected 12 bounty tokens en path to turning into a Triton Poker champion. The thriller bounties are being drawn on Might 17, so there may be each probability Lasouski’s first reside poker victory might be value in extra of seven figures.
Little is thought about Lasouski. His first recorded reside money got here in October 2023, when he completed within the cash in a $1,100 buy-in and a $5,150 buy-in European Poker Tour (EPT) Cyprus aspect occasion. In Might 2024, Lasouski completed eighth within the EAPT Grand Closing in Cyprus for $63,000, and min-cashed within the $5,300 Mediterranean Poker Get together Predominant Occasion.
Now, the younger grinder seems set to turn into a millionaire.
Occasion #5 – $40,000 Thriller Bounty NLH 7-Handed Closing Desk Chip Counts
The ultimate desk began with eight gamers hoping to win the biggest slice of the $6,040,000 (together with thriller bounties) prize pool, created by a area of 151 entries.
Stephen Chidwick was the second-shortest stack initially of the finale, and the primary participant heading for the exits. Chidwick got here unstuck when his ace-jack didn’t get there towards Chris Moneymaker‘s pocket jacks. Chidwick rushed to the registration desk and acquired into the $50,000 NLH 7-Handed Bounty Quattro occasion however busted earlier than day’s finish.
Danny Tang then misplaced a coinflip with pocket eights towards the ace-ten of spades within the hand of Daniel Rezaei, leaving solely six gamers within the hunt for the title.
Six-handed play spanned throughout greater than a few hours earlier than Rezaei opened with jack-ten and known as a shove from Lasouski, which had been made with ace-deuce of hearts. An ace on the flop ended Rezaei’s participation on this occasion, though the $156,000 plus bounties Rezaei scooped will assist numb the ache of defeat.
The rising blinds started swallowing up the shorter stacks’ chips, and so they have been compelled to make strikes. Germany’s Samuel Ju misplaced all however three massive blinds when his ace-eight of golf equipment misplaced to Nikita Kuznetsov‘s pocket jacks, but he was not the subsequent participant out of the door.
That doubtful honor went to Dylan Linde, who discovered himself all in with king-jack and needing some assist from the board to finest the ace-deuce of diamonds of Lasouski. No assist arrived, and Linde fell in fifth.
Ju then tripled up after calling all in from the small blind after Lasouski had ripped it in from the button. Kuznetsov known as from the button, making a chunky pot and a possible double elimination. A jack on the flop saved Ju’s bacon, which means his ace-jack had overwhelmed Lasouski’s dominating ace-queen and Kuznetsov’s dominated ace-five. Whereas Ju climbed up the chip counts, Kuznetsov crashed out in fourth place.
The 2003 World Sequence of Poker (WSOP) Predominant Occasion champion Moneymaker achieved an unbelievable comeback within the opening occasion, turning a solitary massive blind into a powerful victory. Nonetheless, Woman Luck was not on his aspect throughout his newest escape try, his shove with jack-trey getting snapped off by the resurgent Ju and his king-ten. Moneymaker missed the board and headed into the night time with a third-place end and $311,000 to indicate for his efforts.
Moneymaker’s demise left Ju heads-up towards Lasouski, with Ju trailing by greater than two to at least one. Ju managed to show the chip counts on their heads when his center pair held towards Lasouski’s nut flush draw earlier than the chip lead modified arms a number of instances.
The ultimate hand noticed the participant get to the river on a six-three-jack-nine-nine board, with Lasouski betting sufficient to set Ju in for all his chips. Ju finally known as with eight-six solely to find Lasouski’s pocket queens had him crushed all the time. Ju bowed out in second, leaving Lasouski to take down the primary Triton Poker occasion he had ever performed, a dream begin to Tremendous Excessive Rollers for the Belarusian.
Occasion #5 – $40,000 Thriller Bounty NLH 7-Handed Closing Desk Outcomes
Mateos Leads the $50K NLH 7-Handed Bounty Quattro
The Triton Poker Tremendous Excessive Curler Sequence Montenegro is displaying no indicators of slowing down, with the motion persevering with to return thick and quick. Might 17 will see the conclusion of Occasion #6 – $50,000 NLH 7-Handed Bounty Quattro, the place solely 28 of the 126 starters stay.
Famous person Spaniard Adrian Mateos (2,125,000) is the person to catch and the one Day 2 participant with no less than two million chips of their stack, though Paulius Vaitiekunas (1,990,000) will argue his stack is basically two million.
Mike Watson (1,735,000) is in search of his second Triton Poker title in every week, whereas Ramin Hajiyev (1,515,000) is hopeful of repeating the heroics from his Triton Poker journey final Might that noticed him win the $210,000 buy-in Cyprus occasion for $4,122,554.
Others lurking within the wings embody Isaac Haxton (1,230,000), Jason Koon (600,000), Michael Soyza (505,000), Seth Davies (440,000), and quick stack Kosei Ichinose (170,000).
Occasion #6 – $50,000 NLH 7-Handed Bounty Quattro Prime 10 Chip Counts
Play resumes at 1:00 p.m. CEST and continues till a champion is topped. Uncover who that champion is by returning to PokerNews over the weekend.
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