Seven years in the past, Chris Frank received a maiden bracelet aged simply 22. In his winner’s interview, he instructed PokerNews that he’d “at all times dreamt of profitable one thing massive.”
Nicely, one thing massive simply obtained a complete lot greater with a $2 million payday after defeating Dylan Weisman heads-up and taking down the Triton Montenegro $100,000 PLO Most important Occasion.
The pair agreed to a heads-up deal, with Frank holding a commanding chip lead, which noticed each gamers document the most important dwell match scores of their careers. They fought on for the additional $70,000 and title, with Frank rising victorious.
Triton Montenegro $100,000 PLO Most important Occasion Remaining Desk Outcomes
*denotes heads-up deal
Remaining Desk Recap
The ultimate desk of seven was led by Laszlo Bujtas forward of Frank, with Ben Tollerene citing the rear with simply ten massive blinds. He misplaced out to Danny Tang early on and was eradicated.
Tang was subsequent to be eradicated, ousted by Bujtas, however sixth place was not for nothing. The outcome—mixed with different Triton outcomes—meant that he locked up the Ivan Leow Participant of the Yr award after a stellar 12 months. He took dwelling $495,000 for his sixth place.
The elimination of Tang noticed Bujtas return to the highest of the chip counts however wasn’t there for lengthy. Frank despatched Portugal’s Tomas Ribeiro to the rail, holding Okay♣Q♣10♦6♦ in opposition to Ribeiro’s A♠A♥Okay♦Q♥. The pair obtained it in on 8♥9♦3♣, however the J♥ flip gave Frank a straight to eradicate his opponent.
Frank now surged forward, holding nearly double the remainder of the desk mixed. He quickly knocked out PLO common Eelis Parssinen to carry 80% of the chips in play three-handed.
Each Bujtas and Weisman had been cautious of one another, however ultimately, the Hungarian misplaced out, ending third for $982,000. The 2 remaining gamers agreed to an ICM deal, enjoying on for $70,000, in addition to the trophy and unique Jacob & Co watch.
However Frank had issues below management. He rivered a full home with Okay♣Okay♦J♠6♠ on Q♣9♣4♣4♦Okay♥ and obtained all however one of many massive blinds in Weisman’s stack after the American confirmed J♥10♦7♣2♦ for a rivered straight. The final blind additionally went the best way of Frank, and he picked up the most important rating of his profession.
*Images courtesy Joe Giron/Triton Poker
Managing Editor
Based mostly in the UK, Will began working for PokerNews as a contract dwell reporter in 2015 and joined the full-time employees in 2019.
He graduated from the College of Kent in 2017 with a B.A. in German. He additionally holds an NCTJ Diploma in Sports activities Journalism.
