Triton Poker SHR Montenegro: Aleks Ponakovs Triumphs in the $150k 10th Anniversary Special

Matthias Eibinger finished in 4th place at the $1,000 NLH 10th Anniversary Special of the Triton Super High Roller Series Montenegro at the Maestral Resort & Casino, as Aleks Ponakovs defeated Jonathan Jaffe in a heads-up and took home $1,027,000.Matthias Eibinger led 26 players into Day 2, which was also to be the final day. Late registration was still possible at the start of the day and was utilized by 16 players. With a total of 76 entries (48/28), there was $1,400,000 in the pot, and the first 13 places were paid. The min-cash was $1,000, with Leonard Maue, Klemens Roiter, Daniel Rezaei, and Christoph Vogelsang among those who left this event empty-handed. On the bubble, Tom Fuchs got caught with against Kiat Lee’s queens before Danny Tang claimed the min-cash.Adrian Mateos had to say goodbye on the final table bubble, as he was eliminated with against Aleks Ponakovs’ when the board ran out .Igor Yaroshevskyy was the first to be eliminated at the final table, as he lost with to Jean-Noel Thorel’s , when the board showed . Mikalai Vaskaboinikau followed in 8th place, going out with 8s in a classic flip against Jason Koon’s .Kiat Lee was eliminated with against Jonathan Jaffe’s . Matthias Eibinger had to give up many chips to Aleks Ponakovs but managed to double up with kings against Jason Koon’s . Shortly after, Jason Koon had to leave the tournament after losing with against Jonathan Jaffe’s , as the hit the flop.Punnat Punsri was eliminated with against Jonathan Jaffe’s nines. Jean-Noel Thorel took nearly Matthias Eibinger’s entire stack with , and Matthias followed shortly after with going to Jean-Noel Thorel’s . Matthias earned $1,088,000 for 4th place.Jean-Noel Thorel couldn’t celebrate for long either, losing with to Jonathan Jaffe’s .This left Jonathan Jaffe heads-up against Aleks Ponakovs. The two engaged in an action-packed duel where it seemed like Jaffe would take the win for a long time. However, Aleks managed to take the lead and ultimately collected the last chips from Jonathan with . The final board was , and Aleks Ponakovs could rejoice with over $1,027,000 and the victory, while Jonathan Jaffe received $1,103,000 for his 2nd place finish.

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We show the livestreams daily here on Pokerexklusiv. Updates on the events can always be found at tritonpokerplus. You can find all the information on the Triton SHR Series Montenegro and the Invitational at tritonpokerseries.com.$1k 10th Anniversary Special (#12) Entries: 76 (48/28) Prize Pool: $1,400,000

Rank	Name	Country	Prize Money
1	Aleks Ponakovs	LV	$ 3,027,000
2	Jonathan Jaffe	US	$ 2,103,000
3	Jean-Noel Thorel	FR	$ 1,390,000
4	Matthias Eibinger	AT	$ 1,088,000
5	Punnat Punsri	TH	$ 878,000
6	Jason Koon	US	$ 684,000
7	Kiat Lee	MY	$ 541,000
8	Mikalai Vaskaboinikau	BY	$ 422,000
9	Igor Yaroshevskyy	UA	$ 319,000
10	Adrian Mateos Diaz	ES	$ 245,000
11	Paul Phua	MY	$ 245,000
12	Eelis Parssinen	FI	$ 229,000
13	Danny Tang	HK	$ 229,000

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Triton SHR Series Montenegro 2026

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