Triton Poker SHR Montenegro: Who will win the $200k Invitational?
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The field for the $1,000 Invitational of the Triton Super High Roller Series Montenegro at the Maestral Resort & Casino has shrunk to twelve players, with Linus Löliger being the last remaining German-speaking representative. The winner can look forward to $1,370,000.Day 1, where invitees and pros played separately, was basically just a warm-up round, though here the 96 players generated 34 re-entries. Seven more players joined by the end of the late registration, bringing the total to 137 entries (including 41 re-entries) for a prize pool of $1,400,000. The top 23 positions were paid, with a min-cash of $1,000. Two-thirds of the field would go home empty-handed, affecting almost all German-speaking players.Samuel Ju was very short-stacked and was eliminated early, along with Artur Martirosian, Espen Jorstad, and Richard Yong. Bernhard Binder had to leave with tens against Cong Pham’s , as two appeared on the flop. win2day testimonial Jessica Teusl sent Dejan Kaladjurdjevic packing, but Leon Sturm had to settle for a short exit with .Jessica Teusl also had to go, facing Kiat Lee with in the big blind. The board didn’t change anything, and Jessi went home empty-handed. Not long after, Fedor Holz was eliminated with kings against Matthias Eibinger’s aces. Samuel Mullur lost with to Alex Kulev with , while Christoph Vogelsang fell victim to Kristen Foxen with with , the board being . Mario Mosböck lost his seat with against Rafael Mota’s .Matthias Eibinger had already reached the cash positions but then fell with tens against Adrian Mateos’ jacks.On the bubble, Shaneil Stokes was eliminated. He lost short with to Kiat Lee’s and finished in 24th place with nothing to show for it. Paul Phua was the first to cash, followed by Aleks Ponakovs, Alex Foxen, Dan Smith, and Joao Simao. In 17th place, Christopher Nguyen ($1,000) was eliminated, leaving Linus Löliger as the last remaining DACH player in the tournament. Kristen Foxen, Rui Cao, Ding Biao, and Jason Koon were also out, leaving twelve players remaining.The chip leader is Maher Nouira, who has already claimed two final table appearances in Montenegro. Linus Löliger sits in 7th place with only 15 BBs. Everyone is guaranteed $1,000, with $1,370,000 awaiting the winner. Who will prevail? You can catch the action again today in the livestream.We provide daily livestreams here on Pokerexklusiv. Updates on the events can always be found on tritonpokerplus. All information about the Triton SHR Series Montenegro and the Invitational can be found on tritonpokerseries.com.$1,000 NLH Invitational (#8)
Entries: 137 (96/41)
Prize pool: $1,400,000Chip Counts after Day 2
Rank
Name
Nation
Chip Count
BBs
1
Maher Nouira
TN
9,900,000
66
2
Anatoly Zlotnikov
RU
7,250,000
48
3
Eelis Parssinen
FI
6,420,000
43
4
Danilo Velasevic
RS
3,185,000
21
5
Adrian Mateos Diaz
ES
2,450,000
16
6
Isaac Haxton
US
2,300,000
15
7
Linus Löliger
CH
2,190,000
15
8
Benjamin Heath
GB
1,865,000
12
9
Andre Bye Berg
NO
1,785,000
12
10
Kiat Lee
MY
1,405,000
9
11
Ilya Nikiforov
EE
1,250,000
8
12
Alexey Lozuyk
BY
1,105,000
7
Payouts:
Rank
Name
Nation
Payout
1
$ 6,370,000
2
$ 4,316,000
3
$ 2,877,000
4
$ 2,357,000
5
$ 1,890,000
6
$ 1,466,000
7
$ 1,085,000
8
$ 797,000
9
$ 635,000
10
$ 534,000
11
$ 534,000
12
$ 466,000
13
Jason Koon
US
$ 466,000
14
Ding Biao
CN
$ 425,000
15
Rui Cao
FR
$ 425,000
16
Kristen Foxen
CA
$ 384,000
17
Christopher Nguyen
DE
$ 384,000
18
Joao Simao
BR
$ 345,000
19
Dan Smith
US
$ 345,000
20
Alex Foxen
US
$ 345,000
21
Mehdi Chaoui
MA
$ 318,000
22
Aleks Ponakovs
LV
$ 318,000
23
Paul Phua
MY
$ 318,000
Triton SHR Series Montenegro 2026
Date: May 13 to 28
Location: Maestral Resort & Casino
Events: 16
Buy-Ins: $1,000 to $1,000
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