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Watch all the action from the Triton Poker Super High Roller Series Montenegro festival via the YouTube stream below.
2026 Triton Poker Series Montenegro
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The prize money that Triton Poker awards during each of its Super High Roller Series stops is astronomical, so much so that if a newcomer wants to break into the top 10 of the tour's all-time money list, they would need to earn a staggering $25,714,817 while hoping none of the current top 10 added to their current tallies!
Bryn Kenney is the biggest winner at Triton Poker events by far. The New Yorker has a cool $50,804,802 in earnings, helped by an impressive five titles and 24 in-the-money finishes. Kenney doesn't cash as often as his Triton peers, but when he does, he seems to rake in a colossal score.
PokerStars' Jason Koon ranks second in this list, courtesy of winning $38,298,784 in Triton events. Koon has 12 Triton victories, the most of anyone, and 74 cashes to his name. Only Stephen Chidwick, who ranks third in the earnings charts with $34,258,606, has cashed in more Triton tournaments (76) than Koon.
Two other stars, aside from the trio already mentioned, have won at least $30 million on this elite tour. Mikita Badziakouski ($31,886,817) and Daniel Dvoress ($30,389,982) are that duo.
Places four through ten are occupied by players who have won between $25,714,816 and $27,620,630; one deep run or victory here in Montenegro could see them leapfrog several places up the leaderboard.
Punnat Punsri ($27,620,630), Danny Tang ($26,542,454), Paul Phua ($26,026,082), Aleksejs Ponakovs ($25,790,640), and Dan Smith ($25,714,816) all know their way around a Triton poker table and are more than capable of reeling in a high-six or even a seven-figure payday.
Triton Poker Top 10 All-Time Money List
| Rank | Player | Country | Triton Prize Money |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bryn Kenney | United States | $50,804,802 |
| 2 | Jason Koon | United States | $38,298,784 |
| 3 | Stephen Chidwick | United Kingdom | $34,258,606 |
| 4 | Mikita Badziakouski | Belarus | $31,886,817 |
| 5 | Daniel Dvoress | Canada | $30,389,982 |
| 6 | Punnat Punsri | Thailand | $27,620,630 |
| 7 | Danny Tang | Hong Kong | $26,542,454 |
| 8 | Paul Phua | Malaysia | $26,026,082 |
| 9 | Aleksejs Ponakovs | Latvia | $25,790,640 |
| 10 | Dan Smith | United States | $25,714,816 |
While the $25,000 NLH 8-Handed event continues whittling its field down to a winner, another high-stakes tournament shuffles up and deals. At 3:00 p.m. local time on May 15, the $30,000 NLH 8-Handed explodes into action.
All entrants receive a 200,000-chip starting stack, and play is to 30-minute levels starting at 500/1,000, with a 1,000 big blind ante. There are 15-minute breaks every four levels, with a 45-minute dinner break scheduled after Level 8.
Last year, this event attracted a total field of 147 entrants, who created a $4,410,000 prize pool. Argentina's Nacho Barbero came out on top. padding his bankroll with $1,025,000. Barbero defeated Adrian Mateos ($694,000) heads-up for the title after battling with the likes of Stephen Chidwick ($463,000), Linus Loeliger ($379,000), and Kristen Foxen ($304,000) at the final table.
Expect another large field, crammed with some of poker's elite players vying for a potential seven-figure score.
Only 20 of the 119 high rollers that began the $25,000 NLH 8-Handed event at the 2026 Triton Poker Super High Roller Series Montenegro festival remain in contention for the title, and it is Latvia's Aleksejs Ponakovs who leads them back into battle at 1:00 p.m. local time.
Ponakovs finished Day 1 with 2,545,000 chips, the equivalent of 42 big blinds, enough to put his name at the top of the overnight chip counts.
The Latvian all-time money leader — he has $38,364,398 in earnings — had to wait until his 32nd Triton cash to bag his first title. It was worth the wait because Ponakovs triumphed in the $100,000 Triton NLHE Main Event at the World Series of Poker (WSOP) Paradise in December 2025 for a career-best $4,750,000. Ponakovs now finds himself in pole position for his second Triton trophy.
$25,000 NLHE 8-Handed Top 10 Chip Counts
| Rank | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Aleksejs Ponakovs | Latvia | 2,545,000 | 42 |
| 2 | Alejandro Lococo | Argentina | 2,095,000 | 35 |
| 3 | Mikita Badziakouski | Belarus | 2,055,000 | 34 |
| 4 | Curtis Knight | Canada | 1,750,000 | 29 |
| 5 | Maher Nouira | Tunisia | 1,720,000 | 29 |
| 6 | Ethan Yau | United States | 1,640,000 | 27 |
| 7 | Jason Koon | United States | 1,565,000 | 26 |
| 8 | Stephen Chidwick | United Kingdom | 1,320,000 | 22 |
| 9 | Aleksandr Zubov | Russia | 1,115,000 | 19 |
| 10 | Anatoly Zlotnikov | Russia | 1,045,000 | 17 |
Ponakovs leads an all-star cast when play resumes at 1:00 p.m. local time on May 15. The popular Alejandro Lococo (2,095,000) and Triton legend Mikita Badziakouski (2,055,000) make up the podium place, while such luminaries as Ethan "Rampage" Yau (1,640,000), Jason Koon (1,565,000), and Stephen Chidwick (1,320,000) return with top 10 stacks.
Lower down the counts, and with a little more work to do if they are to emerge victorious, are Alex Kulev (715,000), Linus Loeliger (715,000), Punnat Punsri (700,000), Mario Mosboeck (600,000), and Triton ambassador Danny Tang (500,000); the latter brings up the rear.
Canadian star Daniel Dvoress completed a remarkable trifecta by taking down the $25,000 NLHE Golden Decade event at the 2026 Triton Poker Super High Roller Series in Montenegro. Dvoress, who recently broke through $50 million in live tournament earnings, came out on top of a 146-strong field to take home $849,000 of the $3,650,000 prize pool.
His victory was impressive in its own right, but with it, Dvoress has now won Triton events in No-Limit Hold'em, Pot-Limit Omaha, and Short Deck, which is no mean feat.
Speaking shortly after completing his Triton hat trick, Dvoress said, "I'm very proud. It's great, obviously. It is kind of funny that it took me forever to get my first Triton trophy to begin with, and they came in Short Deck, then PLO, and then Short Deck. I've generally been a no-limit specialist. I've not been playing the other two games for very long. So it feels nice to finally get this one."
$25,000 NLHE Golden Decade Final Table Results
| Rank | Player | Country | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Daniel Dvoress | Canada | $849,000 |
| 2 | Dejan Kaladjurdjevic | Montenegro | $575,000 |
| 3 | Paul Phua | Malaysia | $384,000 |
| 4 | Samuel Muller | Austria | $314,000 |
| 5 | Ding Biao | China | $252,000 |
| 6 | Fabian Niederreiter | Germany | $195,000 |
| 7 | Mikhail Soltanov | Russia | $145,000 |
| 8 | Danilo Velasevic | Serbia | $106,000 |
| 9 | Ben Tollerene | United States | $85,000 |
Dvoress entered the final table second in chips, trailing only Dejan Kaladjurdjevic. It would be those two superstars who would ultimately reach the heads-up stage.
Ben Tollerene, Danilo Velasevic, and Mikhail Soltanov were the first trio to crash out, leaving the final table six-handed.
Germany's Fabian Niederreiter, making his Triton debut, busted in sixth, his maiden cash weighing in at $195,000.
Three-time Triton winner Ding Biao crashed out in fifth at the hands of Dvoress. Biao had opened with king-queen and flopped a king on a king-three-three board. He opted to under-represent his strong holding, blissfully unaware that Dvoress had flopped trip threes with his lowly five-three offsuit. Dvoress improved to a full house on the river and set Biao all-in, and Biao couldn't find a fold.
The dangerous Samuel Muller was the next to bust after flopping a pair of queens with his ace-queen. Unfortunately for the Austriam Kaladjurdjevic's jack-nine had flopped two pair. Muller only had 15 big blinds at the start of the hand, so there was no getting away from his hand.
The legendary Paul Phua exited in third to send the Golden Decade event into heads-up. A short-stacked Phua was all-in with king-eight, which had flopped second pair, against Kaladjurdjevic's queen-ten. Kaladjurdjevic turned a flush draw and hit a gutshot Broadway straight on the river.
Dvoress went into heads-up with 71 big blinds to Kaladjurdjevic's 51. The final hand saw Dvoress limp with three-deuce off suit, and Kaladjurdjevic check his ten-nine. A four-nine-five flop gifted Kaladjurdjevic top pair against Dvoress' open-ended straight draw. Dvoress completed his straight when an ace landed on the turn, and got all of the chips when Kaladjurdjevic backed into trip nines, a costly second-best hand.
Kaladjurdjevic banked $575,000 for his bridesmaid finish, leaving Dvoress to reel in $849,000 and another Triton title.
Back at the Triton Super High Roller Series Jeju in September 2025, PokerNews sat down with Triton CEO Andy Wong for an in-depth conversation about the growth of one of poker’s most ambitious tours.
From creating an environment built around the world’s biggest names to fostering the unique atmosphere that has helped define the Triton experience, Wong reflected on the philosophy behind the brand and what continues to drive its rapid expansion.
The discussion also explored the “secret formula” behind Triton’s success, the importance of community at the highest stakes, and why the tour sees itself as more than just another poker series.
Check out the full interview below:
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A cool feature you might not know about in the Triton Poker Plus app is Triton Fantasy. It’s completely free-to-play and works much like fantasy football in the Premier League or NFL.
For each event, you build a six-player roster, select a captain (come on Ben Heath!), add two boosters, and compete against other poker fans throughout the series.
If you fancy yourself as a strong judge of high roller talent, now’s your chance to prove it.
