button in SafariDanny Tang the Main Man in Montenegro, Wins $3.5 Million
Danny Tang finally got his Triton Main Event moment.
After coming painfully close seven years ago, the Triton ambassador captured the biggest title of his career on Saturday night, taking down the Triton Super High Roller Series Montenegro $100,000 Main Event for a massive $3,522,000 score.
The victory came over a 159-entry field and pushed Tang’s live tournament earnings beyond $42 million, while strengthening his grip atop Hong Kong’s all-time money list.
And judging by the emotion after the final hand, this one meant plenty.
Tang buried his head in his hands as the chips were pushed his way, soaking in a victory that looked far from certain only a few hours earlier.
“It didn’t go my way last time, but today, redemption,” Tang said in his post-match interview with Triton.
The final table was predictably stacked, featuring Patrik Antonius, Alex Kulev, Leon Sturm, and Kiat Lee, but it was Austria’s Klemens Roiter who emerged as Tang’s final obstacle.
Roiter entered heads-up play with the chip lead and at one point looked poised to deny Tang again. Earlier in the day, Tang had already seen a commanding stack evaporate after firing a huge bluff into eventual third-place finisher Ye Wang.
That hand left Tang with just seven big blinds.
“When I went down to seven blinds, I thought, ‘Urgh, man, I blew another chip lead,’” Tang admitted. “But then I got lucky, kept myself together, and kept fighting.”
Fight he did.
Tang spun the short stack back into contention before gradually taking control during heads-up play. The final hand saw Tang limp-call with ace-jack before Roiter moved all in with ace-seven. A clean board secured the title and finally erased the memories of his runner-up finish in this same event back in 2019.
$100k NLH Main Event Final Table Results
| Place | Player | Country | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Danny Tang | Hong Kong | $3,522,000 |
| 2 | Klemens Roiter | Austria | $2,377,000 |
| 3 | Ye Wang | China | $1,636,000 |
| 4 | Leon Sturm | Germany | $1,334,000 |
| 5 | Dominykas Mikolaitis | Lithuania | $1,064,000 |
| 6 | Cong Pham | United States | $817,000 |
| 7 | Patrik Antonius | Finland | $595,000 |
| 8 | Alex Kulev | Bulgaria | $431,000 |
| 9 | Wai Kiat Lee | Malaysia | $356,000 |
The win also adds another huge chapter to what has been a defining series for Triton’s younger generation.
Earlier in the festival, Adrian Mateos captured the $200,000 Invitational for $6.3 million, while Mario Mosböck and Fedor Holz both added more Triton silverware to their growing collections.
For Tang, though, this one hit differently.
“Triton is in my blood, in my veins,” he said. “My career would not have been what it is without Mr. Paul Phua and the whole Triton family.”