Life Outside Poker is a podcast for PokerNews hosted by Connor Richards that seeks to pull back the curtain on poker players and allow viewers and listeners to get to know them on a personal level.
In the 35th episode, Connor talks with No Filter Poker Series founder Mounir Tajiou about growing up in Sweden, working as a high court judge, playing professional soccer, making a deep run in the 2025 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event, and the new No Filter Poker Series, which values fun at the table over poker strategy.
We also hear from 1998 Main Event champion Scotty Nguyen, reigning WSOP champ Michael Mizrachi and Finnish poker legend Juha Helppi about their involvement with the No Filter Poker tour.
Day 3, the final day of the $100,000 Triton Main Event at the 2025 World Series of Poker Paradise (WSOPP) gets underway today at Atlantis Paradise Island in the Bahamas, with 11 players returning from 237 entries. Aleksejs Ponakovs brings the chip lead into the day with 13,250,000, followed by Pedro Padilha with 10,400,000 and Adrian Mateos right on his heels with 9,750,000 after both players finished strong late on Day 2.
$100,000 Triton Main Event Chip Counts
Rank
Player
Country
Chip Count
1
Aleksejs Ponakovs
Latvia
13,250,000
2
Pedro Padilha
Brazil
10,400,000
3
Adrian Mateos
Spain
9,750,000
4
Ye Wang
China
5,475,000
5
Eelis Parssinen
Finland
4,700,000
6
Jean-Noel Thorel
France
3,850,000
7
Kelvin Kerber
Brazil
3,350,000
8
Jason Koon
United States
3,000,000
9
Klemens Roiter
2,300,000
10
Manuel Fritz
Austria
1,700,000
11
Yang Wang
China
1,500,000
Among the returning contenders is Jason Koon, who will start the day with 3,000,000. A long-established presence in high-stakes fields and a frequent finalist in Triton events, Koon remains well within reach of another title as he enters Day 3 from the middle of the pack.
Jason Koon
Also advancing are Ye Wang, Eelis Parssinen, Jean-Noel Thorel, Kelvin Kerber, Klemens Roiter, Manuel Fritz, and Yang Wang.
Remaining Payouts
Place
Prize
1
$4,750,000
2
$3,160,000
3
$2,311,000
4
$1,865,000
5
$1,462,000
6
$1,107,000
7
$813,000
8
$597,000
9
$495,000
10–11
$415,000
What to Expect on Day 3
Action resumes at 1 p.m. local time, with play picking up on Level 23. Blinds will be 75,000/150,000 with a 150,000 big blind ante, and they will play down to a winner today. The Triton Poker Plus app will stream the action on a one-hour delay, beginning at about 2 p.m., and the stream can also be viewed on YouTube.
You can also follow all the action on PokerNews, where we will provide updates in sync with the stream until a winner is crowned.
