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Unstoppable Aleksa Pavicevic Wins $200K Triton Invitational ($6,180,000)

Unstoppable Aleksa Pavicevic Wins $200K Triton Invitational ($6,180,000)

29-year-old hospitality and real estate professional Aleksa Pavicevic decided to enter the tournament just a week before it started. Originally, he came to Montenegro to catch up with family and friends and have a good time.

Aleksa Pavicevic

I decided I’d just take a try. Honestly I expected to bust maybe four levels in, and if not then run up a stack and maybe try to win the whole thing. So it worked out.

Luck never left Aleksa Pavicevic throughout the entire final table of the $200K Triton Invitational

This was his third career Triton tournament — with no cashes in the previous two.

The final table lasted only three hours. Pavicevic entered the 9-max final second in chips and remained near the top throughout the whole session.

The madness began during 4-handed play. Pavicevic, sitting on the small blind with 55 BB, shoved into Erik Wasserson’s big blind (15 BB) and got called. Showdown: Q 5 for Pavicevic, A 5 for Wasserson. The board ran out Q 8 4 J 10

On the very next hand, a $1.4M collision occurred — that was the pay jump between 3rd and 2nd places.

Chip stacks at that moment:

  1. Aleksa Pavicevic – 73 BB
  2. Javid Ismailov – 71 BB
  3. Seth Davies – 13 BB

Seth Davies, who started the final day with just 6 BB, managed to reach heads-up. However, he was massively outchipped — nearly 1-to-11. No deal was discussed.

At one point, Davies managed to even the stacks.

In the final hand, the effective stack was 42 BB. Limped pot.

Flop came K 7 3 — Davies made two pair with K 3 , both players checked.

Turn: A . Davies check-raised to 9 BB.

River: 10 . Davies led for 6 BB, leaving 28 BB behind. Pavicevic shoved. After a minute in the tank, Davies called and saw 5 3 .

Final Table $200K Triton Invitational Payouts:

PlacePlayerCountryPayout
1stAleksa Pavicevic$6,180,000
2ndSeth Davies$4,190,000
3rdJavid Ismailov$2,793,000
4thErik Wasserson$2,287,000
5thTaylor von Kriegenbergh$1,835,000
6thMaher Nouira$1,423,000
7thRamin Hajiyev$1,053,000
8thJoni Jouhkimainen$774,000
9thThomas Santerne$617,000

Trophy Hunter Dominykas Mikolaitis Wins $50K Event for $1,258,000

At the start of the year, Dominykas Mikolaitis made a promise to his wife — this year would be all about bringing home trophies.

Dominykas Mikolaitis

I’m more of a trophy guy than a money guy, so this means everything to me.

Alongside the long-awaited trophy, Mikolaitis also secured his career-best cash.

He entered the final table 4th in chips. During 6-max play, he was down to just 7 BB — but then the comeback began. First, A A > K 6 vs. David Peters, then K K > A Q vs. Danilo Velasevic. He climbed back to 24.5 BB.

Lady luck stayed with Mikolaitis until the very end. In 3-handed play, he sent David Peters to the rail. Mikolaitis opened the BTN with A K , Peters defended his BB with K 3 and 10 BB. The board ran out 10 4 3 – Mikolaitis c-bet 1 BB and got shoved on. Turn: 7 , River: 9

Heads-up began with Mikolaitis holding 53 BB and Alex Kulev 27 BB. The winner was decided on the very first hand. Kulev shoved with A 10 vs. A 8 . Mikolaitis paired his 8 on the flop, Kulev picked up a straight draw on the turn, but bricked the river.

Final Table Payouts (100 entries total):

PlacePlayerCountryPayout
1stDominykas Mikolaitis$1,258,000
2ndAlex Kulev$850,000
3rdDavid Peters$552,000
4thJesse Lonis$457,000
5thPoseidon Ho$468,000
6thDanilo Velasevic$291,000
7thBen Tollerene$222,000

$100K Main Event Coverage Starts at 13:00 CET

The $100K Main Event livestream kicks off at 13:00 CET. There are 73 players remaining from a total of 158 entries, with late registration still open. The chip leaders heading into Day 2 are:

PlacePlayerCountryChips (BB)
1stBryn Kenney1,278,000 (128 BB)
2ndAndrew Robl1,241,000 (124 BB)
3rdEspen Jorstad1,179,000 (118 BB)
4thDan Smith1,179,000 (118 BB)
5thAlex Foxen1,125,000 (113 BB)
6thAlex Boika1,103,000 (110 BB)
7thDanny Tang1,073,000 (107 BB)
8thSean Winter1,054,000 (105 BB)
9thLeon Sturm1,043,000 (104 BB)

Watch the stream on YouTube and Twitch.

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Written By: Alex Sakuta Content Editor