Punnat Punsri Keeps His Hot Streak Going With a $50K NLH 7-Handed Win ($1,697,000)

Punnat Punsri Captures His Fifth Triton Title

We wrote about Punsri’s successes in a previous article, and it’s clear that Thailand’s top tournament player had no plans to slow down. On Sunday night he claimed another trophy.

The $50K NLH 7-Handed event drew 146 entries. Punsri began the final table second in chips. First, he knocked out Samuel Mullur: in one hand Mullur tried to bluff into Punsri’s trips, then lost an all-in with KJo versus pocket fives.

Three-handed, Punsri collected all of Igor Yaroshevskyy’s chips. Yaroshevskyy busted when his AQo couldn’t hold against Punsri’s T9s — once again the Thai star made trips.

Heads-up started with Punsri holding 62 bb to Bradon Wilson’s 11 bb. They played for about 15 minutes; you can watch the final hand on Twitter:

Final Table Payouts – $50K NLH 7-Handed

#	Player	Country	Prize
1	Punnat Punsri		$1,697,000
2	Brandon Wilson		$1,150,000
3	Igor Yaroshevskyy		$766,000
4	Klemens Roiter		$628,000
5	Manuel Fritz		$504,000
6	Samuel Mullur		$391,000
7	Jean-Noel Thorel		$289,000

High-Stakes Cash Regular Peter Wang Wins $2,046,000 in $60K NLH 8-Handed

Peter Wang first came to wider attention after a $1,412,500 pot on High Stakes Poker:

This time Wang shone on the tournament stage.

The $60K NLH 8-Handed event attracted 154 entries. Wang reached the final table second in chips. Three-handed, the momentum was entirely his: he eliminated Anatoly Filatov in just two hands: TT > AQo (46.5 bb pot) and 22 > KTs (21 bb pot).

Heads-up began with Wang holding 60 bb versus Sosia Jiang’s 18 bb. It turned into one of the longest heads-ups in Triton history, lasting about two hours. In the deciding hand Wang trapped with top pair and it worked perfectly. With an effective stack of 10 bb in a limped pot, the board ran 6 K 7 (check–check), turn 6 (Sosia bet 1.5 bb, call), river 10 (Sosia shoved 8.5 bb into a 6 bb pot and got called). Peter showed K 9 ; Sosia tabled J 8 .

Final Table Payouts – $60K NLH 8-Handed

#	Player	Country	Prize
1	Peter Wang		$2,046,000
2	Sosia Jiang		$1,381,000
3	Anatoly Filatov		$950,000
4	Mikita Badziakouski		$774,000
5	Calvin Lee		$618,000
6	Nang Quang Nguyen		$475,000
7	Tom Fuchs		$345,000
8	Santhosh Suvarna		$250,000
9	Thomas Boivin		$207,000

Triton Jeju II Super High Roller Series: What’s Next?

Tomorrow we’ll find out the winner of the $150K NLH 8-Handed. Nine players remain from a total of 114 entries.

#	Player	Country	Stack
1	Kayhan Mokri		62 BBs
2	Javid Ismayilov		42 BBs
3	Wang Ye		41 BBs
4	Jason Koon		35 BBs
5	Samuel Mullur		30 BBs
6	Yu Zhang		24 BBs
7	Mario Mosböck		21 BBs
8	Brian Kim		18 BBs
9	Jun Obara		13 BBs

9th place payout = $410K. The winner will receive $4,107,000.

The broadcast resumes 16 September at 09:00 GMT.

Ossi «The Monarch» Ketola Keeps Offering Million-Dollar Heads-Up Action

The Monarch is back, this time choosing some of poker’s brightest stars as opponents.

In the first pair of matches — buy-ins of $2M and $4M — Ketola faced Wiktor “Limitless” Malinowski. He lost both, and while Limitless offered a rematch, Ketola moved on to Alex Foxen.

On Sunday night into Monday morning, Ketola and Foxen played two heads-ups: the first for $2M, the second for $5M. Ketola won the first and lost the second.

Right now Ketola and Foxen are battling in a $6M heads-up match, streamed live on Twitch and YouTube.

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