VIP wins Triton $200,000 Invitational
A KK vs AA cooler led to a very short final table which saw real estate professional Aleksa Pavicevic win $6 million.
The $200,000 Invitational at Triton Poker is always one of the most unique events. On Day 1, all the amateur players play together and all the professionals do the same, before coming together on Day 2.
As such, the VIPs are making deep runs in this event, and once again, a recreational player has won it.
Aleksa Pavicevic is a local player from Montenegro who works in real estate. With one single result, he has just taken the lead in the Montenegro All-Time Money List, as he won this event for $6,180,000.
If you were watching, the final stages of the tournament were very easy for Pavicevic. Immediately after Eric Wasserson was eliminated in 4th place, on the very next hand he got his KK in against Javid Ismayilov's AA. Pavicevic spiked a King in the big stack vs big stack pot, and took a 10-1 chip lead heads-up against Seth Davies (who likely very much appreciated the seven-figure ladder).
"It's been a surreal experience," Pavicevic said in his interview afterwards. "I kind of just decided a week ago that I was going to play this thing. I didn't expect much, just to come, have a good time, see some friends. I love this resort, I love the people here, so I came for kind of a vacation. 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."
| Rank | Name | Earnings |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Aleksa Pavicevic | $6,180,000 |
| 2nd | Seth Davies | $4,190,000 |
| 3rd | Javid Ismayilov | $2,793,000 |
| 4th | Eric Wasserson | $2,287,000 |
| 5th | Taylor Von Kriegenbergh | $1,835,000 |
| 6th | Maher Nouira | $1,423,000 |
| 7th | Ramin Hajiyev | $1,053,000 |
| 8th | Joni Jouhkimainen | $774,000 |
| 9th | Thomas Santerne | $617,000 |
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