Jesse Lonis is the latest winner at the Triton Super High Roller Series in Montenegro. The American came out on top of one of the most chaotic poker events in recent times.
Onlookers described this tournament as thrilling and unpredictable with carnage playing out in every other hand.
Jesse Lonis, they said, was the player best suited to this often crazy mystery bounty format today.
In the end, Lonis banked a cool 11 bounties — 12 if you include his own from winning the event — each envelope containing a minimum of $40,000.
That will pay him at least $480,000 on top of his $619,000 prize from the regular prize pool.
It’s incredible to think that his first live tournament cash didn’t come until March 2018, and he’s now racked up more than $16 million in winnings.
Speaking with Ali Nejad after being handed his trophy, Lonis said:
“I tend to sometimes make too loose of a call, so when I do it in these at least I get rewarded. It definitely helps me knowing that I can keep pushing the pedal and going for bounty after bounty. It kind of fits my style.”
“Everyone that knows me knows I never get really down on myself. I always have the confidence that it’s going to turn around as long as I keep doing what I like to do.
“You gotta know that it’s a long game and short-term things are going to happen negatively. You just gotta stay level headed, don’t get down, just keep your pedal to the metal and get it all back in one tournament!”
Jesse Lonis locks in his second Triton title with a dominant run in Event #5 $40K NLH Mystery Bounty.
Alongside the $619,000 top prize, @JesseLonis secured 12 bounty envelopes, guaranteeing at least another $480,000 in added winnings. With bounties ranging up to $400,000, the… pic.twitter.com/CedaVdG4pq
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Action Recap
Day 1 was all about trimming the field down to the final 25%. We had 129 entries with 47 re-entries and a prize pool of $5,160,000 to fight over, and everyone who returned for Day 2 would be playing for bounties.
As Day 2 kicked off, right from the first hand the rail was treated to an explosive show. Eliminations and double-ups were coming thick and fast.
The bubble proved to be even more dramatic than expected as Jesse Lonis knocked out three players in the same hand!
Lonis limped with Q♣ 5♣ and Poseidon Ho went with pocket fours for his last six big blinds. Kiat Lee came over the top with A♦ 10♦ for 17 blinds. Then just for further confusion, Maksim Shornikau decided that A♥ J♦ was good enough to jam 28 blinds with.
Lonis, who covered all three players, saw no reason not to make the speculative call. And it was worth it because a flopped club draw completed on the river for a minimum of $120,000 in bounties.
The final table was a typical tough line-up seen at Triton events.
| Player Name | Chip Stack | Big Blinds (BBs) |
|---|---|---|
| Jesse Lonis | 7,865,000 | 98 |
| Barak Wisbrod | 5,165,000 | 65 |
| Nick Petrangelo | 4,890,000 | 61 |
| Dominykas Mikolaitis | 2,585,000 | 32 |
| Dan Dvoress | 2,040,000 | 26 |
| Danny Tang | 1,935,000 | 24 |
| Jamil Wakil | 1,325,000 | 17 |
Jamil Wakil was in Montenegro licking his wounds after that controversial hand from Monte Carlo and must have been delighted to be picking up a six-figure score plus one bounty to draw.
Dan Dvoress followed his fellow Canadian to the rail, albeit with three bounties to go with a prize of $145,000.
Dominykas Mikolaitis was now in dire need of some more chips but he picked the wrong guy to tangle with. Lonis could do no wrong in this event and when Mikolaitis’s opened with tens on the button, a call with Q♦ J♣ was in order and the race was won.
Triton ambassador Danny Tang could do no better than fourth place after a quick spate of winning and losing all-in confrontations. $229,000 with another $280,000 from bounties made it an event well-played.
Petrangelo, Wisbrod and Lonis were the podium finishers, and the most deservedly so, according to the spectators.
Petrangelo eventually hit the road after losing a few pots in succession before jamming K♥ J♥ into Lonis’s J♦ 5♦ and seeing a five on the flop.
That was a $278,000 score plus $200,000 more from bounties.
Lonis started heads-up with a 2-1 advantage and deep stacks for this stage of a tournament, but it didn’t take long for Barak Wisbrod to get a fightback going.
In fact, Wisbrod soon had two opportunities to end it but whiffed both and the stacks were level again.
This was Lonis’s que to switch gears and the final stage of the match was all one-way traffic with the American coming out on top with his A♠ 9♠ holding against J♦ 10♣.
Espen Jorstad’s proxy later drew the top bounty of $400,000 for the former WSOP Main Event champion.
Triton Montenegro Event #5: $40k — NLH 7-Handed — Mystery Bounty Final Table Results
| Place | Player | Country | Prize (USD) | Bounty Pulls |
| 1 | Jesse Lonis | USA | $619,000 | 12 |
| 2 | Barak Wisbrod | Israel | $422,000 | 3 |
| 3 | Nick Petrangelo | USA | $278,000 | 3 |
| 4 | Danny Tang | UK | $229,000 | 4 |
| 5 | Dominykas Mikolaitis | Lithuania | $184,000 | 2 |
| 6 | Dan Dvoress | Canada | $145,000 | 3 |
| 7 | Jamil Wakil | Canada | $108,000 | 1 |
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