A Belarusian businessman has beaten a stacked final table to win the biggest poker prize of 2024 so far.
A Belarusian businessman has beaten a stacked final table to win the biggest poker prize of 2024 so far.
Mikalai Vaskaboinikau defeated a field of 171 in the $125,000 Triton Poker Main Event in Montenegro, overcoming a final table that included Phil Ivey, Wai Kin Yong and Bryn Kenney.
He took down a first prize of $4,737,000, which is the biggest tournament prize awarded in 2024 so far.
As is often the case in these events, for this businessman the prize was “not life-changing” even though it was the biggest one poker has seen awarded so far this year.
The action continues today with the $200,000 No Limit event, followed by a series of PLO events to conclude the series in Montenegro.
| Position | Name | Country | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mikalai Vaskaboinikau | Belarus | $4,737,000 |
| 2 | Dejan Kaladjurdjevic | Montenegro | $3,196,000 |
| 3 | Aleks Ponakovs | Latvia | $2,200,000 |
| 4 | Phil Ivey | USA | $1,795,000 |
| 5 | Igor Yaroshevskyy | Ukraine | $1,430,000 |
| 6 | Samuel Ju | Germany | $1,098,000 |
| 7 | Wai Kin Yong | Malaysia | $800,000 |
| 8 | Bryn Kenney | USA | $580,000 |
| 9 | Elizabeth Chen | China | $478,000 |
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