Danny Tang came into 2023 without a score Triton Booker Nicknames for his name. the World Series of Poker The bracelet winner has come close to Hong Kong several times, including a runner-up finish in 2019 and another runner-up appearance in 2022. He finally finds success and takes his first win on the High-Stakes Tour in March, eliminating a $25,000 deck short event in Triton Vietnam Stop. This breach seemed to have opened the floodgates, as Tang went on to earn three more Triton since then.
On Tuesday, August 8, he picked up his fourth win of the year, emerging victorious in the
2023 Triton poker super high roller london series $60,000 No-Limit Hold’em event for eight-maximum $1.6 million. Tang is now tied with Phil Ivey and Mikita Badziakowski for second in the Triton titles on the leaderboard, trailing only eight-time champion Jason Kuhn.
Tang now has approximately $18.7 million in lifetime tournament winnings, with nearly $10 million of that from 21 matches in the financial position in Triton events. In between his first title in March and this latest victory, he canceled the $50,000 No-Limit Hold’em turbo event and the $50,000 short-hand main event at Cyprus Triton Festival for $1.3 million in combined prize money.
Tang said in an interview after winning: “I don’t know what to say, I really don’t know what to say.” Triton Commentator Ali Nejad. “I think I played pretty much the same. Maybe I got a little better, and playing with these guys every day you will get better. But I wouldn’t say my skill level has improved dramatically compared to six months ago.”
The event attracted a total of 106 entries, creating a final prize pool of $6,360,000 which was awarded to the top 17 finalists. Heavy hitters like Steve O’Dwyer (17th), two-time bracelet winner Nick Petrangello (16th) twice Triton Champion Webster Lim (14th), Kari Katz (13th), three-time bracelet winner Yuri Dzieleevsky (12th), bracelet winner Ben Heath (11th), most recently Triton London Main Event Winner Timothy Adams (X), 2017 WSOP Poker Players Championship winner Elior Sion (9th place) earned $50,000, but failed to make it to the official final table.
A-4 Louis Spencer ran into an AK twice Triton The winner, Matthias Ebbinger, to finish eighth ($213,000). Badziakouski soon followed, with his pocket kings cracked by the AK of Tang. The four-time champ on this tour earned $283,000 for his efforts, increasing his career earnings to just $45.5 million.
Sean Winter’s run in the event came to an end when his final few blinds came in with a Q-10, which was unable to outrun Eibinger’s K-9. Winter earned $370,200 to be the sixth-place finisher. Chun Keat Liu got it all going with an A-9 fit to counter Q-10 from the tang, who pushed from the button. Tang made a flight of dozens to make the pot, defeating Chun for fifth place ($469,000).
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s4s2 Koon’s run out flew out a few points shy of the ninth to extend a record Triton Title. The American poker professional won $582,000, bringing his lifetime earnings to $50 million. He remains the fifth player on the all-time poker money list.
Tang was on top as he started off with three hands. Bruno Volkmann bridged the gap a bit when Q6 outperformed A
K of Eibinger, which made it straight to send the Austrian packing in third place ($703,000).
Tang still holds more than 3:1 lead. It didn’t take long for the final hand of the tournament to appear. Tang entered, limping off the button with an A.5 Volkmann’s examination held 52. Download the board 733 And checked both players. 4 On the turn and Volkmann bet just over a third bet. called Tang and 2 Complete the painting. Volkmann checked and Tang overbet 1,350,000 million in a total of 1,300,000. Volkmann went to the tank before checking everything out for 5,175,000. Tang thought about it before making the call five straight highs. Volkmann showed deception and was eliminated in second place, earning his first direct seven-figure payment ($1,080,000) for his second-place appearance in the event.
Here’s a look at the payouts awarded for the final schedule:
| place | player | earnings | POY points |
| 1 | Danny Tang | $1,600,000 | 1020 |
| 2 | Bruno Volkmann | $1,080,000 | 850 |
| 3 | Matthias Ebinger | $703,000 | 680 |
| 4 | Jason Kuhn | $582,000 | 510 |
| 5 | Chun Kit Liu | $469,000 | 425 |
| 6 | Sean Winter | $370,200 | 340 |
| 7 | Mikita Padziakowski | $283,000 | 255 |
| 8 | Louis Spencer | $213,000 | 170 |
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