Charlie Carrel Wins Triton Poker ��50,000 Event, Secures His Largest-Ever Prize
British superstar Charlie Carrel got his hands on his largest-ever live poker score when he took down the Triton Poker Super High Roller Series London ��50,000 Eight-Handed event. A total of 66 players made 43 re-entries between them to create a ��5,123,000 prize pool shared among the top 15 finishers.
France��s Benjamin Pollak was the first player to bust in the money, finishing 15th for ��87,000. Germany��s Christoph Vogelsang was the next to fall and also collected ��87,000. This high stakes duo were followed to the cashier��s desk by Jesus Cortes, and Sam Greenwood who both banked ��94,700 before Mikael Thurtiz and Talal Shakerchi busted for ��107,500.
Team partypoker��s Isaac Haxton fell in ninth-place to set the official final table; Haxton won ��133,000.
Canada��s Daniel Dvoress�� run at the final table didn��t last long and he had to make do with a ��182,000 prize for finishing eighth. Jun Wah Yap smashed his personal best with a ��238,000 haul for his seventh-place finish before Robert Flink busted in sixth-place for ��302,100. Flink finished second in another Super High Roller event in Jeju, South Korea in March for $1,240,829.
Austria��s Matthias Eibinger then exited in fifth-place for a ��386,000 addition to his bankroll and was followed to the sidelines by Kahle Burns who took home ��481,500 from this event after banking ��160,000 from the ��25,000 Six-Max Turbo.
Then came the elimination of Loeliger. This third-place bust-out being worth ��594,000 making for an excellent couple of days after he won the ��25,000 Six-Max Turbo for ��690,000. Loeliger��s exit left Jason Koon and Carrel heads-up.
Each was guaranteed ��907,000 but there was ��1,321,000 awaiting the champion. That champion ended up being Carrel who locked up the third seven-figure prize of his career to date, this one being larger than any other by more than $350,000.
Triton Poker Super High Roller Series London ��50,000 Eight-Handed Final Table Results
| Place | Player | Country | Prize(USD) | Prize (GBP) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Charlie Carrel | United Kingdom | ��1,321,000 | $1,601,853 |
| 2 | Jason Koon | United States | ��907,000 | $1,099,834 |
| 3 | Linus Loeliger | Switzerland | ��594,000 | $720,288 |
| 4 | Kahle Burns | Australia | ��481,500 | $583,870 |
| 5 | Matthias Eibinger | Austria | ��386,000 | $468,066 |
| 6 | Robert Flink | Sweden | ��302,000 | $366,328 |
| 7 | Jun Wah Yap | Malaysia | ��238,000 | $288,600 |
| 8 | Daniel Dvoress | Canada | ��182,000 | $220,694 |