Another day and another high stakes win at the Triton Poker Super High Roller Series after John Juanda defeats Daniel Dvoress, heads-up, for the HK$250,000 Short-Deck title in Montenegro.

When you sit down with the greatest minds in the game and ask them to declare their greatest achievement, most wax lyrical about remaining at the top end of the game for so long. Credit where credit is due, few on this earth have been a fixture in the highest stakes for as long as John Juanda.

If he were a seal, no club would touch him. The 47-year-old has won $25.2m playing live tournaments over a period spanning more than two decades, and yesterday, he earned his 34th career title after beating the in-form Daniel Dvoress in the end game of Event #6: HK$250,000 Short-Deck No-Limit Hold’em at the Triton Poker Super High Roller Series in Montenegro.

The event attracted 65-entrants (inc. 29 re-entries), and there wasn’t a single turtleneck sweater in sight. These were players with nothing to hide. Especially, Juanda, who had only been playing Short-Deck for nine months. He’s a rapid learner – this was his third final table in that format since he landed in Tivat airport.