A live tournament double to bring you up to speed with including the Jungleman finishing the Triton Poker Super High Roller Series in Montenegro with a win, and Chris Moon taking down the Heartland Poker Tour Main Event in Chicago.
The Triton Poker Super High Roller Series in Montenegro was big. More than 1,000 entries, $42 million in prize money, and bowls full of goldfish amongst the salmon blinis and caramel chocolate ganache filled domes. All told, there were 12 events, 11 champions, and the last person to win a trophy was Daniel’ Jungleman’ Cates.
It’s been quite a fortnight for Cates, who broke the Internet after a team working at propelling his brand into the eyeballs of more people released a video of him cavorting semi-naked with a Playboy model, and then he teamed up with Tom Dwan for a spot of beer pong at the Maestral Resort and Casino.
But it’s on the felt that Cates’ narrative comes alive, and on the final day of Triton action before a two-month break, Jungleman won an unscheduled HK$300,000 (US$38,000) Short-Deck & NLHE Mixed Turbo.