Freestyle rapper Alejandro Lococo made all the noise in the Triton Million, winning the $12,070,000 first prize as a VIP and besting not only his pro partner Joao Vieira but the rest of the world's best players at WSOP Paradise. He won his first WSOP bracelet and a Triton trophy, and talked to PokerOrg's Matt Hansen straight after.
But there was another big headline that didn't get written. Triton OG Sosia Jiang looked odds-on to record the biggest single cash by a woman. She needed to finish 7th to better Annette Obrestad's 2007 WSOPE Main Event win that netted her $2,013,733.
Jiang spent all of her time at the final table in the top half of the chip counts but went out in 8th when she shipped with over the top of an open from chip leader Daniel Dvoress. Unfortunately, Dvoress was right at the top of his opening range with
and made the call to eliminate Jiang. She took home $1,605,000.
PLO Super High Roller goes to extra time
Two bracelets were slated to be handed out on Monday night, but the PLO Super High Roller has gone into extra time. An all-star cast saw Ike Haxton, Patrik Antonius, Jason Koon and Jared Bleznick got close, but now it's between Ben Tollerene, who will return with the lead (30,000,000), and Lautaro Guerra (23,000,000). They'll come back at 2pm today to play for the gold.
Elsewhere, Daniel Negreanu is in the hunt for his 8th bracelet in the $25K Dealer's Choice Championship. Nacho Barbero was the Day 1 chip leader, and Benny Glaser, Ari Engel, Shaun Deeb and Jason Mercier are all in the mix. We're expecting a rested Phil Hellmuth to show up before late reg ends, which is 5.30pm ET today.
What else? The Mini Main Event merges the field for Day 2, and the $100K Triton Main Event kicks off.
You can technically legally slowroll
The PokerOrg team is on the floor in The Bahamas, catching all the big poker moments for you on Instant.
But we're also performing a public service, highlighting the dangers of slowrolling and what to do if you decide to grit your teeth and do it anyway.
Meanwhile, Chance Kornuth decided to toss a hand grenade into the middle of his competitors in the coaching world. He claims that other elite coaching schools are holding back winning secrets, while he and Alex Foxen are giving all their secrets away (but not for free) at Chip Leader Coaching. Shots fired, indeed. You can get involved in the discussion on this and other hot takes from WSOP Paradise in the all-new discussion platform Ask The Org.