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Triton Poker SHRS Montenegro: Seth Davies Clinches Long-Awaited Triton Win in Event #6: $50K NLH 8-Handed For $1.49 Million

Triton Poker Super High Roller Series Montenegro: Seth Davies
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  • Attreyee Khasnabis May 20, 2025

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For years, Seth Davies (cover image) had been knocking on the Triton Poker door. With 36 prior cashes, 16 final tables, and over $8.5 Million in earnings across Triton events, the American high-stakes pro had consistently been in the mix. But the one milestone that had remained just out of reach was a title. That changed in Montenegro.

In what felt like a long time coming, Davies clinched his maiden Triton title in Event #6: $50,000 NLH 8-Handed at the Triton Poker Super High Roller Series Montenegro, topping a fierce 143-entry field to pocket $1,490,741 after a heads-up deal.

The 36-year-old has been a fixture on the Triton scene since his first appearance at the 2019 Jeju stop, where he notched his debut cash. Over six years and countless close calls later, he finally got to lift the iconic trident trophy—and he did it in style.

“When you start throwing all those numbers out—17 final tables and I’ve never even been heads-up?! That’s a big number,” Davies said. “Most of my biggest success has been on other tours, so it’s really nice to finally have a win at Triton, especially when it means so much to me.”

“Poker’s a hard game, especially tournament poker,” he added. “When a couple of things don’t go your way, it just feels like the whole world is falling down on top of you. So when everything goes this way, it just feels incredible.”

Davies’ road to victory was far from smooth. At one stage during the final table, he was staring at a short stack of just four big blinds. Yet, he never lost composure. The final few levels were a minefield of momentum shifts, with several players bouncing between chip leader and danger zone as the stacks got shallow and every decision carried enormous weight.

“We were five-handed and everybody had the same amount of chips,” Davies recalled. “It was just madness. And when things are that way, you’ve got to run well. And I ran well. I won a bunch of preflop all-ins, made a bunch of big hands. It was really anybody’s game and it just went my way today.”

In the end, Davies and Serbia’s Danilo Velasevic—who was also hunting for his first Triton title—decided to cut down on variance and struck a heads-up ICM deal. Velasevic banked a hefty $1,226,000 for his runner-up finish, bringing his own breakout run to a close.

The moment Davies clinched the win, news spread like wildfire across the Maestral Casino & Resort. His longtime friends—fellow Triton regulars Ben Tollerene and Daniel Dvoress, who were in the middle of a tennis match—immediately returned racket-in-hand. Jason Koon, deep in a nap, woke up to make it in time for the celebrations. The room quickly filled with cheers as Davies—trophy in one hand, beer in the other—soaked in a moment that had been years in the making.

Seth Davies and His Rail
Seth Davies and His Rail

This latest win pushes his Triton earnings past the $10 Million mark and bumps his total live tournament winnings to over $36 Million. It’s his sixth score north of seven figures and the third-highest payout of his career—just behind his $3.2 Million victory at Super High Roller Bowl IX and his $1.5 Million win in the $100K PLO at the PokerGO Tour’s Super High Roller Bowl.

From near-elimination to finally closing the loop on an elite poker résumé, Seth Davies now has his Triton title—and it couldn’t have landed in better hands.

 

Event Highlights

After four events with relatively modest buy-ins by Triton standards, the stakes took a sharp climb with the arrival of the $50K NLH 8-Handed—and so did the intensity. This is the kind of tournament where Triton regulars feel right at home, and it didn’t take long for the numbers to reflect that. A total of 143 entries—powered by 60 re-entries—pushed the prize pool to a hefty $7.15 Million, setting the stage for another deep and dramatic showdown.

Day 2 came with a clear goal: make the money. But the closer the field got to the payout zone, the more it started to resemble trench warfare. The bubble stretch turned into one of the slowest, most nerve-wracking phases of the week—especially for Stanley Tang, who found himself at the center of the two hands that finally burst it. Neither went his way.

The first was a setup that had everything going right for Tang—until it didn’t. Sitting on a healthy stack, he woke up with after Talal Shakerchi opened from early position. Tang three-bet one seat over, and Fedor Holz, sitting on 20 big blinds, decided to four-bet from the button. Shakerchi got out of the way, and Tang shoved, expecting to be miles ahead. Holz called with pocket queens—no problem for aces, right? But a flop shifted the energy. The turn blanked, but the river was , giving Holz a straight and leaving Tang crippled with just 10 blinds.

A few hands later, Tang took a stand with pocket fours, jamming over Mikita Badziakouski’s open. Badziakouski quickly called with and found an ace on the flop. That ended Tang’s run on the stone bubble—he left empty-handed while the remaining 23 players locked up at least $83,000.

Stanley Tang
Stanley Tang

One player who returned to Triton with some flair was Vladimir Korzinin, better known in the poker world as “Gambledor.” True to form, he once again turned heads with his fearless style and managed to slide into the money. But his run came to an end in 18th place for $90,000, just short of the final stages.

Vladimir Korzinin
Vladimir Korzinin

The deep field meant the list of cashes was loaded with familiar names. Aleksejs Ponakovs banked $100,000 for 17th, while Austria’s Matthias Eibinger and Kiat Lee each picked up $111,000 for 15th and 14th place, respectively. Brian Kim followed with $122,000 in 12th, and Dan Smith collected $139,000 for his 11th-place exit.

It was Stephen Chidwick—one of the most accomplished players in the game—who had the misfortune of bubbling the unofficial nine-handed final table. He too earned $139,000, but no seat under the lights this time.

You can watch the final day live stream right here.

$50K NLH 8-Handed – Event #6, Final Day | Triton Poker Series Montenegro 2025

Final Table Chip Counts

  1. Danilo Velasevic – 4,725,000 (47 BBs)
  2. Jules Dickerson – 4,650,000 (47 BBs)
  3. Matthew Belcher – 4,250,000 (43 BBs)
  4. Fedor Holz – 3,525,000 (35 BBs)
  5. Poseidon Ho – 2,975,000 (30 BBs)
  6. Joao Simao – 2,875,000 (29 BBs)
  7. Mikita Badziakouski – 2,450,000 (25 BBs)
  8. Seth Davies – 1,925,000 (19 BBs)
  9. Alex Foxen – 1,225,000 (12 BBs)

 

Final Table Recap

Alex Foxen had been having the kind of week most players dream of—until this final table threw him a curveball. Day 2 turned out to be more grind than groove, and nothing quite went his way once the cards were in the air.

Early on, he lost a sizable pot to Jules Dickerson, whose flopped best and only improved from there. Reduced to fumes, Foxen held on with just three big blinds. He managed one double, but his comeback bid ended when his failed to connect against Joao Simao’s . Simao flopped top pair, Foxen had a straight draw, but the board ran dry. Just like that, the three-time Triton champ was gone.

Next out was Poseidon Ho—a fan favorite ever since his Triton debut in Jeju. Making his first final table in his sixth Triton cash, Ho was eager to make it count. But his journey ended abruptly. He defended his big blind with after Dickerson opened the button. The flop gave Ho a straight draw, and he shipped his last 10 blinds. Dickerson called with , and the and runout didn’t help the man from Taiwan. He was out in eighth, still all smiles.

At this point, Seth Davies looked like he might be next. Down to five blinds, stuck near the bottom of a rapidly shrinking leaderboard, it was dinner break that may have saved him. After the return, Davies found a gear few saw coming. He first doubled through Dickerson, then again through Simao, catapulting his stack to 29 blinds—well ahead of the new average of 20. The final table, short and tense, locked up under ICM pressure.

That tension exploded with the elimination of Matthew Belcher. Danilo Velasevic opened the button, and Belcher looked down at in the small blind. Seeing a classic spot, he jammed for 14 blinds. Velasevic, holding , didn’t hesitate. The flop brought two diamonds to give Belcher a sweat, but the board bricked out. He exited in seventh.

Then came a critical clash between two Triton regulars. Fedor Holz, sitting in the small blind, moved all-in with , targeting the slightly shorter Mikita Badziakouski in the big. Badziakouski snapped with . Both players hit a king, but the jack held. Holz was left crippled and busted shortly after, when his couldn’t hold versus Simao’s . The board gave Holz false hope before the river counterfeited his pair. The German pro bowed out in sixth, having earlier survived a brutal aces-versus-queens cooler on the bubble, his luck finally ran out.

Mikita Badziakouski’s run didn’t last much longer. With the average stack slipping even lower, Velasevic opened under the gun. Badziakouski, in the big blind, jammed with . Velasevic called for his tournament life—and caught a queen and jack on the board. Badziakouski was left with one blind, which he lost to Dickerson soon after. The five-time Triton winner exited in fifth place.

With four players left, everyone was teetering around the 18-blind mark. It was Seth Davies and Joao Simao, both on the shorter side, who collided next. Simao opened , and Davies defended with . The flop came ace high, and Davies check-raised. Simao stuck around and picked up a straight draw on the turn. The river——gave Davies two pair. He checked, and Simao went for the bluff. Davies snapped, leaving Simao with just one blind. Velasevic took care of the rest on the very next hand. Simao was out in fourth place.

Three players remained, and the stacks couldn’t have been closer. Each sat around 24 big blinds, separated only by the smallest chip movements. That’s when Velasevic made the play of the night.

He raised the button with , and Dickerson defended the big blind with . The flop ran , missing both. Check-check. On the turn, Dickerson bet two blinds, and Velasevic called. The river changed nothing, but Dickerson jammed for his remaining 26 blinds. Velasevic, who started the hand with 24, went deep into the tank. Burning through time banks, he eventually stuck in the call—and was right. Dickerson had bluffed into air. Velasevic now had breathing room.

But Dickerson refused to go quietly. Down to a single blind, he doubled twice and looked back in the mix just as Davies and Velasevic clashed in another all-in. Velasevic jammed , but Davies found pocket nines—and even spiked a set on the river to double.

Jules Dickerson then doubled again through the new chip leader, but that momentum ran out soon after. Davies opened the small blind with , and Dickerson jammed nine blinds with . The seven on the flop sealed it. Dickerson’s rollercoaster ended in third.

That left Seth Davies and Danilo Velasevic heads-up, with Davies holding a slight lead: 37 blinds to 20. The duo paused to strike a deal—leaving $54,000 and the trophy on the table, while locking up $1,436,741 for Davies and $1,298,259 for Velasevic. Neither had won a Triton title before, and the trophy clearly meant more than just bragging rights.

It didn’t take long to decide. On the second hand of heads-up, Velasevic limped in with . Davies checked his . The flop came king high. Davies check-called all the way as Velasevic kept betting—including an all-in on the river. Davies paused, sized him up, and tossed in the call with just one pair. That was all he needed. Velasevic turned over the bluff—and Davies, at long last, turned over his first Triton Poker title.

Seth Davies
Seth Davies

Final Table Results (USD)

  1. Seth Davies – $1,490,741*
  2. Danilo Velasevic – $1,298,259*
  3. Jules Dickerson – $751,000
  4. Joao Simao – $615,000
  5. Mikita Badziakouski – $493,000
  6. Fedor Holz – $382,000
  7. Matthew Belcher – $283,000
  8. Poseidon Ho – $208,000
  9. Alex Foxen – $166,000

*denotes a heads-up deal

 

Content & Images Courtesy: Triton Poker & WPT Global

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