Daniel Dvoress Avenges Montenegro Loss to Xuan Liu, Wins 7th Triton Title

Daniel Dvoress has wasted no time picking up where he left off on the Triton Poker Super High Roller Series .

After an extraordinary three-title run in Montenegro earlier this year, the Canadian returned to the winner’s circle in Triton Jeju II S5 by taking down Event #6: $30,000 NLH 8-Handed for $942,000, defeating fellow Canadian Xuan Liu heads-up for his seventh career Triton title.

Dvoress now sits on 3,371 points in the Season 5 Rankings, extending his lead over Isaac Haxton to more than 800 points, while his latest trophy also moves him into a tie with Matthias Eibinger and Michael Watson for second on Triton trophy list, with only Jason Koon’s 12 titles ahead of them.

 

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Daniel Dvoress Wins Triton Jeju II S5 30K NLH

Dvoress’ rise up the Triton trophy standings has been particularly notable this season. His three victories in Montenegro were already enough to put him among the biggest winners at the festival, and after taking some time away from tournament poker, he returned to the tables in LES A Casino and immediately added another title to his collection.

“This is the first live poker that I’ve played since Montenegro, and I was like ‘Can I keep the momentum going?‘” Dvoress said. “And apparently, yes.”

The Canadian explained that he deliberately stepped away from poker after Montenegro, spending his time playing tennis, hiking, getting outdoors and gardening. Rather than arriving in Jeju after a long stretch of grinding, Dvoress came back refreshed and quickly found himself at the top of another Triton leaderboard.

“I do think that occasionally taking a step back can be useful,” he said. “It helps you reframe things, helps you think about things a little bit different.”

That reset clearly did little to slow him down. Dvoress held the chip lead at the end of Day 1 and remained among the leaders as the tournament progressed toward the final table, eventually navigating a field filled with some of Triton’s most accomplished players.

$30,000 NLH 8-Handed Final Table Results

A Loaded Field Produces Another Trophy Dvoress

The $30,000 NLH event drew 135 entries, creating a $4,050,000 prize pool, with a strong collection of established Triton names making deep runs. Alongside Dvoress were Xuan Liu , Ben Tollerene , Stephen Chidwick , Lun Loon , Alex Kulev , Nick Petrangelo and Danny Tang , making for one of the more experienced groups of contenders in the Jeju festival so far.

Dvoress arrived at the final table with the chip lead, while Liu, Loon, Chidwick and Tollerene were among those closest behind. Gytis Lazauninkas , meanwhile, had the shortest stack of the eight but would go on to survive deep into the final, eventually securing his biggest Triton result.

Tollerene was the first to depart, getting his last 18 big blinds in with ace-jack against Dvoress’ queens. The queens held to send the four-time Triton champion out in eighth for $118,000, before Loon followed in seventh after his ace-nine ran into Liu’s queens, earning $160,000.

Jingyao Yan then found himself on the wrong side of another Dvoress knockout when his ace-king failed to hold against Dvoress’ ace-ten, with a ten appearing on the turn to send Yan out in sixth for $217,000. Chidwick followed in fifth after losing a major race with ace-king against Lazauninkas’ jacks, collecting $279,000.

Dvoress Continues To Find The Right Cards

With four players remaining, Meng Ling Lin was hoping to convert her first Triton final-table appearance into an even bigger result, but Dvoress once again found the hand he needed. Lin’s pocket nines was ahead of Dvoress’ king-eight when the chips went in, but a king appeared on the flop to turn the hand around, sending her out in fourth for $348,000 and securing her first Triton cash.

Lazauninkas then continued his impressive run from the shortest stack to reach the final three. The Lithuanian had already doubled through Dvoress earlier in the final, but his run finally ended when he committed 17 big blinds with queens and Dvoress called with ace-ten. An ace on the board gave Dvoress the pot and sent Lazauninkas to third place for $424,000, the biggest Triton score of his career.

That left Dvoress and Liu heads-up, setting up a rematch of their previous battle in Montenegro in 2025 . Liu had won that encounter after overcoming a sizeable chip deficit, but this time Dvoress held an overwhelming advantage, beginning heads-up with 89 big blinds to Liu’s 19.

No Comeback This Time For Liu

There would be no repeat of Montenegro .

On the opening hand of heads-up play, Dvoress moved all-in with pocket threes and Liu called with king-jack. The board ran out in Dvoress’ favour, giving him the pot and bringing the tournament to an immediate conclusion.

For someone who had not played a live tournament since Montenegro, Dvoress’ return could hardly have gone better. Four months after winning three trophies at one Triton stop, he has added another in Jeju and further strengthened his position as the player to catch in Season 5.

Photos and quotes courtesy of Triton Poker Series.

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