As first reported by Poker News Daily, Klemens Roiter broke through for his first Triton Super High Roller Series title in Jeju II by winning Event #2: $20K NLH 8-Handed for $771,000. The Austrian had previously made 11 final tables on the series without a victory and had to survive a near-elimination before beating Alejandro Lococo in heads-up play.
Lococo had been the dominant force at the final table, knocking out five opponents on his way to the last two players, including a dramatic three-way all-in against Mehdi Chaoui and Justin Saliba. PokerNews reported that Lococo made the nut flush on the river with the club he needed to score the double elimination, and he also sent out Biao Ding, Jesse Lonis, and Justin Chu along the way, collecting $520,000 as the runner-up. According to SOMUCHPOKER, the other top-five payouts were $358,000 for Saliba in third, $292,000 for Chaoui in fourth, and $233,000 for Chu in fifth. The final nine had been set with Yu Zhang holding the chip lead, per PokerNews, though it was Lococo who ultimately shaped the endgame.
Roiter’s path to the win was far from straightforward. He entered the final day as a midstack and, at one point, was down to seven big blinds, he said in comments reported by PokerNews. From that low point he fought back, and in heads-up play PokerNews reported that he doubled with jack-seven before making sevens full to reduce Lococo to a single big blind. The 25 players who returned for the final day had each locked up at least $35,000, with David Coleman the first eliminated after cards were in the air; Jean-Noel Thorel fell in 19th place at the hands of Jesse Lonis, and notable names including Matthias Eibinger, Christoph Vogelsang, and Daniel Dvoress all departed before the final table.
For Roiter, the win arrives alongside a broader run of form he described himself: in comments quoted by PokerNews, he noted he had also won a bracelet in Las Vegas the previous year, characterising the stretch as a heater. He had accumulated 17 Triton cashes and reached 11 final tables on the series before finally converting, according to PokerNews.
