The Triton Super High Roller Series record books read a lot differently today than they did at the start of the ongoing Montenegro festival. After Michael Watson surged into sole possession of second place for most victories on tour with two turbo triumphs during the stop, Matthias Eibinger closed out his latest victory to join Watson at seven Triton titles.
On the penultimate day of the Triton Super High Roller Series Montenegro presented by CoinPoker, Eibinger won a $50,000 pot-limit Omaha mystery bounty event. In a matter of a few hours, Eibinger swept his way through a stacked final table on his way to his seventh trident trophy and a total payday of $1,053,000. His $700,000 in bounty prizes eclipsed the entirety of the rest of the field’s bounty payouts. In fact, Eibinger’s payday was more than twice as much as any other player.
Jason Koon once again had a front row seat to watch a player close the gap between themselves and his record 12 Triton titles. Koon’s seventh place finish marked his fifth top-eight finish at Triton Montenegro, after finishing fifth to Watson in his own seventh Triton win. Koon’s result in this PLO event was his 12th such top-eight finish since taking down his 12th Triton title exactly one year to the day in Montenegro in 2025.
Eibinger’s win marked his third Triton PLO victory in as many series. He started his run in December, in a Triton-branded event at the World Series of Poker Paradise, by winning a $75,000 six-max PLO title for $1,570,640 and a WSOP bracelet. In Jeju in March, Eibinger came out on top in the $100,000 Triton PLO main event for $1,787,000. He also narrowly missed out on two other PLO-centric titles, with a runner-up and a fifth-place finish in South Korea.
“Seven Triton titles, three PLO events, a second place, and a fifth place also,” Eibinger said following this win. “This one was a lot of luck, of course.”
Blowing Off Steam
This $50,000 buy-in PLO mystery bounty event played out in the shadow of the $100,000 buy-in Triton Montenegro PLO main event. In that tournament, Eibinger went from top dog to out in ninth place, and then promptly entered the mystery bounty.
“Mentally yesterday, when I registered this, I was still tilted to be honest. I lost a chip lead in the Main Event when there were nine players left,” Eibinger said. “So, this was the perfect format to gamble. And right away I gambled it up, and I won many pots as well, had a decent stack.”
Eibinger was one of 47 entries in this PLO mystery bounty tournament, building a total prize pool of $2,350,000. Half of that went to the prize pool, and the other $1,175,000 was dedicated to mystery bounty prizes. Twelve players advanced to day 2 and became eligible for mystery bounties, and the final eight made the money.
With bounties on the line, the action was fast and furious from the very beginning of day 2. A four-way all-in saw Lautaro Guerra quadruple up, and Punnat Punsri and Ding Biao shared Espen Myrmo’s bounty. Cesar Garcia earned a double knockout and two bounties in bursting the bubble, sending out Stephen Chidwick and Klemens Roiter in one fell swoop.
After Ding went out in eighth, Garcia also knocked out Koon in seventh, increasing his share of the bounty pool and taking a sizable chip lead into six-handed play. Eibinger sat in a distant second place, with Punsri, Guerra, Joao Simao, and Benjamin Tollerene also in contention.
All The Momentum
The power dynamic shifted dramatically in a three-way all-in. Eibinger claimed Tollerene’s bounty and a considerable portion of Garcia’s stack when his A♣K♦Q♠Q♣ managed to hold off both of his opponents without hitting more than a single king on the board. Tollerene went out in sixth place ($75,000), without any bounties to pull.
Eibinger increased his stack and his pile of bounty tokens when his A♥A♦Q♠6♠ beat Guerra’s A♣K♠J♦4♦. Guerra managed to squeeze a fifth-place finish ($96,000) out of a lengthy short-stacked stretch, but he, too, failed to collect any bounties. Eibinger cracked Punsri’s A♠A♣K♠10♥ by turning trip eights, sending Punsri out in fourth ($124,000, plus $75,000 in bounties).
It seemed for a moment as though Eibinger would decimate the field single-handedly. And while he would go on to finish the job, Eibinger’s path to victory in this tournament wasn’t quite so linear. He saw his considerable chip lead disappear during short-handed action, as Simao doubled twice to take over the chip lead.
Bouncing Back For A Sweep To Seven
In the end, everything came down to a three-way all, with most of the chips going in preflop.
Simao: A♣Q♠Q♥4♦ Garcia: K♠9♠9♦3♥ Eibinger: K♦7♣3♣2♦
The rest got in on a 10♥9♣4♣ flop. Garcia’s set of nines was well ahead, but Eibinger had a flush draw with only one other dead club in the mix. The 8♣ turn made Eibinger’s flush, and the board did not pair on the river. Garcia was out in third place ($164,000, plus $325,000 in bounties). Eibinger’s heads-up chip lead of more than 10:1 against Simao made for a brief battle. Eibinger made a heart flush, and Simao was out in second place ($255,000).
Once the tournament was over, Eibinger took seven bounty pulls and claimed both the biggest bounty of $250,000, as well as one of the $150,000 bounties, among his additional prizes.
Eibinger’s latest victory earned him 510 Card Player Player of the Year points, pushing his total for 2026 to 3,868 points. The Austrian now sits in ninth place overall on the yearlong leaderboard presented by CoinPoker. With a fourth-place finish here, Punsri is now fifth in the POY standings.
This seven-figure day put Eibinger over $35 million in lifetime tournament earnings.
Final Table Results
| Place | Player | Payout | Bounties | POY Points |
| 1 | Matthias Eibinger | $353,000 | $700,000 | 510 |
| 2 | Joao Simao | $255,000 | $0 | 425 |
| 3 | Cesar Garcia | $164,000 | $325,000 | 340 |
| 4 | Punnat Punsri | $124,000 | $75,000 | 255 |
| 5 | Lautaro Guerra | $96,000 | $0 | 213 |
| 6 | Benjamin Tollerene | $75,000 | $0 | 170 |
| 7 | Jason Koon | $54,000 | $0 | 128 |
| 8 | Ding Biao | $54,000 | $75,000 | 85 |
Photo credit: Triton Poker.
