Champion Ben Tollerene!

Ben Tollerene is now a five-time champion on the Triton Poker Super High Roller Series after the American pro defeated Daniel Rezaei heads-up to win the $50K Bounty Quattro in Jeju.

Played in the shadows of the $100K Main Event, which was into the deep stages of Day 2, the Bounty Quattro event was a smaller, quieter affair that what was occurring on the main stage.

But Tollerene is always a player who lets his chips do the talking, and he was characteristically immaculate in navigating his way through a 35-entry field to win $652,000, including $240,000 in bounties.

"I'm having a lot of fun," Tollerene said, reflecting on a fifth title that moves him further up the ladder of Triton's all-time greats. "I feel very motivated and I'm really not even that happy with how I'm playing, so I'm feeling motivated to get better and keep working."

The result came one night after Tollerene finished third behind his fellow Americans Nick Schulman and Matthew Wantman in another $50K event, but Tollerene insisted there was no fatigue.

He said: "I feel good, I'm sad there's no PLO, I want to play more...I'm just trying to take good care of my sleep, get to the gym. I've been doing this a long time, it feels kind of normal. I feel fine."

Heads up on the outer tables

Tollerene's beaten heads-up opponent Rezaei had for long periods seemed destined to win a second career title, building a big stack in the pre-bubble period and rarely sliding out of the chip lead during a frantic final.

But Tollerene passed Rezaei at the business end, consigning the Austrian to a runner-up finish and $465,000 (including $180,000 in bounties). Ding Biao was third and Eelis Parssinen fourth.

TOURNAMENT ACTION

There were still more than 30 players remaining in the Main Event when registration closed in the $50K Bounty Turbo, which meant many of the obvious candidates to play were otherwise engaged. We therefore had a snug field of 35 entries, including 7 re-entries, which meant a first prize of $412,000 from a a prize pool of $1.75 million.

If those numbers don't seem to quite add up, it's worth remembering that around one third of the total prize pool was going to fund the bounties. Specifically, nine bounties of $60K each, which would be introduced at the final table. The official payouts didn't start until only six players were left.

That dynamic leaves a kind of pseudo bubble, which burst when the field went from 10 to nine. In keeping with the way these things play out, this was a hasty affair. Phil Ivey got his last nine blnids in the middle holding pocket threes and lost to Dan Dvoress' A6h], which rivered a flush.

Ivey offered a brisk "Good luck" and a rap on the table, and away he went.

The end of Phil Ivey

Eelis Parssinen, Mike Watson and Daniel Rezaei were tied for the lead at this stage, with 35 blinds each. At the other end, Tom Fuchs had 10 blinds, Stephen Chidwick 15, and even after the elimination of Ivey, Dvoress had only 22 in his stack. It was still far from certain who was making the money.

Things got ugly very quickly for Chidwick. After Rezaei raised UTG+1, the British No 1 called in the big blind holding K4 and saw the dream flop of . He checked and Rezaei bet. Chidwick raised, Rezaei three-bet and Chidwick just called leaving five blinds behind.

The A came on the turn and the rest of the money went in. Rezaei tabled pocket 10s and learned that he'd been outflopped by Chidwick. But then the 10 on the river was precisely the card he needed. Rezaei picked up the first bounty as Chidwick left the room.

A terrible river for Stephen Chidwick

Fuchs doubled out of danger with pocket kings holding against Parssinen's eights. And the Emilien Pitavy doubled through Dvoress to leave the seven-time champion on fumes. He gave the last to Fuchs to bust in seventh, bringing the tournament to its stone bubble.

Three-time Dan Dvoress falls short this time

The stacks were comparatively deep which meant the length of the level, dictated by the number of hands played rather than time passed, were much longer than in a normal turbo. (They were deep so they were playing all the streets.) Fuchs tried to start bullying straight away, open jamming the first hand of the stone bubble period but slamming K10 into Rezaei's A. Rezaei doubled and Fuchs was back in the pack.

Mike Watson was the undisputed bounty king of Montenegro, winning two of the single night events. But he was down to four blinds on the bubble here and all in with the shortest stack in a three-way collision, potentially taking the worst walk with nothing.

Watson limped pre-flop holding KJ and Rezaei followed him into the pot holding 7. Pitavy, with 15 blinds, squeezed all in from the big blind with , and the other two put in what they needed.

The run-out was especially sweet for Watson and especially ghastly for Pitavy. It came 2K10. Watson tripled with his flush but Pitavy bust to Rezaei's pair of sixes. That was another bounty to Rezaei, and a lot of work for no reward for Pitavy.

Emilien Pitavy, left, prepares to leave with nothing

They were now all in the money, with the stacks as follows:

Daniel Rezaei - 2,770,000 (55 BBs)

Ben Tollerene - 1,485,000 (30 BBs)

Eelis Parssinen - 800,000 (16 BBs)

Mike Watson - 785,000 (16 BBs)

Ding Biao - 685,000 (14 BBs)

Tom Fuchs - 475,000 (10 BBs)

Event 13 final six (clockwise from back left): Eelis Parssinen, Tom Fuchs, Mike Watson, Ding Biao, Daniel Rezaei,

Watson had escaped the bubble, but the turbulence soon returned. His saw his pocket queens cracked by Ding Biao soon after the restart -- Ding's 79 rivered a straight. It left Watson with only three blinds.

For the second time in short order, Watson then got involved in a three-way all-in, but this time it didn't work out quite so well as the first. Parssinen started things off, limping from under the gun. Fuchs limped behind and then Tollerene squeezed all in from the cutoff.

Ding folded the button, but Watson committed his last from the small blind. Rezaei and Parssinen folded, but Fuchs was in. The three hands went on their backs:

Watson: 44

Fuchs: K5

Tollerene: A8

An ace on the flop was all Tollerene needed to send two dangerous opponents to the rail, bringing them down to four. Watson won $84,000 for his sixth place, while Fuchs earned $109,000 for fifth, and had a $60K bounty token too.

Mike Watson couldn't find a second triple

Tom Fuchs took one bounty before busting in fifth

Parssinen left that three-way skirmish with 12 blinds still, but they were soon in Ding's stack. On the very next hand, Ding limped the button, Rezaei completed from the small blind a Parssinen checked his option, seeing a flop of QJ2.

After Rezaei and Parssinen checked, Ding bet, Rezaei called and then Parssinen shoved. Ding called and Rezaei got out the way.

Both Parssinen and Ding had top pair, but Ding's Q9 was better than Parssinen's Q. That was the end of the road for the Finnish player, who took $139,000 for fourth.

Top pair not good enough for Eelis Parssinen

The three-handed stacks were like untouched snow: deep and even. Tollerene had 43 blinds, Ding 46 and Rezaei 50.

Rezaei won a massive pot from Tollerene, shoving on the turn looking at A34. Tollerene folded, with the 45 blinds heading to Rezaei and putting him further into the lead. Staring at elimination with 11 blinds, Tollerene doubled back with through Rezaei's , leaving Ding with the shortest stack, so he took a stab and was called by Rezaei.

Ding's K5 went down to Rezaei's 8 after the latter made a straight.

Having played long into last night to finish second in the Triton Invitational, Ding departed this one in third for another $181,000, plus one $60K bounty.

Ding Biao's race is run

Rezaei now had three bounties and a stack of 67 blinds. They took a brief break before returning to see if Tollerene could mount a comeback with his 21 blinds stack.

Tollerene started solidly. He extracted maximum value with 89, flopping a nine and finding a bet on the river, which Rezaei called/mucked, looking at a full board of 3. He then rivered a queen holding and again found a value bet, which Rezai called and then mucked.

Tollerene was suddenly ahead.

There's no such thing as an unshakeable chip lead, however, and Rezaei span things around once again with a series of small pots. But, down to 19 blinds, Tollerene doubled again with 65 flopping a pair of fives, beating Rezaei's . They got most of it in on the flop.

Daniel Rezaei and the second trophy that is not yet his

That hand gave Tollerene a lead of 32 blinds to 24, and on the very next one it was over. Tollerene picked up AK and Rezaei had A. In many contexts, including this, that's a cooler. All the money went in pre-flop.

The dealer quickly tore through a board of J69 and that was all Tollerene. He picked up the final bounty, plus his own, four in total, for an additional $240,000. And, let us not forget, a fifth Triton title.