Triton Montenegro Event #3 Crowns First-Ever Ambassador Heads-Up as Mosböck Tops Danny Tang
The $30,000 NLH 8-Handed Event #3 at the Triton Super High Roller Series (SHRS) Montenegro wrapped up on May 16, producing a scene the tour had never witnessed before. The heads-up battle was contested by two official Triton ambassadors — Austria's Mario Mosböck and Hong Kong's Danny Tang. Held at the Maestral Resort & Casino, the event drew 133 entries, and Mosböck ultimately overcame his teammate to capture his fourth career Triton title.
A Triton First: Ambassador vs Ambassador
Triton currently fields four official ambassadors as the public faces of the series: co-founder Paul Phua, Tom Dwan, Danny Tang, and Mario Mosböck. Two of them squaring off in the final round of the same final table had never happened before. Triton's official channels framed the moment as the first ambassador-versus-ambassador heads-up battle in tour history, with Mosböck eventually outlasting a determined teammate to claim the trophy.
Footballer-Turned-Pro Mosböck Lands Fourth Triton Trophy
Mosböck, a former professional footballer in Austria who transitioned to high-stakes poker, currently serves as an ambassador for both CoinPoker and Triton. He defeated Bryn Kenney in heads-up at the Triton Jeju $50K event last year for his third title, and later that fall agreed to a heads-up deal with Norway's Kayhan Mokri at the Triton Jeju $150K Super High Roller, banking over $3 million for second place. With this Montenegro win, he joins the exclusive group of four-time Triton champions.
Runner-up Danny Tang is a five-time Triton champion and the 2024 Ivan Leow Player of the Year award winner, widely regarded as the face of Asian poker on the Triton tour. His heads-up appearance alone secured significant Player of the Year points within the season's early top-10 payout structure.
A New Contender Emerges in the Ivan Leow POY Race
Mosböck's victory reshapes the picture of the 10th-anniversary Ivan Leow Player of the Year race. The early-season leader Ike Haxton has been chased by Stephen Chidwick, Dan Dvoress, and Seth Davies, but Mosböck now joins that chasing pack as a new variable. With a $200,000 bonus and top-10 payouts on the line for the season winner, every event shifts the dynamics. Triton Montenegro 2026 continues through May 28 with 18 events on the slate, with the $200K Invitational (starting May 19), the $100K NLH Main Event (May 21), and the $100K PLO Main Event (May 24) all still ahead as the marquee back-end of the festival.
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