🤠 Natural Born Bumhunters – Poker Experts

👍 From a Freeroll to a Triton Cash A few months ago, CoinPoker ran an exclusive promotion where players had to win three freerolls to earn a package that included a $25K Triton ticket, round-trip business-class flights, and a stay at a five-star hotel. The winner was 24-year-old Moroccan Reda Achnit, who had never played a live poker tournament before. He lives with his parents and brother, recently graduated as a software engineer, and landed his first job. And at night, he grinds the micro-stakes. The trip to South Korea was his first-ever flight! Achnit successfully made it through Day 1 of Event #5 and eventually cashed for $51,000 in 15th place. In his final hand, Reda went for a big bluff against Seth Davies, but the American had turned the nut flush. Along the way, Achnit eliminated the likes of Eelis Pärssinen and Adrian Mateos.

“I found out about Triton because a Moroccan was playing there. That's it. I started watching because someone from my country was in that room, and while I was watching I fell in love with the competition itself... So life is strange: a man I'd never met changed the direction of my life without knowing I existed. That's a real thing worth saying out loud. You can inspire someone just by being visible, and never know it happened,” Achnit told the Triton website.

Now Mehdi Chaoui will definitely know about his lucky countryman. The two already met earlier in the series, and Achnit was on the rail supporting his idol on Sunday as Chaoui finished fourth in Event #2.