Jesse Lonis steamrolls past Phil Ivey and the field in Onyx Club Invitational

Yong notched the second elimination of the final table when his held up against Byrraju's on a runout. Lonis reestablished the pecking order with his elimination of Kaladjurdjevic in seventh place. After raising with , Lonis called off an all-in from the short-stacked Kaladjurdjevic and held against the Montenegrin's . 

Moss felt the wrath of the American next as he moved all-in with in the face of a raise from Lonis. After a considerable tank, Lonis called it off with and his king-high remained best across the runout and Moss hit the rail in sixth place. 

Jesse Lonis added a second seven-figure score to his 2025 earnings.

With a commanding chip lead, Lonis looked to be running away with the title, but a late surge from Ivey threatened his victory. Then, a blind versus blind confrontation with Wakil saw Lonis resume control. 

In the face of a limp from Wakil, Lonis checked his option from the big blind with and connected with an open-ended straight draw on the flop. Wakil, with , checked once more to Lonis who fired a bet. On the turn Lonis added a flush draw to his arsenal and continued to barrel. Wakil made the call once again to bring in the river – completing Lonis' flush draw. 

Lonis moved all-in for more than double the pot and Wakil went into the tank, visibly pained by the decision. After burning through several time bank chips, he made the call – only to see the bad news as Lonis rolled over the winner. 

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Not even Ivey can stop Lonis

Nouira snatched the chip lead, along with most of Yong's chips, in a top pair versus top pair clash that left the latter with just fumes. Lonis then finished the job when Yong moved all-in with . With in the big blind, he quickly called to put his opponent at risk. On the flop, Yong was left drawing thin, but the turn provided outs. The river failed to improve him, though, and Lonis notched his sixth elimination at the final table. 

It was a blind versus blind confrontation that saw Ivey hit the rail. With the covering stack, Lonis moved all-in from the small blind with and Ivey called it off with . The runout left Lonis' ace-nine high best and Ivey's run ended in a third-place podium finish. 

It was never going to be easy with Phil Ivey at the final table, but even he couldn't stop Jesse Lonis.

With a slim chip disparity between Lonis and Nouira – slightly in favor of the former – a heads-up deal was struck and the two players returned to the felt to battle for the trophy and the title. It didn't take long for the deciding hand to arrive. 

In the face of a raise from Nouira on the button, Lonis defended his big blind with and connected with top pair as the dealer spread the flop. Nouira, with , held the superior kicker and continued with a bet. Lonis quickly fired in a check-raise and his opponent came along. 

The turn improved Lonis to a sneaky two pair and he wasted no time in moving all-in. Nouira called just as quickly. With only a few outs to fade, Lonis was one card away from the title and the river confirmed his victory. 

Onyx Club Super High Roller Series $102K Invitational Results 

*denotes heads-up deal

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