The remarkable popularity of short deck hold’em shows no sign of slowing down as the £100,000 short deck main event here at the Triton Super High Roller Series in London built a prize pool of more than £10 million.
When registration closed on the event at the Park Lane Hilton, organisers had recorded 108 entries, including 55 re-entries, and planned to award the winner £2.67 million.
It immediately set a new bar for the biggest prize pool for a short deck tournament ever held in the UK as well as the biggest first prize. It’s the second largest anywhere in the world, trailing only the short deck main event that took place on the Triton Series in Montenegro in 2018.
The tournament plays down to its final table today, and then crowns its champion tomorrow, on the last day of play at this festival.
Top 5 largest short deck tournaments (by prize pool):
1 – Triton Montenegro, May 2018
Buy-in: HK$1 million
Entries: 103
Prize pool: US$12,344,129
Winner: Jason Koon
First prize: US$3,579,836
2 – Triton London Short Deck Main Event
Dates: August 6-8, 2019
Buy-in: £100,000
Entries: 108 (inc. 55 re-entries)
Prize pool: US$12,600,483
Winner: tbd
First prize: $3,244,290*
3 – Triton Montenegro, May 2019
Buy-in: HK$1 million
Entries: 98
Prize pool: US$11,737,873
Winner: Rui Cao
First prize: US$3,351,130*
4 – Triton Jeju, March 2019
Buy-in: HK$1 million
Prize pool: US$9,699,981
Winner: Jason Koon
First prize: US$2,899,000
5 – Triton Jeju, July 2018
Buy-in: HK$1 million
Entries: 60
Prize pool: US$7,645,357
Winner: Kenneth Kee
First prize: US$2,867,009
*Triton introduced a flatter payout structure between events in Montenegro and London, so first prize is smaller now despite larger total prize pool.
Full payouts for Triton Short Deck Main Event:
Triton London Short Deck Main Event
Dates: August 6-8, 2019
Buy-in: £100,000
Entries: 108 (inc. 55 re-entries)
Prize pool: £10,370,000
1 – £2,670,000
2 – £1,835,000
3 – £1,202,500
4 – £974,500
5 – £783,000
6 – £611,900
7 – £482,200
8 – £368,100
9 – £269,600
10 – £217,700
11 – £217,700
12 – £191,900
13 – £191,900
14 – £177,000
15 – £177,000
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