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Triton partners with Poker Central to Live Stream World’s Biggest Buy-In Tournament: The Triton Million

Triton Poker and Poker Central announced a partnership to live stream the Triton Poker Super High Roller Series on PokerGO. To celebrate the collaboration, PokerGO will also be streaming the Triton Million for free along with our channels. In addition to this, longtime PokerGO commentators Nick Schulman and Ali Nejad will each represent the platform as talent included in the broadcast.

From August 1-3, inside the Grand Ballroom of London’s Park Lane Hilton Hotel, the £1,000,000 No Limit Hold’em Triton Million – A Helping Hand for Charity – event will take place. Sponsored by partypoker LIVE, the tournament is structured as an invite-only soiree where businessmen and women are offered the opportunity to invite a guest pro to create a balance of skill. The Triton Million promises to be a unique experience for both players and fans.

“PokerGO is always looking to expand its live stream offering, making the Triton Super High Roller Series a perfect partnership for us,” said Sam Simmons, president of Poker Central. “We are excited to deliver free access to the PokerGO experience while also supporting Triton in maximizing the footprint of this fantastic charitable effort.”

The Triton Million will be a unique event where players are asked to dress in formal attire for the final table of nine. Another twist to the regular tournament format is that the player pools will be separated between the recreational and professional players for the first six hours of play.

To date, big names such as Paul Phua, Richard Yong, Jason Koon, and Stephen Chidwick are on the list of confirmed players. The full list of registered players to date can be found here.

The entire £50,000 tournament fee is being used for charitable causes such as the Caring For Children Foundation, R.E.G., Healthy Hong Kong, Credit One World Charity, and One Drop. The event is sponsored by partypoker LIVE.

Sam Greenwood Leads Event #1: HK$250,000 No-Limit Hold’em Turbo

Sam Greenwood Leads Event #1: HK$250,000 No-Limit Hold’em Turbo on the Opening Day of Triton Poker Super High Roller Series Montenegro 2019.

The banners surrounding the poker room in the Maestral Resort & Casino tell you it’s the place where high stakes dreams are dealt. At the end of Day 1 of Event #1: HK$250,000 No-Limit Hold’em 8-Handed we’re about to find out, as everyone involved in this incredible tour catches 40-winks before waking up and doing it all again.

The opening gambit of this ten-day poker extravaganza attracted 31 unique entrants, and with unlimited re-entries open until the start of Level 9, the crowd dipped into the piggy bank 11-times, to seal the prize pool at HK$10,575,000 (USD 1,348,000).

The high roller scene is busy this time of year, with the Triton Poker Series in Montenegro sandwiched in between the European Poker Tour (EPT) Monte Carlo and the World Series of Poker (WSOP). Those that ran deep in the French principality, and competed in Event #1 included Sam Greenwood, Daniel Dvoress and the two-time Triton Poker Series Main Event winner, Mikita Badziakouski. However, none of them fared better than the Triton Jeju Main Event winner Timothy Adams, who flew into Montenegro with three final tables under his belt including a €25,000 No-Limit Hold’em event victory and a deep run in the Main Event finishing 8/922.

Badziakouski couldn’t find the cards that helped him become a back-to-back Triton Main Event winner, bowing out in 37th place, and the Belarusian didn’t even bother to fire a second bullet. Adams fared a tad better finishing in 13th place after running Td8d into the Jd9d of Chan Chung Yin, and Greenwood, did what Greenwood typically does – he finished the day with more chips than anyone else.

Greenwood has made the final table of two Triton Poker Series events, finishing fourth in the HK$ 2,000,000 No-Limit Hold’em Main Event in Jeju back in 2018, and runner-up to Michael Soyza in the HK$ 500,000 No-Limit Hold’em event in Jeju back in March – could this be his moment to pick up the win?

The Canadian is the only player to bag up more than 2 million in chips. Players who felt the full might of Greenwood were Bryn Kenney, running AT into AK, blind on blind, and his compatriot Daniel Dvoress whose AT lost a fatal race against pocket deuces.

Joining Greenwood at the final table is the online superstar Linus “LLinusLLove” Loeliger, the exceedingly watchable Beh Kok Weng, the WPT Champions Club member, Deitrich Fast, final table ever-present, Isaac Haxton, high stakes MTT powerhouse Steve O’Dwyer, and Malaysia’s Wei Lim Chin.

Day 2 begins on Monday 6 May, noon, where we two people will miss out on a four buy-in money bubble.

Brutal.

Here are the finer details.

Triton Montenegro Event #1: No-Limit Hold’em Turbo

Buy-in: HK$250,000

Entries: 45 (inc. 11 re-entry)

Prize pool: HK$10,575,000

Payouts

1 – HK$ 4,020,000

2 – HK$ 2,590,000

3 – HK$ 1,720,000

4 – HK$ 1,240,000

5 – HK$ 1,005,000

Full Chip Counts

1. Sam Greenwood – 2,100,000

2. Linus Loeliger – 1,755,000

3. Beh Kok Weng – 1,475,000

4. Dietrich Fast – 1,160,000

5. Isaac Haxton – 890,000

6. Steve O’Dwyer – 820,000

7. Wei Lim Chin – 805,000

Photography by Joe Giron/Poker Photo Archive.

Poker Savant Tom “durrrr” Dwan Joins Triton Poker as a Brand Ambassador

April 2019 – Triton Poker prides itself in designing world-class poker experiences, and for that, you need the counsel of world-class poker players. For this reason, Triton Poker is delighted to announce Tom “durrrr” Dwan as the latest brand ambassador.

Dwan has been a supporter of the Triton Poker Series since inception. In recent years, Triton has been the only window into the life of one of poker’s most private and peerless performers. As a brand ambassador that relationship will delve deeper than ever before.

In the early 2000s, Dwan rose to prominence competing in online cash games under the moniker ‘durrrr,’ where Dwan turned a $50 online deposit into a net profit of more than $2m. Dwan has also cashed for $3.1m playing live tournaments, but the live cash games are where Dwan has earned his bread and butter in recent years.

Dwan is the second world-class poker player to join Triton Poker as a brand ambassador after Jason Koon arrived in January, and Koon is delighted with the appointment.

“I’m thrilled to be in the company of Tom Dwan as a Triton Ambassador,” said Koon. “When I began my journey as a poker player Tom was already crushing the biggest games in the world. When the poker action started booming in Asia Tom was one of the first to dive into the action. He’s one of the most exciting players to watch, and play against, and I can’t think of a better addition to the Triton roster.”

Dwan will represent the brand for the first time during The Triton Poker Series in Montenegro May 5 – 17 where the team plan to host their biggest tournament series to date.

About Triton Poker

Triton Poker was founded in 2015 by the Malaysian businessman, philanthropist and poker lover, Richard Yong, who felt there was a gap in the market for an exclusive tournament series for affluent businesspeople and high-end professional poker players set in some of the most luxurious locations in the world all in the name of charity. Funds from Triton Poker events have helped charitable organisations such as Project Pink and the Red Cross.

Previous winners of Triton Poker events include Fedor Holz, Daniel ‘Jungleman’ Cates, Justin Bonomo, Timothy Adams, John Juanda, Dan Colman, Jason Koon, Phil Ivey, and Mikita Badziakouski.

For further information on the Triton Poker head to www.triton-series.com or contact info@triton-series.com. If you need any information on tournament info or buy-in details email vip@triton-series.com.

Triton Poker Reveals £1m (GBP) buy-in Super Short-Deck event (April Fools)

Triton Poker, the home of world-class high stakes poker experiences, is pleased to unveil the groundbreaking new £1m (GBP) buy-in Super Short-Deck event.

Since launching the Short-Deck format to the world in 2018, we have sat back with a sense of pride as it’s found its way around the world in both the live and online realms. Triton Poker is always pushing the boundaries of innovation, and believes by reducing the game to deck of 20-cards, we have added the ‘Super’ into Short-Deck.

The new format comprises of only tens, jacks, queens, kings and aces creating a blitzkrieg of a game that will take the world by storm. In addition, the new £1m (GBP) price point means that in our next event in Montenegro, we will surpass the record of the biggest buy-in event in televised poker history, beating the €1m buy-in at the Big One for One Drop event held in Monaco back in 2016.

Dealers will need to practice shuffling with less than half the deck.

The changes reduces the edge between the pros and the amateurs, but Triton Poker’s brand ambassador, Jason Koon, still believes the best players in the game will find a way to exploit the new game, as they did with the 32-card version.

“I’m incredibly hyped!” Koon said. “Taking out the 2s all the way to the 9s now makes it an incredibly exciting yet balanced game because now we know everyone has amazing cards and shoving will be expected every round.”

The first £1m (GBP) Super Short-Deck event takes place on Saturday 18 May, and concludes on Sunday 19 May, and will become a permanent fixture at all future Triton Poker Series events.

*Footnote – With only 20-cards in play, the dealers will remove the burn cards to ensure the game can continue 7-handed. And this is an April’s Fools joke.

Triton Poker Returns to Montenegro For Record-Breaking 10-Event Series

Mar 27 2019 – The Triton Poker Super High Roller Series returns to the Maestral Casino & Resort in Montenegro from May 5 – 17 2019 with a ten-event roster.

‘Bigger’ means ‘More’ with No-Limit Hold’em and Short Deck Turbo, and Pot-Limit Omaha events on the stately high stakes poker schedule for the first time.

Montenegro was Jason Koon’s springboard in becoming a Triton Titan, and the most successful Short Deck live tournament proponent across this strange rock of ours, and he can’t wait to return to the place where it all began.

“I could be biased because I ran really well last time, but Montenegro maybe my favourite poker stop in the world,” said Triton Poker Ambassador, Jason Koon. “I would wake up daily, and the sea was 15-feet from my room, and I could walk down and jump in before I played.

“It was also wonderful having the poker room being so close; everything is so convenient, and on top of that you get the old world beauty that’s hard to find anywhere else. I really look forward to going back there and playing again.”

The schedule has buy-ins ranging from €11,000 to €110,000, with a Main Event for both Short Deck and No-Limit Hold’em.

The €110,000 buy-in Triton Montenegro No-Limit Hold’em Main Event takes place Wednesday, May 8, and ends Friday, May 10, whilst the €110,000 buy-in Triton Montenegro Short Deck Main Event begins Wednesday, May 15, and ends Friday, May 17.

Here is the schedule in full:

In 2017, the Triton Poker Series in Montenegro was an all-German affair with Fedor Holz winning the HKD 250,000 No-Limit Hold’em 6-Max defeating a field of 41-entrants to bank the $444,893 first prize. Manig Loeser conquered a field of 52-entrants to win the HKD 1,000,000 Triton Montenegro Main Event for $2,162,644.

Last year, the series doubled in size, including, for the first time, live Short Deck tournaments.

Phil Ivey defeated 61-entrants to claim the $604,992 first prize in the HKD 250,000 Short Deck, Ante-Only. Triton founder, Richard Yong, quelled a field of 35-entrants to win the HKD 250,000 No-Limit Hold’em 6-Handed earning $388,024. Jason Koon surmounted a field of 103-entrants to win the $3,579,836 first prize in the HKD 1m Short-Deck, Ante Only. And Mikita Badziakouski dominated a 63-entrant field to claim the $2,499,184 first prize in the HKD 1m Short-Deck Main Event.

About Triton Poker

Previous winners of Triton Poker events include Fedor Holz, Daniel ‘Jungleman’ Cates, Justin Bonomo, Timothy Adams, John Juanda, Dan Colman, Jason Koon, Phil Ivey, and Mikita Badziakouski.

Triton Poker Super High Roller Series Returns to Jeju, South Korea

Jan 28 2019 (Jeju, South Korea) – Triton Poker’s Super High Roller Series (SHR) returns March 2 – 9, 2019 with the first of five international stops that will cement the tour’s position as the leading high stakes poker tournament series in the world.

For eight days, throughout six tournaments, the world’s leading professionals and amateurs alike will flock to Korea’s Jeju Island to lock horns and share lots of laughs in six high stakes tournaments, including the world’s first Short-Deck, Ante-Only Bounty event.

As in 2018, the Landing Casino in Jeju’s Shinhwa World will be the home of the most fearsome and fun high stakes poker cash games and tournaments anywhere on the globe, culminating in an HKD 2,000,000 (KRW 140,000,000) buy-in No-Limit Hold’em Triton SHR Series Main Event.

The Full Schedule

Sat 2 Mar: HKD 250k (KRW 35m) Short-Deck, Ante-Only (Day 1)**
Sun 3 Mar: HKD 250k (KRW 35m) Short-Deck, Ante-Only (Day 2)*
Sun 3 Mar: HKD 250k (KRW 35m) + 250k (KRW 35m) Short-Deck, Ante-Only Bounty (Day 1)**
Mon 4 Mar: HKD 250k (KRW 35m) +250k (KRW 35m) Short-Deck, Ante-Only Bounty (Day 2)*
Mon 4 Mar: HKD 500k (KRW 70m) No-Limit Hold’em 6-Handed (Day 1)**
Tue 5 Mar: HKD 500k (KRW 70m) No-Limit Hold’em 6-Handed (Day 2)*
Tue 5 Mar: HKD 1m (KRW 140m) Short-Deck, Ante-Only (Day 1)*
Wed 6 Mar: HKD 1m (KRW 140m) Short-Deck, Ante-Only (Day 2)*
Thu 7 Mar: HKD 2m (KRW 280m) No-Limit Hold’em Main Event (Day 1)*
Fri 8 Mar: HKD 2m (KRW 280m) No-Limit Hold’em Main Event (Day 2)*
Fri 8 Mar: HKD 1m (KRW 140m) No-Limit Hold’em Refresh (Day 1)**
Sat 9 Mar: HKD 2m (KRW 280m) No-Limit Hold’em Main Event (Day 3)*
Sat 9 Mar: HKD 1m (KRW 140m) No-Limit Hold’em Refresh (Day 2)**
* Indicates a 2 pm local start time.
** Indicates a 4 pm local start time.

Players confirmed include the 10-time World Series of Poker (WSOP) bracelet winner, Phil Ivey, the inimitable Tom Dwan, Triton Poker SHR Ambassador Jason Koon, and one of the stars of 2018, and the defending champion of the 2018 No-Limit Hold’em SHR Series Main Event in Jeju, Mikita Badziakouski.

Players who compete in both the HKD 2,000,000 Triton Poker SHR Main Event, and one other side event, will enjoy free accommodation for nine nights at the Jeju Shinhwa World Marriot Resort. The Landing Resort Hotel and Somerset Jeju Shinhwa World are also walking distance from the casino.

The Triton Poker SHR Series also offers unrivalled broadcast coverage across a myriad of platforms with the dynamic duo of Twitch sensation Lex Veldhuis and online pro Randy ‘nanonoko’ Lew reuniting for the English stream. Macau Millions Champion Chen An Lin, EPT Barcelona 2018 Main Event Runner Up Haoxiang Wang and Two-Time Red Dragon Champion Celina Lin will cover the Chinese stream respectively.

Coverage in English:

Triton: www.triton-series.com
Twitch: www.twitch.tv/tritonpoker
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/tritonpoker
Facebook: www.facebook.com/tritonpoker

Coverage in Mandarin:

Pandatv: www.panda.tv/2112155

About Triton Poker

Previous winners of Triton Poker events include Manig Loeser, Fedor Holz, Daniel ‘Jungleman’ Cates, Koray Aldemir, Stefan Schillhabel, John Juanda, Dan Colman, Jason Koon, Phil Ivey, and Mikita Badziakouski.

About Jeju Shinhwa World

Jeju Shinhwa World is a fully integrated world-class resort spanning 2.5 million square meters, chocked full of top-class dining experiences, and entertainment facilities including Shinhwa Theme Park, Shinhwa Water Park and, of course, the elegant Landing Casino.

For further information on the Triton Poker head to www.triton-series.com or contact info@triton-series.com

Triton Poker Welcomes Jason Koon as Brand Ambassador

Triton Poker is proud to announce Jason Koon as brand ambassador for the Triton Super High Roller Series. Koon is one of the most respected and talented players in the game who spends his time competing in the highest stakes tournaments and cash games, globally.

In 2018, Koon won $12,478,538 in live tournaments including making four final tables at the Triton Super High Roller Series events in Montenegro and Jeju, including winning $3,579,836 after topping a 103-entrant field in the HKD 1,000,000 No-Limit Hold’em Short-Deck Ante-Only event in Montenegro, in only his second appearance in a Short-Deck tournament.

Jason Koon, winner of the HKD 1m Short Deck event in Montenegro last year.

On his appointment, Koon said:

“Joining the Triton team was a no-brainer for me. I’ve always been a huge fan of their tournaments. The experience that players feel during a Triton event is second to none. I couldn’t be more excited. The Triton stops are pure poker. You play some of the biggest buy-ins in the world both in cash games and tournaments, and I love high stakes, high-pressure poker.”

Koon’s role will be to promote the Triton Poker brand and the Triton Super High Roller Series, globally, including raising awareness of poker in Asia throughout the high stakes community. Koon will compete in every single Triton stop of 2019, beginning in Jeju, South Korea: March 2 – 9.

“Jeju is a beautiful stop,” said Koon. “The Landing Resort and Casino is enormous with tons to offer everyone. It was one of my favourite stops in 2018.”

The 2019 Jeju schedule contains six events, one more than in 2018, culminating in an HKD 2,000,000 (USD 255,000) buy-in Triton Super High Roller Series Main Event. Jason Koon placed 5th in that 2018 event earning $1,079,443.

For further information please contact info@triton-series.com

Triton Poker Super High Roller Series Jeju 2019 confirmed for March

The first Triton Poker Super High Roller Series 2019 festival will be in Jeju, South Korea from the 2^nd to the 9^th of March next year.

A 2019 tour teaser has been released on Triton Poker’s social media channels, citing several details.

The teaser hinted at four additional stops in the months of May, July, September and November.

A reveal of the ‘Biggest Buy-In in Poker History’ in the near future was also included.

The Triton Poker Series was founded back in 2015 and has held 9 previous events, with Jeju 2019 to be a milestone 10^th for the series.

In the past year, Triton Poker broke the biggest televised poker pot record in Montenegro back during May, when a cash game pot between Jason Koon and Elton Tsang reached € 2.09million.

Mikita Badziakouski has won back-to-back Triton Poker Main Events, the defending champion securing the title in Jeju as well as the previous one in Montenegro for a total of $US 7,756,211.

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Triton Poker Jeju 2018 Short Deck Cash Game Released

The Triton Poker Triton Hold’em (Short Deck) Cash game from the festival in Jeju, South Korea last July was released on Twitch and YouTube this past weekend.

After 7 episodes of the NLHE Cash Game, new episodes from the Short Deck Cash Game will premiere every Sunday and Wednesday 11PM [EST].

Fans can be the first to see the action on the official Twitch premiere, or watch it on demand at your convenience via the Triton Poker YouTube channel.

Tom Dwan, who was involved in a monster pot against Paul Phua in the NLHE Cash Game, is at the table once again.

Others involved are Montenegro Short Deck champ Jason Koon, Triton Super High Roller Jeju Main Event winner Mikita Badziakouski, and High-Stakes pro Andrew Robl.

Triton Poker Super High Roller Jeju 2018 $US 1m Buy-In Cash Game Premieres this Weekend

After months of demand, it has finally arrived…

The Triton Poker Super High Roller Jeju Cash Game will premiere this weekend Sunday September 9, 2018 at 11.00PM [EST] on the official Twitch channel.

After the premiere broadcast, the episode will then be available as video on demand on Triton Poker’s official YouTube page.

Catch the likes of Tom Dwan, Patrik Antonius, and Jason Koon battling it out in one of the biggest cash games in poker history, with the game’s Buy-In at an incredible US$ 1,000,000.

Mikita Badziakouski, who took down the Triton Super High Roller Jeju 2018 Main Event pocketing US$ 5.2m, was also involved.

In the previous cash game at the Triton Super High Roller Montenegro 2018 tournament, a pot between Jason Koon and Elton Tsang became the biggest in televised poker history at a massive € 2,090,000 [US$ 2.3m].

New episodes of the Jeju Cash game will premiere every Sunday and Wednesday nights at 11.00PM [EST] on Twitch, with the same 1-hour delay on YouTube.