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shamballa jewels celebrates the winners of the triton poker series with a limited edition bracelet

In 2005, SHAMBALLA JEWELS was established out of the simple idea of revolutionizing the male jewelry world with bold designs and luxury materials combined in an understated way. Originally from Denmark, the brand keeps honoring the long history of high-quality Nordic craftsmanship, while taking inspiration from millennia-old East- Asian wisdom. Over time, SHAMBALLA JEWELS has grown into a world-known brand that creates unique creations using diamonds, precious and semi-precious stones, and 18K gold exclusively.

Now, SHAMBALLA JEWELS is delighted to join forces with Triton Poker to celebrate the iconic game of cards and adorn each winner with a limited edition bracelet from the company’s Copenhagen atelier.

Aligned with the brand’s principles of high-quality craftsmanship, the limited edition 10mm SHAMBALLA® Lock Bracelet is crafted with pulsing red ruby stone and vigorous matte ceramic beads, to pay tribute to some of the signature poker colors.

The brand’s logo, the STAR OF SHAMBALLA®, is neatly engraved on the back lock of the bracelet, guaranteeing the quality and legacy that comes with each SHAMBALLA® creation.

As the final embellishment, the bracelet carries an 18K yellow gold bead with the iconic Triton Poker logo engraved on top.

SHAMBALLA JEWELS is proud to become part of the world of poker and celebrate the winners of Triton Poker with this special edition bracelet that will create a memento worth remembering.

About SHAMBALLA JEWELS

SHAMBALLA JEWELS is a Danish luxury jewelry brand dedicated to creating iconic and highly personal jewelry for modern men and women. Inspired by the mythical kingdom of Shamballa, nested in the Himalayan mountains. SHAMBALLA JEWELS creations represent a balanced combination of millennia-old East-Asian wisdom and high-quality Nordic craftsmanship.

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Triton Poker confirms partnership with Kraken Exchange for Triton Million Series

Triton Poker Series has partnered with Kraken, the biggest cryptocurrency exchange by Euro trading volumes. The digital premiere of the Triton Million – A Helping Hand for Charity, the biggest buy-in charity poker tournament in history, will feature Kraken as the Official Crypto Exchange partner for the 10-part series on Triton Poker’s official YouTube Channel.

Held in London during 2019, the prestigious competition still holds the record for being the most expensive poker tournament of all time.

Episodes 1 and 2 of the post-produced series will make their digital debut starting Thursday September 23rd, 2021, on the Triton Poker YouTube channel, with the duo of poker legend Daniel Negreanu and television personality Ali Nejad as the commentators.

With an entry fee of £1,050,000, £50,000 was taken from each of the 54 buy-ins and a total of £2,400,000 was raised and distributed to over 15 charities globally, including the One Drop Foundation, Raising for Effective Giving (REG), and the Malaysian Red Crescent.

The tournament previously aired on linear television across multiple channels, with NBCSports in the United States, TSN in Canada, FreeSports in the UK, Sport5 in Israel, and several other broadcasters in various regions – now made available to all viewers worldwide with access to an internet account.

This digital partnership is not only a union of two brands who are market leaders in their own field but also creates tremendous synergy since poker was one of the early use cases for cryptocurrencies.

Kraken will leverage on the appeal of Triton’s entertaining poker content to build awareness and create user affinity with the poker community through prominent logo placements throughout various key hands of the tournament.

Founded in 2011, this partnership will also coincide with Kraken’s 10th year as one of the longest-standing cryptocurrency exchanges that provide trading between multiple crypto and fiat currencies.

Triton Million for Charity 10-Episode Series set for Worldwide Digital Release

The Triton Million – A Helping Hand for Charity poker tournament, which costs £1,050,000 to participate, is set to be released as a 10-part series on Triton Poker’s official YouTube channel.

Held in London during 2019, the prestigious competition still holds the record for being the most expensive poker tournament of all time and will now be available for all viewers with an internet connection to enjoy.

Episodes 1 and 2 of the post-produced series will make its digital debut starting Thursday September 23rd, 2021, on the Triton Poker YouTube channel, with the duo of poker legend Daniel Negreanu and television personality Ali Nejad as your commentators.

Triton’s innovative structure pitted an array of the world’s most talented poker players such as Bryn Kenney, Daniel’ Jungleman’ Cates, and Tom’ durrrr’ Dwan against high profile businessmen (and businesswoman) such as Paul Phua, Tony G and Haralabos Voulgaris in one of the richest purses in sports and gaming history.

In the entry fee of £1,050,000, £50,000 was taken from each buy-in and distributed to over 15 charities globally, including the One Drop Foundation, Raising for Effective Giving (REG), and the Malaysian Red Crescent.

The tournament previously aired on television with NBCSports in the United States, Canada’s TSN channel, FreeSports in the UK, Sport 5 in Israel, and across several Eastern European countries.

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Triton Poker Agree TV Deal with FreeSports to Broadcast Triton Million in the UK

Triton Poker has signed a TV deal with FreeSports to showcase coverage of the Triton Million: A Helping Hand For Charity, a £1m buy-in event that took place in London, 2019. FreeSports will spread the Triton Poker love to 22 million homes in the UK through their free-to-air model.

The Triton Poker Super High Roller Series may be on an imposed hiatus, but that doesn’t mean you can’t get your fix of the biggest high-stakes poker tour in the world.

The first of ten episodes will hit UK TV screens on Thursday, October 1 at 10:00 pm, and is available on several UK networks such as Freeview HD channel 64, Sky HD channel 422, Virgin HD 553, TalkTalk 64, and BT Vision channel 64. Additionally, the series will also be available on the FreeSports online player, downloadable at www.freesportsplayer.tv.

The Triton Million remains one of the most innovative and incredible poker tournaments of its time with 54 pros and business people alike creating a £54m prize money, and a £19m first prize, the biggest in the history of the game.

The Triton Million recently broadcast on Canada’s largest sports network TSN, Sport 5 in Israel, and Sport 1 across several Eastern European countries.

Triton Poker pens Triton Million Broadcast Deals in Major TV Markets

Triton Poker have secured several more key TV markets for their 10-episode ‘Triton Million – A Helping Hand for Charity’ tournament from London 2019 after joining forces with Protocol Sports Marketing.

Following the successful release on Canada’s largest sports network TSN, the biggest poker tournament of all time will broadcast on Sport 5 in Israel and Sport 1 across several Eastern European countries.

During the Triton Super High Roller Series London 2019 poker festival, the feature event was the ‘Triton Million – A Helping Hand for Charity’, with the tournament buy-in no less than a staggering £1,050,000 for entry.

54 invited participants, divided by half professional poker players and half wealthy businessmen, fought it out for the chance to win a massive 1st place £19,000,000 payout, the biggest in poker history.

Additionally, £50,000 from each player was collected to form a pool of money for charity, totalling £2,700,000 donated to various foundations.

Triton Poker was created by Seng Chen “Richard” Yong and Wei-Seng “Paul” Phua back in 2016 with a distinct ethos and identity, catering to poker’s high rollers.

“Our vision for the Triton Poker brand has always been about bringing the world’s best players and providing them with the opportunity to play the highest stakes imaginable while also giving back to charity,” says Paul Phua. “We are finding that this vision is resonating with major media platforms, leading to coverage on some of the world’s biggest channels.”

Protocol Sports have also hinted that the Triton Million series will enter even more markets in the near future, with the United States’ and the United Kingdom’s broadcasters interested.

“There is much more to come,” says Protocol Sports Marketing President Lowell Conn. “We have numerous broadcast partners and sponsors that are expressing interest in Triton Poker, and we expect to very soon announce deals in more major markets, including the United States and the United Kingdom.”

Triton Poker Super High Roller Series London 2020 Cancelled Due to Coronavirus Risk

The Triton Poker Super High Roller Series London 2020 festival scheduled for July 29 – August 13 2020 has been cancelled due to the Coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic.

We are experiencing unprecedented feelings of uncertainty in our personal and professional lives due to the global Coronavirus outbreak. With this in mind, the Triton team believe it’s crucial to lessen this uncertainty, giving you advanced warning of the cancellations and resumption of Triton events.

It’s vitally important to us that we provide you with a safe environment, not only to play the game you love but to travel to and from the incredible locations that host Triton events. We don’t believe we can offer you this safety in the current climate, and so we have cancelled The Triton Poker Super High Roller Series planned for London Jul 29 – Aug 13.

The London event was the last Triton event scheduled for 2020, meaning the next time you hear from us we hope to be bringing you good news!

Keep safe.

Triton Poker makes TV Debut on TSN Canada with 10-Episode Triton Million Series

On Friday, 3 July 2020, ‘Triton Million: A Helping Hand For Charity’ makes its dazzling debut on Canada’s The Sports Network (TSN4) with the first of ten hourly episodes airing prime-time 7 pm – 9 pm (GMT-4).

In 2019, Triton Poker created the most expensive tournament in the history of the game, with a £1.05m buy-in, £54m in prize money, £19m for the winner and £2.7m donated to charity.

Canada’s own, Daniel ‘Kid Poker’ Negreanu and television personality, Ali Nejad, guide you through exclusive behind the scenes player testimony and the stunning highs and brutal lows of all the play-by-play action.

Triton’s innovative structure pitted an array of the world’s most talented poker players such as Bryn Kenney, Daniel’ Jungleman’ Cates, and Tom’ durrrr’ Dwan against high profile businessmen such as Paul Phua, Tony G and Haralabos Voulgaris in one of the richest purses in sports and gaming history.

The tournament will air on TSN every Friday starting 3 July and ending 31 July.

Coronavirus Outbreak Leads to the Postponement of the Triton Poker Super High Roller Series in Jeju

Jan 2020 – It’s with a heavy heart that we inform you of the postponement of the Triton Poker Super High Roller Series in Jeju after the World Health Organisation (WHO) called the Coronavirus outbreak a ‘Public Health Emergency.’

Since the Coronoavirus first leapt from animals to humans in China a few weeks ago, close to 10,000 people have been infected, and it’s killed more than 200. All of the deaths have been inside China, but the virus has spread to more than a dozen countries.

The safety of our players and support staff remains our utmost priority. Coupled with our duty to do everything we can in our power to prevent the virus from spreading, we’ve taken the difficult but correct stop of postponing the event with immediate effect.

The thoughts and prayers of the Triton Poker Team are with the families of those that have lost their lives and for the ones fighting the virus all over the world.

Another official announcement in regards to the potential resurrection of the event will be made on February 10th, 2020.

Poker King Confirmed as Triton Poker SHR Series Presenting Sponsor for 2020

Poker King have announced a partnership with Triton Poker, which will see the company as the Presenting Sponsor on all Triton Super High Roller Series festivals in 2020.

The first stop of the year will be in Jeju South Korea from February 10-22, with Budva, Montenegro and London, England next on the Triton SHR roadmap. Other locations are also being planned, but have yet to be confirmed.

Poker King was founded by the world’s leading gaming group: Sun City Group and AG Group, which is headquartered in the Central Business District of Manila in the Philippines.

Poker King is currently the largest and most popular online poker site in Asia with more than 1.2 million registered members.

Poker King’s platform supports all Texas Hold’em formats, such as full deck, short deck, Pot Limit Omaha, SNG and more.

There are between 50,000 to 80,000 daily online games, and the number of players exceeds 100,000.

Poker King have previously partnered with some of the world’s most prestigious tournament brands, including the Asian Poker Tour (APT), the World Poker Tour (WPT) and recently the Boyaa Poker Tour (BPT).

As of 2017, 40 Poker King competitions have been held in different locations across Asia.

Tom Dwan, who is the Ambassador of both Triton Poker and Poker King, stated: “I will carry out my understanding of poker games onto the Poker King platform and support them to promote a credible and fair gaming environment for all of poker players.”

For more information on Triton Jeju 2020, please visit this link.

Triton Poker Launch Triton Player of the Year Campaign for 2020 Season

For the first time in Triton’s history, the 2020 season will encompass a Player of the Year (PoY) award.

The Triton Poker Series PoY program is independent of any other related poker rankings, and to compete for the honour of being the PoY, you must compete in Triton Poker Series live tournaments.

The journey to crown the first PoY champion begins on February 10 when the trident comes crashing down into the floor of the salubrious surroundings of the Landing Casino in Jeju, South Korea.

From there, players can accrue PoY points in a total of four stops. Montenegro (May 4-18), and London (Jul 29-Aug 13) are already in the calendar, meaning a Triton surprise is in the offing for autumn/winter.

The Cogs

PoY points are not transferable, meaning players cannot pass them from player to player. Final table deals will not alter the issuance of PoY points. Should a deal happen, including a decision to end the tournament immediately, then the Tournament Director (TD) will insist that the players conclude the competition for PoY points.

Cash games and restricted buy-in live tournament don’t count towards PoY points. A classic example of this would have been the 2019 Triton Million London: A Helping Hand for Charity, which was an ‘invite-only’ event.

One of the things that the players love about Triton is their flexibility, and drive to put on a game if there are enough players interested in participating. With that in mind, the PoY points associated with new, non-scheduled games, and alterations to existing game structures will see Triton’s TD announce the PoY points structure in advance of the game.

The Formula

Triton reserves all rights to the formula created for Triton’s PoY campaign. The method allocates points based on finishing position and then multiplies those points by buy-in amount and the total number of entrants and re-entrants.

There are benefits for punctual players and those who fire multiple bullets. All players who register before the tournament starts, and join the game within the first level, receive an additional 2 points based on the multiplier shown in the below table.

Every entry and re-entry is worth 3 additional points and multiplied as per the below table. Every player who finishes in the money (ITM) will receive an additional 10-points. Finally, Each stop will reward a ‘Player of the Festival,’ and along with the bragging rights, Triton will issue them with 100 additional points.

The winner of the Triton PoY is declared at the end of the 2020 season, with the new PoY campaign beginning immediately after the end of the final 2020 event.

The Prize

Along with the claim that you outperformed the very best in the business throughout four challenging series, the winner will also pick up HKD 2,000,000 in prize money.

View Player of the Year Points System Here