The Triton Super High Roller Series set a new incredible mark in Jeju, South Korea, on Saturday, obliterating its own previous record for the largest six-figure buy-in event in poker history.
The $100K NLH Triton Poker Main Event attracted a staggering 285 entries, smashing the previous record of 216 entries from the same tournament here in Jeju last year.
There were 180 unique entries, also a record, plus 105 re-entries.
The tournament prize pool hit $28.5 million, with the winner set to receive $5.555 million. Forty-seven places will be paid; the min-cash is $163,000.
Announcing the prize pool to the packed tournament room at the Landing Casino, Jeju, Triton Tournament Director Luca Vivaldi was clearly proud of the achievement. “We did it again,” Vivaldi said, before quickly correcting himself. “Scratch that, you did it again.”
Vivaldi continued: “Thanks to our partners and our sponsors, our incredible dealers, our whole Triton family, and most importantly you, the players, the real stars of this show.
“Because of your incredible and continuous support we have officially broken another record and rewritten what is achievable in the world of poker. The biggest six-digit buy-in in the history of poker. This moment belongs to you.”
The tournament’s prize pool of $28.5 million is the biggest ever on the Triton Series outside of its Invitational events. Similarly, the $5.555 million first prize will beat the $5.26 million won by Mikita Badziakouski in the 2019 Triton Jeju Main Event, which had a $260K buy-in. (Players may yet opt to do a deal at the end of the tournament, which could reduce the top-place payout.)
Perhaps most remarkably, it is the seventh biggest tournament, by field size, of any event on the Triton Series, including tournaments with significantly smaller buy-ins. The four biggest fields in Triton Poker history have all come on this trip to Jeju, with the 391-entry field for the $25,000 NLH topping the list.
All other events in the top 10 biggest tournaments, by field size, have buy-ins of $25,000 or less.
Triton’s five biggest $100K+ buy-in tournaments (by entries)
285 – Jeju 2025 $100K Main Event ($28.5m prize pool)
216 – Jeju 2024 $100K Main Event ($21.6m prize pool; Winner: Roman Hrabec)
182 – Bahamas 2025 $100K Main Event ($18.2m prize pool; Winner: Alex Foxen)
171 – Montenegro 2024 $125K Main Event ($21.37m prize pool; Winner: Mikalai Vaskaboinikau)
159 – Monte Carlo 2024 $125K Main Event ($19.9m prize pool; Winner: Bryn Kenney)
Triton’s five biggest prize pools (excluding Invitational events)
$28.5m – Jeju 2025 $100K Main Event (285 entries)
$21.6m – Jeju 2024 $100K Main Event (216 entries)
$21.275m – Montenegro 2024 $125K Main Event (171 entries)
$19.875m – Monte Carlo 2024 $125K Main Event (159 entries)
$19.2m – Jeju 2025 $150K NLH (128 entries)
Triton’s 10 biggest events (by entries)
391 – Jeju 2025 Event 3 – $25K NLH
389 – Jeju 2025 Event 6 – $25K NLH WPT Global Slam
379 – Jeju 2025 Event 1 – $15K NLH
348 – Jeju 2025 Event 2 – $20K NLH
305 – Jeju 2024 Event 6 – $25K GG Million$
298 – Jeju 2024 Event 3 – $25K Silver Main
285 – Jeju 2025 $100K NLH Main Event
269 – Jeju 2024 Event 1 – $15K NLH
252 – Jeju 2025 Event 5 – $30K NLH
225 – Jeju 2024 Event 2 – $20K NLH