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Triton Poker returns to Jeju South Korea for First Stop of 2020

After taking you to a whole ‘nother level during the Triton Millions: A Helping Hand for Charity we felt like you needed a break from all of the excitement.

Well, break time is over!

Pack your bags, or prepare to tune in from home, because the Triton Super High Roller Series returns with its first event of 2020, and it promises to be another whizz, bang, wallop of a high stakes series.

February 10-22, 2020, Triton returns to South Korea and Jeju Shinhwa World for 12-days of mind-blowing poker, at the highest-stakes involving the best pros and semi-pros in the business.

When the Triton Poker Series first planted a flag in the Jeju Province in 2018 there were five events on the schedule. The return in 2019, saw that increase by two. 2020 adds even more value for the players and consumers of world-class poker content with an increase to 11 tournaments, featuring No-Limit Hold’em (NLHE), and Short Deck formats, as well as a Mixed Short Deck and No-Limit, Hold’em game.

The two eye-catching events are the HKD 1m NLHE Triton Poker Super High Roller Series Main Event, and the HKD 1m Triton Poker Super High Roller Series Short-Deck Main Event.

In 2018, when the Main Event buy-in was HKD 2m, Mikita Badziakouski became the first player to win back-to-back Triton Poker Super High Roller Series NLHE Main Events, defeating 55-entrants on his way to an HKD 41,250,000 (USD 5,257,027) first prize. Kenneth Kee took down the 60-entrant HKD 1m Triton Poker Super High Roller Series Short-Deck Main Event for HKD 22,500,000 (USD 2,867,009).

The series returned in 2019, with Timothy Adams winning the HKD $2m Triton Poker Super High Roller Series Main Event, conquering a field of 48-entrants to win the HKD 27,760,500 (USD3,536,550) first prize. Jason Koon vanquished 81-entrants to win the HKD 22,300,000 (USD 2,840,945) first prize in the HKD 1m Triton Poker Super High Roller Series Short-Deck Main Event.

Here is the full schedule:

Amongst the glitterati confirmed to participate in the festival, include Triton Poker Ambassadors Tom Dwan and Jason Koon, Triton Million London winner Aaron Zang and the legendary poker ace Phil Ivey

Players receive five nights free accommodation at the Marriott Hotel Jeju Shinhwa World for every HKD 1m in tournament buy-ins they compete in. For example, if you compete in HKD 2m worth of buy-ins then you receive 10 nights free accommodation.

Once again the Triton Super High Roller Series offers unparallelled digital coverage, available in English for free on the official Triton Poker Twitch, YouTube, and Facebook channels, and the Triton website.

English Coverage:
Triton Website: www.triton-series.com
Twitch: www.twitch.tv/tritonpoker
YouTube: www.youtube.com/tritonpoker
Facebook: www.facebook.com/tritonpoker

Chinese Coverage:

ZhiboTV: www.zhibo.tv/10004

For more information on the Triton Jeju 2020 festival, CLICK HERE.

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

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 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.