Welcome to the coverage hub for the Triton Super High Roller Series in Cyprus. The event, which runs from September 2-19, 2022, featured 13 tournaments in no limit hold’em, short-deck and pot-limit Omaha, with buy-ins from €25,000 through €200,000, including the Coin Rivet Invitational. You’ll find all you need to know about the event below, including links to completed tournaments and results.
EVENT 1 – $25,000 NLH 8-HANDED
One of poker’s undisputed poster boys was one of the only members of the elite without his picture hanging in the gallery of champions. But Finland’s Patrik Antonius remedied the situation in the first event of the Triton Cyprus festival.
Top five finishers:
1 – Patrik Antonius, Finland – $825,000
2 – Fahredin Mustafov, Bulgaria – $557,000
3 – Steve O’Dwyer, Ireland – $362,000
4 – Danny Tang, Hong Kong – $300,000
5 – Ebony Kenny, USA – $240,500
131 entries | $3,275,000 prize pool
FULL REPORT AND RESULTS
EVENT 2 – $30,000 NLH 6-HANDED
Triton Ambassador Jason Koon had repeatedly invited his friend Ben Tollerene to play on the Triton Series, but the trip never worked out. However, Tollerene was finally able to travel for the festival in Cyprus, and hit the ground running with an $808K score, after a deal with Yuri Dzivelevski.
Top five finishers:
1 – Ben Tollerene, USA – $807,927*
2 – Yuri Dzivelevski, Brazil – $749,073*
3 – Stephen Chidwick, UK – $408,000
4 – Alex Keating, USA – $337,500
5 – Fedor Holz, Germany – $272,300
123 entries | $3,698,100 prize pool
FULL REPORT AND RESULTS
EVENT 3 – $50,000 NLH 6-HANDED
The Belgian debutant Pieter Aerts was knocked out on the bubble in his first Triton tournament, but bounced back from disappointment in the very best way, regrouping to beat Sam Grafton heads-up, claim his first title and a $1.47 million payday.
Top five finishers:
1 – Pieter Aerts, Belgium – $1,472,000
2 – Sam Grafton, UK – $994,500
3 – Kannapong Thanarattrakul, Thailand – $646,500
4 – Ben Tollerene, USA – $535,000
5 – Matthias Eibinger, Austria – $431,800
117 entries | $3,698,100 prize pool
FULL REPORT AND RESULTS
EVENT 5 – $75,000 NLH 8-HANDED
As Michael Addamo went on his heater, the world maybe forgot about the other high-stakes crusher from Australia. But after ending a self-enforced exile, Kahle Burns returned to the scene with a dominant display in the $75K, worth $1.7 million.
Top five finishers:
1 – Kahle Burns, Australia – $1,730,000
2 – Sam Greenwood, Canada – $1,210,000
3 – Seth Davies, UK – $815,000
4 – Yuri Dzivielevski, Brazil – $630,000
5 – Talal Shakerchi, UK – $510,000
88 entries | $6,600,000 prize pool
FULL REPORT AND RESULTS
EVENT 6 – $200,000 NLH COIN RIVET INVITATIONAL
After the charge of the aggressive Frenchman Karl Chappe-Gatien was halted in third, Sam Grafton was able to defeat the heads-up titan Linus Loeliger to win the enormous $5.5 million first prize — the climax of the unique invitational tournament that pitted the pros against the recreational players on a level playing field.
Top five finishers:
1 – Sam Grafton, UK – $5,500,000
2 – Linus Loeliger, Switzerland – $3,900,000
3 – Karl Chappe-Gatien, France – $2,600,000
4 – Fedor Holz, Germany – $2,100,000
5 – Ebony Kenney, USA – $1,700,000
115 entries | $23,000,000 prize pool
FULL REPORT AND RESULTS
EVENT 7 – $25,000 POT LIMIT OMAHA
It was a small and quiet affair, but the schedule’s only PLO tournament drew the stars nonetheless. But local player Christopher Philippou was able to put Seidel, Chidwick and Shakerchi in their place and win his first Triton title in his first Triton tournament.
1 – Christopher Philippou, Cyprus – $270,000
2 – Talal Shakerchi, UK – $190,000
3 – Iurii Anisimov, Russia – $120,000
4 – Stephen Chidwick, UK – $92,000
5 – Gregoire Auzoux, France – $72,000
6 – Erik Seidel, USA – $56,000
32 entries | $800,000 prize pool
FULL REPORT AND RESULTS
EVENT 8 – $100,000 NLH MAIN EVENT
The growing poker boom in Thailand received an enormous boost when Punnat Punsri, a breakout star at the World Series last year, announced his presence on the Triton Series and clinched victory in the Main Event. The first Thai winner claimed $2.6 million.
Top five finishers:
1 – Punnat Punsri, Thailand – $2,600,000
2 – Wayne Heung, Hong Kong – $1,825,000
3 – Wiktor Malinowski, Poland – $1,210,000
4 – Henrik Hecklen, Denmark – $946,000
5 – Jason Koon, USA – $762,000
99 entries | $9,900,000 prize pool
FULL REPORT AND RESULTS
EVENT 9 – $50,000 NLH 8-HANDED TURBO
Austria’s Matthias Eibinger made his name as a player of hyper-turbos online, where stacks get short quickly and you have to know when to push or fold. His skills earned him a first Triton title in a Turbo in Cyprus in March, and he won his second in the same format five months later.
Results:
1 – Matthias Eibinger, Austria – $545,000
2 – Jonathan Jaffe, USA – $375,000
3 – Mikita Badziakouski, Belarus – $245,000
4 – Phil Nagy, USA – $185,000
5 – Aleksejs Ponakovs, Latvia – $140,000
6 – Danny Tang, UK – $110,000
32 entries | $1,600,000 prize pool
FULL REPORT AND RESULTS
EVENT 10 – $30,000 SHORT DECK ANTE ONLY
Phil Ivey didn’t cash even once during the long deck portion of the trip to Cyprus, but he immediately underlined his dominance of the short-deck game, winning the first short deck event in the festival. It was his third Triton title, all in this form of the game.
Results:
1 – Phil Ivey, USA – $387,000
2 – Sam Greenwood, Canada – $268,000
3 – Kiat Lee, Malaysia$171,000
4 – Mikita Badziakouski, Belarus – $131,000
5 – Tom Dwan, USA – $103,000
6 – Daniel Dvoress, Canada – $80,000
38 entries | $1,140,000 prize pool
FULL REPORT AND RESULTS
Photography by Joe Giron/Poker Photo Archive