The Triton Super High Roller Series, London ran from July 27 — August 10, 2023. Here are all the reports and results.
EVENT 17 – $30,000 SHORT DECK TURBO
The American great Phil Ivey won a second turbo tournament of his trip to London, taking his Triton haul to five. Ivey blasted through the series finale $30K event for another $280,500 victory.
Top five finishers:
1 – Phil Ivey, USA – $280,500
2 – Danny Tang, Hong Kong – $193,800
3 – Stephen Chidwick, UK – $123,800
4 – Daniel Dvoress, Canada – $94,900
5 – Thai Ha, Vietnam – $74,200
33 entries | $825,000 prize pool
FULL REPORT AND RESULTS
EVENT 16 – $60,000 SHORT DECK MAIN EVENT
The Triton Ambassador Jason Koon now has an incredibly nine titles on this series after he outlasted everyone in the $60K Short Deck Main Event and secured another famous success.
Top five finishers:
1 – Jason Koon, USA – $828,000
2 – Kiat Lee, Malaysia – $598,000
3 – Lun Loon, Malaysia – $386,800
4 – Tan Xuan, China – $292,500
5 – Chris Brewer, USA – $226,300
46 entries | $2,760,000 prize pool
FULL REPORT AND RESULTS
EVENT 15 – $30,000 SHORT DECK ANTE ONLY
The day after his good friend Danny Tang won a fourth Triton title, Wai Kin Yong returned to the winner’s circle for the fourth time with a blink-and-you’ll-miss it rampage through the final table of the first Short Deck event.
Top five finishers:
1 – Wai Kin Yong, Malaysia – $350,000
2 – Chris Brewer, USA – $252,400
3 – Karl Chappe-Gatien, France – $161,000
4 – Sam Greenwood, Canada – $122,000
5 – Isaac Haxton, USA – $94,300
37 entries | $1,110,000 prize pool
FULL REPORT AND RESULTS
EVENT 13 – $60,000 NLH
Only five months since he won his first Triton title in Vietnam, Danny Tang was celebrating a remarkable fourth victory, blasting through the 106-entry $60K hold’em field for a $1.6 million score.
Top five finishers:
1 – Danny Tang, Hong Kong – $1,600,000
2 – Bruno Volkmann, Brazil – $1,080,000
3 – Matthias Eibinger, Austria – $703,000
4 – Jason Koon, USA – $582,000
5 – Keat Liu Chun, Malaysia – $469,000
106 entries | $6,360,000 prize pool
FULL REPORT AND RESULTS
EVENT 12 – $60,000 NLH TURBO
Away from the mayhem of the $125K Main Event, the American poker legend Phil Ivey cruised through a $60K buy-in turbo event and claimed another million dollar payday, alongside his fourth Triton Series trophy.
Top five finishers:
1 – Phil Ivey, USA – $1,007,000
2 – Cary Katz, USA – $715,500
3 – Nick Petrangelo, USA – $468,900
4 – Rodrigo Selouan, Brazil – $360,000
5 – Aleks Ponakovs, Latvia – $285,500
61 entries | $3,660,000 prize pool
FULL REPORT AND RESULTS
EVENT 11 – $125,000 NLH MAIN EVENT
In an incredibly fast final table of the biggest Main Event in Triton history, Canada’s Tim Adams managed to overcome the irresistible momentum of French businessman Jean Noel Thorel to land a second Triton title of his career — and close to $4.2 million.
Top five finishers:
1 – Timothy Adams, Canada – $4,185,000
2 – Jean Noel Thorel, France – $2,830,000
3 – Daniel Cates, USA – $1,940,000
4 – Isaac Haxton, USA – $1,582,000
5 – Stephen Chidwick, UK – $1,260,000
151 entries | $18,875,000 prize pool
FULL REPORT AND RESULTS
EVENT 10 – $25,000 POT LIMIT OMAHA
He said he had only previously played about 20 hours of pot limit Omaha in his life, but American Seth Gottlieb schooled some of the game’s most seasoned performers with a $500K victory at Triton London. Gottlieb downed Dan Dvoress heads up to win.
Top five finishers:
1 – Seth Gottlieb, USA – $511,000
2 – Daniel Dvoress, Canada – $355,000
3 – Pascal Lefrancois, Canada – $234,000
4 – Matthew Wood, UK – $184,800
5 – Michael Rossi, USA – $148,200
77 entries | $1,925,000 prize pool
FULL REPORT AND RESULTS
EVENT 9 – $250,000 LUXON INVITATIONAL
Four years to the week since he won the biggest prize ever awarded in a poker tournament, Bryn Kenney returned to the scene of that triumph and claimed a third Triton title, this time banking $6.86 million in the Luxon Invitational.
Top five finishers:
1 – Bryn Kenney, USA – $6,860,000
2 – Talal Shakerchi, UK – $4,650,000
3 – Punnat Punsri, Thailand – $3,107,000
4 – Aleks Ponakovs, Latvia – $2,540,000
5 – Chris Moneymaker, USA – $2,030,000
118 entries | $29,500,000 prize pool
FULL REPORT AND RESULTS
EVENT 8 – $30,000 NLH TURBO BOUNTY
The leading lights of Brazilian poker descended en masse to the Triton Series in London this week and secured a famous 1-2, with Pedro Garagnani beating his friend and countryman Bruno Volkmann heads up to win a boisterous bounty turbo
Top five finishers:
1 – Pedro Garagnani, Brazil – $459,000*
2 – Bruno Volkmann, Brazil – $375,300*
3 – Oya Masashi, Japan – $222,700
4 – Kane Hope, UK – $180,500
5 – Choon Tong Siow, Malaysia – $145,000
*denotes deal; does not include bounty payments
96 entries | $1,920,000 prize pool
FULL REPORT AND RESULTS
EVENT 7 – $200,000 NLH 8-HANDED
An enormous field in an enormous buy-in tournament produced one of the most keenly-fought final tables of the week. After a three-handed deal in which Nacho Barbero secured the biggest payout, David Yan overcame a heads-up deficit to claim a first Triton victory, and the first for a New Zealander.
Top five finishers:
1 – David Yan, New Zealand – $3,052,002*
2 – Nacho Barbero, Argentina – $3,445,807*
3 – Espen Jorstad, Norway – $2,766,191*
4 – Tim Adams, Canada – $1,550,000
5 – Danny Tang, Hong Kong – $1,247,000
*denotes three-handed deal
81 entries | $16,200,000 prize pool
FULL REPORT AND RESULTS
EVENT 6 – $60,000 NLH 7-HANDED
The leading light of the Triton Series added yet another title, with Jason Koon taking down the $60K 7-Handed for his eighth tour win. Nobody else has more than four. Koon beat Brazil’s Rodrigo Selouan heads up.
Top five finishers:
1 – Jason Koon, USA – $1,570,000
2 – Rodrigo Selouan, Brazil – $1,060,300
3 – Justin Saliba, USA – $690,000
4 – Dan Smith, USA – $571,000
5 – Matthias Eibinger, Austria – $460,600
104 entries | $6,240,000 prize pool
FULL REPORT AND RESULTS
EVENT 5 – $50,000 NLH 8-HANDED
He has been destroying tournament fields across the world for the best part of a decade, but Ole Schemion only played his first Triton event here in London this week. A few days later and he’s already a champion, earning another famous seven-figure score.
Top five finishers:
1 – Ole Schemion, Germany – $1,350,000
2 – Dao Minh Phu, Vietnam – $915,000
3 – Roberto Perez, Spain – $604,000
4 – Orpen Kisacikoglu, Turkey – $497,000
5 – Jamil Wakil, Canada – $400,000
112 entries | $5,600,000 prize pool
FULL REPORT AND RESULTS
EVENT 3 – $40,000 NLH MYSTERY BOUNTY
Norway’s Espen Jorstad became the first WSOP Main Event champion to earn a title on the Triton Series too after surviving an incredible final table and beating Phil Ivey heads up. Jorstad claimed the final bounty after a thrilling passage of three-handed play.
Top five finishers:
1 – Espen Jorstad, Norway – $639,000
2 – Phil Ivey, USA – $434,900
3 – Stephen Chidwick, UK – $287,000
4 – Johannes Straver, Netherlands – $236,500
5 – Eric Wasserson, USA – $190,000
133 entries | $2,660,000 prize pool + bounties
FULL REPORT AND RESULTS
EVENT 2 – $25,000 NLH 7-HANDED
Seven years since he took the Triton Series by storm, and six years since his last title on the tour, the German phenom Fedor Holz returned to the top spot in the week of his 30th birthday. Holz downed form player Chris Brewer after the pair agreed a heads-up deal.
Top five finishers:
1 – Fedor Holz, Germany – $609,853*
2 – Chris Brewer, USA – $600,647*
3 – Bruno Volkmann, Brazil – $324,000
4 – Brian Kim, USA – $267,000
5 – Danilo Velasevic, Serbia – $214,500
* denotes deal
120 entries | $3,000,000 prize pool
FULL REPORT AND RESULTS
EVENT 1 – $25,000 GG MILLION$ LIVE
The Greenwood twins from Toronto, Canada, now have a Triton title each after Luc Greewood kicked off the London festival with victory in the $25K GG Million$ Live. Greenwood beat ACR Stormer Manuel Zapf heads up for his first win on this tour, and matches the achievement of brother Sam.
Top five finishers:
1 – Luc Greenwood, Canada – $897,000
2 – Manuel Zapf, Germany – $605,500
3 – Oliver Bithell, UK – $416,700
4 – Kiat Lee, Malaysia – $339,800
5 – Henrik Hecklen, Denmark – $271,000
162 entries | $4,050,000 prize pool
FULL REPORT AND RESULTS
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