Xuan leads after first day of bumper £100K Main Event

Enormous tournaments continue to come thick and fast on the Triton Super High Roller series, and a day after we awarded the biggest prize in poker history, and only hours since three men picked up prizes in the region of $1 million, the main event at Triton London got under way.

Yes, you read that right. We only today began the first of two tournaments for which organisers have reached for the word “main”. This one is a £100,000 buy-in full deck no limit hold’em event, and of course we already have a prize pool north of £10 million.

That’s because today’s field already comprises 122 entries (including 41 re-entries) and registration remains open. Should you find yourself in the vicinity of London’s Hilton Park Lane at noon tomorrow, you too can buy in and pick up 250,000 chips. It’ll be 25 big blinds, and you’ll be up against players with six times that amount, but why not? What’s a hundred grand anyway? You could win more than £2 million.

Packing them in for the Main Event

To be a little more specific: Tan Xuan from China is the chip leader at this stage having bagged 1.612 million at the end of the day, which he ended seated between David Peters and Erik Seidel.

The short-deck specialist fired only one bullet for that total, and enjoyed life all day long, especially as superstars such as Stephen Chidwick, Alex Foxen, Charlie Carrel, Patrik Antonius, Christoph Vogelsang, Dominik Nitsche, Dan Smith and Justin Bonomo had to dip into their pockets at least twice. (Whisper it: Carrel was in and out three times.)

The top five also includes Triton stalwarts Timothy Adams (1.323 million) and Matthias Eibinger (1.123 million), while Kyle Carlston continues to enjoy his transition from backgammon. He has 1.207 million. Yesterday’s Triton Million champion Aaron Zang also bagged at the end of today.

Another big stack for Matthias Eibinger

The full chip counts are below, as well as the Day 2 seat draw. Tournament officials have already conceded that this is not going to get done inside the scheduled two days, but have brought tomorrow’s start time forward to noon (from 1pm) and plan to play down to a final, or a little further if time permits.

DAY 1 END CHIP COUNTS

Name Country Chips
Xuan Tan China 1,612,000
Timothy Adams Canada 1,273,000
Kyle Carlston United States 1,207,000
Matthias Eibinger Austria 1,123,000
Chi Zhang China 1,008,000
Elior Sion United Kingdom 994,000
Jean-Noel Thorel France 938,000
Samuel Greenwood Canada 911,000
Liang Xu China 874,000
Louis Nyberg Sweden 870,000
Michael Watson Canada 869,000
Lucas Greenwood Canada 863,000
Tong Siow Choon Malaysia 853,000
Stephen Chidwick England 839,000
Ben Heath United Kingdom 818,000
Jun Wah Yap Malaysia 792,000
Daniel Dvoress Canada 749,000
Daniel Cates United States 711,000
Wai Leong Chan Malaysia 647,000
Peter Jetten Canada 632,000
Christopher Michael Soyza Malaysia 622,000
Wiktor Malinowski Poland 586,000
Rachid Cherif Ben Netherlands 564,000
Kahle Burns Australia 560,000
Sosia Jiang New Zealand 551,000
Herman Mulder Teun Netherlands 521,000
Fedor Holz Germany 513,000
Mikita Badziakouski Belarus 489,000
Henrik Hecklen Denmark 479,000
Rui Cao France 411,000
Isaac Haxton United States 408,000
Randy Lew United States 368,000
Mikael Thuritz Germany 354,000
Linus Loeliger Switzerland 352,000
Nick Petrangelo United States 350,000
Tony G Lithuania 347,000
Bryn Kenney United States 345,000
Alexey Rybin Russia 317,000
Erik Seidel United States 280,000
Justin Bonomo United States 278,000
Benjamin Pollak France 265,000
Paul Phua Malaysia 263,000
Seth Davies United States 250,000
Timofey Kuznetsov Russia 239,000
Wei Lim Chin Malaysia 216,000
Elton Tsang Hong Kong 216,000
Dominik Nitsche Germany 206,000
Talal Shakerchi England 204,000
Igor Kurganov Netherlands 184,000
Cary Katz United States 178,000
Steve O Dwyer United States 167,000
Adam Reynolds United Kingdom 160,000
Charlie Carrel England 142,000
Jason Koon United States 134,000
Danny Tang Hong Kong 133,000
David Peters United States 132,000
Christoph Vogelsang Germany 132,000
Nick Schulman United States 130,000
Dan Smith United States 128,000
Table/Seat Name Chips
1-1 Dominik Nitsche 206,000
1-2 Steve O Dwyer 167,000
1-4 Timothy Adams 1,273,000
1-5 Herman Mulder Teun 521,000
1-7 Wei Lim Chin 216,000
1-9 Smith Daniel Steven 128,000
2-1 Kahle Burns 560,000
2-2 Igor Kurganov 184,000
2-3 Randy Lew 368,000
2-5 Jean-Noel,Andre,Robert Thorel 938,000
2-7 Seth Davies 250,000
2-9 Liang Xu 874,000
3-3 Michael Watson 869,000
3-5 Wai Leong Chan 647,000
3-6 Christoph Vogelsang 132,000
3-7 Samuel Greenwood 911,000
3-8 Sosia Jiang 551,000
3-9 Mikita Badziakouski 489,000
5-1 Tong Siow Choon 853,000
5-2 Louis Nyberg 870,000
5-3 Benjamin Pollak 265,000
5-4 Daniel Cates 711,000
5-5 Bryn Kenney 345,000
5-6 Isaac Haxton 408,000
6-1 Fedor Holz 513,000
6-2 Mikael Thuritz 354,000
6-4 Chi Hang Daniel Tang 133,000
6-5 Kyle Carlston 1,207,000
6-7 Christopher Michael Soyza 622,000
6-9 David Peters 132,000
7-1 Antanas Guoga 347,000
7-3 Chi Zhang 1,008,000
7-5 Benjamin Heath 818,000
7-7 Nick Schulman 130,000
7-8 Justin Bonomo 278,000
7-9 Henrik Hecklen 479,000
8-2 Wei Seng Paul Phua 263,000
8-3 Rui Cao 411,000
8-6 Jason Koon 134,000
8-7 Adam Reynolds 160,000
8-8 Ka Wai Elton Tsang 216,000
8-9 Xuan Tan 1,612,000
9-1 Lucas James Greenwood 863,000
9-2 Rachid Cherif Ben 564,000
9-3 Cary Steven Katz 178,000
9-5 Matthias Eibinger 1,123,000
9-7 Stephen James Chidwick 839,000
9-9 Timofey Kuznetsov 239,000
10-2 Linus Loeliger 352,000
10-3 Peter Jetten 632,000
10-5 Elior Benjamin Sion 994,000
10-6 Erik Seidel 280,000
10-7 Nick Petrangelo 350,000
10-9 Jun Wah Yap 792,000
11-2 Daniel Dvoress 749,000
11-3 Charlie Carrel 142,000
11-5 Alexey Rybin 317,000
11-7 Wiktor Malinowski 586,000
11-8 Talal Shakerchi 204,000

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