Triton Poker Series
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Founded2016
Founder
Country Malaysia (founded)
Most titlesUnited States Jason Koon (9)
Official websitetriton-series.com

The Triton Poker Series is a series of poker tournaments that is played around three times a year at various locations around the world. The tournaments with buy-ins of at least 15,000 United States dollar are among the most expensive and most prestigious poker tournaments in the world.

History

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The Triton Poker Series was founded by Malaysian businessman Paul Phua and co-founded by Malaysian businessman Richard Yong.[1] The most tournaments are played in the variants No-Limit Hold'em and Short Deck. Sometimes there are tournaments in Pot-Limit Omaha on the tournament schedule as well. Since 2019 there is a Main Event in No-Limit Hold'em and a Main Event in Short Deck at each stop of the tournament series.[2]

At the end of January 2017 three events in Manila, Macau and Montenegro were announced for the year.[3] In May 2018 four more tournaments were held in Montenegro.[2] There, further events in the South Korean Jeju Province were announced for the end of July 2018.[4] The first events of 2019 were also played in Jeju-do in March.[5] At the second event in 2019 the variant Pot-Limit Omaha was played for the first time at Triton Poker Series.[6] At the beginning of August 2019 the Triton Million for Charity took place in London which was the most expensive poker tournament to date with a buy-in of one million Pound sterling.[7] The tournament series planned for February 2020 in Jeju-do was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The planned holding in Montenegro in May 2020 was also canceled at the end of March 2020.[8] The return of the tournament series in Bali announced for February 2022 also had to be postponed due to COVID-19 pandemic[9] as well as four tournaments in Sochi due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.[10] Ultimately the first event after the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic took place in April 2022 in Kyrenia in Northern Cyprus.[11] In September 2022 the Coin Rivet Invitational was held in Kyrenia as the second invitational tournament by the series.[12] A few days after the event Ivan Leow, a co-founder and regular of the Triton Poker Series, died during the ongoing tournament series whereupon the current tournament was aborted and the remaining two events were cancelled.[13]

The tournaments are broadcasted via YouTube and the live streaming platform Twitch and feature commentators like Lex Veldhuis and Randy Lew.[14]

Invitational tournaments

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Triton Million for Charity

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The Triton Million for Charity was the first ever invitational tournament hosted by the Triton Poker Series. It was held from August 1st to 3rd, 2019 at London Hilton on Park Lane in London. The buy-in was £1,050,000 making it the most expensive poker tournament to date. The participants had to be invited, with the organizers requesting 27 recreational players or business people as players and they in turn selecting a professional poker player. The 54 players generated a total price pool of £54,000,000.[15]

In the first six blind levels, each lasting an hour, the recreational and professional players where placed at separate tables. Ten blind levels were played on the first day of the tournament. At the end of the day 36 of the 54 players were still in the tournament with Bill Perkins as the chip leader. On the second day of the Triton Million the prize money ranks were reached with the elimination of Igor Kurganov. The day ended with reaching the eight-handed final table with Vivek Rajkumar leading the field. On the final day Bryn Kenney and Aaron Zang reached the final heads-up and agreed an ICM deal giving Zang a payout of £13,779,491 and Kenney £16,890,509, the largest payout in a poker tournament to date. After that Zang regained the lead after two big pots and won the title.[16]

Results
Place Name Prize
1st   Aaron Zang £13,779,491
2nd   Bryn Kenney £16,890,509
3rd   Dan Smith £7,200,000
4th   Stephen Chidwick £4,410,000
5th   Vivek Rajkumar £3,000,000
6th   Bill Perkins £2,200,000
7th   Alfred DeCarolis £1,720,000
8th   Timothy Adams £1,400,000
9th   Wai Leong Chan £1,200,000
10th   Chin Wei Lim £1,100,000
11th   Winfred Yu £1,100,000

Coin Rivet Invitational

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The Coin Rivet Invitational was the second invitational tournament hosted by the Triton Poker Series. It was held from September 10th to 12th, 2022 at the Merit Royal Hotel & Casino, a luxurious hotel in Kyrenia in Northern Cyprus. The cryptocurrency platform Coin Rivet acted as a sponsor and secured the naming rights to the event with a buy-in of $210,000, making it one of the most expensive poker tournaments in 2022. Similar to the Triton Million for Charity professional poker players had to be invited by businessmen. Almost all of the world's top poker players participated in the tournament. Also three women (Sosia Jiang, Ebony Kenney and Melika Razavi) played in the Coin Rivet Invitational. In total 90 players, 45 recreational players and 45 professional players, took part in the tournament. Every player was allowed to re-enter after being eliminated in one of the first 10 blind levels. That was used by 25 players and created a total prize pool of $23,000,000.[17]

In the first eight blind levels, each lasting 50 minutes, the recreational and professional players sat at separate tables. After the first day of the tournament 80 players were still in the event with Leon Tsoukernik as the chip leader. On the second day of the tournament, the recreational and professional players were mixed for the first time. With Chris Brewer's elimination in 18th place the prize money ranks were reached and all remaining players were guaranteed $380,000. The day ended with 16 players with Fedor Holz leading the field. The final table was reached on the third day with Karl Chappe-Gatien starting as the chip leader. After his elimination in third place, Sam Grafton went heads-up against Linus Loeliger with a clear lead and won the tournament. The Brit received a payout of $5,500,000 for his win, along with a trophy.[18]

Results
Place Name Prize
1st   Sam Grafton $5,500,000
2nd   Linus Loeliger $3,900,000
3rd   Karl Chappe-Gatien $2,600,000
4th   Fedor Holz $2,100,000
5th   Ebony Kenney $1,700,000
6th   Aleksejs Ponakovs $1,350,000
7th   Elias Talvitie $1,050,000
8th   Seth Davies $770,000
9th   Tom Vogelsang $620,000
10th   Tony G $485,000
11th   Vadzim Godzdanker $485,000
12th   Daniel Cates $440,000
13th   Theis Hennebjerre $440,000
14th   Horace Wei $400,000
15th   Leon Tsoukernik $400,000
16th   David Nicholson $380,000
17th   Eric Worre $380,000

List of events

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Start Date Location Type Tournament name Buy-in Entrants Winner Prize Source
January 3, 2016   Parañaque No-Limit Hold'em Cali Cup $200,000 52   Fedor Holz $3,072,748 [1]
September 9, 2016   Manila No-Limit Hold'em Charity HK$490,000 35   Wai Kin Yong $793,604 [2]
November 2, 2016   Parañaque No-Limit Hold'em Suncity Cup HK$200,000 39   Daniel Cates $359,229 [3]
November 4, 2016 No-Limit Hold'em Main Event HK$500,000 62   Wai Kin Yong $2,080,556 [4]
February 17, 2017   Parañaque No-Limit Hold'em Six Max HK$250,000 43   Dan Colman $469,246 [5]
February 19, 2017 No-Limit Hold'em Main Event HK$1,000,000 39   Koray Aldemir $1,292,509 [6]
July 16, 2017   Montenegro No-Limit Hold'em Six Max HK$250,000 41   Fedor Holz $444,893 [7]
July 18, 2017 No-Limit Hold'em Main Event HK$1,000,000 52   Manig Loeser $2,162,644 [8]
October 16, 2017   Macau No-Limit Hold'em Six Max HK$250,000 87   Stefan Schillhabel $752,446 [9]
October 18, 2017 No-Limit Hold'em Main Event HK$1,000,000 83   John Juanda $2,870,092 [10]
May 12, 2018   Montenegro Short Deck Ante-Only -- HK$250,000 61   Phil Ivey $604,992 [11]
May 13, 2018 No-Limit Hold'em Six Max HK$250,000 35   Richard Yong $388,024 [12]
May 15, 2018 No-Limit Hold'em Main Event HK$1,000,000 63   Mikita Badziakouski $2,499,185 [13]
May 17, 2018 Short Deck Ante-Only -- HK$1,000,000 103   Jason Koon $3,579,836 [14]
July 23, 2018   Jeju Province Short Deck Ante-Only -- HK$100,000 61   Nick Schulman $271,975 [15]
July 25, 2018 Short Deck Ante-Only -- HK$500,000 44   Ivan Leow $1,079,367 [16]
July 26, 2018 No-Limit Hold'em Six Max HK$500,000 39   David Peters $1,118,484 [17]
July 28, 2018 Short Deck Ante-Only -- HK$1,000,000 60   Kenneth Kee $2,867,009 [18]
July 30, 2018 No-Limit Hold'em Main Event HK$2,000,000 55   Mikita Badziakouski $5,257,027 [19]
August 7, 2018   Sochi No-Limit Hold'em High Roller ₽3,000,000 47   Aymon Hata $755,384 [20]
August 8, 2018 No-Limit Hold'em Super High Roller ₽6,000,000 29   Ivan Leow $1,133,555 [21]
March 2, 2019   Jeju Province Short Deck Ante-Only -- HK$250,000 65   Justin Bonomo $586,114 [22]
March 3, 2019 Short Deck Ante-Only -- HK$500,000 69   Devan Tang $1,239,759 [23]
March 4, 2019 No-Limit Hold'em Six Max HK$500,000 81   Michael Soyza $1,420,581 [24]
March 5, 2019 Short Deck Ante-Only -- HK$1,000,000 81   Jason Koon $2,840,945 [25]
March 7, 2019 No-Limit Hold'em Main Event HK$2,000,000 48   Timothy Adams $3,536,550 [26]
March 8, 2019 No-Limit Hold'em Triton Refresh HK$1,000,000 25   Jason Koon $973,306 [27]
March 9, 2019 Short Deck Ante-Only -- HK$1,000,000 37   Timofey Kuznetsov $1,859,970 [28]
May 5, 2019   Montenegro No-Limit Hold'em Turbo HK$250,000 45   Steve O'Dwyer $472,788 [29]
May 6, 2019 No-Limit Hold'em Six Max HK$500,000 79   Bryn Kenney $1,431,376 [30]
May 7, 2019 Short Deck Ante-Only -- HK$100,000 70   Winfred Yu $259,952 [31]
May 8, 2019 No-Limit Hold'em Main Event HK$1,000,000 75   Bryn Kenney $2,713,859 [32]
May 9, 2019 Short Deck Ante-Only Turbo HK$250,000 37   Henrik Hecklen $434,500 [33]
May 10, 2019 Short Deck Ante-Only Main Event HK$1,000,000 98   Rui Cao $3,351,130 [34]
May 12, 2019 Pot-Limit Omaha -- HK$200,000 37   Hing Yang Chow $336,383 [35]
May 13, 2019 Short Deck Ante-Only Turbo HK$200,000 64   Quek Sheng Sechariah $471,416 [36]
May 14, 2019 Short Deck Ante-Only -- HK$250,000 65   John Juanda $601,358 [37]
May 15, 2019 Short Deck Ante-Only -- HK$750,000 52   Mikita Badziakouski $1,694,397 [38]
May 16, 2019 Short Deck Ante-Only -- HK$500,000 42   Ben Lamb $974,634 [39]
May 17, 2019 No-Limit Hold'em / Short Deck Mix -- HK$300,000 27   Daniel Cates $500,682 [40]
July 31, 2019   London No-Limit Hold'em Six Max Turbo £25,000 117   Linus Loeliger $840,039 [41]
August 1, 2019 No-Limit Hold'em Triton Million for Charity £1,050,000 54   Aaron Zang $16,775,820 [42]
August 2, 2019 No-Limit Hold'em -- £50,000 109   Charlie Carrel $1,601,853 [43]
August 4, 2019 No-Limit Hold'em Main Event £100,000 130   Wai Kin Yong $3,154,065 [44]
August 5, 2019 Short Deck Ante-Only -- £25,000 106   David Benefield $789,707 [45]
August 6, 2019 Short Deck Ante-Only Main Event £100,000 108   Justin Bonomo $3,248,728 [46]
August 7, 2019 Short Deck Ante-Only -- £50,000 52   Liang Xu $945,416 [47]
August 9, 2019 Short Deck Ante-Only Les Ambassadeurs Private Event £100,000 67   Tan Xuan $2,285,430 [48]
August 10, 2019 Short Deck Ante-Only Les Ambassadeurs Private Event £250,000 73   John Patgorski $5,821,826 [49]
August 12, 2019   Rozvadov No-Limit Hold'em Super High Roller €100,000 32   Örpen Kısacıkoğlu $1,015,180 [50]
August 13, 2019 Short Deck Ante-Only -- €25,500 27   Tony G $265,859 [51]
April 2, 2022   Kyrenia No-Limit Hold'em -- $50,000 82   András Németh $1,082,000 [52]
April 3, 2022 No-Limit Hold'em -- $100,000 69   Teun Mulder $1,940,000 [53]
April 4, 2022 No-Limit Hold'em -- $50,000 32   Matthias Eibinger $676,000 [54]
April 5, 2022 Short Deck Ante-Only -- $75,000 51   Phil Ivey $1,170,000 [55]
April 6, 2022 Short Deck Ante-Only -- $75,000 41   Winfred Yu $1,010,000 [56]
May 13, 2022   Madrid No-Limit Hold'em -- €20,000 90   Michael Addamo $496,923 [57]
May 14, 2022 No-Limit Hold'em -- €30,000 93   Paul Phua $769,711 [58]
May 15, 2022 Short Deck Ante-Only -- €20,000 62   Chris Brewer $387,209 [59]
May 16, 2022 Short Deck Ante-Only -- €25,000 68   Rui Cao $517,821 [60]
May 17, 2022 No-Limit Hold'em -- €50,000 101   Mikita Badziakouski $1,407,519 [61]
May 18, 2022 No-Limit Hold'em -- €75,000 63   Michael Addamo $1,210,721 [62]
May 19, 2022 Short Deck Ante-Only -- €50,000 57   Chin Wei Lim $900,958 [63]
May 20, 2022 No-Limit Hold'em Main Event €100,000 93   Henrik Hecklen $2,293,679 [64]
May 21, 2022 No-Limit Hold'em Turbo €50,000 37   László Bujtás $665,329 [65]
May 22, 2022 Pot-Limit Omaha -- €25,000 34   Tom Dwan $306,291 [66]
May 23, 2022 Short Deck Ante-Only Main Event €100,000 60   Stephen Chidwick $1,916,463 [67]
May 24, 2022 Short Deck Ante-Only -- €150,000 34   Jason Koon $1,863,228 [68]
May 25, 2022 Short Deck Ante-Only Turbo €30,000 33   Tom Dwan $359,859 [69]
September 5, 2022   Kyrenia No-Limit Hold'em -- $25,000 131   Patrik Antonius $825,000 [70]
September 6, 2022 No-Limit Hold'em -- $30,000 123   Ben Tollerene $807,927 [71]
September 7, 2022 No-Limit Hold'em -- $50,000 117   Pieter Aerts $1,472,000 [72]
September 8, 2022 No-Limit Hold'em -- $75,000 88   Kahle Burns $1,730,000 [73]
September 10, 2022 No-Limit Hold'em Coin Rivet Invitational $210,000 115   Sam Grafton $5,500,000 [74]
September 11, 2022 Pot-Limit Omaha -- $25,000 32   Christopher Philippou $270,000 [75]
September 12, 2022 No-Limit Hold'em Main Event $100,000 99   Punnat Punsri $2,600,000 [76]
September 13, 2022 No-Limit Hold'em Turbo $50,000 32   Matthias Eibinger $545,000 [77]
September 14, 2022 Short Deck Ante-Only -- $30,000 38   Phil Ivey $387,000 [78]
September 15, 2022 Short Deck Ante-Only -- $40,000 45   Karl Chappe-Gatien $565,000 [79]
September 16, 2022 Short Deck Ante-Only -- $50,000 30   Sam Greenwood $341,275 [80]
March 1, 2023   Hội An No Limit Hold’em GG Super Million$ Live $25,000 166   Chin Wei Lim $965,000 [81]
March 2, 2023 No Limit Hold’em -- $15,000 172   José Barbero $600,000 [82]
March 3, 2023 No Limit Hold’em Mystery Bounty $20,000 179   Mark Rubbathan $396,000 [83]
March 4, 2023 No Limit Hold’em -- $30,000 171   Jans Arends $921,178 [84]
March 5, 2023 No Limit Hold’em -- $50,000 139   Dao Minh Phu $1,670,000 [85]
March 6, 2023 No Limit Hold’em -- $75,000 85   Örpen Kısacıkoğlu $1,753,000 [86]
March 7, 2023 No Limit Hold’em Turbo $25,000 104   Andrew Leathem $670,000 [87]
March 8, 2023 No Limit Hold’em Main Event $100,000 135   Talal Shakerchi $3,250,000 [88]
March 9, 2023 No Limit Hold’em Turbo $50,000 31   Jason Koon $574,000 [89]
March 10, 2023 Short Deck Ante-Only -- $25,000 57   Danny Tang $427,000 [90]
March 11, 2023 Short Deck Ante-Only -- $50,000 44   Michael Watson $695,000 [91]
March 12, 2023 Short Deck Ante-Only Main Event $100,000 49   Aaron Zang $1,544,000 [92]
March 13, 2023 Short Deck Ante-Only -- $20,000 28   Sam Greenwood $207,000 [93]
May 10, 2023   Kyrenia No Limit Hold’em GG Super Million$ Live $25,000 158   Santhosh Suvarna $700,000 [94]
May 11, 2023 No Limit Hold’em -- $20,000 138   Jason Koon $663,000 [95]
May 12, 2023 No Limit Hold’em Mystery Bounty $30,000 155   Biao Ding $540,500 [96]
May 13, 2023 No Limit Hold’em -- $40,000 125   Grégoire Auzoux $1,050,024 [97]
May 14, 2023 No Limit Hold’em -- $50,000 104   Viacheslav Buldygin $1,342,000 [98]
May 15, 2023 No Limit Hold’em Turbo $25,000 83   Anatoliy Zlotnikov $496,100 [99]
May 16, 2023 No Limit Hold’em -- $75,000 87   Michael Soyza $1,735,000 [100]
May 18, 2023 No Limit Hold’em Luxon Invitational $200,000 86   Ramin Hajiyev $4,122,554 [101]
May 19, 2023 Pot Limit Omaha -- $25,000 37   Chris Brewer $315,000 [102]
May 20, 2023 No Limit Hold’em Main Event $100,000 101   Jason Koon $2,451,082 [103]
May 21, 2023 No Limit Hold’em Turbo $50,000 32   Danny Tang $545,000 [104]
May 22, 2023 Pot Limit Omaha -- $30,000 34   Michael Watson $347,000 [105]
May 23, 2023 Short Deck Ante-Only -- $25,000 38   Richard Yong $323,000 [106]
May 24, 2023 Short Deck Ante-Only Main Event $50,000 44   Danny Tang $750,000 [107]
May 25, 2023 Short Deck Ante-Only -- $20,000 29   Daniel Dvoress $214,000 [108]
July 27, 2023   London No Limit Hold’em GGMillion$ Live $25,000 162   Lucas Greenwood $897,000 [109]
July 28, 2023 No Limit Hold’em -- $25,000 120   Fedor Holz $609,853 [110]
July 29, 2023 No Limit Hold’em Mystery Bounty $40,000 133   Espen Jørstad $639,000 [111]
July 30, 2023 No Limit Hold’em -- $50,000 112   Ole Schemion $1,350,000 [112]
July 31, 2023 No Limit Hold’em -- $60,000 104   Jason Koon $1,570,000 [113]
August 1, 2023 No Limit Hold’em -- $200,000 81   David Yan $3,052,002 [114]
August 2, 2023 No Limit Hold’em Turbo Bounty $30,000 96   Pedro Garagnani $459,000 [115]
August 3, 2023 No Limit Hold’em Luxon Invitational $250,000 118   Bryn Kenney $6,860,000 [116]
August 4, 2023 Pot Limit Omaha -- $25,000 77   Seth Gottlieb $511,000 [117]
August 5, 2023 No Limit Hold’em Main Event $125,000 151   Timothy Adams $4,185,000 [118]
August 6, 2023 No Limit Hold’em Turbo $60,000 61   Phil Ivey $1,007,000 [119]
August 7, 2023 No Limit Hold’em -- $60,000 106   Danny Tang $1,600,000 [120]
August 8, 2023 Short Deck Ante-Only -- $30,000 37   Wai Kin Yong $350,000 [121]
August 9, 2023 Short Deck Ante-Only Main Event $60,000 46   Jason Koon $828,000 [122]
August 10, 2023 Short Deck Ante-Only -- $25,000 33   Phil Ivey $280,500 [123]
October 24, 2023   Monte-Carlo No Limit Hold’em The Special Triton Invitational $200,000
October 25, 2023 No Limit Hold’em Bounty Turbo $50,000
October 26, 2023 No Limit Hold’em Main Event $125,000
October 27, 2023 No Limit Hold’em Turbo $25,000
October 28, 2023 No Limit Hold’em -- $100,000
October 29, 2023 No Limit Hold’em -- $30,000
October 30, 2023 No Limit Hold’em Mystery Bounty $40,000
October 31, 2023 No Limit Hold’em -- $50,000
November 1, 2023 No Limit Hold’em GG Million$ Live $25,000
November 2, 2023 Pot Limit Omaha Bounty $30,000
November 3, 2023 Pot Limit Omaha -- $50,000
November 4, 2023 Pot Limit Omaha Turbo $25,000

All Time Money List

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Note: All Time Money List is correct as of August 11, 2023.[19]

Rank Player Earnings Wins itm
1   Bryn Kenney $37,757,905 3 11
2   Jason Koon $25,483,985 9 38
3   Aaron Zang $21,091,439 2 3
4   Stephen Chidwick $18,485,352 1 30
5   Mikita Badziakouski $17,787,217 4 21
6   Paul Phua $16,623,082 1 31
7   Dan Smith $13,959,316 0 13
8   Timothy Adams $13,227,848 2 12
9   Sam Greenwood $12,482,004 1 25
10   Wai Kin Yong $11,450,651 4 17

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