Triton Poker
- Triton Poker Super High Roller Series Montenegro 2024
- Triton Poker Series Jeju 2024
- Triton Multiple Title Winners
- Triton Poker Series Biggest Winners
- Charitable Donations
- Where to Watch the Triton Poker Series
- Triton Poker Series History
- Triton Poker Series FAQs
Triton Poker Series 2024
The Triton Poker Series is the most elite series of super high roller poker tournaments and cash games in the world. Established in 2016, Triton Poker Series events take place in high-class venues around the world, providing a perfect playing environment for poker’s biggest players to contest huge prize pools. Triton Poker Series festivals take place 3-4 times per year, in locations such as London, Manila, Cyprus, Madrid, Jeju and Macau.
A Triton Poker Series festival will typically consist of 8-12 tournaments with buy-ins starting from as little as $15,000 up to perhaps $100,000, or maybe $250,000 if its billed as a super high roller event. Once in a blue moon they have been known to host tournaments with buy-ins as high as $1,000,000!
Triton events are attended not only by some of the best high stakes players in the world, but by wealthy businessmen and gamblers. To ensure that the events have an even mix of professionals and non-professionals, some of the key events require pros to be ‘invited’ to play, one per ‘businessman.’ This set up naturally creates connections between pros and wealthy businessmen, many of whom become backers of the pros in Triton events and beyond.
So far just one Triton event has been announced for 2024, in Jeju, South Korea, taking place from 5-21 March, 2024.
Triton Poker Super High Roller Series Montenegro 2024
The second Triton Poker series of 2024 has been announced as taking place at the Maestral Casino and Resort in Montenegro, from May 12-26. The schedule of high stakes poker tournaments has yet to be released.
Triton Poker Series Jeju 2024
The first event of 2024 took place at Landing Casino, Shinhwa World in Jeju, South Korea. Jeju is one of the regular stops on the tour and this will be the 3rd time that Triton has held an event here. This edition, taking place from 5-21 March is billed as a super high roller series event and included 17 tournaments on the schedule. However you may notice that on the tournament schedule (pictured below) that the number of events goes up to 19. This is because there is no event number 4 or 14, to satisfy a cultural superstition in Asian countries that four is an unlucky number.
These are the results from the events at the series.
| Event | Entries | Winner | 1st Prize | Runner Up |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1. $15,000 NLH - 8 Handed | 269 | Fedor Holz | $786,000 | Seth Gottlieb |
| #2. $20,000 NLH - 8 Handed | 225 | Roland Rokita | $904,000 | Sirzat Hissou |
| #3. $25,000 NLH - 8 Handed - Silver Main | 298 | Paulius Vaitekunas | $1,077,499 | Alex Tkatschew |
| #5. $30,000 NLH - 8 Handed | 185 | Adrian Mateos | $1,175,000 | David Peters |
| #6. $25,000 GG MILLION$ | 305 | Mario Mosbock | $1,191,196 | Sergio Aido |
| #7. $40,000 NLH - 7 Handed - Mystery Bounty | 190 | Dimitar Danchev | $1,344,000 | Jonathan Jaffe |
| #8. $50,000 NLH - 7 Handed | 190 | Punnat Punsri | $2,010,000 | Sergio Aido |
| #9. $150,000 NLH - 8 Handed | 117 | Elton Tsang | $4,210,000 | Ding Biao |
| #10. $50,000 NLH - Turbo - Bounty Quattro | 108 | Dan Smith | $1,251,000 | David Coleman |
| #11. $100,000 NLH - Main Event | 216 | Roman Hrabec | $4,330,000 | Jean Noel Thorel |
| #12. $25,000 PLO - 6 Handed | 89 | Quan Zhou | $530,000 | Matthew Wood |
| #13. $30,000 PLO - Bounty Quattro - 6 Handed | 84 | Nacho Barbero | $763,000 | Dan Dvores |
| #15. $50,000 PLO - 6 Handed | 84 | Ding Biao | $1,107,000 | Phil Ivey |
| #16. $25,000 Short Deck - Ante Only - 2 Bullets | 52 | Mike Watson | $380,000 | Ren Lin |
| #17. $50,000 Short Deck - Main Event | 67 | Tan Xuan | $922,000 | Martin Nielsen |
| #18. $100,000 Short Deck - Ante Only (Non TV) | 34 | Mikita Badziakouski | $1,153,000 | Paul Phua |
| #19. $20,000 Short Deck - Ante Only | 42 | Stephen Chidwick | $265,000 | Tan Xuan |
Triton Multiple Title Winners
Jason Koon is head and shoulders above everyone else when it comes to the most titles won. His haul of ten is twice that of his nearest challengers, Mikita Badziakouski, Phil Ivey and Danny Tang on five apiece. After Jeju 2024, five players joined the list of Triton Poker multiple title winners: Mario Mosbock, Punnat Punsri, Dan Smith, Ding Biao and Stephen Chidwick.
This is the list of all multiple winners, correct as of March 26th, 2024.
| Player | Titles | Triton Prize Money |
|---|---|---|
| Jason Koon | 10 | $27,149,985 |
| Mikita Badziakouski | 5 | $19,842,467 |
| Danny Tang | 5 | $15,409,404 |
| Phil Ivey | 5 | $10,285,569 |
| Fedor Holz | 4 | $13,022,140 |
| Wai Kin Yong | 4 | $11,531,151 |
| Bryn Kenney | 3 | $37,796,705 |
| Matthias Eibinger | 3 | $10,285,569 |
| Mike Watson | 3 | $9,289,683 |
| Chin Wei (Webster) Lim | 3 | $6,466,483 |
| Aaron Zang | 2 | $21,091,439 |
| Stephen Chidwick | 2 | $19,716,852 |
| Dan Smith | 2 | $19,652,316 |
| Timothy Adams | 2 | $14,042,448 |
| Punnat Punsri | 2 | $11,988,600 |
| Dan Dvoress | 2 | $11,502,982 |
| Michael Soyza | 2 | $10,166,346 |
| Richard Yong | 2 | $9,596,717 |
| Justin Bonomo | 2 | $9,589,752 |
| Jose (Nacho) Barbero | 2 | $9,537,607 |
| Tan Xuan | 2 | $9,178,936 |
| Rui Cao | 2 | $8,437,139 |
| Steve O'Dwyer | 2 | $7,577,627 |
| Daniel Cates | 2 | $7,376,318 |
| Chris Brewer | 2 | $7,115,866 |
| Ding Biao | 2 | $7,100,900 |
| Henrik Hecklen | 2 | $7,072,571 |
| Orpen Kisakicoglu | 2 | $6,670,096 |
| Ivan Leow | 2 | $6,648,887 |
| Mario Mosbock | 2 | $6,267,996 |
| Winfred Yu | 2 | $6,010,211 |
| John Juanda | 2 | $5,286,133 |
| Michael Addamo | 2 | $4,065,001 |
| Tom Dwan | 2 | $3,989,639 |
Triton Poker Series Biggest Winners
The biggest winner at Triton Poker Series events in Bryn Kenney. When he’s not licking frogs, the high stakes pro is usually getting the lot at the tables and despite “only” achieving three Triton tournament wins, he is over $11m ahead of ten time Triton tournament winner Jason Koon, who sits in second place on the tour’s all time money list. Kenney’s biggest cash was for £16,890,509 for second place in 2019’s £1m for Charity event in London. Despite finishing second, he collected over £3m more prize money than eventual winner Aaron Zang after a deal was done heads-up.
Charitable Donations
Triton doesn’t only bring the biggest game to town, it also contributes to several charities, often with local charities benefitting in locations where Triton Poker Series events take place. The £1,000,000 buy-in Triton Millions event that was held in London in 2019 included an additional £50,000 entry fee for each contestant. With 54 entries in the main event, this is ensured that £2,700,000 was collected for charity.
Where to Watch the Triton Poker Series
Triton Poker events are recorded with the highest production values, with no expense spared. All events can be watched on demand on the Triton Poker Series website.
Triton Poker Series History
The Triton Series is the proud baby of Malaysian businessmen Paul Phau and Richard Yong. Phau started his career as a casino junket operator for VIP players, progressing to run his own sportsbook, later turning his attention to poker. He became enthralled with the game when many high stakes cash games that had run in Vegas moved to Macau at the beginning of the 2010s. Paul soon learned the game and by 2012 he had won his first high roller tournament, defeating Yong heads-up in the process. The Triton Poker Series held its first event in Malaysia in 2016 and has been running several events per year ever since.
Triton Poker Series FAQs
What is the Triton Poker Series?
The Triton Poker Series is a super high roller series of poker events, which takes place at locations in Europe and Asia several times per year.
What are the buy-ins for Triton Poker Series tournaments?
The cheapest entry level tournaments at the Triton Poker Series cost $15,000 to enter, with $20,0000, $25,000, $30,000 $50,000, $100,000 and $250,000 buy-in events usually included on Triton Poker Series Schedules. The highest buy-in Triton event was the $1m Triton Millions, which was held in London in 2021.
Who is the tournament director for the Triton Poker Series?
The Triton Poker Series Tournament Director (TD) is Luca Vivaldi
Which player has won the most Triton Poker Series titles?
Jason Koon has won twice as many Triton Poker Series tournaments than any other player. His 10 Triton title haul is five ahead of second placed Mikita Badziakouski. However Koon is not the leading money winner on the tour, as that distinction goes to Bryn Kenney, who has won over $37m on the tour.
