If Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit chose the game of poker to define his temperature scale, then ‘boiling point’ would be Triton Million London.
We knew that the £1,050,000 buy-in would make it the richest buy-in for a live poker tournament in history. Now, with 41-confirmed players, the £39m ($48m) prize pool makes it the largest for a live poker tournament outside of the WSOP Main Event.
Within the 41-person roster is a plethora of players with seven-figure buy-in experience, but only one of has reached the summit of this rather expensive dune – Elton Tsang.
Tsang vanquished 28-entrants to win the €11,111,111 first prize in the €1m buy-in Monte Carlo One Drop Extravaganza back in 2016. It remains his last ITM finish on The Hendon Mob. Although, he turned up in Montenegro during the 2018 Triton Poker Super High Roller Series, ending up on the wrong side of the largest-ever cash game pot broadcast live (€2m versus Jason Koon).
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Tsang joins the fray courtesy of an invite from Wiang Qiang. The businessman finished third in the HKD 750,000 No-Limit Hold’em Short-Deck event at the Triton Poker Super High Roller Series in Montenegro recently.
Joining Tsang in the Triton Million event is Fedor Holz. Despite not featuring in a Triton event since 2017, Holz is the ninth most successful Triton player (money earned) with $5.6m of the Germans $32m coming in these incredible events. Holz may not play as much poker as the rest of the pro field, but he’s mustard when it comes to his performances in life-changing buy-in events. In 2018, he finished runner-up to Justin Bonomo in the $1m buy-in One Drop earning $6m.
Holz gets an invite to the party courtesy of Tony G. The former European Member of Parliament, will make sure the fans at home are kept on the edge of their seats with his usual mix of aggression both technically and verbally.
Orpen Kisacikoglu is one of the most consistent- non-pros frequenting the high roller circuit on the European Poker Tour, and his $3m in live tournament earnings makes him Turkey’s all time money earner. Kisacikoglu has invited Matthias Eibinger the feared Austrian with $7m in live tournament earnings. Eibinger hasn’t competed in a seven – figure buy-in before, but he has banked a seven-figure score, finishing runner – up to Jason Koon in a $100K buy-in at the ARIA in 2018.
Martin Kabrhel has been in sparkling form these past 18-months. The Czech star had an outstanding 2018 World Series of Poker Europe (WSOPE) winning the €100,000 No-Limit Hold’em Super High Roller, and finishing second in the €100,000 No-Limit Hold’em Leon’s High Roller. Kabrhel earned more than €3.3m during that festival, and he gets into the lineup courtesy of an invite from Leon Tsoukernik. The owner of the King’s Resort in Rozvadov is a former €50,00 European Poker Tour (EPT) High Roller winner and finished fourth in the 2017 Super High Roller Bowl.
Two other recent additions are Zang Shu Nu and Tan Xuan. Xuan is a Triton reg with two wins on his resume, and a career-high $2.3m for finishing runner-up to Jason Koon in the $1m No-Limit Hold’em Short-Deck. During the post-match interview at that event, Koon referred to Tan as one of the best Short-Deck players in the world.
Here is the up to date list of players.
Paul Phua – Tom Dwan
Richard Yong – Daniel ‘Jungleman’ Cates
Stanley Choi – David Peters
Wai Kin Yong – Rui Cao
Bobby Baldwin – Jason Koon
Cary Katz – Bryn Kenney
Kiang Yu – Mikita Badziakouski
Ivan Leow – Timofey Kuznetsov
Rob Yong – Sam Trickett
Alfred De Carolis – Stephen Chidwick
Chin Wei Lim – Wai Leong Chan
Chow Hing Yaung – Christoph Vogelsang
Pat Madden – Nick Petrangelo
Talal Shakerchi – Igor Kurganov
Sosia Jiang – Sam Greenwood
Wang Qiang – Elton Tsang
Zang Shu Nu – Tan Xuan
Tony G – Fedor Holz
Leon Tsoukernik – Martin Kabrhel
Orpen Kisacikoglu – Matthias Eibinger
Rick Salomon – TBA
World-Class Broadcast Talent
Everything about Triton is world-class, and that includes its broadcast team. ShareHand creates an unparalleled visual spectacle for the fans, and there is an array of talent, helping to develop the narrative.
In the commentary booth, Lex ‘RaSZi’ Veldhuis returns alongside Randy ‘nanonoko’ Lew, and joining them for the first time is Jeff Gross, Ali Nejad and Nick Schulman. The last time we saw Schulman at a Triton event was in Jeju (2018) where he took down the HKD 100,000 No-Limit Hold’em Short-Deck. Outside of the commentary booth YouTube sensation, Marle Cordeiro, returns, as does Pete Latham, and joining them for the first time is the polymath, Liv Boeree.
Triton Million London takes place July 31 to August 8 with buy-ins at the £25,000, £50,000 and £100,000 price points, as well as the world-record £1m buy-in event, taking place Aug 1 – 3.
Here is the schedule in full.
https://triton-series.com/triton-super-high-roller-series-london-2019/