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Triton: Main Event sets new record, is the largest 100k event in the world
Yesterday was the second day of play in the $100,000 buy-in NLH Main Event at Triton Jeju. By the start of Day 2, players were still able to register and so the number of entries continued to grow. The final 216 entries finally set a new world record. The Triton Jeju Main Event is now the largest six-figure buy-in poker tournament in the world. The record was previously held by the One Drop High Roller with a buy-in of $111,111 from 2016, which had 183 entries.
What does that mean in numbers?
With that number of entries, the prizepool is worth up to $21,600,000 and 39 players were able to make it to the ITM. The minimum prize was worth $151,000 and the biggest one is worth $4,330,000. The runner-up will take home $2,875,000.
Today is the final day
There are 15 players who have made it through to today's final day and they are currently led by Jean Noel Thorel with a massive stack of up to 11,025,000. In second place is Patrik Antonius with a stack of 5,575,000. Elton Tsang, Justin Saliba, Roman Hrabec, Stephen Chidwick, Alex Kulev, Mario Mosböck and Chris Brewer are also on the list of finalists. All of them already have at least $298,000 in their pockets.
The final day of the 100k NLH Main Event kicks off at 1pm local time, which is 4am our time, when the blinds will start at 75k/150k/150k and players will run through 50 minute levels.
| Name | Country | Stack |
| Jean Noel Thorel | France | 11.025.000 |
| Patrik Antonius | Finland | 5.575.000 |
| Elton Tsang | Hong Kong | 5.425.000 |
| Justin Saliba | USA | 4.875.000 |
| Igor Yaroshevskyy | Ukraine | 4.775.000 |
| Fahredin Mustafov | Bulgaria | 3.050.000 |
| Roman Hrabec | Czechia | 2.700.000 |
| Stephen Chidwick | United Kingdom | 2.700.000 |
| Ramin Hajiyev | Azerbaijan | 2.625.000 |
| Alex Kulev | Bulgaria | 2.500.000 |
| Wiktor Malinowski | Poland | 2.400.000 |
| Matthias Eibinger | Austria | 2.075.000 |
| Mario Mosböck | Austria | 1.450.000 |
| Chris Brewer | USA | 1.450.000 |
| Kevin Rabichov | USA | 1.425.000 |
The first PLO tournament has started
After the NLH tournaments, we now have a few PLO format tournaments to look forward to. The first is event number 12, which has a buy-in of $25,000. 80 entries have taken care of the $2,000,000 prizepool here and $530,000 awaits the winner.
There are only 7 players left in contention for the title and the aforementioned prize, and all of them already have at least $95,000 in the bag. Just outside the gates on the final day is Fedor Holz, who was the last man eliminated before play was suspended. He received $74,000 for his 8th place finish.
The chipleader of the final day here is Quan Zhou with a stack of 2,995,000. Hot on his heels is Joao Vieira, who has a stack of 2,855,000. Also in the final table are the well-known Hungarian player László Bujtas (2,780,000) and the German matador Ole Schemion (770,000), who has the smallest stack.
The final day of the 25k PLO 6-Handed event kicks off at 1:30pm local time, which is 4:30am our time, when the blinds will start at 30k/60k/60k and players will run through 30-minute levels.
| Name | Country | Stack |
| Quan Zhou | China | 2.995.000 |
| Joao Vieira | Portugal | 2.855.000 |
| Matthew Wood | Canada | 2.805.000 |
| László Bujtas | Hungary | 2.780.000 |
| Jose Barbero | Argentina | 2.580.000 |
| Klemens Roiter | Austria | 1.220.000 |
| Ole Schemion | Germany | 770.000 |
Source - Triton Series, Joe Giron - poker photo archive