Triton Poker Jeju’s $25K Breaks Tour Record with 391 Entrants

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Triton Poker Jeju’s $25K Sets New Tour Record with 392 Entrants

The Triton Poker Jeju festival has been breaking records in South Korea this week. The first event, a $15,000 buy-in no-limit hold’em tournament, set a tour record with 379 entrants (266 unique players). However, this record was quickly surpassed by Event #3, a $25,000 No-Limit Hold’em 8-Handed tournament, which attracted an impressive 392 entrants.

The $15,000 event had a prize pool of $5,685,000, with Zhao Hongjun emerging victorious, taking home $818,000. Yuzhu Wang finished second, earning $975,000. Notable players who cashed in this event included Jason Koon (10th for $86,000), Adrian Mateos (12th for $74,000), and Espen Jorstad (27th for $41,000).

The second event, a $20,000 No-Limit Hold’em 8-Handed tournament, boasted an even larger prize pool of $6,960,000 from 348 players. Tuck Wai Foo claimed the top prize of $1,350,000, defeating Mario Mosbock ($856,000) heads-up. Ethan “Rampage” Yau (14th for $90,000), Alexander “Wolfgang” Seibt (22nd for $62,000), and Chris Brewer (33rd for $41,000) also cashed in this event.

As the money bubble approached in Event #3, the $25,000 No-Limit Hold’em 8-Handed tournament, 73 players remained in contention. The top prize for this event is a staggering $1,892,000, with the runner-up set to receive $1,193,000. Players still in the running included chip leader Stephen Song, Jeremy Ausmus, Phil Ivey, Kristen Foxen, and Fedor Holz.

The Triton Poker Jeju series features 20 high roller events, with two events carrying a buy-in of $100,000 or more. The series runs until March 15, and the previous largest Triton Poker field had 305 entrants in a March 2024 $25,000 buy-in event.