Three large high-stakes tournaments wrapped up in South Korea over the weekend as a part of the 2024 Triton Super High Roller Series Jeju being held at Landing Casino Jeju. The tournaments, representing occasions 3-5 of the 17 on the schedule, drew 788 whole entries between them. As a outcome, greater than $20.6 million in whole mixed prize cash was paid out in these occasions, with seven-figure prime prizes for every of the three champions topped. Below is a have a look at the outcomes from every of these occasions.
Triton Jeju Event 3 – $25,000 No-Limit Hold’em Eight Max
The third occasion of the sequence attracted 298 entries at $25,000 a bit, leading to a closing prize pool of $7,450,000. After two days of high-stakes motion, Paulius Vaitiekunas got here out on prime with the title and the highest prize of $1,077,499.
This was by far the biggest recorded match rating but for the Lithuanian participant, blowing away the $363,300 he earned because the 14th-place finisher in final 12 months’s World Poker Tour World Championship at Wynn Las Vegas. Vaitiekunas now has practically $1.9 million in lifetime match earnings.
This was Vaitiekunas’ first final-table exhibiting of the 2024, however the 1,596 Card Player Player of the Year factors he earned because the champion had been ample to launch him up the standings and into nineteenth place on the POY leaderboard introduced by Global Poker.
The 47 finishers made the cash on this occasion, with large names like bracelet winner Isaac Haxton (fifteenth), all-time Triton Poker titles chief Jason Koon (ninth), bracelet winner Dan Smith (seventh), and 2010 World Series of Poker principal occasion third-place finisher Joseph Cheong (4th) working deep.
A 3-handed deal was made between Vaitiekunas, eventual runner-up Alexander Tkatschew, and Aram Oganyan. Vaitiekunas locked up the smallest payout however ended up with the biggest of the three contenders when he got here away with the title and the $100,000 in prize cash put aside for the winner as a part of the deal. Oganyan walked away with the $989,501 he negotiated for, whereas Tkatschew was awarded $1,002,000 because the runner-up.
| Place | Player | Earnings | POY Points |
| 1 | Paulius Vaitiekunas | $1,077,499 | 1596 |
| 2 | Alexander Tkatschew | $1,002,000 | 1330 |
| 3 | Aram Oganyan | $989,501 | 1064 |
| 4 | Joseph Cheong | $560,000 | 798 |
| 5 | Roman Hrabec | $441,000 | 665 |
| 6 | Maksim Vaskresenski | $337,000 | 532 |
| 7 | Dan Smith | $248,000 | 399 |
| 8 | Chen Guangcheng | $182,000 | 266 |
Triton Jeju Event 4 – $30,000 No-Limit Hold’em Eight Max
The $30,000 occasion was the biggest buy-in but at Triton Jeju. A robust turnout of 185 entries constructed a prize pool of $5,550,000 that was paid out among the many prime 31 finishers. In the tip, the lion’s share off that whole was collected by Adrian Mateos. The four-time bracelet winner from Spain took dwelling $1,175,000 for the win. This was his victory in a Triton occasion, and additionally the primary for any Spanish participant.
I really feel wonderful. I’ve had a extremely good day,” Mateos instructed Triton reporters. “Thank you to everybody supporting me, particularly the Spanish poker group.”
This win elevated Mateos’ profession match earnings to $41,800,226, which is sweet for twelfth place on poker’s all-time cash record.
Mateos additionally secured 1,176 POY factors because the champion. This was his first title and fourth final-table end of the 12 months. With 2,006 whole factors and practically $1.7 million in to-date POY earnings, he’s now the sixth-ranked participant within the 2024 standings.
Plenty of notables joined Mateos on the enterprise finish of this occasion, together with Fedor Holz (twelfth), Phil Ivey (ninth), Patrik Antonius (seventh), and Joao Vieira (fifth). Four-time bracelet winner David Peters was paid out $790,000 because the eventual runner-up. This was already his fifth final-table end of the 12 months, with two titles received alongside the best way. His 2,304 POY factors are at the moment good for second on the leaderboard, trailing solely Jesse Lonis and his 2,499 factors. More on him later, although.
| Place | Player | Earnings | POY Points |
| 1 | Adrian Mateos | $1,175,000 | 1176 |
| 2 | David Peters | $790,000 | 980 |
| 3 | Yulian Bogdanov | $557,000 | 784 |
| 4 | Seth Gottlieb | $452,000 | 588 |
| 5 | Joao Vieira | $358,000 | 490 |
| 6 | Ramin Hajiyev | $271,500 | 392 |
| 7 | Patrik Antonius | $198,000 | 294 |
| 8 | Lun Loon | $145,000 | 196 |
Triton Jeju Event 5 – $25,000 GG Million$ No-Limit Hold’em
The GG Million$ $25,000 buy-in no-limit maintain’em occasion drew the biggest turnout but on the pageant, with 305 entries making for a $7,625,000 prize pool. Austria’s Mario Mosbock was the final participant standing, incomes $1,191,196 for the win after defeating Sergio Aido heads-up. The closing two had struck a deal that redistributed the prize cash a bit. As a outcome, Aido took dwelling a bigger payout, as he was forward on the time the deal was made. He walked away with $1,237,804 for his efforts.
Mosbock now has practically $10.9 million in profession earnings after this newest victory. His largest rating got here when he completed second within the million-dollar buy-in WPT Big One For One Drop final December for greater than $4.6 million.
Both Mosbock and Aido are actually sitting inside the highest 30 within the POY standings, with Mosbock in thirteenth and Aido in twenty seventh. Mosbock earned 1,680 POY because the winner, whereas Aido was awarded 1,400 factors because the runner-up.
Jesse Lonis earned $253,000 and 420 POY factors because the seventh-place finisher. This was his fifth final-table of 2024, with one title and greater than $2 million in POY earnings accrued thus far. As a outcome, he has now moved into first place within the POy standings, with 2,499 whole factors to his title.
Plenty of different stars ran deep on this occasion, together with Fedor Holz (tenth), Timothy Adams (sixth), and Daniel Dvoress (fifth).
| Place | Player | Earnings | POY Points |
| 1 | Mario Mosbock | $1,191,196 | 1680 |
| 2 | Sergio Aido | $1,237,804 | 1400 |
| 3 | Alexandros Theologis | $707,000 | 1120 |
| 4 | Adrian Boon Chye Chua | $573,000 | 840 |
| 5 | Daniel Dvoress | $452,000 | 700 |
| 6 | Timothy Adams | $345,000 | 560 |
| 7 | Jesse Lonis | $253,000 | 420 |
| 8 | Kosei Ichinose | $186,000 | 280 |
| 9 | Ehsan Amiri | $152,000 | 140 |
Photo credit: Triton Poker / Joe Giron.
