The majority of the 17 tournaments being run in the course of the 2024 Triton Super High Roller Series Jeju are no-limit maintain’em contests. While the primary ten occasions all featured NLH, the subsequent three tournaments on the high-stakes pageant have been pot-limit Omaha occasions and the ultimate 4 are set to be brief deck occasions.
The trio of PLO occasions drew 257 whole entries between them, leading to practically $7.9 million in prize cash being awarded. Below we took a better take a look at how these four-card showdowns performed out.
Triton Jeju $25,000 Pot-Limit Omaha Six Max
The first PLO occasion featured six-handed tables and a $25,000 buy-in. A complete of 89 entries have been made, leading to a last prize pool of $2,000,000.
China’s Quan Zhou emerged victorious with the trophy and the highest prize of $530,000. This was the fifth-largest profession rating for Zhou, who had a breakout run on the dwell circuit in 2023 to complete tenth within the last Card Player Player of the Year standings.
This was Zhou’s second final-table end and first title of 2024. With 1,172 whole factors, he now sits in 63rd place on this yr’s rankings. After this newest deep run, his profession earnings now sit at practically $8 million.
The high 13 finishers made the cash on this occasion, with six-figure payouts for individuals who made the ultimate desk. Notables that cashed included Isaac Haxton (twelfth), Jared Bleznick (eleventh), Henrik Hecklen (tenth), Fedor Holz (eighth), Ole Schemion (seventh), Jose ‘Nacho’ Barbero (fifth), and Joao Vieira (third).
| Place | Player | Earnings | POY Points |
| 1 | Quan Zhou | $530,000 | 672 |
| 2 | Matthew Wood | $370,000 | 560 |
| 3 | Joao Vieira | $244,000 | 448 |
| 4 | Klemens Roiter | $191,000 | 336 |
| 5 | Jose Barbero | $154,000 | 280 |
| 6 | Laszlo Bujtas | $120,000 | 224 |
Triton Jeju $30,000 Pot-Limit Omaha Bounty Six Max
The subsequent day it was none aside from 2023 POY race third-place finisher Jose ‘Nacho’ Barbero who emerged victorious within the $30,000 buy-in PLO six-max bounty occasion, securing $443,000 from the primary prize pool because the champion. This was his second profession win in a Triton occasion.
The Argentinian poker professional cashed in all three PLO occasions throughout this sequence, with this win, a fifth-place end within the $25,000 buy-in, and an eighth-place displaying within the $50,000 buy-in. He amassed $749,500 in earnings throughout the three tournaments, bringing his lifetime event earnings to greater than $17.5 million.
Barbero’s PLO spree additionally earned him 952 POY factors. He now sits inside attain of the highest 100 on the 2024 leaderboard.
The high 14 finishers cashed on this occasion, every incomes a share of the $1,680,000 fundamental prize pool. Several gamers recorded their second PLO money of the sequence, together with Quan Zhou (thirteenth), Ole Schemion (twelfth), Laszlo Bujtas (ninth), Isaac Haxton (eighth), and Matthew Wood (seventh).
The last desk featured a number of different massive names, together with Biao Ding (fifth), Dan Smith (4th), Jan Peter Jachtmann (third), and Daniel Dvoress (2nd).
| Place | Player | Earnings | POY Points |
| 1 | Jose Barbero | $443,000 | 672 |
| 2 | Daniel Dvoress | $302,000 | 560 |
| 3 | Jan Peter Jachtmann | $196,000 | 448 |
| 4 | Dan Smith | $160,000 | 336 |
| 5 | Biao Ding | $127,000 | 280 |
| 6 | Kirk Steele | $99,000 | 224 |
Triton Jeju $50,000 Pot-Limit Omaha Six Max
The last PLO occasion noticed 84 entries submit the $50,000 buy-in to construct a $4,200,000 prize pool. Biao Ding finally topped a stacked last desk to safe the $1,107,000 high prize and his second Triton title.
While this was Ding’s first title of 2024, this was already his fifth final-table displaying. Earlier this sequence he completed runner-up within the $150,000 buy-in no-limit occasion for a career-best $2,870,000 payday. With 2,324 POY factors and greater than $4.2 million in to-date POY earnings, he has climbed to tenth place within the 2024 rankings offered by Global Poker.
After Jason Koon (14th), Dyland Linde (thirteenth), Sam Greenwood (eleventh), Danny Tang (tenth), Nacho Barbero (eighth), and Patrik Antonius (seventh) fell, Ding entered the ultimate desk because the chip chief. He then outlasted much more stars of the sport, together with Ole Schemion (sixth – $247,500), Stephen Chidwick (fifth – $317,500), Paul Phua (4th – $401,000), Jared Bleznick (third – $490,000), and Phil Ivey (2nd – $755,000).
Ivey, a ten-time World Series of Poker bracelet winner, fell simply in need of his sixth Triton title. He stays tied for the second-most victories on the tour with Danny Tang at 5 wins. Only Jason Koon has secured extra trophies in Triton occasions with ten wins.
| Place | Player | Earnings | POY Points |
| 1 | Biao Ding | $1,107,000 | 816 |
| 2 | Phil Ivey | $755,000 | 680 |
| 3 | Jared Bleznick | $490,000 | 544 |
| 4 | Paul Phua | $401,000 | 408 |
| 5 | Stephen Chidwick | $317,500 | 340 |
| 6 | Ole Schemion | $247,500 | 272 |
Photo credit: Triton Poker / Joe Giron.
