The 4 beginning flights of the primary occasion of the first-ever Triton ONE pageant have wrapped up on South Korea’s Jeju Island and might solely be described as a hit. The $3,000 buy-in Triton ONE Genesis, sponsored by QQPK, drew a complete of 1,185 entrants throughout the 4 flights for a prize pool of $3.2 million.
Gamers returned at this time at midday native time for Day 2, which is able to play to a winner. In the meantime, yesterday’s $5,000 One Night time No-Restrict Maintain’em 8-handed occasion noticed Hong Kong’s Doyle Kwan Fu Lee defeating heads-up opponent Anatoly Filatov of Russia to win $67,000.
The sequence up to now has drawn a mixture of regional grinders, Triton regulars and well-known professionals, together with Steve O’Dwyer, Nacho Barbero, Stephen Tune, Women Occasion end-boss Shiina Okamoto, Jessica Vierling and Xuan Liu, who made historical past earlier this yr as the primary feminine Triton champion. PokerNews spoke to Liu concerning the historic feat, which you’ll be able to examine right here.
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Introducing Triton ONE
Earlier than playing cards went within the air on Wednesday, Sept. 3, gamers making their technique to the match space had been greeted by an introduction ceremony for the brand new sequence, which goals to function a stepping stone for gamers seeking to compete on the highest degree of match poker.
The ceremony, which happened outdoors the doorway of Touchdown On line casino, included opening remarks from Triton Chief Working Officer Cathy Zhao, who described the brand new sequence as a spot “the place rising stars come to the stage, to the highlight, and to dream even larger.”
“Triton ONE is greater than a match,” stated Zhao. “It’s a bridge to our new champions (and for) extra tales to be created.”
5 Triton figureheads, together with Zhao, CEO Andy Wong and Match Director Luca Vivaldi, had been then unveiled as digital taking part in playing cards, with Zhao being named “The Conductor,” Wong “The Architect” and Vivaldi “The Sport Grasp” earlier than every being handed scissors (with Triton ambassador Danny Tang filling in for an absent Wong) and reducing a ceremonial gold ribbon to kick issues off in type. Gamers had been then invited to show themselves into customized digital taking part in playing cards by stepping up and being scanned by a high-tech display screen.
Doyle Kwan Fu Lee Topped First Champion
Doyle Kwan Fu Lee might be remembered as the primary participant to win a trophy at a Triton ONE cease after the Hong Kong native bested Russia’s Anatoly Filatov to win the trophy and $67,000.
Lee might share a primary identify with the Godfather of Poker, however he has his work reduce out for him if he needs to go down in poker historical past. The victory not solely marked Lee’s first Triton title but additionally his first money.
Nonetheless, Lee’s victory was nothing in need of spectacular as he topped the sphere of 48 runners that included common Triton suspect Justin Saliba, who most lately completed fourth in a $25,000 occasion at March’s Triton Poker Tremendous Excessive Curler Collection in Jeju for $675,000.
The ultimate desk of the Nightly one-day occasion additionally included Thailand’s Nopparut Piyatass (third – $31,000), Malaysia’s Lim Chin Wei (4th – $23,500) and Taiwan’s Meng-Ling Lin (fifth – $18,200).
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*Pictures courtesy Triton, Drew Amato & Spenser Sembrat
Connor Richards
Senior Editor U.S.
