Triton Million - A Helping Hand for Charity
Day 1 Completed
2019 Triton Super High Roller Series London
Triton Million - A Helping Hand for Charity
Day: 1
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2019 Triton Super High Roller Series London
Buy-in
£1,050,000
Prize Pool
£54,000,000
Entries
54
Level
23
Blinds
200,000 / 400,000
Ante
400,000
Level 10
: 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante
The Triton Million - A Helping Hand for Charity has now had its first day come to an end after 10 phenomenal levels of play and it is businessman Bill Perkins leading the final 36 heading into Day 2. As 18 were eliminated, the majority of the field still remains in contention in London.
Perkins is a hedge fund manager from Houston, Texas who dabbles in the occasional poker game and has almost $3 million in earnings, finished the day with the big stack of 3,560,000, up from 1 million to start.
“It feels great [but] it hasn’t really sunk in yet," Perkins said when asked how it felt to lead the marquee event. "The production value was great and I was excited to be here, but most of the day I was just bleeding away. I was card dead or flopped bad and I was frustrated for most of the day.
"I was bitching, I’m not gonna lie,” he added with a grin.
Perkins found himself in a three-way pot to the flop with Elton Tsang and Bobby Baldwin. Perkins led out, Baldwin raised it up and Tsang cold-called the raise. Perkins moved all in over the top and both opponents called. He found himself with top set against top pair and a bottom set. Perkins scooped the pot, eliminating Tsang while leaving Baldwin short in the process.
Perkins said he nearly mucked his hand to preflop action but then "the 'Casino Royale'" flop arrived. Still, he didn't feel totally secure on the two-tone board.
"I was really worried somebody would have a flush draw," he said. "I dream of monsters under my bed, I’m one of those guys. But no one had a flush draw so, swoosh.”
No monsters appeared as Perkins couldn’t get it in any better and nearly tripled up in the process. Shortly after, the founder of made another set, this time with sixes on a ten-nine-six flop with two diamonds. His opponent, then chip leader Vivek Rajkumar, held jack-eight of diamonds for a straight flush draw.
Perkins shoved a blank turn after getting a three-bet in on the flop and Rajkumar elected to call with his draw to create the biggest pot of the tournament. The river ran out clean for Perkins and a patient day of poker paid off with a chip-leading stack.
Right behind Perkins and the only other person over the 3 million mark is Canadian pro Timothy Adams with 3,056,000. Adams slowly but surely ran up a stack during Day 1 of this event and will be looking for another impressive cash this year in a Triton event after taking down the HK$2,000,000 Main Event in Jeju in March for the biggest cash of his career.
Three pros, Dan Smith (2,810,000), Rui Cao (2,700,000), and Nick Petrangelo (2,700,000), round out the top five. All are regulars in Triton events, and their strong Day 1s leave Perkins as the only non-pro invitee atop the board.
Triton Million Top 10 After Day 1
| Position | Player | Country | Status | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bill Perkins | United States | REC | 3,560,000 | 178 |
| 2 | Timothy Adams | Canada | PRO | 3,095,000 | 155 |
| 3 | Dan Smith | United States | PRO | 2,810,000 | 141 |
| 4 | Rui Cao | France | PRO | 2,710,000 | 136 |
| 5 | Nick Petrangelo | United States | PRO | 2,700,000 | 135 |
| 6 | Aaron Zang | China | REC | 2,188,000 | 109 |
| 7 | Chin Wei Lim | Malaysia | REC | 2,050,000 | 103 |
| 8 | Justin Bonomo | United States | PRO | 2,050,000 | 103 |
| 9 | Igor Kurganov | Russia | PRO | 2,015,000 | 101 |
| 10 | Hing Yang Chow | Malaysia | REC | 1,975,000 | 99 |
Triton Million Prize Pool
Those who remain will all be battling it out for the first-place prize of £19,000,000 and a chance to put their name in the record books as the biggest single prize winner in poker history. The $23,008,905 payout for the last player standing in the Triton Million is over $4.6 million more than the previous record set by Antonio Esfandiari in the 2012 Big One for One Drop.
| Position | Prize (GBP) | Prize (USD) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | £19,000,000 | $23,008,905 |
| 2 | £11,670,000 | $14,123,312 |
| 3 | £7,200,000 | $8,719,164 |
| 4 | £4,410,000 | $5,340,488 |
| 5 | £3,000,000 | $3,632,985 |
| 6 | £2,200,000 | $2,664,189 |
| 7 | £1,720,000 | $2,082,911 |
| 8 | £1,400,000 | $1,695,393 |
| 9 | £1,200,000 | $1,453,194 |
| 10-11 | £1,100,000 | $1,332,095 |
Some of the players who won't get a cut of that massive prize pool include Michael Soyza, Haralabos Voulgaris, Elton Tsang, partypoker pro Sam Trickett, Paul Phua, Daniel Cates, Leon Tsoukernik, Fedor Holz and David Peters.
Meanwhile, it was a good day for some top-earning pros. Justin Bonomo (2,050,000), Bryn Kenney (1,645,000), and partypoker pro Jason Koon (1,120,000) — all among the top 10 in all-time live cashes — advanced to Day 2.
Day 2 will restart at 1 p.m. local time and the blinds will begin at 10,000/25,000 with a 25,000 big blind ante. The tournament will not bag up for the third and final day until the final table is reached.
Stay tuned to PokerNews for all of the live updates throughout the remainder of the Triton Million, as well as an embedded live stream on a slight delay from London.
Level 10
: 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante
| Table | Seat | Player | Country | Status | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Mikita Badziakouski | Belarus | PRO | 815,000 | 41 |
| 1 | 2 | Bill Perkins | United States | REC | 3,560,000 | 178 |
| 1 | 3 | Sam Greenwood | Canada | PRO | 1,865,000 | 93 |
| 1 | 5 | Stanley Choi | Hong Kong | REC | 320,000 | 16 |
| 1 | 6 | Martin Kabrhel | Czech Republic | PRO | 1,155,000 | 58 |
| 1 | 7 | Tan Xuan | China | PRO | 765,000 | 38 |
| 1 | 8 | Alfred DeCarolis | United States | REC | 675,000 | 34 |
| 2 | 1 | Hing Yang Chow | Malaysia | REC | 1,975,000 | 99 |
| 2 | 2 | Rob Yong | United Kingdom | REC | 1,625,000 | 81 |
| 2 | 3 | Tony G | Lithuania | REC | 1,445,000 | 72 |
| 2 | 5 | Cary Katz | United States | REC | 275,000 | 14 |
| 2 | 6 | Stephen Chidwick | United Kingdom | PRO | 1,815,000 | 91 |
| 2 | 7 | Winfred Yu | Hong Kong | REC | 730,000 | 37 |
| 2 | 8 | Orpen Kisacikoglu | Turkey | REC | 475,000 | 24 |
| 3 | 1 | Yu Liang | Vanuatu | REC | 755,000 | 38 |
| 3 | 2 | Matthias Eibinger | Germany | PRO | 375,000 | 19 |
| 3 | 3 | Ferdinand Putra | Indonesia | REC | 1,830,000 | 92 |
| 3 | 5 | Timofey Kuznetsov | Russia | PRO | 320,000 | 16 |
| 3 | 6 | Justin Bonomo | United States | PRO | 2,050,000 | 103 |
| 3 | 7 | Jason Koon | United States | PRO | 1,120,000 | 56 |
| 3 | 8 | Wai Leong Chan | Malaysia | PRO | 1,235,000 | 62 |
| 3 | 9 | Bryn Kenney | United States | PRO | 1,645,000 | 82 |
| 5 | 1 | Dan Smith | United States | PRO | 2,810,000 | 141 |
| 5 | 2 | Rui Cao | France | PRO | 2,710,000 | 136 |
| 5 | 3 | Nick Petrangelo | United States | PRO | 2,700,000 | 135 |
| 5 | 5 | Sosia Jiang | New Zealand | REC | 1,150,000 | 58 |
| 5 | 6 | Vivek Rajkumar | India | PRO | 1,715,000 | 86 |
| 5 | 8 | Chin Wei Lim | Malaysia | REC | 2,050,000 | 103 |
| 5 | 9 | Danny Tang | Hong Kong | PRO | 1,390,000 | 70 |
| 6 | 1 | Igor Kurganov | Russia | PRO | 2,015,000 | 101 |
| 6 | 3 | Timothy Adams | Canada | PRO | 3,095,000 | 155 |
| 6 | 5 | Aaron Zang | China | REC | 2,188,000 | 109 |
| 6 | 6 | Ivan Leow | Malaysia | REC | 1,080,000 | 54 |
| 6 | 7 | Andrew Robl | United States | PRO | 1,075,000 | 54 |
| 6 | 8 | Qiang Wang | China | REC | 1,430,000 | 72 |
| 6 | 9 | Christoph Vogelsang | Germany | PRO | 1,765,000 | 88 |
Level 10
: 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
3,560,000
260,000
|
260,000 |
|
3,095,000
292,000
|
292,000 |
|
||
|
2,810,000
640,000
|
640,000 |
|
||
|
2,700,000
779,000
|
779,000 |
|
2,700,000
-250,000
|
-250,000 |
|
||
|
2,185,000
308,000
|
308,000 |
|
2,050,000
779,000
|
779,000 |
|
||
|
2,050,000
82,000
|
82,000 |
|
|
||
|
2,015,000
505,000
|
505,000 |
|
|
||
|
1,975,000
725,000
|
725,000 |
|
1,830,000
227,000
|
227,000 |
|
1,815,000
-85,000
|
-85,000 |
|
|
||
|
1,765,000
165,000
|
165,000 |
|
1,715,000
315,000
|
315,000 |
|
|
||
|
1,645,000
345,000
|
345,000 |
|
|
||
|
1,625,000
-364,000
|
-364,000 |
|
||
|
1,465,000
-45,000
|
-45,000 |
|
|
||
|
1,445,000
26,000
|
26,000 |
|
1,430,000
-130,000
|
-130,000 |
|
1,395,000
294,000
|
294,000 |
|
|
||
|
1,235,000
39,000
|
39,000 |
|
1,155,000
-245,000
|
-245,000 |
|
|
||
|
1,150,000
-196,000
|
-196,000 |
|
1,120,000
-330,000
|
-330,000 |
|
|
||
|
1,080,000
-415,000
|
-415,000 |
Level 10
: 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante
After ten levels of 60 minutes each, Day 1 of the Triton Million - A Helping Hand for Charity has concluded. 36 out of 54 players found a bag and have made their way to Day 2. Just before the end of the day, Michael Soyza was ousted by Rui Cao after his 
wasn't able to improve against Cao's 
.
All chip counts and an end-of-day recap will follow.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted |
Level 10
: 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante
Haralabos Voulgaris opened to 50,000 from under the gun, Sosia Jiang called in late position and Stephen Chidwick defended his big blind.
The dealer fanned out 
on the flop and action checked to Voulgaris who bet 65,000. Jiang called and Chidwick quickly check-raised to 225,000. Voulgaris moved all in for 459,000, Jiang folded and Chidwick called.
Haralabos Voulgaris: 
Stephen Chidwick: 
Chidwick was ahead with his flopped two pair and Voulgaris was in need of some help. A 
on the turn and 
river completed the board, changing nothing as Voulgaris failed to improve and was eliminated by the two pair of Chidwick.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,900,000
592,000
|
592,000 |
|
|
||
|
Busted | |
Level 10
: 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante
With 11:51 remaining in the final level of the day, the clock has been paused. Five more hands will be played until chips are bagged and tagged for the night.
Level 10
: 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante
Bobby Baldwin moved all in for around 230,000 on Nick Petrangelo called, players tabled their hands with Baldwin at risk.
Bobby Baldwin:
Nick Petrangelo: 
The flop came down 
and Baldwin's ladies were still in the lead. An 
landed on the turn, swinging the lead to Petrangelo which he would retain after a 
completed the board. Petrangelo scooped in the pot and sent Baldwin home.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
2,950,000
446,000
|
446,000 |
|
|
||
|
Busted | |
|
||
Level 10
: 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante
On the turn, the board read 
and Wai Kin Yong shoved his last few hundred thousand to the middle. Dan Smith immediately called it off.
Wai Kin Yong: 
Dan Smith: 
Yong needed an ace or heart to survive but the river was the 
instead to eliminate him.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted |
Level 10
: 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante
Sam Greenwood opened to 45,000 from the hijack, Pat Madden three-bet to 185,000 in the cutoff and Greenwood quickly four-bet shoved all in for 771,000. Madden called for just a bit less and the two tabled their hands.
Pat Madden: 
Sam Greenwood:
The flop came down 
and Greenwood now picked up a flush draw to go with his over. A 
peeled off on the turn, giving Greenwood a flush and the lead.
The 
river did not improve Madden's hand as he was eliminated by the flush of Greenwood during the last level of the day.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,510,000
895,000
|
895,000 |
|
|
||
|
Busted | |