Mario Mosböck was the champion of Triton Jeju Event 8 yesterday, taking home $1,836,570 after the deal. Sitting against him in heads-up play was Bryn Kenney, who eventually finished in second place, but took home the tournament's top prize.
As the second day of play in the most expensive tournament of the Triton Jeju stop got underway, a one-day Bounty Quattro format tournament was also played with a buy-in of $52,000, $15,000 of which went into the bounty prizepool.
The tournament brought 95 entries and a prizepool worth $4,700,000. There was $839,000 waiting for the winner. The bounty prizepool began to be distributed when 25 percent of the field was in play, and each player received $60,000 for eliminating a player.
Names like Chance Kornuth, Stephen Chidwick, Erik Seidel, Leon Sturm and Bryn Kenney were among the top 9 players at the final table. Jon Ander Vallinas started as chipleader with a stack of $5,400,000.
Jon Ander Vallinas - 5,400,000 (54 BB)
Bryn Kenney - 4,150,000 (42 BB)
Michael Soyza - 2,600,000 (26 BB)
Brandon Wilson - 1,925,000 (19 BB)
Leon Sturm - 1,525,000 (15 BB)
Yang Chongxian - 1,350,000 (14 BB)
Erik Seidel - 775,000 (8 BB)
Stephen Chidwick - 700,000 (7 BB)
Chance Kornuth - 375,000 (4 BB)
As you might expect Chance Kornuth, Stephen Chidwick, and Erik Seidel said goodbye to the final table very quickly. Bryn Kenney was back in the final heads-up after 24 hours, this time facing Spanish player Jon Ander Vallinas. The heads-up lasted just one hand, after which Kenney was crowned champion. He won his fifth Triton trophy, which came with $839,000 plus $480,000 in bounties, for a total of $1,319,000. Kenney has earned $3,216,430 from the last two heads-ups alone, bringing his live tournament winnings to over $76.2 million.
1 - Bryn Kenney, USA - $839,000 (+$480,000 in bounties)
2 - Jon Ander Vallinas, Spain - $577,000 (+$240,000 in bounties)
3 - Yang Chongxian, China - $378,000 (+$120,000 in bounties)
4 - Michael Soyza, Malaysia - $307,000 (+$120,000 in bounties)
5 - Brandon Wilson, USA - $246,000 (+$240,000 in bounties)
6 - Leon Sturm, Germany - $192,300 (+$60,000 in bounties)
7 - Erik Seidel, USA - $151,500
8 - Stephen Chidwick, UK - $115,500
9 - Chance Kornuth, USA - $84,700
10 - Seth Davies, USA - $68,500 (+$60,000 in bounties)
11 - Jamil Wakil, Canada - $68,500
12 - David Yan, New Zealand - $60,500 (+$120,000 in bounties)
13 - Teun Mulder, Netherlands - $60,500 (+$120,000 in bounties)
14 - Chris Brewer, USA - $55,500
15 - Punnat Punsri, Thailand - $55,500
The most expensive tournament has met its finalists
The most expensive tournament of the entire Triton Jeju stop is the $159,000 buy-in NLH 8-Handed, which brought 128 entries and a prizepool of $19,200,000. A $4,610,000 prize awaits the winner here, with only the top 8 players left to play for.
Just before the final table, Phil Ivey and Benjamin Tollerene busted out in a 3-way all-in. They were eliminated by Joao Vieira, who took the chipleader position with a stack of 5,275,000. The final table will also feature names such as Aleksejs Ponakovs, Dan Smith, Fedor Holz and Alex Foxen. The final table will start at blinds of 50k/100k/100k.
Source - Triton Poker
