At the Landing Casino at Shinhwa World in Jeju, the Triton series moved from NLH to PLO format, and the very first tournament had a buy-in of $26,000. The entries count reached 117, bringing the prizepool to $2,925,000.
Only 19 players could make it to the ITM, and the smallest prize ($39,000) went to Hungarian pro András Németh, along with American player Martin Zamani.
The action at the final table
Only the top 7 players were allowed to sit at the final table and the chipleader was Tom-Aksel Bedell with a stack of 7,100,000. However, there were also such players as Phil Ivey and Erik Seidel, who only had 2 blinds.
The very first hand of the final table pitted these two personalities against each other, with Erik Seidel in the all-in. Phil Ivey hit a full house right on the flop, and Erik got $123,000 for 7th place. Moments after Erik, Phil Ivey also said goodbye to the tournament, finishing in 5th place for $213,000.
Tom-Aksel Bedell and Chinese Triton newcomer Shi Ning Dan, for whom this was the very first tournament on this series, sat in the final heads-up. His total live tournament winnings would just barely be enough to cover this buy-in.
Tom-Aksel Bedell started heads-up with a stack of 18,550,000 (37 bb) and Shi Ning Dan started with a stack of 4,850,000 (10 bb). Play in the last pair didn't even last 20 minutes and we got to know the new champion, which was Tom-Aksel Bedell. He earned $709,000 and won his first Triton title. His live tournament winnings have now topped $4.4 million. Newcomer Shi Ning Dan added $486,000.
Second PLO tournament underway
We've already recognized the finalists of the second PLO tournament of the Triton Jeju series, which had a buy-in of $52,000. This one brought 112 entries and a prizepool of $5,600,000, of which $1,360,000 awaits the winner. Once again, 19 players were able to take home the prize money, and only 17 players are currently left in the field. They are led by Tom Vogelsang with a stack of 3,355,000, who will be kept company in the final table by names such as Santhosh Suvarna, Lucas Greenwood, Patrik Antonius, Jeremy Ausmus, Gergo Nagy, Isaac Haxton, Chance Kornuth and Eelis Parssinen.
Source - Triton Poker