The world's most prestigious poker series is anchored in London these days for an action-packed event for players and spectators around the world. With buy-ins in the tens of thousands of Euros attracting bold businessmen and the biggest names in the poker world, there's plenty to watch day after day. You could see this for yourself in the second event, where the talented Fedor Holz won his third Triton title.
The plan for yesterday was to then play the $40,000 Mystery Bounty event, in which 133 entries took care of the $5,320,000 prizepool. Half of that prizepool was distributed as a classic tournament payout structure, but the other half has yet to see its distribution - as bounty envelope holders will draw their prizes unconventionally later today.
So let's take a look and a word back at yesterday's final day, which welcomed 38 players to the tables and with them 38 mystery envelopes. The classic payout structure awaited the top 20 players, the last of which was Chris Brewer. He made Henrik Hecklen very happy, who with just one BB made it to the $34,600 mincash.
The long finale was then aimed at forming the final cast, which after a few hours of play it did. You were also able to watch it live via the Live Stream, which you can find a recording of here:
Chipcount of the final table:
- Johannes Straver – 69 BBs
- Phil Ivey – 59 BBs
- Daniel Dvoress – 39 BBs
- Espen Jorstad – 37 BBs
- Stephen Chidwick – 28 BBs
- Eric Wasserson – 18 BBs
- Keat Liu Chun – 15 BBs
- Alek Boika – 3 BBs
The highlight of this event was the final 3-way game, which brought together last year's World Champion Espen Jorstad, one of the best players in history Phil Ivey, and finally the player who is often described by many professionals as the toughest opponent - Stephen Chidwick. The thrilling playoff at 30bb average lasted several hours, during which Jorstad in particular went completely ultra-short on several occasions.
Either way, it was Chidwick who was ultimately knocked out of the game by Jorstad, who, with Q 3hit all of his other threes on the board to send the tournament to heads-up with quads. A long 3-way game reduced the blinds, but the HU was now down to Ivey with just 28bb and Jorstad with 17bb. Even this advantage was not enough in the end, and the much-maligned G.O.A.T. Phil Ivey, had to settle for second place this time.
"That 3-way play was the craziest thing I've ever played. Legend on the right, legend on the left. Then to then play heads-up against Ivey, who I think is the biggest legend of the game, makes that win even more special. I'm incredibly grateful for the run I've been having the last three years, it's crazy!" Jorstad declared shortly after winning his first Triton title, which came with a $639,000 bounty to go along with the trophy.
Final results of the $40k Mystery Bounty event:
1 – Espen Jorstad, Norway – $639,000
2 – Phil Ivey, USA – $434,900
3 – Stephen Chidwick, UK – $287,000
4 – Johannes Straver, Netherlands – $236,500
5 – Eric Wasserson, USA – $190,000
6 – Daniel Dvoress, Canada – $149,000
7 – Alek Boika, Belarus – $111,500
8 – Keat Liu Chun, Malaysia – $82,500
Source: Triton-series, YouTube