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The Triton Poker Series is a series of poker tournaments that is played around three times a year at various locations around the world. The tournaments with buy-ins of at least 15,000 United States dollar are among the most expensive and most prestigious poker tournaments in the world.

History
The Triton Poker Series was founded by Malaysian businessman Paul Phua and co-founded by Malaysian businessman Richard Yong. The most tournaments are played in the variants No-Limit Hold'em and Short Deck. Sometimes there are tournaments in Pot-Limit Omaha on the tournament schedule as well. Since 2019 there is a Main Event in No-Limit Hold'em and a Main Event in Short Deck at each stop of the tournament series.

At the end of January 2017 three events in Manila, Macau and Montenegro were announced for the year. In May 2018 four more tournaments were held in Montenegro. There, further events in the South Korean Jeju Province were announced for the end of July 2018. The first events of 2019 were also played in Jeju-do in March. At the second event in 2019 the variant Pot-Limit Omaha was played for the first time at Triton Poker Series. At the beginning of August 2019 the Triton Million for Charity took place in London which was the most expensive poker tournament to date with a buy-in of one million Pound sterling. The tournament series planned for February 2020 in Jeju-do was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The planned holding in Montenegro in May 2020 was also canceled at the end of March 2020. The return of the tournament series in Bali announced for February 2022 also had to be postponed due to COVID-19 pandemic as well as four tournaments in Sochi due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Ultimately the first event after the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic took place in April 2022 in Kyrenia in Northern Cyprus. In September 2022 the Coin Rivet Invitational was held in Kyrenia as the second invitational tournament by the series. A few days after the event Ivan Leow, a co-founder and regular of the Triton Poker Series, died during the ongoing tournament series whereupon the current tournament was aborted and the remaining two events were cancelled.

The tournaments are broadcasted via YouTube and the live streaming platform Twitch and feature commentators like Lex Veldhuis and Randy Lew.

Triton Million for Charity
The Triton Million for Charity was the first ever invitational tournament hosted by the Triton Poker Series. It was held from August 1st to 3rd, 2019 at London Hilton on Park Lane in London. The buy-in was £1,050,000 making it the most expensive poker tournament to date. The participants had to be invited, with the organizers requesting 27 recreational players or business people as players and they in turn selecting a professional poker player. The 54 players generated a total price pool of £54,000,000.

In the first six blind levels, each lasting an hour, the recreational and professional players where placed at separate tables. Ten blind levels were played on the first day of the tournament. At the end of the day 36 of the 54 players were still in the tournament with Bill Perkins as the chip leader. On the second day of the Triton Million the prize money ranks were reached with the elimination of Igor Kurganov. The day ended with reaching the eight-handed final table with Vivek Rajkumar leading the field. On the final day Bryn Kenney and Aaron Zang reached the final heads-up and agreed an ICM deal giving Zang a payout of £13,779,491 and Kenney £16,890,509, the largest payout in a poker tournament to date. After that Zang regained the lead after two big pots and won the title.

Coin Rivet Invitational
The Coin Rivet Invitational was the second invitational tournament hosted by the Triton Poker Series. It was held from September 10th to 12th, 2022 at the Merit Royal Hotel & Casino, a luxurious hotel in Kyrenia in Northern Cyprus. The cryptocurrency platform Coin Rivet acted as a sponsor and secured the naming rights to the event with a buy-in of $210,000, making it one of the most expensive poker tournaments in 2022. Similar to the Triton Million for Charity professional poker players had to be invited by businessmen. Almost all of the world's top poker players participated in the tournament. Also three women (Sosia Jiang, Ebony Kenney and Melika Razavi) played in the Coin Rivet Invitational. In total 90 players, 45 recreational players and 45 professional players, took part in the tournament. Every player was allowed to re-enter after being eliminated in one of the first 10 blind levels. That was used by 25 players and created a total prize pool of $23,000,000.

In the first eight blind levels, each lasting 50 minutes, the recreational and professional players sat at separate tables. After the first day of the tournament 80 players were still in the event with Leon Tsoukernik as the chip leader. On the second day of the tournament, the recreational and professional players were mixed for the first time. With Chris Brewer's elimination in 18th place the prize money ranks were reached and all remaining players were guaranteed $380,000. The day ended with 16 players with Fedor Holz leading the field. The final table was reached on the third day with Karl Chappe-Gatien starting as the chip leader. After his elimination in third place, Sam Grafton went heads-up against Linus Loeliger with a clear lead and won the tournament. The Brit received a payout of $5,500,000 for his win, along with a trophy.

All Time Money List
Note: All Time Money List is correct as of August 11, 2023.