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26-469: Triton Poker was founded by Malaysian businessmen and amateur poker players Paul Phua and Richard Yong . The most commonly played variants in tournaments are No-Limit Hold'em and Short Deck . Occasionally, Pot-Limit Omaha tournaments are also included in the tournament schedule. Since 2019, each tournament series has featured a Main Event in both No-Limit Hold'em and Short Deck at every stop. At

52-681: A coastal city in northeastern Sarawak . As a child, he had a passion for sports, he played badminton, football, basketball, softball and table tennis. At the age of 15, Phua was sent to attend school in Singapore . There, he played bowling before becoming involved in the Macau casino junket business. Phua has a career as a VIP junket operator in Macau and was an ambassador for San Marino to Montenegro. In 2006, he worked with Steve Wynn who opened Wynn Macau and expanded Wynn's business. He regularly hosts high stakes gambling where he allegedly built up

78-437: A heart attack on September 17, 2022. The tournament was immediately cancelled upon his death to allow family, friends, and the poker community who was present to pay tribute to his memories. The Triton Poker tournaments are broadcast via their YouTube channel and the live streaming platform Twitch featuring commentators with impressive poker background including Lex Veldhuis and Randy Lew . The Triton Million for Charity

104-432: A net worth of USD$ 10 billion. Phua did not start playing Texas hold 'em until he was in his 40s. In 2010, when Las Vegas high stakes cash games began moving to Macau, players such as Tom Dwan , Phil Ivey , Chau Giang , Patrik Antonius and John Juanda started playing there. By 2011, other professional poker players had joined the games in Macau. Phua played and learned from these players. In 2012, Phua entered

130-478: Is a Russian born German professional poker player, angel investor and philanthropist. He is the co-founder of Raising for Effective Giving , a philanthropic organisation that promotes a rational approach to philanthropy often referred to as effective altruism, and provides advice on choosing charities based on certain criteria. Kurganov's first tournament was the 2010 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure where he finished in 119th place for $ 20,000. In April 2012, he won

156-561: Is correct as of November 15, 2024. Paul Phua Wei Seng " Paul " Phua (born 29 April 1964) is a Malaysian businessman and nosebleed-stakes poker player. Phua is a casino VIP junket operator who regularly hosts high stakes gambling in Macau . Phua has been called "A Legend in the Gambling World" and the "World's Biggest Bookmaker"(IBCBET). Phua was born in 1964 in Miri, Malaysia ,

182-504: The 2012 World Series of Poker $ 1,000,000 Big One for One Drop event. In 2012, Phua won the Aspers £100K High Roller in London after defeating Richard Yong in heads up play, earning him his largest cash of $ 1,621,297. In 2016, he won One Drop Extravaganza €100,000 Super High Roller after defeating Mikita Badziakouski in heads-up play, earning $ 827,722 in the process. During a cash game at

208-426: The 2014 Aussie Millions , Phua was involved in a AUD$ 991,000 pot against fellow Macau poker player, Lo Shing Fung. Fung ( 8 ♣   7 ♣ ) put Phua ( 10 ♠   10 ♣ ) all in on the turn with the board reading 2 ♦   9 ♥   10 ♦   6 ♣ . The two elected to run the board only once, the river came the A ♥ , giving Fung the pot with his turned straight. In September 2018, Phua

234-586: The EPT High Roller in Monte Carlo for $ 1,425,874. He made three final tables in the 2013 Aussie Millions cashing for over $ 1,000,000. Kurganov finished 6th in GuangDong Asia Millions cashing for over $ 1,000,000 and later in the year played his first World Series of Poker event winning an additional $ 70,000. Kurganov plays online under the nickname lechuckpoker . In April 2016, he teamed with

260-999: The London Royals in the Global Poker League. As of 2020, Kurganov's live tournament winnings exceed $ 18,500,000. In November 2019, Igor Kurganov announced on Twitter, that he has left Team Pokerstars. Kurganov was born in St. Petersburg and immigrated with his family to Germany at an early age. Kurganov has been dating British poker player Liv Boeree since 2014. Together they founded the charity project Raising for Effective Giving , an organization that educates poker players about effective altruism , and fundraises for specifically selected highly effective charities. As of July 2020, Raising for Effective Giving has raised over $ 14,000,000 for its supported charities. Kurganov himself expressed particular interest in supporting organizations that work on existential risk research. Kurganov lived for

286-419: The elimination of Igor Kurganov . The day ended with the eight-handed final table and Vivek Rajkumar leading the field. On the final day of the tournament, Bryn Kenney and Aaron Zang reached the final heads-up and agreed to an ICM deal , giving Zang a payout of £13,779,491 and Kenney £16,890,509, the largest payout in poker tournament history. Shortly after, Zang regained the lead after two big pots and won

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312-716: The end of January 2017, three events in Manila , Macau and Montenegro were announced for the year and four more tournaments were held in Montenegro in May 2018. 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

338-817: 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 tournament after the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic took place in April 2022 in Northern Cyprus , known as the Triton Poker Cyprus – Special Edition and lasted for six days from April 2 to 7, 2022. After

364-515: The first day and later merged into one on the second day, which remained until the end of the tournament. One of the highlights of the tournament was the participation of the American professional poker player Ebony Kenney, who was invited by Phil Nagy. Kenney made history by being the first woman to participate as a professional in a major invitational tournament of this scale, and finished in fifth place, taking home $ 1,700,000. Two other women who attended

390-460: The first six blind levels, each lasting an hour, the recreational and professional players were placed at separate tables. Ten blind levels were played on the first day of the tournament. As the tournament progressed, 36 of the 54 players were still in the competition with Bill Perkins as the chip leader. On the second day of the Triton Million for Charity , the prize money ranks were reached with

416-558: 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

442-449: The first time, 16 players remained 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 British professional poker player received a payout of $ 5,500,000 for his win, along with the much coveted trophy. Note: All Time Money List

468-406: The site. The site also promotes six-plus hold 'em , a newer variation of Texas hold 'em where the cards valued 2 through 5 are removed. Phua is close personal friends with many of these stars who often give interviews on his YouTube channel. He has the closest relationship with Tom Dwan. Phua and his son Darren Wai Kit Phua both play poker. He currently resides in Macau . In July 2014, Paul Phua

494-650: The success in Northern Cyprus, Triton Poker continued to strengthen its popularity in Europe with Triton High Roller Series Madrid in May 2022, and returned to Northern Cyprus in September the same year. The second Triton Super High Roller Series Cyprus included the special $ 200,000 Coin Rivet Invitational , and was slated to last from September 5 to 19, 2022 when one of Triton Poker’s co-founders, Ivan Leow, died of

520-611: The title. The Coin Rivet Invitational was the second invitational tournament in the Triton Super High Roller Series . It was held from September 10 to 12, 2022 at the Merit Royal Hotel & Casino in Northern Cyprus . The inaugural tournament had a buy-in of $ 200,000, making it one of the most expensive poker tournaments in 2022. Not unlike the Triton Million for Charity , the Coin Rivet Invitational

546-406: The tournament were businesswomen Sosia Jiang and Melika Razavi. During the tournament, every player was allowed a single re-buy after being eliminated in one of the first 10 blind levels. On 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, where the recreational and professional players were mixed for

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572-485: The world including the One Drop Foundation , Raising for Effective Giving (REG), and Malaysian Red Crescent. The prestigious tournament was on a strict invitation-only basis, attended by star-studded names in both the business and poker and fields, and commentated by poker legend Daniel Negreanu and television personality Ali Nejad . The 54 players generated an eye-watering total prize pool of £54,000,000. In

598-580: Was arrested by the FBI on charges of handling close to $ 400 million in illegal sports betting. The US Department of Justice also alleged that Phua was a senior member of the Hong Kong 14K triad. However, U.S. District Judge Andrew Gordon ruled that the FBI's raid of Phua's villa at Caesar's Palace was unconstitional, and the case against him was dismissed in June 2015. Igor Kurganov Igor Kurganov (born 5 May 1988)

624-449: Was by invitation-only, pitting world class poker professionals against high-rolling VIPs from various business backgrounds in the fight to win the biggest chunk from the massive prize pool of $ 23,000,000. The elite tournament had a total of 90 participations, which included 45 top players such as Phil Ivey and Jason Koon who were paired against 45 VIP recreationals including Paul Phua and Tony G . The players were split into two camps on

650-540: Was involved in what was the biggest televised cash game pot at the time, winning $ 2.35 million against Tom Dwan. On 8 August 2019, Paul Phua finished second at Triton Series 2019 £100,000 Tournament and won £2,558,305. As of 2024, Paul Phua's total live tournament cashes exceed $ 29,900,000. In 2016, Phua started his own poker strategy website Paul Phua Poker . Players such as Phil Ivey, Timofey Kuznetsov , Dan Colman , Daniel Cates , Tom Dwan, Sam Trickett , Lauren Roberts and others have contributed videos and tips for

676-422: Was the first ever invitational tournament hosted by Triton Poker and was held from August 1 to 3, 2019 at London Hilton on Park Lane in London . With a total of 54 participants and a buy-in of £1,050,000, the Triton Million for Charity was the most expensive poker tournament to date. £50,000 was collected from each buy-in, which amounted to a massive £2,750,000, and distributed to 15 notable charity bodies around

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