Three huge, high-stakes tournaments concluded in South Korea over the weekend as part of 2024 Triton Super High Roller Jeju Series It takes place at Jeju Casino Landing. The tournaments, representing events 3 to 5 of the 17 on the schedule, attracted 788 entries between them. As a result, more than $20.6 million in combined prize money was paid out at those events, with each of the three champions being crowned with seven-figure jackpots. Here’s a look at the results of each of these events.
Triton Jeju Event 3 – $25,000 No Limit Hold’em Eight Max
The third event of the series attracted 298 entries worth $25,000 apiece, resulting in a final prize pool of $7,450,000. After two days of high-stakes action, Paulios Vaitikonas came out on top with the title and $1,077,499 grand prize.
It was the biggest result recorded in the tournament to date for a Lithuanian player, as he wasted the $363,300 he earned when he finished 14th in last year’s tournament. World Series of Poker Tour World Championship at Wynn Las Vegas. Vaitiekunas now has nearly $1.9 million in lifetime tournament earnings.
This was Vaitiekunas’ first appearance at the 2024 final table, but the 1596 Card player The Player of the Year points he received as champion were enough to lift him in the rankings to 19th place. Boy Leaderboards provided by World poker.
47 winners took home cash at the event, with big names such as bracelet winner Isaac Haxton (15th place), all Triton Poker Titles leader Jason Cone (9th), bracelet winner Dan Smith (7th), and 2010 World Series of Poker Main Event Third place finisher Joseph Cheung (4th) runs deep.
A three-way deal was struck between Vaitiekunas, eventual runner-up Alexander Tkacho, and Aram Oganyan. Vaitiekunas received the smallest amount of money, but ended up receiving the largest amount of the three competitors when he was awarded the title and a $100,000 prize money reserved for the winner as part of the deal. Oganyan walked away with the $989,501 he negotiated, while Tkatschew took home $1,002,000 as runner-up.
| place | player | Profits | Boy points |
| 1 | Paulius Vaitikonas | $1,077,499 | 1596 |
| 2 | Alexander Tkacho | $1,002,000 | 1330 |
| 3 | Aram Oganyan | $989,501 | 1064 |
| 4 | Joseph Cheung | $560,000 | 798 |
| 5 | Roman Hrabek | $441,000 | 665 |
| 6 | Maxim Vaskresensky | $337,000 | 532 |
| 7 | Dan Smith | $248,000 | 399 |
| 8 | Chen Guangcheng | $182,000 | 266 |
Triton Jeju Event 4 – $30,000 No Limit Hold’em Eight Max
The $30,000 event was the largest purchase to date Triton Jeju. A strong turnout of 185 entries created a prize pool of $5,550,000 paid out among the top 31 winners. In the end, Adrian Matthews took the lion’s share of that total. The four-time bracelet winner from Spain received US$1,175,000 for the win. This was his victory in the Triton event, also the first for any Spanish player.
I feel amazing. “I had a really good day,” Matthews said. Triton Reporters. “Thank you to everyone who supports me, especially the Spanish poker community.”
The win increased Mateos’ career tournament earnings to $41,800,226, good for 12th on the all-time poker money list.
Matthews also got 1176 Boy Points as champion. It was his first title and fourth at the final table of the year. For a total of 2,006 points and nearly $1.7 million so far Boy earnings, and is now the sixth player in the 2024 rankings.
Many notable figures joined Matthäus in the business end of the event, including Fedor Holz (12th), Phil Ivey (9th), Patrick Antonius (7th) and João Vieira (5th). Four-time bracelet winner David Peters took home $790,000 as the final runner-up. It was his fifth final table appearance this year, winning two titles along the way. His 2,304 Boy The points are currently good for second place on the leaderboard, behind Jesse Lonis and his 2,499 points. More about him later.
| place | player | Profits | Boy points |
| 1 | Adrian Matthews | $1,175,000 | 1176 |
| 2 | David Peters | $790,000 | 980 |
| 3 | Yulian Bogdanov | $557,000 | 784 |
| 4 | Seth Gottlieb | $452,000 | 588 |
| 5 | Joao Vieira | $358,000 | 490 |
| 6 | Ramin Hajiyev | $271,500 | 392 |
| 7 | Patrick Antonius | $198,000 | 294 |
| 8 | Color color | $145,000 | 196 |
Triton Jeju Event 5 – $25,000 GG Million$ No Limit Hold’em
The $25,000 GG Million No-Limit Hold’em event attracted the largest turnout to date at the festival, with 305 entries earning a prize pool of $7,625,000. Austria’s Mario Mosbock was the last player standing, pocketing $1,191,196 for the win after defeating Sergio Aidu in heads-up. The latter two reached an agreement that redistributed the prize money slightly. As a result, Aido received greater compensation, because it was ahead at the time the deal was made. He walked away with $1,237,804 for his efforts.
Mosbock now has approximately $10.9 million in career earnings after this latest victory. His biggest result came when he placed second in a $1 million buy-in WPT Big one for one drop Last December for more than $4.6 million.
Both Mosbock and Aido are now in the top 30 of the rankings Boy The rankings are with Mosbock in 13th place and Aido in 27th place. Mosbock got 1680 Boy as the winner, while Aido received 1,400 points as the runner-up.
Jesse Lonis received $253,000 and $420 Boy Points for seventh place. This was his fifth final table of 2024, with one title and more than $2 million Boy Profits accumulated to date. As a result, he has now moved into first place in the POy standings, with a total of 2,499 points to his name.
Many other stars took part in the event, including Fedor Holz (10th), Timothy Adams (6th), and Daniel Duvors (5th).
| place | player | Profits | Boy points |
| 1 | Mario Mosbock | $1,191,196 | 1680 |
| 2 | Sergio Edu | $1,237,804 | 1400 |
| 3 | Alexandros the Theologian | $707,000 | 1120 |
| 4 | Adrian Boon Chi Chua | $573,000 | 840 |
| 5 | Daniel Dufors | $452,000 | 700 |
| 6 | Timothy Adams | $345,000 | 560 |
| 7 | Jesse Lonis | $253,000 | 420 |
| 8 | Kusei Ichinose | $186,000 | 280 |
| 9 | Ihsan Al-Amiri | $152,000 | 140 |
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