Get Ready For Day 1B of the $8,000 Triton ONE Main Event
The inaugural $8,000 Triton ONE Main Event continues on today with the second of two starting flights at Landing Casino on South Korea's Jeju island and, like the previous starting flight, is expected to attract big names.
Those big names could include Poker Hall of Famer Phil Ivey, whose Day 1a appearance was short-lived, as well as other top pros who failed to bag the first flight including Alex Foxen, Jesse Lonis, Mike Watson and tournament poker's second-most-winningest player, Stephen Chidwick.
Day 1b, which kicks off at noon local time, will follow the same structure as Day 1a, meaning players will begin with starting stacks of 250,000 and blinds will start at 500/1,000/1,000.
Levels will once again be 40 minutes in duration with 15-minute breaks every three levels and a 45-minute dinner break after Level 9. After 15 levels, the players will bag and then join the Day 1a survivors for Day 2 on Sunday, Sept. 7.
The field won't include the 103 players who bagged the first starting flight, among them Justin Saliba, Ren Lin, Jun Obara, Stephen Song and Shiina Okamoto, as well as Day 1A chip leader Chih-Yuan Wang, the only player to bag a hundred-plus big blind stack.
It could, however, include those who were unable to play yesterday due to deep runs in the $10,000 Mystery Bounty, including third-place finisher Kristen Foxen, runner-up Thi Xoa Nguyen and Xiaqing Ji, who won the trophy and $245,000 in the early-morning hours.
Stay tuned as the PokerNews team is here in Jeju and ready to provide updates on the action at the first Triton ONE festival. Those who prefer to watch the action over reading it can do so by following the Triton stream.
*Photos courtesy Triton, Drew Amato, Enrique Malfavon & Spenser Sembrat