Event #2: $1,000,000 Triton Million Day 1 | 2024 WSOP Paradise

Player	Chips	Progress
Michael Moncek	3,815,000 1,259,000	1,259,000

Sinan Unlu	3,200,000 254,000	254,000
Paul Phua	2,750,000 1,822,000	1,822,000

Sosia Jiang	2,665,000 444,000	444,000
Fedor Holz	2,625,000 475,000	475,000

Patrik Antonius	2,570,000 1,557,000	1,557,000

Jared Bleznick	2,535,000 435,000	435,000

Konstantin Maslak	2,150,000 1,150,000	1,150,000

Chance Kornuth	2,140,000 362,000	362,000

Taylor Von Kriegenbergh	2,140,000 116,000	116,000
Jessica Teusl	2,070,000 970,000	970,000

Elias Talvitie	2,040,000 740,000	740,000
Artur Martirosian	2,035,000 635,000	635,000

Elton Tsang	1,970,000 1,221,000	1,221,000
Daniel Negreanu	1,965,000 435,000	435,000

Alex Kulev	1,925,000 825,000	825,000

Wai Kin Yong	1,910,000 271,000	271,000
Aleksejs Ponakovs	1,845,000 889,000	889,000

Isaac Haxton	1,840,000 340,000	340,000

Ryan Feldman	1,830,000 530,000	530,000
Ferdinand Putra	1,765,000 765,000	765,000
Nick Petrangelo	1,700,000 100,000	100,000

Sirzat Hissou	1,690,000 1,330,000	1,330,000
Wayne Heung	1,675,000 193,000	193,000
Benjamin Heath	1,645,000 599,000	599,000

Player

Chips

Progress

Michael Moncek

3,815,000

1,259,000

Sinan Unlu

3,200,000

254,000

Paul Phua

2,750,000

1,822,000

Sosia Jiang

2,665,000

444,000

Fedor Holz

2,625,000

475,000

Patrik Antonius

2,570,000

1,557,000

Jared Bleznick

2,535,000

435,000

Konstantin Maslak

2,150,000

1,150,000

Chance Kornuth

2,140,000

362,000

Taylor Von Kriegenbergh

2,140,000

116,000

Jessica Teusl

2,070,000

970,000

Elias Talvitie

2,040,000

740,000

Artur Martirosian

2,035,000

635,000

Elton Tsang

1,970,000

1,221,000

Daniel Negreanu

1,965,000

435,000

Alex Kulev

1,925,000

825,000

Wai Kin Yong

1,910,000

271,000

Aleksejs Ponakovs

1,845,000

889,000

Isaac Haxton

1,840,000

340,000

Ryan Feldman

1,830,000

530,000

Ferdinand Putra

1,765,000

765,000

Nick Petrangelo

1,700,000

100,000

Sirzat Hissou

1,690,000

1,330,000

Wayne Heung

1,675,000

193,000

Benjamin Heath

1,645,000

599,000

Table	Seat	Player	Country	Chip Count	Big Blinds
1	1	Jared Bleznick	United States	2,500,000	100
1	2	James Hopkins	Australia	1,100,000	44
1	3	Elton Tsang	Hong Kong	2,000,000	80
1	5	Phillip Nagy	Costa Rica	640,000	26
1	7	Wayne Heung	Hong Kong	1,700,000	68
1	8	Alejandro Lococo	Argentina	1,300,000	52
1	9	Sinan Unlu	Turkey	3,200,000	128

3	1	Monika Zukowicz	Poland	695,000	28
3	2	Michael Moncek	United States	3,800,000	152
3	3	Orpen Kisacikoglu	United Kingdom	500,000	20
3	5	Brandon Steven	United States	565,000	23
3	6	Sosia Jiang	New Zealand	2,700,000	108
3	9	Ryan Feldman	United States	1,800,000	72
3	10	Yong Wai Kin	Malaysia	1,900,000	76

7	1	Jason Koon	United States	1,500,000	60
7	2	Fedor Holz	Germany	2,100,000	84
7	3	Daniel Dvoress	Canada	780,000	31
7	5	Phil Ivey	United States	840,000	34
7	6	Nick Schulman	United States	1,400,000	56
7	7	Elias Talvitie	Finland	1,700,000	68
7	8	Alex Foxen	United States	898,000	36
7	10	Artur Martirosian	Russia	1,100,000	44

9	1	Michael Addamo	Australia	1,300,000	52
9	2	Isaac Haxton	United States	1,800,000	72
9	5	Taylor Von Kriegenbergh	United States	2,100,000	84
9	6	Mikita Badziakouski	Belarus	985,000	39
9	7	Aleksejs Ponakovs	Latvia	1,800,000	72
9	8	Sean Winter	United States	1,200,000	48
9	9	Bryn Kenney	United States	895,000	36
9	10	Waikiat Lee	Malaysia	685,000	27

10	1	Juan Pardo	Spain	1,160,000	46
10	2	David Yan	New Zealand	1,355,000	54
10	3	Daniel Negreanu	Canada	1,965,000	79
10	5	Seth Davies	United States	1,485,000	59
10	6	Stephen Chidwick	United Kingdom	845,000	34
10	7	Justin Bonomo	United States	1,000,000	40
10	8	Adrian Mateos	Spain	1,160,000	46
10	10	Chance Kornuth	United States	2,140,000	86

2	1	Kannapong Thanarattrakul	Thailand	1,400,000	56
2	3	David Einhorn	United States	1,000,000	40
2	5	Eric Wasserson	United States	1,000,000	40
2	6	Raul Manzanares Lozano	Spain	950,000	38
2	7	Juuso Koskela	Finland	1,300,000	52
2	8	Saya Ono	United States	820,000	33
2	9	Ferdinand Putra	Indonesia	1,800,000	72
2	10	Zuo Wang	Hong Kong	650,000	26

5	1	Charles Hook	United States	420,000	17
5	2	Sirzat Hissou	Luxembourg	1,700,000	68
5	3	Cristian Nagaki	Peru	620,000	25
5	6	Paul Phua	Malaysia	2,800,000	112
5	7	Chad De Berry	United States	1,300,000	52
5	8	Jessica Teusl	Austria	2,100,000	84
5	9	Konstantin Maslak	Russia	2,100,000	84
5	10	Ossi Ketola	Finland	785,000	31

8	1	Ben Heath	United Kingdom	2,000,000	80
8	2	Kayhan Mokri	Norway	1,700,000	68
8	3	Danny Tang	United Kingdom	555,000	22
8	5	Shaun Deeb	United States	1,100,000	44
8	6	Matthias Eibinger	Austria	1,100,000	44
8	7	Patrik Antonius	Finland	990,000	40
8	8	Nick Petrangelo	United States	1,500,000	60
8	9	Alex Kulev	Bulgaria	1,200,000	48

Table

Seat

Player

Country

Chip Count

Big Blinds

Jared Bleznick

United States

2,500,000

100

James Hopkins

Australia

1,100,000

Elton Tsang

Hong Kong

2,000,000

Phillip Nagy

Costa Rica

640,000

Wayne Heung

Hong Kong

1,700,000

Alejandro Lococo

Argentina

1,300,000

Sinan Unlu

Turkey

3,200,000

128

Monika Zukowicz

Poland

695,000

Michael Moncek

United States

3,800,000

152

Orpen Kisacikoglu

United Kingdom

500,000

Brandon Steven

United States

565,000

Sosia Jiang

New Zealand

2,700,000

108

Ryan Feldman

United States

1,800,000

Yong Wai Kin

Malaysia

1,900,000

Jason Koon

United States

1,500,000

Fedor Holz

Germany

2,100,000

Daniel Dvoress

Canada

780,000

Phil Ivey

United States

840,000

Nick Schulman

United States

1,400,000

Elias Talvitie

Finland

1,700,000

Alex Foxen

United States

898,000

Artur Martirosian

Russia

1,100,000

Michael Addamo

Australia

1,300,000

Isaac Haxton

United States

1,800,000

Taylor Von Kriegenbergh

United States

2,100,000

Mikita Badziakouski

Belarus

985,000

Aleksejs Ponakovs

Latvia

1,800,000

Sean Winter

United States

1,200,000

Bryn Kenney

United States

895,000

Waikiat Lee

Malaysia

685,000

Juan Pardo

Spain

1,160,000

David Yan

New Zealand

1,355,000

Daniel Negreanu

Canada

1,965,000

Seth Davies

United States

1,485,000

Stephen Chidwick

United Kingdom

845,000

Justin Bonomo

United States

1,000,000

Adrian Mateos

Spain

1,160,000

Chance Kornuth

United States

2,140,000

Kannapong Thanarattrakul

Thailand

1,400,000

David Einhorn

United States

1,000,000

Eric Wasserson

United States

1,000,000

Raul Manzanares Lozano

Spain

950,000

Juuso Koskela

Finland

1,300,000

Saya Ono

United States

820,000

Ferdinand Putra

Indonesia

1,800,000

Zuo Wang

Hong Kong

650,000

Charles Hook

United States

420,000

Sirzat Hissou

Luxembourg

1,700,000

Cristian Nagaki

Peru

620,000

Paul Phua

Malaysia

2,800,000

112

Chad De Berry

United States

1,300,000

Jessica Teusl

Austria

2,100,000

Konstantin Maslak

Russia

2,100,000

Ossi Ketola

Finland

785,000

Ben Heath

United Kingdom

2,000,000

Kayhan Mokri

Norway

1,700,000

Danny Tang

United Kingdom

555,000

Shaun Deeb

United States

1,100,000

Matthias Eibinger

Austria

1,100,000

Patrik Antonius

Finland

990,000

Nick Petrangelo

United States

1,500,000

Alex Kulev

Bulgaria

1,200,000

World Series of Poker (WSOP) Paradise is in full swing at Atlantis Paradise Island Bahamas and saw the WSOP's first partnership with Triton with Event #2: $1,000,000 Triton Million, a unique event pairing VIPs with the world's best high-stakes poker pros. The day wrapped up with 67 players remaining and two fan-favorites among them in Phil Ivey and Daniel Negreanu.

Both Poker Hall of Famers are after their second bracelets of the year after Ivey won his 11th this summer in the $10,000 Limit 2-7 Lowball Triple Draw Championship and Negreanu won his seventh in the $50,000 Poker Players Championship.

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They were hardly the only heavy hitters in the Day 1 field, with Fedor Holz, Isaac Haxton, Justin Bonomo, Michael Addamo, Adrian Mateos, Jason Koon, Ben Heath, Chance Kornuth, Alex Foxen and Nick Petrangelo all being among those who advanced to Day 2.

Two-time bracelet winner Michael "Texas Mike" Moncek bagged the chip lead with 3,815,000 ahead of big stack's like Triton founder Paul Phua (Ivey's partner), Sosia Jiang and recent Poker Hall of Fame inductee Patrik Antonius.

Triton Million Day 1 Top Ten Chip Counts

Rank	Player	Chip Count	Big Blinds
1	Michael Moncek	3,815,000	191
2	Sinan Unlu	3,200,000	160
3	Paul Phua	2,750,000	138
4	Sosia Jiang	2,665,000	133
5	Fedor Holz	2,625,000	131
6	Patrik Antonius	2,570,000	129
7	Jared Bleznick	2,535,000	127
8	Konstantin Maslak	2,150,000	108
9	Chance Kornuth	2,140,000	107
10	Taylor von Kriegenbergh	2,140,000	107

Day 1 of the $500,000 buy-in event drew 95 runners, nearly two dozen of those being reentries. A few players were playing the biggest buy-in of their careers, including Jessica Teusl and Monika Zukowicz and Shaun Deeb, who spoke to PokerNews about the exciting moment.

Despite the half-million price tag for each player in the invitational, it took only one hand for one of them to lose all their chips. That player was David Einhorn, who ran ace-king into the aces of Jared Bleznick to be sent to the reentry counter.

The big pots continued as Haxton put Addamo to the test during Level 2. On a double-paired board, Haxton check-jammed on Addamo before the Australian crusher folded to be left with half a starting stack. Addamo had no problem running his stack back up and making it to the end of the day.

Einhorn wasn't the only early casualty. Aleksejs Ponakovs fell early as his queens were crushed by Taylor von Kriegenbergh's set of kings. Andrew Pantling fell to pocket kings later in the evening but, unlike Ponakovs, decided to cut his losses and didn't buy back in.

The most notable elimination of the day was Ivey, who lost a big pot to Heath before buying back in and sitting at a table that included Alex Foxen, Sam Greenwood and Nick Schulman.

Day 2 will start at noon on Level 11 with blinds of 10,000/25,000/25,000 and 50-minute levels. The plan is to play down to a final table, meaning the bubble will burst on Day 2.

Stay tuned as the PokerNews live reporting team is on-site at Atlantis and will be ready for more coverage of an exciting start to WSOP Paradise. Check out the live reporting hub in the meantime.

Tags: Adrian Mateos Aleksejs Ponakovs Alex Foxen Andrew Pantling Ben Heath Daniel Negreanu David Einhorn Fedor Holz Isaac Haxton Jared Bleznick Jason Koon Jessica Tuesl Justin Bonomo Michael Addamo Monika Zukowicz Nick Petrangelo Nick Schulman Phil Ivey Sam Greenwood Shaun Deeb