Action folded to Kiat Lee in the small blind and he raised all in for his stack of 375,000. Juuso Koskela in the big blind looked at his cards and quickly flipped in a chip to make the call.
Kiat Lee: A♥4♦
Juuso Koskela: A♣6♣
Lee was dominated by the bigger ace of Koskela and once the flop came 5♣K♣9♣ Lee was flopped dead after Koskela flopped the nut flush. The board ran out 7♣5♥ to officially give Koskela the pot and eliminate Lee.
Kannapong Thanarattrakul was all in for 1,225,000 on the button against Michael Addamo in the big blind.
Kannapong Thanarattrakul: J♦J♣
Michael Addamo: K♥K♣
Thanarattrakul was in bad shape and got no help from the 4♥2♣A♥ flop or A♦ turn. However, the J♥ landed on the river as Addamo was delivered a cruel two-outer to double up his opponent.
The Australian high-stakes pro was left with crumbs and hit the rail shortly after.
Artur Martirosian opened the action with a raise to 55,000 from early position, which was called by Patrik Antonius on the button. Then the small blind Raul Lozano three-bet all in for his stack of 715,000. Once the big blind folded, Martirosian four-bet all in, which got a quick fold from Antonius, to leave the players heads up with Lozano at risk.
Raul Lozano: J♠10♠
Artur Martirosian: Q♦Q♣
Lozano was crushed by the pocket queens of Martirosian, and the 6♥9♥6♣ flop left him needing running cards to stay in the tournament. But the 3♥ on the turn left Lozano drawing dead, and the Q♥ on the river officially eliminated him, as Martirosian took the pot with his full house, queens full of sixes.
The final numbers for the Triton Million are in and show 96 total entries, including 22 reentries, for a prize pool of $48 million.
First place will receive $12,070,000 in addition to a WSOP bracelet and Triton trophy. There will be 17 places paid an a minimum cash will be worth $755,000.
World Series of Poker (WSOP) Paradise is in full swing at Atlantis Paradise Island Bahamas and continues on today with Day 2 of Event #2: $1,000,000 Triton Million, a unique tournament featuring both some of the most successful poker players in history and deep-pocketed VIPs looking for the thrill of victory.
Leading the way into the second day of play is rising start Michael "Texas Mike" Moncek, a two-time bracelet winner best known for his near 100% VPIP on streams like Hustler Casino Live. In this event, Moncek has been more selective with his starting hands and built up nearly four times starting stack on Day 2.
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
HCL co-founder Ryan Feldman will also be in the Day 2 field as one of several players playing the biggest buy-in of their career. Did you know that Feldman was once kicked out of the WSOP Main Event due to an employment conflict? You can hear all about it in the Life Outside Poker interview Feldman did over the summer.
Of course, the field also includes poker's biggest names like Poker Hall of Famers Daniel Negreanu, Phil Ivey and Patrik Antonius, as well as resident high roller crushers like Alex Foxen, Sean Winter, Jason Koon, Seth Davies, Adrian Mateos, Isaac Haxton, Justin Bonomo and Michael Addamo.
Michael Addamo
The VIPs, meanwhile, include Jared Bleznick, Sosia Jiang, David Einhorn and Jessica Teusl.
Day 2 kicks off at noon local time and PokerNews will be reporting on an hour-plus delay to coincide with the Triton stream. The pros and VIPs are combined on Day 2 so expect to see some interesting matchups throughout the day.
Stay tuned for continued coverage of the first-ever collaboration between the WSOP and Triton here at Atlantis.
