Tan Xuan Leads Triton Poker London £100,000 Main Event Into Day 2
It wasn't just all about the £1,050,000 Triton Million in London; there's also a Triton Poker Main Event with a buy-in of £100,000. The first day of that event has come to an end with 59 remaining of the 122 total entries by night's end, and the player to bag the biggest stack is China's Tan Xuan with a healthy lead going into the final day. Xuan has over three million in live earnings, most of which coming from Triton events. His most significant cash to date came in May of last year when he finished as the runner-up in the HK$1,000,000 No-Limit Hold'em - Short Deck Ante Only, for an immense $2,308,384.
Xuan went on an absolute heater during the latter stages of Day 1, knocking out multiple people en route to bagging the lead, including Triton co-founder Richard Yong. Xuan moved Yong all in with jack-five on a two spade board and Yong snap-called with jack-nine. Yong was in the lead until Xuan spiked a spade on the river, adding another late pot to his chip lead stack with the elimination. Xuan kept his foot on the peddle until the end of the final level, bagging 1,612,000 in chips.
Sitting right behind the chip leader is a familiar face in Timothy Adams. Adams has been on a heater thus far in the series, cashing the first two events for a total of over two million. The Canadian pro is a regular to the Triton events and is surely someone to watch for tomorrow as the action unfolds. He will be starting the day with 1,273,000 and all the momentum in the world to take down the event.
Among others to make it to the final day on the top side of the leaderboard are Kyle Carlston (1,207,000), Matthias Eibinger (1,123,000), and Michael Chi Zhang (1,008,000) rounding out the top five. They and are the only other players to break a million in chips.
Top 10 After Day 1 Triton Poker London £100,000 Main Event
| Position | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tan Xuan | China | 1,612,000 | 161 |
| 2 | Timothy Adams | Canada | 1,273,000 | 127 |
| 3 | Carlston Kyle | United States | 1,207,000 | 120 |
| 4 | Matthias Eibinger | Germany | 1,123,000 | 112 |
| 5 | Michael Zhang | China | 1,008,000 | 100 |
| 6 | Elior Sion | United States | 994,000 | 99 |
| 7 | Sam Greenwood | Canada | 911,000 | 91 |
| 8 | Liang Xu | China | 874,000 | 87 |
| 9 | Louis Nyberg | Sweden | 870,000 | 87 |
| 10 | Michael Watson | Canada | 869,000 | 87 |
Some other notable pros to make Day 2 include Sam Greenwood (911,000), Mike Watson (869,000), Stephen Chidwick (838,000), Ben Heath (768,000), Daniel Dvoress (749,000), Daniel Cates (711,000), Peter Jetten (632,000), Kahle Burns (560,000), Fedor Holz (513,000), and Mikita Badziakouski (488,000).
The all-time money list leader Bryn Kenney hit the late registration button, settling for 345,000 when it was time to bag up. Kenney is fresh off an insane cash in the Triton Million - A Helping Hand for Charity for $20,563,324. The biggest prize ever awarded in a poker tournament, which was more than enough to overtake Bonomo on the all-time money list. Kenney shows no sign of letting anyone catch up, as he is already in the next tournament available just one day after the monstrous cash.
The tournament saw a total of 122 entries so far, living up to the Triton standard. The late registration period is open until the start of the second day. There were 59 runners to make it through on the first day. A total prize pool and payouts list will be posted immediately in the Triton Poker Live Reporting blog after the second day of this event starts.
Day 2 will begin at noon local time, resuming at blinds of 5,000/10,000 with a 10,000 big blind ante. The PokerNews live reporting team will be bringing you all of the coverage as the day unfolds, so stay tuned for Triton Poker London £100,000 Live Updates on all of the action.
