Texas Mike Leads Stacked Field Into Day 2 of WSOP Paradise Triton Million
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.
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.