But the action continues at the London Hilton Park Lane with the £100,000 No-Limit Hold'em Main Event taking center stage.
Poker talent from across the world will again pit their wits against each other in a bid to secure a seven-figure payday.
Day 1 begins at 1 PM local time and is scheduled to conclude on Monday, August 5.
Each player will receive 250,000 chips with blinds at 500-1,000-1,000 big blind ante. Levels will be 50-minutes in length, with unlimited reentries available. There will be a 15-minute break after every two levels, and a 45-minute dinner break at the end of level 6.
Ten levels will be played on Day 1 with the action scheduled to conclude at approximately 11 pm.
Alongside the Main Event, will be the conclusion of two other High-Roller tournaments today. The 25K GBP 6-Handed No-Limit Hold'em Turbo was paused at the end of Day 1 on July 31 to allow the remaining players to take their seat in the Triton Million. The final seven; Linus Loeliger, Lucas Greenwood, Kahle Burns, Cary Katz, Michael Soyza, Elior Soin and Million eighth-place finisher Timothy Adams will resume their battle for the £690,000 top prize.
The action in last night's 50K GBP 8-Handed No-Limit Hold'em event concluded with Jason Koon and Charlie Carrel the final two. Koon holds the chip advantage with 49 big blinds, but Carrel will be looking to turn that around with 38 big blinds as he seeks victory for £ 1,321,000 on his home turf in London.
David Peters was in the small blind when he pushed in a three-bet of 18,000, Jean-Noel Thorel called from under the gun and Ferdinand Putra four-bet to 55,000. Peters moved all in for 258,500 and the action folded to Ferdinand Putra on the button who snap-called for just under starting stack.
Ferdinand Putra:
David Peters:
Putra was in a commanding lead with aces and was looking like a strong candidate to secure an early double. The dealer spread out a lead changing flop, spreading out and Peters spiked a king. The turn and river changed nothing as Peters scooped the early pot, eliminating Putra from the tournament.
Putra headed to the late registration desk and has already taken a seat back in the main event.
Michael Soyza has joined the field having busted from the £25k NLHE Turbo final table.
Soyza, along with six opponents, came back to played the delayed final day of action, but his participation lasted less than 45-minutes, having exited in seventh place for £122,300.
The board showed when Steve O'Dwyer moved all in for his remaining stack. Stephen Chidwick called, leaving himself just 500 behind if he were to lose. O'Dwyer tabled for a set of sixes and Chidwick mucked his cards, shipping the large pot to O'Dwyer.
Chidwick busted just a couple of hands after and is now in line to fire his second bullet into the main event.
Matthias Eibinger opened to 5,500 and Jason Koon called with on the button. Talal Shakerchi looked down at and three-bet from the big blind to 32,500, Eibinger folded.
Koon called and the flop came down . Shakerchi bet 26,000, Koon called and the landed on the turn. Shakerchi pushed in 52,000 and again Koon called with his pair of queens.
The landed on the river and Shakerchi checked to Koon who moved all in for 72,000. Shakerchi instantly mucked his hand and Koon took down the pot, bringing him over starting stack for the first time today.
There was a flop of showing with 24,000 in the pot. Patrik Antonius bet 16,000 with his and Dan Smith called, holding for top set.
Christoph Vogelsang check-raised all in for 79,000 with and Antonius moved all in behind. Smith snap-called for his remaining 98,500 stack and the three turned over their hands.
Christoph Vogelsang:
Dan Smith:
Patrik Antonius:
The turn came down a , giving Smith a full house but did not change the outs he needed to dodge. A completed the board, sending the whole pot to Smith who doubled through Antonius and eliminated Vogelsang in the process.
Late entries include Aaron Zang and Bryn Kenney, the Tritons Millions - A Helping Hand for Charity final two.
Zang defeated Kenney to win the title, but after just a few hours rest both players are back in action after taking away two of the biggest prizes ever awarded in tournament poker.
Action with Justin Bonomo under the gun, he raised it to 12,000 with and Tan Xuan, holding , three-bet to 42,000. Bonomo quickly moved all in for 312,000 and Xuan just as quickly called.
Justin Bonomo:
Tan Xuan:
The flop came down and Xuan's jacks were standing strong. A landed on the turn, leaving Bonomo with just one more card to hit an out. The river came a , cementing the pot for Xuan as he eliminated Bonomo from the tournament.
Dominik Nitsche was automatically all in for his last 1,000 in the big blind with and Charlie Carrel opened to 16,000, holding , from under the gun. Xuan three-bet to 47,000 in the small blind with and Carrel moved all in for 250,000, Xuan snap-called.
Dominik Nitsche:
Charlie Carrel:
Tan Xuan:
The flop came down and Xuan took a commanding lead with his flopped ace. The turn card gave Nitsche a shot at a straight but the changed nothing as Xuan took down the pot, eliminating both opponents.
The first day has come to an end in the Triton £100,000 No-Limit Hold'em Main Event with 59 remaining of the 122 total entries by nights 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 in Triton events. His biggest cash to date came in May of last year when he was 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 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 and Xuan kept his foot on the gas peddle until the end of the final level, bagging 1,612,000.
Sitting right behind the chipleader is a familiar face in Timothy Adams who 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 and are the only other players to break a million in chips.
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 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 incredible feat.
The tournament saw a total of 122 entries by the end of the night, living up to the Triton standard and is sure to exceed all expectations with the late registration period open until the start of the second day. There were 59 runners to make it through on the first day, and the number will only increase by the time late registration ends tomorrow, increasing the massive prize pool by that much more. A total prize pool and payouts list will be posted immediately after the second day of this event starts.
Day 2 will begin at 12 p.m. local time, resuming at blinds of 5,000/10,000 with a 10,000 big blind ante. Levels will remain 50-minute in length and there will be a 15-minute break after every two levels. A dinner break is not scheduled as of yet, but that is subject to change based on the players. All players will receive another five time extension cards to add to whatever remained of the original ten they started the first day with, and another five once the final table has been set. The play will not halt until the winner is crowned and a trophy is given away.
The PokerNews live reporting team will be bringing you all of the coverage as the day unfolds, so stay tuned for updates on all of the action.