Triton $500K entry semi invitational
Seems to be part of a trend. Half amateurs and half pros. Each amateur can invite one pro. The two group play separately
How did Bleznick get to play as a VIP instead of a pro?
a pool of pros selling 90 percent to each other sharing the value from rich whales who treat this as a $10 home tourney. i'm fired up!
No that's not how it's working. Considering roughly half of the field is a bit weaker they work as a team with their partner sort off. The invited player will have endless options when it comes to what pro to pick so he can negotiate in terms of getting swaps / buying action for a low mark up. I'm honestly not entirely sure where all the ev ends up. People charge very high mark ups so I would sort off imagine some pros / backers losing quite significantly. I think super highrollers are sort off broken. Regs swap and sell action to chop up the fish. Even though it's against the meritocracy of poker (which might not matter since its a 500k buyin), it might be a reasonable way to get these buyins going.
For all the people questioning vip /business man and so on, the invited player is essentially just someone who isn't a triton regular. It obviously isn't a secret that elias, saya, bleznick and a couple of others are pros lol. Considering elias was listed as a business man at a previous event I assume you kinda get one chance. If you want to play future stops you have to accept your status as a pro.
Let’s not forget, a lot of these pros are older now and were heavily into crypto early. There’s a non-negligible chance that quite of few of them have become quite wealthy (more than through poker) because of that. Sam Greenwood comes to mind. That guy’s been hemorrhaging money in these Triton events for the last 2 years and can still get people to back him, and/or buy in himself. At the rate he’s been losing, he should have qualified for a VIP seat
Looks like day 2 is starting with the pros and invitees still segregated, anyone know when they start mixing?
Triton app. join the live stream and click the link from Nightbot at the top of the chat.
Let’s not forget, a lot of these pros are older now and were heavily into crypto early. There’s a non-negligible chance that quite of few of them have become quite wealthy (more than through poker) because of that. Sam Greenwood comes to mind. That guy’s been hemorrhaging money in these Triton events for the last 2 years and can still get people to back him, and/or buy in himself. At the rate he’s been losing, he should have qualified for a VIP seat
Lol, Sam Greenwood cashed for over $7,000,000 at Triton events alone the last two years.
Ben Heath turning half a small blind with 5 players left into an exta 4.5 million was quite a thing.
It's good to see a musician win the bracelet and the twelve million dollars, hopefully this will open the door for more musicians to make deep runs in cool tournaments.
How come this noname Jessica Teusl got a seat at the event? How much did she sell? 99.5%?
