Phil Ivey Wins Triton Poker Turbo Event

Phil Ivey reached the $40 million live poker tournament winnings milestone on Sunday after he won $1 million from a Triton Poker turbo event.

The poker legend bested 61 other players during the event. It came after a lackluster performance at the World Series of Poker. Also, he finished in second place during a $20,000 Mystery Bounty last week.

The Poker Pros The final table included players like Nick Petrangelo, Sam Greenwood, and Aleksejs Ponakovs. Ivey, though, came out on top, winning his eleventh live tournament with a seven-figure score.

Ivey Wins Triton Poker Turbo Event

According to a poker website, Santosh Suvarna’s elimination led to the final table. Also, Ivey won $91,500 and took the chip lead. But with only 41 large blinds in his stack, small-stack poker prowess would be essential to victory.

Despite using the best poker strategies, Greenwood finished ninth place ($104,000) when PokerGO founder Cary Katz made a flush. Then, with pocket aces, Katz busted Wai Yong and Tan Xuan. The spotlight was on Cary Katz at the start of the final table. However, Petrangelo started finding doubles through the chip leaders.

Petrangelo got a flush in the river to eliminate Ponakovs in fifth place for $285,500. Also, Ivey’s pocket jacks held to bust Biao Ding in sixth place for $223,200. Additionally, Ivey retook the lead.

During four-handed play, the blinds had grown so that even the most enormous stacks were on the verge of going all-in or folding. According to poker tutorials and news sites, Ivey’s pocket jacks eliminated Rodrigo Selouan. His fourth-place finish earned him $360,000.

Petrangelo had a great chance to double through Ivey with a better ace and win the high roller tournament in Europe, but he got sucked out and had to settle for third place and $468,900. Ivey would start heads-up play with a 3:1 chip edge.