History Is Being Made In The UK This Summer With The Richest Poker Tournament Ever Taking Place In London

Gambling history is being made in London this summer! The UK capital is going to host the richest poker tournament - The Triton Million Helping Hand for Charity, on August 1 – 3 and the entry fee for this remarkable event is £1.05 million.

The Grand Ballroom of the London Hilton on Park Lane is the place where this flagship event of the Triton Poker Super High Roller Series is taking place.

Making Poker History

After ten festivals held all over the world, in locations such as Montenegro, Manila, Sochi, Macau, the Philippines and Jeju in South Korea, the tournament is moving to the British Isles. This an invitation-only event and in order to join the tournament, players will have to…

…put forward £1 million buy-ins accompanied by a £50,000 charity donation.

The only way for you to become a participant is either to be invited directly by Triton Poker or to be an invitation holder’s nominated guest. All invitees are allowed to invite one person to join them at the series.

This poker competition…

…is sponsored by partypoker live, a site where all members can get access to all the latest tournaments, live reporting and streaming, exclusive videos, player leaderboards, forums and much more.

Among the people who have already confirmed their entries are numerous multi-millionaire businessman and poker professionals, including Triton Ambassadors, Tom Down and Jason Koon, as well as David Peters, Rui Cao and Bryn Kenney, who boast combined winnings over £100 million.

AND…

…recreational players who have secured their place at the table for this occasion are, among others, Hong Kong investor Stanley Choi, Dusk Till Dawn founder Rob Yong, 1978 World Series of Poker Main Events champion Bobby Baldwin and American entrepreneur Rick Salomon along with Triton co-founder Paul Phua.

Koon, one of the Triton Poker Ambassadors, said of the event:

“I’ve already taken part in several Triton Poker High Roller Series around the world and can definitely say they are the most exciting poker events I’ve ever played in. I love to play big stakes against tough competition, and no one checks those boxes quite like Triton. The Triton Million in London will be taking the Series to a whole new level as well as raising millions for worthy causes.”

”There has never been a poker tournament with the buy-in of this size before, all the players will be part of the poker history. I'm very excited about it! London is one of the historically rich, beautiful cities in the world – so it's very fitting that this history-making event will be taking place here at the heart of the city.”

Source:

“London to make history with richest poker tournament”, casinobeats.com, July 8, 2019.