Everyone associated with Triton Poker knew this festival in Cyprus was set to be huge, but not many could have predicted that a record would be set on the very first day.

But that is precisely what happened here during the very short period of time between the end of Level 11 and the start of Level 12 of Event #1 – €25,000 No Limit Hold’em. Someone re-entered just as the late registration period closed, bringing total entries for this curtain raiser to 131.

That’s the most there has ever been in a Triton tournament, eclipsing the 130 entries to the £100K Triton London NLH Main Event in 2019. With 97 unique players in this one, that’s another record.

That means that the first prize pool of Triton Cyprus is $3,275,000, of which the winner will earn $825,000. Seventeen places will be paid — and we’ll decide the winner tomorrow.

Here’s the payout schedule:

Event #1 – NLHE – 8-Handed
Dates: September 5-6, 2022
Entries: 131 (inc. 34 re-entries)
Prize pool: $3,275,000

1 – $825,000
2 – $557,000
3 – $362,000
4 – $300,000
5 – $240,500
6 – $190,500
7 – $145,700
8 – $109,500
9 – $81,800
10-11 – $67,100
12-13 – $59,000
14-15 – $54,000
16-17 – $51,400

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