There were 112 players registered on Day 1, 42 of which advanced to Day 2. Triton London also kicked off a $50,000 No-Limit Hold'em 8-Handed tournament on Sunday. On Monday, the mystery bounty envelopes will be drawn with the top prize of $400,000 to be awarded to one lucky player. Jorstad, on the other hand, surpassed $11.5 million in cashes, easily making him Norway's all-time leader ( Felix Vincent Stephensen is second with $5.8 million).īoth players still have an opportunity to add on to their scores. It’s insane.”ĭespite being unable to claim first place, the Poker Hall of Famer received $434,000 as a consolation prize and now has over $39 million in lifetime live tournament cashes, according to Hendon Mob. “Playing heads up against Ivey, the biggest legend of the game in my opinion, just makes it even more special,” Jorstad said in his post-game interview, “I’m extremely grateful for all the run good I’ve had on the last three years.

The best hand held up, giving Jorstad his first Triton title while denying Ivey his fifth. Jorstad quickly took over the lead and then on the final hand he was all in with K ♦ J ♠ against K ♥ 2 ♥ preflop.

Ivey held a fairly sizable heads-up advantage when play began, but neither player had above 28 big blinds. Jorstad would eventually send the short-stacked Chidwick home in third place ($287,000), creating a heads-up match against arguably the best poker player of all-time. During that three-handed play, the action was back-and-forth with all three players going from short stack to big stack multiple times.

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