{"id":5069,"date":"2022-09-14T11:11:47","date_gmt":"2022-09-14T11:11:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.top10pokersites.net\/news\/?p=5069"},"modified":"2022-09-14T11:11:47","modified_gmt":"2022-09-14T11:11:47","slug":"sam-grafton-captures-first-triton-title-at-coin-rivet-invitational","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.top10pokersites.net\/news\/sam-grafton-captures-first-triton-title-at-coin-rivet-invitational","title":{"rendered":"Sam Grafton Captures First Triton Title At Coin Rivet Invitational"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.top10pokersites.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2022\/09\/sam-grafton.jpg\" alt=\"Sam Grafton\" title=\"Sam Grafton Captures First Triton Title At Coin Rivet Invitational\" width=\"300\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-5070\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.top10pokersites.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2022\/09\/sam-grafton.jpg 380w, https:\/\/www.top10pokersites.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2022\/09\/sam-grafton-300x197.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 380px) 100vw, 380px\"><strong>Summary<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Sam Grafton won a career-best $5.5 million in the tournament<\/li>\n<li>The win also represents his first Triton title<\/li>\n<li>Several other big names competed in the event including Phil Ivey and Fedor Holz<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Fresh off from clinching a runner-up finish in <em>Triton Series Event #3: $50K NLH 6-Handed<\/em> at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.top10pokersites.net\/news\/luxon-pay-mediterranean-poker-party-gets-bigger-with-two-major-events\">Mediterranean Poker Party<\/a> in Cyprus, <strong>Sam Grafton<\/strong> has had another good run but this time around, it came with a title. <\/p>\n<p>The British poker pro emerged victorious in the <strong>$200,000 Coin Rivet Invitational<\/strong>, a win that earned him a massive $5.5 million in top prize, his largest live score to date, dwarfing his previous highest cash of $1.5 million. This latest victory also gave him his first ever Triton title. <\/p>\n<h2 id=\"final-table-results\">Final Table Results<\/h2>\n<p>The tournament was comprised of a mix of poker pros and recreational players who are some of the biggest names in the world of poker, including <strong>Dan \u201c<em>Jungleman<\/em>\u201d Cates, Fedor Holz, Paul Phua, Phil Ivey and Tony G<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:relative;height:0;padding-bottom:56.25%\">\n<iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/IbqMsxQh6C8?rel=0&amp;showinfo=0?ecver=2\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"position:absolute;width:100%;height:100%;left:0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Nine players made it to the final table, with Dutch poker pro <strong>Tom Vogelsang<\/strong> becoming the first to bust in 9th place for $620,000. Leaving next was <strong>Seth Davies<\/strong> who fell in 8th place after taking a bad beat. The American poker pro earned $770,000 for his efforts. The tournament\u2019s first seven-figure prize went to Finland\u2019s <strong>Elias Talvitie<\/strong> who ended his bid in 7th place for $1,050,000. Following him to the rail was Latvia\u2019s <strong>Aleksejs Ponakovs<\/strong> who finished 6th for $1,350,000.<\/p>\n<p>Last week, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.top10pokersites.net\/reviews\/americas-cardroom\">Americas Cardroom<\/a> Team Pro <strong>Ebony Kenny<\/strong> won her biggest cash worth $240,500 after finishing 5th in the first Triton event, a <em>$25K NLH 8-Handed tournament<\/em>. Now, Kenny has a new high score to boast \u2013 a cool $1.7 million \u2013 coming from her 5th-place finish in the Coin Rivet Invitational. With her incredible performance, she almost set a new poker record for the biggest live tournament cash ever by a female player. <\/p>\n<p>Next to go was Germany\u2019s poker superstar <strong>Fedor Holz<\/strong> who walked away with $2,100,000 after claiming the 4th spot. Next out was <strong>Karl Chappe-Gatien<\/strong> who finished 3rd for $2,600,000.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"grafton-dominates-heads-up-action-against-linus-loeliger\">Grafton Dominates Heads-Up Action against Linus Loeliger <\/h2>\n<p>A heads-up battle then ensued between Grafton and Swiss poker pro <strong>Linus Loeliger<\/strong>, with the former holding a significant chip lead. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pokerdb.thehendonmob.com\/player.php?a=r&amp;n=122702\">Sam Grafton<\/a> managed to maintain his dominance all throughout to secure the $5.5 million top prize and his first Triton title. He may have not won the entire thing, but Loeliger still emerged as a big winner with $3,900,000 million for finishing in second place.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Summary Sam Grafton won a career-best $5.5 million in the tournament The win also represents his first Triton title Several other big names competed in the event including Phil Ivey and Fedor Holz Fresh off from clinching a runner-up finish in Triton Series Event #3: $50K NLH 6-Handed at the Mediterranean Poker Party in Cyprus,&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,1,9,10],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Sam Grafton Captures First Triton Title At Coin Rivet Invitational<\/title>\n<meta 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