Phil Ivey's Whereabouts and Latest Poker News: Triton Series and More

The Triton Super High Roller series in Macau is currently underway, featuring two tournaments with buy-ins of HK$250,000 and HK$1,000,000. Russian players such as Nikita Bodiakovsky, Alexey Rybin, Timofey Kuznetsov, and Furkat Rahimov participated in the series. Furkat Rahimov finished in 8th place.

Phil Ivey, a prominent figure in the poker world, was last seen publicly at the Triton series in Manila in February. Recently, Phil Ivey was interviewed by Somuchpoker in Beijing and mentioned living in Hong Kong and playing regularly in Macau. He also hinted at returning to tournament poker in 2018.

Dani Stern, known for his high-stakes online omaha games, announced his retirement from poker. He cited new adventures ahead and shared an EV graph of his final high-stakes matches. PokerGO will start broadcasting high roller tournament final tables from Aria on October 27, featuring tournaments with buy-ins ranging from $10k to $100k. Three U.S. states—Delaware, New Jersey, and Nevada—plan to merge their online poker player pools, which is expected to increase the number of players and prize pools. PokerStars has started testing the Power Up game, with 3-max SNGs available for $1 and $3 buy-ins. Scott Tom, co-founder of Absolute Poker, has completed his sentence and is now free. Winamax signed sponsorship deals with Mustafa Kanit and Adrian Mateos. PokerStars is looking for specialists to develop artificial intelligence for poker and other games.