Triton Adds $1 Million Heads-Up Shootout to North Cyprus Series
The Duel is planned as a random-draw, win-two-matches bracket during Triton’s 10th-anniversary finale.
- The Duel carries a $1 million buy-in and is scheduled for Nov. 25-27 at Merit Royal Diamond Casino & Resort.
- Players will be randomly paired and must win twice against an opponent to advance.
- The addition takes the Super High Roller Series North Cyprus slate to 17 events and a $2.045 million one-bullet cost across the full schedule.
- It would be Triton’s first seven-figure U.S.-dollar buy-in tournament since the 2019 Triton Million in London.
Triton Poker has added The Duel Heads-Up Tournament, a $1 million buy-in no-limit hold’em event, to its North Cyprus stop. The event is scheduled for Nov. 25-27 at the Merit Royal Diamond Casino & Resort in Kyrenia as part of the Super High Roller Series North Cyprus.
CardPlayer described The Duel as the largest buy-in heads-up no-limit hold’em shootout ever held. Its bracket is to be set by random draw, with players needing two wins against their assigned opponent to move on.
The planned structure calls for the first two rounds on the opening day, followed by the semifinals, a bronze match and the final. Triton and its official partner Duel announced the event, according to Somuchpoker.
Some details remain unsettled. Somuchpoker said The Duel had not yet been incorporated into the regular tournament schedule and that Triton was expected to provide further information, while identifying Ossi “Monarch” Ketola as a possible participant because Duel is a Triton partner.
The added tournament lifts the North Cyprus Super High Roller slate to 17 events. The previously announced 16-event schedule ran from $25,000 to $200,000 buy-ins, and a player entering one bullet in every tournament, including The Duel, would spend $2.045 million.
The series runs Nov. 15-30 and follows Triton ONE at the same resort, forming Triton’s final 2026 stop and the closing chapter of its 10th anniversary year. The wider Super High Roller program includes the $200,000 Triton Invitational X on Nov. 20-22, the $100,000 no-limit hold’em Main Event on Nov. 22-24, and the $150,000 10th Anniversary Special on Nov. 24-25.
The $100,000 PLO Main Event follows on Nov. 27-29, alongside the final weekend’s $25,000 and $75,000 PLO six-handed events. Triton last visited Northern Cyprus in 2023, when Ramin Hajiyev won the Triton Invitational.
The Duel would be Triton’s first event with a seven-figure U.S.-dollar buy-in since the 2019 Triton Million in London. That invitation-only event carried a £1.05 million buy-in, valued at about $1.3 million by contemporary coverage; Bryn Kenney received more than $20.6 million as runner-up after a heads-up deal.
Triton-run cash games and heads-up freezeouts have exceeded $1 million to enter in recent years, but The Duel is being positioned as a tournament shootout.
