Lucas Greenwood Joins Twin Brother Sam As Triton Poker Champion

Sam Greenwood, Lucas Greenwood, and Max Greenwood have each cashed for millions of dollars on the tournament circuit. Among the three Greenwood brothers, Sam has had the most success, with more than $34 million in career cashes, a World Series of Poker bracelet, and many high-stakes titles to his name, including a Triton Poker victory he earned earlier this year. Now, Lucas Greenwood has joined his twin brother Sam as a Triton champion by taking down the kickoff event of the 2023 Triton Poker Super High Roller Series London. Luc and Sam are now the first brothers to have ever each won Triton titles.

Lucas outlasted a field of 162 total entries in the $25,000 buy-in GG Million$ Live event, earning the trophy and $897,000. This was the largest score yet for the Canadian poker player, topping the $779,268 he earned for winning a $25,000 buy-in event at the 2017 PokerStars Championship Bahamas. He now has more than $5.7 million in career earnings to his name.

In addition to the title and the money, Greenwood was also awarded 1,092 Card Player Player of the Year points for the win. This was his first POY-qualified score of the year, but it alone was sufficient to move him within reach of the top 350 in the 2023 POY race standings presented by Global Poker.

This event played out over the course of two long days at the JW Marriott Grosvenor House in London. By the end of day 1, the field of 162 had been narrowed to just 33 contenders. By the time the final table was set, Greenwood sat in second chip position behind only Manuel Zapf.

Zapf scored early knockouts of Sam Grafton (9th – $91,000), Juan Pardo (8th – $109,800), and Pablo Brito Silva (7th – $151,500) to extend his lead heading into six-handed action. Greenwood then picked up pocket tens in the big blind facing a small-blind shove from two-time bracelet winner Aleksejs Ponakovs, who held K10. The pocket pair held up and Ponakovs was eliminated in sixth place ($208,200).

Greenwood continued to surge, with A-K suited prevailing against the pocket sixes of Henrick Hecklen. The Dane earned $271,000 after losing the flip, bringing his career earnings to more than $11.8 million in the process. Greenwood then picked up A-10 against the A-6 of short stack Kiat Lee. A six on the flop saw Lee take the lead, but Greenwood hit a ten on the end to win the pot, sending Lee home in fourth place ($339,800).

The very next hand after Lee’s departure, the UK’s Oliver Bithell got all-in with A-5 suited facing A-8 for Zapf. Bithell flopped an open-ended straight draw, but Zapf turned a pair of eights to take a big lead in the hand. The river was a brick and Bithell was sent to the rail with $416,700 for his third-place showing.

Heads-up play began with Zapf holding 24,700,000 to Greenwood’s 15,800,000. After a short break, the final two got down to the business of playing for the title. After about 100 minutes of one-on-one poker action, Greenwood was able to seal the deal. The final hand saw the last chips go in on a 9642 board with Greenwood holding 95 and Zapf 93. The river brought the 9 and Greenwood’s five kicker played to earn him the pot and the title. Zapf cashed for $605,500 as the runner-up.

Here is a look at the payouts and POY points awarded at the final table:

Photo credit: Triton Poker / Joe Giron.