As I watch the craned camera follow Jason Koon out of the Triton Poker Series HKD 2,000,000 (USD 255,000) buy-in Main Event in fifth place for HKD 8,470,000 (USD 1,079,120), I have to remind myself that there are poker tournaments in the world where you don’t have to invest the cost of a house to play.

Here are three of them.

Joseph Cheong Wins MSPT Closer at The Venetian

Most high stakes players struggle to focus when competing in lower buy-in games, but it doesn’t seem to be a problem plaguing Joseph Cheong recently.