They are usually the event's Super High Rollers that are like $100,000 and a few will run in Vegas throughout the year I think (Never been I'm just piecing together information I've heard)
Triton Series is a High Roller or Super High Roller put on separate by a Rich Businessman names Paul Phau. I think at various times they have had affiliations with WSOP and stuff but it started as a dream project to bring high quality poker content to the world because of Paul's love of the game.
He played with a lot of the big named pros in places like Macau and has been in the scene for a long time.