Full details of the tournament action at the Triton Super High Roller Poker Series held at the Landing Casino, Shinhwa World, Jeju, South Korea, February 26-March 15, 2025.
EVENT #20 – $25K SHORT DECK TURBO
After five heads-up defeats from 17 previous final table appearances, Malaysia’s Kiat Lee finally managed to secure a win on the Triton Series, taking down the final-day turbo, a success celebrated across the high stakes poker community.
Top five finishers:
1 – Kiat Lee, Malaysia – $264,000
2 – Michael Zhang, UK – $182,000
3 – Isaac Haxton, USA – $116,000
4 – Rene Van Krevelen, Netherlands – $89,000
5 – Lun Loon, Malaysia – $70,000
31 entries | Prize pool: $775,000
FULL REPORT AND RESULTS
EVENT #19 – $50K SHORT DECK
The Chinese cash-game fan favourite Tan Xuan earned his third career success on the Triton Series, winning the $50K Short Deck title he also landed here in Jeju last year.
Top five finishers:
1 – Tan Xuan, China – $708,000
2 – Esti Wang, China – $512,000
3 – Michael Zhang, UK – $326,000
4 – Phil Ivey, USA – $248,000
5 – Danny Tang, Hong Kong – $192,000
45 entries | Prize pool: $2,250,000
FULL REPORT AND RESULTS
EVENT #18 – $30K SHORT DECK
Ukraine’s Artem Kobylynskyi joined the very select group of players whose Triton record reads Played: 1 Won: 1 after a spectacular debut victory in the first short deck event on the Jeju 2025 schedule
Top five finishers:
1 – Artem Kobylynskyi, Ukraine – $492,000
2 – Mike Watson, Canada – $353,000
3 – Dan Dvoress, Canada – $229,000
4 – Lun Loon, Malaysia – $173,000
5 – Jason Koon, USA – $134,000
56 entries | Prize pool: $1,680,000
FULL REPORT AND RESULTS
EVENT #17 – $30K PLO BOUNTY QUATTRO
Back-to-back-to-back eliminations in the tournament’s last three hands earned Spain a second PLO title in as many days and a first for Lautaro Guerra.
Top five finishers:
1 – Lautaro Guerra, Spain – $783,000 (inc. $280,000 in bounties)
2 – Sam Greenwood, Canada – $380,000 (inc. $40,000 in bounties)
3 – Alex Foxen, USA – $381,000 (inc. $160,000 in bounties)
4 – Gavin Andreanoff, UK – $343,000 (inc. $160,000 in bounties)
5 – Danny Tang, Hong Kong – $187,000 (inc. $40,000 in bounties)
100 entries | Prize pool: $3,000,000 (inc. $1 million in bounties)
FULL REPORT AND RESULTS
EVENT #16 – $100K PLO SIX HANDED MAIN EVENT
After two years of deep runs on the Triton Series, the former aerospace engineer from Spain Sergio Martinez emerged from the shadows to seal victory over the biggest field ever assembled for a six-figure buy-in PLO tournament.
Top five finishers:
1 – Sergio Martinez, Spain – $2,340,000
2 – Ding Biao, China – $1,610,000
3 – Lin Wei, China – $1,055,000
4 – Zhikang Dai, China – $854,000
5 – Tom Vogelsang, Netherlands – $686,000
91 entries | Prize pool: $9,100,000
FULL REPORT AND RESULTS
EVENT #15 – $50,000 PLO 6 HANDED
Two PLO crushers, who have met before heads-up in a $50K live event, squared off for the biggest cash of their careers. This time it was Hungary’s Gergo Nagy who toppled Joni Jouhkimainen for a $1.36 million first prize.
Top five finishers:
1 – Gergo Nagy, Hungary – $1,360,000
2 – Joni Jouhkimainen, Finland – $930,000
3 – Gruffudd Jones, UK – $611,000
4 – Xu Liang, China – $505,000
5 – Tom Vogelsang, Netherlands – $408,000
117 entries | Prize pool: $2,925,000
FULL REPORT AND RESULTS
EVENT #13 – $25,000 PLO 6 HANDED
The first PLO event of the trip featured two poker Hall of Famers and two PLO online crushers, but all were outdone by 64-year-old Norwegian Tom-Aksel Bedell, who picked up a $700K+ score.
Top five finishers:
1 – Tom-Aksel Bedell, Norway – $709,000
2 – Shi Ning Dan, China – $486,000
3 – Richard Gryko, UK – $320,000
4 – Eelis Parssinen, Finland – $264,000
5 – Phil Ivey, USA – $213,000
117 entries | Prize pool: $2,925,000
FULL REPORT AND RESULTS
EVENT #12 – $125,000 NLH 7 HANDED
The LED screens around the Triton Jeju tournament room had incorrectly described Punnat Punsri as a three-time champion. So the Thai pro did the only thing he could: winning another huge event to make the writing on the wall come true.
Top five finishers:
1 – Punnat Punsri, Thailand – $2,594,555*
2 – Christoph Vogelsang, Germany – $2,456,445*
3 – Mikita Badziakouski, Belarus – $1,348,000
4 – Chris Brewer, USA – $1,093,000
5 – Joao Vieira, Portugal – $878,000
93 entries | Prize pool: $11,625,000
FULL REPORT AND RESULTS
EVENT #11 – $100,000 NLH MAIN EVENT
It was the biggest six-figure buy-in tournament in poker history, but a recreational player from China defeated all of the world’s top stars (including Dan “Jungleman” Cates heads up) to take down a remarkable $5.555 million first prize.
Top five finishers:
1 – Huang Wenjie, China – $5,555,000
2 – Dan Cates, USA – $3,528,000
3 – Artur Martirosian, Russia – $2,644,000
4 – Santhosh Suvarna, India – $2,140,000
5 – Sam Greenwood, Canada – $1,687,000
285 entries | Prize pool: $28,500,000
FULL REPORT AND RESULTS
EVENT #10 – $50,000 NLH BOUNTY QUATTRO TURBO
Only 24 hours after being beaten heads up to miss out on a fifth Triton title, the all time poker money list leader returned to the top spot and got his hands on the silverware he had been denied.
Top five finishers:
1 – Bryn Kenney, USA – $1,319,000 (inc. $480,000 in bounties)
2 – Jon Ander Vallinas, Spain – $817,000 (inc. $240,000 in bounties)
3 – Yang Chongxian, China – $498,000 (inc. $120,000 in bounties)
4 – Michael Soyza, Malaysia – $427,000 (inc. $120,000 in bounties)
5 – Brandon Wilson, USA – $486,000 (inc. $240,000 in bounties)
95 entries | Prize pool: $4,700,000
FULL REPORT AND RESULTS
EVENT #9 – $150,000 NLH
VIEIRA COOLERS PONAKOVS FOR MASSIVE MAIDEN VICTORY
After losing heads up to Alex Foxen in the Bahamas, Joao Vieira swore to return to the Triton Series and go one better. He picked his spot to perfection, earning $4.6 million after sweeping past Aleks Ponakovs in the highest buy-in event in Jeju.
Top five finishers:
1 – Joao Vieira, Portugal – $4,610,000
2 – Aleks Ponakovs, Latvia – $3,139,000
3 – Wang Ye, China – $2,074,000
4 – Dan Smith, USA – $1,708,000
5 – Kiat Lee, Malaysia – $1,372,000
128 entries | Prize pool: $19,200,000
FULL REPORT AND RESULTS
EVENT #8 – $50,000 NLH 7-HANDED
MOSBÖCK SCORES TRITON HAT-TRICK
With the watching poker community expecting another victory for Bryn Kenney, Austrian pro Mario Mosböck overcame a significant heads-up disadvantage to win his third on the series — and avenge a runner-up finish from earlier in Jeju.
Top five finishers:
1 – Mario Mosböck, Austria – $1,836,570*
2 – Bryn Kenney, USA $1,897,430*
3 – Juan Pardo, Spain – $1,055,000
4 – Steve O’Dwyer, Ireland – $854,000
5 – Dylan Linde, USA – $676,000
215 entries | Prize pool: $10,750,000
FULL REPORT AND RESULTS
EVENT #7 – $40,000 NLH MYSTERY BOUNTY
WINTER FREEZES OUT BADZIAKOUSKI TO WIN TITLE AT LAST
After numerous near misses, the American pro Sean Winter managed to survive a dramatic short-stacked shooutout against five-time champion Mikita Badziakouski to finally get off the mark on the Triton Series
Top five finishers:
1 – Sean Winter, USA – $935,000 (+$140,000 in bounties)
2 – Mikita Badziakouski, Belarus – $630,000 (+$420,000 in bounties)
3 – Klemens Roiter, Austria – $441,000 (+$280,000 in bounties)
4 – Matthias Eibinger, Austria – $363,000 (+$750,000 in bounties)
5 – Ben Tollerene, USA – $287,000
223 entries | Prize pool: $8,920,000
FULL REPORT AND RESULTS
EVENT #6 – $25,000 NLH WPT GLOBAL SLAM
HOME-FIELD ADVANTAGE PAYS FOR FILATOV
Anatoly Filatov’s mother’s family originate in Jeju, and so the Russian pro found a great place to score his breakthrough victory on the Triton Series and pocket close to $1.9 million, a new career high.
Top five finishers:
1 – Anatoly Filatov, Russia – $1,882,000
2 – Calvin Lee, USA – $1,185,000
3 – Igor Yaroshevskyy, Ukraine – $850,000
4 – Justin Saliba, USA – $675,000
5 – Fedor Holz, Germany – $529,000
389 entries | Prize pool: $9,725,000
FULL REPORT AND RESULTS
EVENT #5 – $30,000 NLH 8-HANDED
HAJIYEV TAKES MUSICAL INSPIRATION TO BECOME TWO-TIME CHAMP
Already Azerbaijan’s No 1 thanks to previous exploits on the Triton Poker Series, Ramin Hajiyev allowed a favourite song to give him the momentum to sweep to a second title on the tour, and pass $10m in career earnings
Top five finishers:
1 – Ramin Hajiyev, Azerbaijan – $1,517,000
2 – Viacheslav Balaev, Russia – $1,008,000
3 – Mao Renji, China – $737,000
4 – Winfred Yu, Hong Kong – $595,000
5 – Manuel Fritz, Austria – $467,000
252 entries | Prize pool: $7,560,000
FULL REPORT AND RESULTS
EVENT #3 – $25,000 NLH 8-HANDED
AUSMUS MISCLICK BEGINS SURGE TO TITLE OVER RECORD FIELD
Only a couple of days after Triton set a new attendance record, the tour broke it again — and American pro Jeremy Ausmus destroyed the near 400-strong field to begin his Triton trophy haul, and add to his six WSOP bracelets.
Top five finishers:
1 – Jeremy Ausmus, USA – $1,892,000
2 – Zhou Quan, China – $1,193,000
3 – Sim Kok Wai, Malaysia – $855,000
4 – Alexander Seibt, USA – $680,000
5 – Maksim Vaskresenski, Belarus – $532,000
391 entries | Prize pool: $9,775,000
FULL REPORT AND RESULTS
EVENT #2 – $20,000 NLH 8-HANDED
FANTASTIC MR FOO: MALAYSIAN AMATEUR DOWNS PROS
In another enormous field in Jeju, another Triton first-timer, Malaysia’s Tuck Wai Foo, struck gold to win more than $1.3 million and deny Mario Mosböck what would have been his third Triton title
Top five finishers:
1 – Tuck Wai Foo, Malaysia – $1,350,000
2 – Mario Mosböck, Austria – $856,000
3 – Igor Yaroshevskyy, Ukraine – $619,000
4 – Michael Gathy, Belgium – $501,000
5 – Ren Lin, China – $396,000
348 entries | Prize pool: $6,960,000
FULL REPORT AND RESULTS
EVENT #1 – $15,000 NLH 8-HANDED
ZHAO CONVERTS THREE-DAY LEAD INTO FAMOUS WIN
He came to Jeju mainly to play golf, but Zhao Hongjun’s diversion to the Triton poker room instead of the 1st tee ended up earning the Chinese recreational player an $818,000 payday and a first title in the largest Triton tournament held to date.
Top five finishers:
1 – Zhao Hongjun, China – $818,000*
2 – Yuzhu Wang, China – $975,000*
3 – Zhen Chen, China – $497,000
4 – Paulius Plausinaitis, Lithuania – $395,000
5 – Weiran Pu, China – $309,000
*denotes heads-up deal
379 entries | Prize pool: $5,685,000
FULL REPORT AND RESULTS