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Peng Huang Turns Birthday Win Into $478K Jeju Run
Peng Huang wins a KPC Main Event on his birthday before banking another $350,000 days later. Two deep runs in Jeju turn into a remarkable $478K payday.
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Infinity Poker Launches 114-Event Asian Tour in South Korea
Infinity Poker will debut in South Korea with 114 events, ₩800 million guaranteed and an unusual Mini Main format. We examine the schedule and Asian competition.
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Friday Feature: How Jeju Became Asia’s High-Stakes Poker Island
Jeju has grown from an unusual stop on the Asian poker calendar into a major destination for Triton, the APT and some of the world’s biggest high-stakes players.
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Nick Petrangelo Wins Triton $150K Anniversary Special for $2.21M
Nick Petrangelo has won the $150,000 Triton 10th Anniversary Special in Jeju for $2,212,910 after a heads-up deal with longtime friend Joao Simao. The American closed out one of the…
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Nick Schulman Wins $3.85M Triton Jeju II Main Event
Nick Schulman has won the Triton Jeju II $100,000 No-Limit Hold'em Main Event for a career-best $3,854,888. The American defeated Austria's Bernhard Binder after a heads-up deal, adding a second…
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Ben Tollerene Wins $652,000 and Fifth Triton Title in Jeju
Ben Tollerene won $652,000 in Jeju after beating Daniel Rezaei heads-up for his fifth Triton Poker title.
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Poker and Friendship at Triton: Best Friends Share a $1.65M Heads-Up Moment
Poker tournaments usually end with one player celebrating and everyone else wondering what might have been. Matthew Wantman and Nick Schulman managed to make the end of a $50,000 Triton…
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From 2BB to $7.25M: Joao Simao Wins Record Triton Invitational
Joao Simao has completed an extraordinary comeback to win the $200,000 Triton Invitational in Jeju for $7.25 million. The Brazilian was reduced to just two big blinds after reaching the…
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Alex Anton Wins First Triton Title and $577,000 in Jeju
Alex Anton has added a Triton Poker title to his rapidly growing 2026 résumé. The 25-year-old American won the $30,000 No-Limit Hold’em Turbo at Triton Jeju II, defeating Artur Martirosian…
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$15.925M Straight Flush as Ossi Ketola Beats Patrik Antonius
Ossi “Monarch” Ketola has defeated Patrik Antonius in poker’s extraordinary $20 million heads-up battle after producing a straight flush in a pot worth an astonishing $15.925 million. The two Finns…
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Daniel Dvoress Denies Xuan Liu Second Triton Title in Jeju
Daniel Dvoress has won his seventh Triton Poker title after defeating Xuan Liu heads-up in the $30,000 NLH 8-Handed event at Triton Jeju II. The Canadian collected $942,000 after controlling…
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Alex Boika Wins First Triton Title After Misreading Final Hand
Alex Boika has finally won a Triton Poker title, defeating Philip Sternheimer heads-up to claim the $25,000 NLHE 8-Handed event at Triton Jeju II for $761,000. The Belarusian survived a…
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Freeroll Qualifier Reda Achnit Turns Dream Ticket Into Top-10 Stack at Triton Jeju
Reda Achnit had never played a live poker tournament before arriving in South Korea. Now the 24-year-old Moroccan freeroll qualifier is sitting among the leaders of a $25,000 Triton Poker…
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WPT Tokyo 2026 Cancelled as Japan Poker Faces Regulatory Uncertainty
WPT Tokyo 2026 has been cancelled, removing one of Japan's biggest international poker festivals from the December calendar as organizers grapple with uncertainty surrounding the country's domestic tournament regulations. The…
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WPT Heads to South Korea as Seoul Festival Launches New Poker Destination
The World Poker Tour is heading back to Asia this autumn, with WPT Seoul set to take place from October 30 to November 9, 2026 at INSPIRE Entertainment Resort in…