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Jeju South Korea poker destination and high-stakes tournament hub.
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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.
September 25, 2026Tags: Asian Poker Tour, Friday Feature, Jeju, South Korea Poker, Triton Jeju
Nick Petrangelo Wins Triton $150K Anniversary Special for $2.21M.
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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…
September 17, 2026Tags: South Korea Poker, Triton Jeju, Triton Jeju II, Triton Poker
Nick Schulman wins at Triton Jeju II.
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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…
September 16, 2026Tags: High Stakes Poker, Live Poker, Nick Schulman, Poker Tournaments, South Korea Poker, Triton Jeju, Triton Jeju II, Triton Poker
Triton Jeju II in South Korea.
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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.
September 16, 2026Tags: High Stakes Poker, Live Poker, Poker Tournaments, South Korea Poker, Triton Jeju, Triton Jeju II, Triton Poker
Matthew Wantman and Nick Schulman at Triton Poker Series Jeju II.
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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…
September 15, 2026Tags: High Stakes Poker, Nick Schulman, Poker Tournaments, South Korea Poker, Triton Jeju, Triton Jeju II, Triton Poker
Joao Simao Wins Record Triton Invitational
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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…
September 14, 2026Tags: Brazil Poker, Live Poker, Poker Tournaments, South Korea Poker, Triton Jeju, Triton Jeju II, Triton Poker
Alex Anton Wins First Triton Title and $577,000 in Jeju
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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…
September 12, 2026Tags: Live Poker, Poker Tournaments, South Korea Poker, Stephen Chidwick, Triton Jeju, Triton Jeju II, Triton Poker
An incredible straight flush in the Anotnius vs Monarch heads up match at Triton Jeju II
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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…
September 11, 2026Tags: High Stakes Poker, Monarch, Patrik Antonius, South Korea Poker, Triton Jeju, Triton Jeju II, Triton Poker
Patrik Antonius to Face ‘Monarch’ in Record $20 Million Triton Heads-Up Match.
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Patrik Antonius to Face ‘Monarch’ in Record $20 Million Triton Heads-Up Match

Patrik Antonius and Ossi “Monarch” Ketola will put $20 million on the table in the biggest televised heads-up poker match ever staged, bringing together two very different generations of Finnish…
September 11, 2026Tags: High Stakes Poker, Monarch, Patrik Antonius, Triton Jeju, Triton Jeju II, Triton Poker
Stephen Chidwick playing poker.
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Stephen Chidwick Passes $80 Million in Live Tournament Winnings

Stephen Chidwick has become only the second poker player in history to pass $80 million in recorded tournament earnings, reaching another extraordinary milestone during Triton Jeju II. The English high-stakes…
September 11, 2026Tags: British Poker Players, Live Poker, Poker Tournaments, Stephen Chidwick, Triton Jeju, Triton Jeju II, Triton Poker
Daniel Dvoress wins at Triton Jeju II.
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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…
September 9, 2026Tags: Live Poker, Poker Tournaments, South Korea Poker, Triton Jeju, Triton Jeju II, Triton Poker
Alex Boika wins at Triton Jeju II.
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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…
September 8, 2026Tags: Live Poker, Poker Tournaments, South Korea Poker, Triton Jeju, Triton Jeju II, Triton Poker
Reda Achnit at the Triton Jeju Super High Roller.
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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…
September 7, 2026Tags: CoinPoker, Live Poker, Phil Ivey, Poker Tournaments, South Korea Poker, Triton Jeju, Triton Jeju II, Triton Poker
Triton Jeju II in South Korea.
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Triton Jeju II Begins as Phil Ivey and High-Stakes Poker’s Biggest Names Return to South Korea

Triton Poker has returned to Jeju, and it took less than a day for the latest Super High Roller Series to start producing the kind of action expected when some…
September 5, 2026Tags: Adrian Mateos, High Stakes Poker, Live Poker, Phil Ivey, Punnat Punsri, Triton Jeju, Triton Jeju II, Triton Poker

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