$8,000 Triton ONE Main Event Day 1a | 2025 Triton ONE Jeju

09-05-2025 17:41 UTC+9

Mato and Nguyen Near the Top

Christian Zetzsche

Level 8 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

Kristof Mato and Nang Quang Nguyen are near the top of the leaderboard and both big stacks can be found in the secondary tournament area. Mato just scooped a pot when he bet the A♥10♣8♣ flop for 7,500 against Duan Bin, who called. They checked the A♣ turn and Bin check-folded the 2♠ river when Mato bet 28,000.

Player	Chips	Progress
Kristof Mato	1,675,000 635,000	635,000
Nang Quang Nguyen	1,600,000 1,290,000	1,290,000
Danilo Velasevic	675,000 425,000	425,000
Gary Lin	350,000
Duan Bin	250,000
Ehsan Amiri	250,000 250,000	250,000

Tags: Duan Bin Kristof Mato Nang Quang Nguyen

09-05-2025 17:35 UTC+9

Tang Out and Back In

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 8 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

"I am all in," Danny Tang and the Triton Poker ambassador was all-in for a mere 2,000 in chips. There was a larger side pot with 11,000 each developing with all active players checking the Q♥9♦7♣ flop. Xuming Qi bet the 7♦ turn for 25,000 in the big blind to isolate and said "you are good".

There is no way I am good," Tang joked and then added "baccarat" before showing his 5♥4♥. Qi was ahead with J♣10♣ and rivered the straight with the 8♠. Tang re-entered almost immediately to a nearby table.

Player	Chips	Progress
Victor Chong	885,000 150,000	150,000
Danny Tang	250,000

Xuming Qi	200,000 50,000	50,000

Tags: Danny Tang Xuming Qi

09-05-2025 17:33 UTC+9

Ke Forces Out Koop

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 8 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

Yi-Jhen Ke min-raised to 12,000 and Niko Koop called in the big blind. Following the J♥5♣2♥ flop, Koop check-raised from 11,000 to 35,000 to get a call by Ke. Koop bet the 7♦ turn for 75,000 and then faced the shove by Ke for 151,000 total.

Burning through two time banks, Koop opted to fold.

Player	Chips	Progress
Yi-Jhen Ke	326,000 326,000	326,000
Niko Koop	169,000 169,000	169,000

Tags: Niko Koop Yi-Jhen Ke

09-05-2025 17:27 UTC+9

Shen Eliminated by [Removed:547]

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 8 : Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

In the secondary tournament area, a preflop raising war unfolded in which Trung Hieu Nguyen squeezed to 75,000. Zihao Shen then jammed for 270,500 and [Removed:546] called, while Nguyen folded with a big portion of his stack invested already.

Zihao Shen: A♦K♣ All in
[Removed:546]: A♣A♠

The aces had a sweat to endure on the Q♦Q♣4♦5♦7♠ board but held to dispatch Shen.

Player	Chips	Progress
[Removed:546]	800,000 550,000	550,000
Trung Hieu Nguyen	100,000 100,000	100,000
Zihao Shen	Busted

Tags: Trung Hieu Nguyen Zihao Shen

09-05-2025 17:23 UTC+9

Ace from Space Saves Wu

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Connor Richards

Level 8 : 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

Ngoc Phuong Nguyen opened to 10,000 in the cutoff and Yuhang Liu three-bet to 30,000 on the button. Meng Wu then four-bet jammed a stack of 121,000 in the small blind and Nguyen folded before Liu called with a bigger stack.

Meng Wu: A♠K♦ All in
Yuhang Liu: Q♠Q♦

Liu's queens were still ahead after the 4♣2♠6♥ flop and 7♣ turn, but the river brought the A♦ to give Wu the winner for a double.

Player	Chips	Progress
Yuhang Liu	350,000 200,000	200,000
Meng Wu	261,000 16,000	16,000
Ngoc Phuong Nguyen	228,000

Tags: Meng Wu Ngoc Phuong Nguyen Yuhang Liu

Level: 8

Blinds: 3,000/6,000

Ante: 6,000

09-05-2025 17:18 UTC+9

O'Dwyer Calls a Duong Bet

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Connor Richards

Level 7 : Blinds 2,500/5,000, 5,000 ante

In a four-way pot on a flop of K♦2♥5♣, Steve O'Dwyer bet 10,000 and was called by Evgenii Shilin and Dac Dung Duong, while Dylan Foster folded.

All three players checked on the K♠ turn. Duong then bet 50,000 on the 5♠ river and O'Dwyer called, while Shilin verbally announced a fold with emphasis.

Duong showed K♥Q♣ for a full house and O'Dwyer mucked in defeat.

Player	Chips	Progress
Dylan Foster	363,000
Steve O'Dwyer	331,000 157,000	157,000

Evgenii Shilin	258,000 23,000	23,000
Dac Dung Duong	244,000 244,000	244,000

Tags: Dac Dung Duong Dylan Foster Evgenii Shilin Steve O'Dwyer

09-05-2025 17:11 UTC+9

Recent Casualties in the Field

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 7 : Blinds 2,500/5,000, 5,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Anatolii Krivolutskii	Busted
Tan Kean Wei	Busted
Jufranri Lim	Busted
Ehsan Amiri	Busted
Andreas Blaskov	Busted
Chao Duan	Busted
Dajie Zhuo	Busted
Hang Xu	Busted
Nariman Yaghmai	Busted
Benedikt Wenzel	Busted
Wei Zhu	Busted
Chung Ching Cheung	Busted
Wen Wei Tang	Busted
Boris Kolev	Busted

Sergei Kharchenko	Busted

09-05-2025 17:05 UTC+9

Wang Gets a Shove Through; Vierling Doubles

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 7 : Blinds 2,500/5,000, 5,000 ante

Yang Wang raised to 10,500 and called a three-bet to 35,000 by Yeo Kian Howe, which led them to the Q♣9♥7♠ flop. Wang checked and Howe continued for 30,000. After using one time bank, Wang jammed for 138,500 and Howe folded.

Two hands later, Jessica Vierling was all-in with a short stack holding the A♠J♣ and up against the A♣4♣ of Zachary Habayeb. The kicker played on the 8♥7♠3♦K♠3♥ board for the full double.

Player	Chips	Progress
Yeo Kian Howe	605,000 605,000	605,000
Zachary Habayeb	425,000 25,000	25,000
Yang Wang	251,000 251,000	251,000
Jessica Vierling	131,000 69,000	69,000

Tags: Jessica Vierling Yang Wang Yeo Kian Howe Zachary Habayeb

09-05-2025 17:00 UTC+9

Aces Full for Okamoto

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Connor Richards

Level 7 : Blinds 2,500/5,000, 5,000 ante

Joshua McCully opened to 10,000 in the cutoff and Congya Zhang and Shiina Okamoto called in the blinds.

Zhang and Okamoto both checked on the flop of A♠A♦3♦ and McCully continued for 8,000. Both opponents called. All three players then checked on the 3♥ turn.

Zhang checked once more on the 6♣ turn and Okamoto bet 12,000. Only McCully called. Okamoto showed A♣8♣ for aces full of threes and McCully mucked in defeat.

Player	Chips	Progress
Joshua McCully	622,000 47,000	47,000
Shiina Okamoto	571,000 120,000	120,000

Congya Zhang	153,000 50,000	50,000

Tags: Congya Zhang Joshua McCully Shiina Okamoto