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

09-05-2025 13:52 UTC+9

Yang Among the Early Big Stacks

Christian Zetzsche

Level 3 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Yi Yang raised to 4,000 and was called by Steve O'Dwyer as well as Daming Kang in the big blind. On the K♦10♦5♠ flop, all three players checked to the A♥ turn and Kang led for 5,000. Yang and O'Dwyer called and they headed to the 9♣ river. Kang check-called Yang's bet of 20,000 and mucked when he was shown the A♦9♠ for two pair.

Player	Chips	Progress
Yi Yang	468,000
Daming Kang	202,000
Steve O'Dwyer	174,000 76,000	76,000

Tags: Steve O'Dwyer Yi Yang Daming Kang

09-05-2025 13:49 UTC+9

Farkas Bets Out Haxton

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Connor Richards

Level 3 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Benedek Farkas opened to 4,500 in the hijack and Isaac Haxton called in the small blind.

Haxton checked on the flop of 4♣Q♦4♠ and Farkas continued for 6,000. Haxton called. Haxton check-called again on the 5♣ turn as his opponent sized up to 18,000.

Haxton checked once more on the 3♦ river and Farkas, who is wearing a watch on both wrists, fired a final bet of 14,000. Haxton laid it down.

Player	Chips	Progress
Benedek Farkas	287,000
Isaac Haxton	157,000 37,000	37,000

Tags: Benedek Farkas Isaac Haxton

09-05-2025 13:40 UTC+9

New Entries and Assorted Short Stacks

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 3 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Mehdi Chaoui	250,000
Xuming Qi	250,000
Aleksandr Zubov	250,000
Brian Kim	250,000

Yong Li	250,000
Kaifan Wang	250,000
Kristof Mato	250,000
[Removed:546]	250,000
Tien Nguyen	73,500 20,500	20,500
Rokas Asipauskas	57,500

Viktor Yugay	55,000
Antal Mezei	49,500 200,500	200,500
Pei Li	38,000

Hao-Shan Huang	Busted
Yu Han	Busted

09-05-2025 13:31 UTC+9

Karatayeu Beats Wang in Showdown

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 3 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Rowan Wong raised to 3,500 and was called by Joseph Cheong on the button. Ivan Karatayeu three-bet to 20,000 and Wong was the only caller to the K♠3♥2♠ flop, on which Karatayeu's bet of 16,000 was called. After the A♠ turn, Karatayeu check-called for 27,000 and the A♥ river was checked by both players.

Karatayeu tabled his K♣Q♦ for aces and kings, which took down the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Joseph Cheong	362,000

Ivan Karatayeu	335,000 88,000	88,000
Rowan Wong	265,000 265,000	265,000

Tags: Ivan Karatayeu Joseph Chong Rowan Wong

Level: 3

Blinds: 1,000/2,000

Ante: 2,000

09-05-2025 13:29 UTC+9

Liu Bets Out Okamoto

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Connor Richards

Level 2 : Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

Yuhang Liu opened to 3,500 from under the gun and was called by Shiina Okamoto on the button and Curtis Knight in the small blind.

The flop of 9♦A♣8♣ checked through and Liu bet 5,500 on the 4♥ turn. Only Okamoto called.

Liu then bet 10,000 on the Q♥ river to force a fold from the Ladies Event end-boss.

Player	Chips	Progress
Yuhang Liu	253,000 116,500	116,500
Curtis Knight	253,000 253,000	253,000
Shiina Okamoto	237,000 13,000	13,000

Tags: Curtis Knight Shiina Okamoto Yuhang Liu

09-05-2025 13:22 UTC+9

Wu Takes From Lu

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 2 : Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

Ning Lu raised to 3,500 and was called by Alex Foxen on the button as well as Evgenii Shilin in the small blind. Taiwan's Chia-Yun Wu three-bet to 20,000 and earned three callers to the 10♠10♣4♥ flop. Wu continued for 15,000 and Lu now raised to 40,000, forcing out Foxen and Shilin while Wu stuck around.

Both players checked the 2♣ turn to the K♦ river on which Wu's bet came for 50,000. Lu used one time bank extension and then folded.

Player	Chips	Progress
Chia-Yun Wu	350,000
Evgenii Shilin	281,000 51,500	51,500
Alex Foxen	229,000

Ning Lu	212,000

Tags: Alex Foxen Evgenii Shilin Ning Lu Chia-Yun Wu

09-05-2025 13:16 UTC+9

Kalashnikov for Vezhenkov

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Connor Richards

Level 2 : Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

Murly Manokharan opened to 4,000 on the button and Artem Vezhenkov three-bet to 22,000 in the big blind.

Vezhenkov continued for 15,000 on the flop of 10♠2♠5♠ and Manokharan called. Both players then checked on the 4♦ turn.

The 4♣ river also checked through and Vezhenkov showed A♥K♦ to win the pot with ace-high.

Player	Chips	Progress
Artem Vezhenkov	286,000

Murly Manokharan	224,000

Tags: Artem Vezhenkov Murly Manokharan

09-05-2025 13:13 UTC+9

Day 1a Reaches Three Figures Early On

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 2 : Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

Midway through the second level of the day, the field has reached 125 entries and 123 players remain. Below are some notables that entered as of lately with nearly all tables in the main tournament area already in use.

Player	Chips	Progress
Stephen Chidwick	250,000

Shiina Okamoto	250,000

Victor Chong	250,000
Danilo Velasevic	250,000
Thomas Boivin	250,000
Jiaxian Pan	250,000
Steve O'Dwyer	250,000

09-05-2025 13:10 UTC+9

Pratipsangkorn Forces Out Lazauninkas

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 2 : Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

Metasit Pratipsangkorn raised it up to 3,500 and was three-bet to 15,000 by Gytis Lazauninkas in the small blind, which the Thai player then four-bet to 34,000. Lazauninkas called and they headed to a flop of A♦6♦2♦. The Lithuanian check-called for 15,000 and they checked the 4♣ on the turn. Lazauninkas bet the 2♥ river for 5,000 but folded when Pratipsangkorn raised to 55,000.

Player	Chips	Progress
Metasit Pratipsangkorn	304,000 304,000	304,000
Gytis Lazauninkas	300,000 53,500	53,500

Tags: Gytis Lazauninkas Metasit Pratipsangkorn