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

09-05-2025 13:03 UTC+9

No Bien for Tien

Connor Richards

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

Yunkyu Song raised to 3,500 in early position and Tien Nguyen called on the button as the big blind also called.

Action checked to Nguyen on the flop of 6♠2♣5♦ and he bet 4,500. Only Song called. Song checked again on the Q♦ turn and Nguyen bet 10,000. Song check-raised to 35,000 and Nguyen called.

The 9♦ river completed the board and Song bet 117,000. Nguyen went deep into the tank and called, only to quickly muck as Song showed K♦10♦ for a runner-runner flush.

Player	Chips	Progress
Yunkyu Song	427,000 4,500	4,500
Tien Nguyen	94,000 156,000	156,000

Tags: Tien Nguyen Yunkyu Song

09-05-2025 13:00 UTC+9

Early Chip Leaders on Day 1a

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Christian Zetzsche

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

Player	Chips	Progress
Chih-Yuan Wang	528,000 528,000	528,000

Kaiwen Wei	521,000 19,000	19,000
Ilias Aliev	478,500 11,500	11,500
Evgenii Chzhen	427,500 166,500	166,500
Yunkyu Song	422,500 172,500	172,500
Mi Deng	388,500 1,500	1,500
Yuhang Liu	369,500 119,500	119,500
Qun Dang	365,000 115,000	115,000
Gytis Lazauninkas	353,500 103,500	103,500

Level: 2

Blinds: 1,000/1,500

Ante: 1,500

09-05-2025 12:52 UTC+9

Voronin Back and in Trouble Once More

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Christian Zetzsche

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

Konstantin Voronin busted and re-entered to get a new seat assignment, after which he got into trouble once more albeit this time without showdown.

Ilias Aliev raised to 3,000 and Emilien Pitavy called, Voronin three-bet to 8,000 and Aliev's four-bet to 25,000 was only called by Voronin. On the K♥9♠4♥ flop, Aliev bet 18,000 to receive a call and then bet the 8♥ turn for 40,000, Voronin called again. Aliev checked the K♦ on the river and Voronin bet 125,000 for his opponent to call and win the pot.

There was no showdown, though, as Voronin opted to muck.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ilias Aliev	490,000 213,000	213,000
Emilien Pitavy	257,000 257,000	257,000
Konstantin Voronin	34,000 27,500	27,500

Tags: Emilien Pitavy Ilias Aliev Konstantin Voronin

09-05-2025 12:52 UTC+9

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Connor Richards

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

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09-05-2025 12:48 UTC+9

Haxton Outflopped in Six-Bet Pot

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Connor Richards

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

Isaac Haxton opened to 2,500 in the cutoff and Ruslan Khadartsev called on the button before Mi Deng three-bet to 12,500 in the small blind. Haxton four-bet to 33,500 and Khadartsev got out of the way, which proved to be the right move as Deng clicked it back to 70,000.

The raising war wasn't over as Haxton six-bet to 110,000. Deng called.

Both players then checked on the flop of 2♦A♠2♥ and Deng led out for 45,000 on the 3♥ turn. Haxton called. Deng then bet 75,000 on the Q♦ river to bring a fold from Haxton, who told the table he had pocket kings.

Player	Chips	Progress
Mi Deng	390,000
Ruslan Khadartsev	261,000
Isaac Haxton	120,000 130,000	130,000

Tags: Ruslan Khadartsev Isaac Haxton

09-05-2025 12:38 UTC+9

Voronin on Fumes Early On

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Christian Zetzsche

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

After around 20 minutes of play, table six saw a large clash in multi-way action. Kaiwan Wei raised to 3,000 and Konstantin Voronin then called. Dajie Zhuo three-bet to 15,000 and Wei called, as did Voronin.

On the J♣10♥8♣ flop, it checked to Zhuo and he bet 12,000. Wei raised to 40,000 and Voronin reraised to 150,000. Zhuo folded but Wei pushed all-in for Voronin to call.

Kaiwen Wei: K♣10♣ All in
Konstantin Voronin: K♥Q♣

The open-ended straight draw of Voronin bricked on the 8♥ turn and 6♦ river to see his stack knocked down to fumes.

He was then all-in for only 2,500 with A♥7♦ against the 10♦8♠ of Erdun Xu and survived thanks to the J♠5♣2♣4♠3♠ board.

Player	Chips	Progress
Kaiwen Wei	540,000 290,000	290,000
Erdun Xu	247,000 247,000	247,000
Dajie Zhuo	210,000 210,000	210,000
Konstantin Voronin	6,500 243,500	243,500

Tags: Dajie Zhuo Kaiwen Wei Konstantin Voronin

09-05-2025 12:33 UTC+9

New Entries in the Field

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Christian Zetzsche

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

There are now up to 74 entries in the Day 1a field and no player has been eliminated so far. Below are some of the notable faces now in contention.

Player	Chips	Progress
Yita Choong	250,000 250,000	250,000
Isaac Haxton	250,000 250,000	250,000

Stephen Song	250,000 250,000	250,000

Guoliang Wei	250,000 250,000	250,000

Kaiwen Wei	250,000 250,000	250,000

09-05-2025 12:29 UTC+9

Karatayeu Three-Bets Kolev

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Connor Richards

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

Boris Kolev opened to 2,500 in the cutoff and Ivan Karatayeu three-bet to 10,000 in the small blind. Kolev called.

Karatayeu continued for 5,500 on the flop of J♣5♣Q♠ and Kolev called. Karatayeu then slowed down with a check on the 9♥ turn and Kolev bet 26,000. Karatayeu laid it down.

Player	Chips	Progress
Boris Kolev	267,000 17,000	17,000

Ivan Karatayeu	247,000 3,000	3,000

Tags: Ivan Karatayeu Boris Kolev

09-05-2025 12:27 UTC+9

Nikiforov Loses a Bunch to Shilin

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Christian Zetzsche

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

In a four-bet pot to the K♣J♠10♦ flop on a four-handed table to start with, Ilya Nikiforov in the big blind check-called a bet of 37,000 by Evgenii Shilin. That led them to the A♠ on the turn on which Shilin now opted to bet 50,000 first to act. Nikiforov used one time bank and folded.

While the hand played out, Tamon Nakamura sat down at the table.