Joshua Figuerres raised it up to 16,000 in the cutoff and he called a three-bet to 55,000 by Niklas Deitmer in the small blind. The 10♦10♠6♣ flop saw Deitmer downsize to 28,000 and Figuerres call. Both checked the 55d] on the turn and Deitmer jammed the 7♦ river for 170,000.
Figuerres looked him up with the A♠10♥ for trips tens, leaving Deitmer's K♠K♥ second-best.
The year 2025 may go down as one of the best stretches in history for women in poker, and it started weeks before Shiina Okamoto won her second straight World Series of Poker (WSOP) Ladies Event or Leo Margets became the first woman in poker's modern era to make the final table of the Main Event.
Indeed, the landmark year for women in poker kicked off in May when longtime pro Xuan Liu made history by becoming the first woman to win a Triton Poker title. Months after taking down the WPT Global Slam at Triton Montenegro for a career-best $860,000, Liu is back on the Triton battlefield and seeking another title at the inaugural Triton ONE festival on South Korea's Jeju Island.
It was here that PokerNews caught up with Liu to talk about the historic victory, the role tournament poker plays in her life today and what the future holds for a grinder who is always looking to "reinvent myself."
Justin Steinbrenner made it 16,000 to go from an early position and Thi Xoa Nguyen peeled from the big blind to the 5♦3♠2♥ flop, on which she check-called for 23,000. Nguyen also checked the 5♣ turn and Steinbrenner now bet 40,000. Nguyen check-raised to 225,000 and Steinbrenner got the last 211,000 into the middle.
Justin Steinbrenner: 7♠7♥ 
Thi Xoa Nguyen: A♣10♠
Nguyen had two over cards and a gutshot, neither of which came on the 2♣ river.
Jessica Vierling opened to 16,000 in the hijack and Ehsan Amiri called from the next seat as Tharit Nanthana defended his big blind.
Nanthana checked on the flop of K♦5♣J♥ and Vierling continued for 18,000. Both opponents folded.
Level: 9
Blinds: 4,000/8,000
Ante: 8,000
Howard Chuang took a flip with [QhQc against the A♦K♦ of Mi Deng and held on the 10♥8♥2♣4♦3♥ board to double.
One hand later, most of the profit vanished when he took on Anton Lu, limping in the small blind and calling a raise to 21,000 to the J♥10♦8♠ flop. Chuang check-raised from 30,000 to 80,000 and then called Lu's shove for 223,000.
Anton Lu: Q♥Q♦
Howard Chuang: 10♥8♣
Lu missed on the K♦ turn but gained equity, then struck gold with the Q♠ river.
Deng never recovered from the previous coin flip and got the last of it in with A♦J♣ against the 3♣3♦ of Daniel Rezaei. The Q♥J♦2♣8♦3♥ runout was a cruel one as Rezaei rivered the set.
Nevan Chang four-bet jammed for a stack of 135,000 and was called by cutoff three-bettor Koichi Chiba.
Nevan Chang: A♣J♦
Koichi Chiba: J♠J♣
Chang had one overcard and broadway options. He made sure of survival thanks to the over card as the ace came on the A♥10♣7♥2♥6♣ runout.
Hao Tian opened to 13,000 from the hijack and got three callers, including Meng-Ling Lin in the small blind.
Action checked to Rowan Wong on the flop of Q♥8♠2♥ and he bet 27,000. Lin called and Tian check-raised to 100,000. Wong folded and Lin back-jammed for 261,000 to bring a call from Tian, who had slightly less.
Hao Tian: A♣A♦
Meng-Ling Lin: K♥Q♣
Tian had the goods and his aces held up as the board finished out J♠7♦.
The action folded all the way to Tuck Wai Foo in the small blind and he simply raised it up to 100,000. Yunkyu Song had a mere 43,000 left in the big blind and opted to call all-in with a face card.
Yunkyu Song: K♦5♣
Tuck Wai Foo: 8♠8♣
No king came on the J♠7♦2♦A♠J♣ board to knock out the American with Korean roots.
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