button in SafariYiwen Yuan Aiming to Become Triton's First Female Main Event Champion as ONE Final Table Gets Underway; Badziakouski Hunting Third Main Event Title
This year is Triton Poker's tenth anniversary. In the decade of its existence, the esteemed poker tour has reached many milestones. However, one fact sticks out in Triton Poker's rich history: no female player has ever won a Main Event.
That could change today, as Chinese native Yiwen Yuan is one of 9 players who battled their way through a field of 1,006 entries to reach the final table of the $8,000 Triton ONE North Cyprus Main Event. With 31,100,000 to her name, worth over 50 big blinds when play resumes at noon local time in the Merit Royal Diamond Hotel & Spa, she will begin the finale in third place, with only Mauritania's Mohamed El-Wely (43,700,000), and chipleader Alex Anton (62,100,000) in front of her as the battle for the biggest prizes of the $7,316,600 prize pool kick off.
Meanwhile, longtime crusher Mikita Badziakouski sits in fourth with 27,900,000. Badziakouski's impressive Triton Poker record includes five Super High Roller Series trophies, including two Main Event victories. If Badziakouski emerges as the winner today, he will become the only player to win both a Triton SRHS Main Event and a Triton ONE Main Event, as well as the only player with three Triton Main Event titles. Furthermore, the massive $1,320,000 top prize will be enough to leapfrog Adrian Mateos on the The Hendon Mob all-time money lost and reclaim the fourth spot.
Triton ONE Main Event Final Table Seat Draw
| Seat | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mikita Badziakouski | Belarus | 27,900,000 | 47 |
| 2 | Yiwen Yuan | China | 31,100,000 | 52 |
| 3 | Zhuoqun Zhang | China | 20,500,000 | 34 |
| 5 | Alex Anton | United States | 62,100,000 | 104 |
| 6 | Thore Boedefeld | Germany | 9,300,000 | 16 |
| 7 | Aleksei Istomin | Russian Federation | 13,200,000 | 22 |
| 8 | Paulius Vaitiekunas | Lithuania | 18,500,000 | 31 |
| 9 | Mohamed El-Wely | Mauritania | 43,700,000 | 73 |
| 10 | Raoul Kanme | Netherlands | 25,100,000 | 42 |
The final table will start with 11 hands left to play in Level 28: 300,000/600,000 with a 600,000 big blind ante. Each subsequent level will last 21 hands, and because this is the last day of the Main Event, play will not stop until a winner is crowned, except for the regularly scheduled breaks. The final table will be streamed live on Triton Poker's YouTube and Twitch from 1 p.m. onward, and the live report will start at the same time to prevent spoiling the action.
Meanwhile, the nine finalists have already pocketed $98,000 for their deep run. Making it one pay jump results in a six-figure score, while the top three will all get paid at least $561,000. However, only the eventual champion will add a seven-figure score to their resume, walking away with $1,320,000 in addition to the coveted Triton ONE trophy.
Triton ONE Main Event Final Table Payouts
| Place | Prize |
|---|---|
| 1 | $1,320,000 |
| 2 | $793,000 |
| 3 | $561,000 |
| 4 | $420,000 |
| 5 | $321,000 |
| 6 | $235,000 |
| 7 | $177,000 |
| 8 | $127,000 |
| 9 | $98,000 |
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