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Lun Loon open-jammed for 1,600,000 on the button and Xuan Liu called in the small blind to put him at risk.
Lun Loon: A♥9♦ 
Xuan Liu: Q♥Q♠
Loon couldn't pull ahead as the board ran out 2♦K♣8♦9♥Q♦ to mark Loon's elimination for $160,000.
2026 Triton Poker Series Jeju II
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Daniel Dvoress raised to 200,000 from under the gun and Candy Lin called in the hijack before Ben Tollerene three-bet jammed for 1,825,000 on the button. Dvoress four-bet to 4,000,000 and Lin got out of the way.
Ben Tollerene: A♣J♣
Daniel Dvoress: Q♣Q♥
The flop of 7♠8♣10♥ gave Tollerene gutshot outs, but the board bricked out 6♠10♦ to mark his elimination in eighth place for $118,000.
We have reached the final table in $30,000 NLH 8-Handed, and Daniel Dvoress is looking to go wire-to-wire after starting the day with the chip lead.
Dvoress still maintains the chip lead at a stacked final table that includes second all-time money leader Stephen Chidwick, American crusher Ben Tollerene and first-ever Triton woman champion Xuan Liu.
Take a look at the final table chip counts below.
$30,000 NLH 8-Handed Final Table Chip Counts
| Rank | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Daniel Dvoress | Canada | 6,775,000 | 68 |
| 2 | Lun Loon | Malaysia | 4,175,000 | 42 |
| 3 | Xuan Liu | Canada | 3,775,000 | 38 |
| 4 | Stephen Chidwick | United Kingdom | 3,650,000 | 37 |
| 5 | Candy Lin | Taiwan | 3,600,000 | 36 |
| 6 | Ben Tollerene | United States | 2,075,000 | 21 |
| 7 | Jingyao Yan | China | 1,775,000 | 18 |
| 8 | Gytis Lazauninkas | Lithuania | 1,175,000 | 12 |
Cards are in the air and action is underway in $40,000 NLH Mystery Bounty, an event that will see half of a prize pool going towards coveted mystery bounties.
Players start the event with 200,000 chips and will play 35-minute levels. Day 1 will play until 25% of the field remains, at which point players will bag before returning for Day 2 tomorrow.
PokerNews has walked through the field and can confirm that plenty of crushers are already here. That includes Aleksejs Ponakovs, Christoph Vogelsang, Sam Greenwood, Artur Martirosian and Jesse Lonis, who yesterday gave Martirosian a lesson on how to play pocket tens.
Here is a look at the remaining payouts in $30,000 NLH 8-Handed with just 16 players remaining.
Each player is guaranteed at least $57,000, while $942,000 awaits the eventual champion.
| Place | Prize |
|---|---|
| 1 | $942,000 |
| 2 | $638,000 |
| 3 | $424,000 |
| 4 | $348,000 |
| 5 | $279,000 |
| 6 | $217,000 |
| 7 | $160,000 |
| 8 | $118,000 |
| 9 | $94,000 |
| 10 | $79,000 |
| 11 | $79,000 |
| 12 | $69,000 |
| 13 | $69,000 |
| 14 | $63,000 |
| 15 | $63,000 |
| 16 | $57,000 |
As Day 2 of $30,000 Triton NLH - 8-Handed gets underway, take a look at the chip counts among the 18 remaining players.
| Rank | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Daniel Dvoress | Canada | 2,590,000 | 43 |
| 2 | Xuan Liu | Canada | 2,360,000 | 39 |
| 3 | Candy Lin | Taiwan | 2,185,000 | 36 |
| 4 | Ren Lin | China | 2,170,000 | 36 |
| 5 | Nick Petrangelo | United States | 1,920,000 | 32 |
| 6 | Ben Tollerene | United States | 1,885,000 | 31 |
| 7 | Lun Loon | Malaysia | 1,805,000 | 30 |
| 8 | Danny Tang | Hong Kong | 1,720,000 | 29 |
| 9 | Batuhan Yildiz | Turkey | 1,395,000 | 23 |
| 10 | Qiang Liu | China | 1,300,000 | 22 |
| 11 | Alex Kulev | Bulgaria | 1,200,000 | 20 |
| 12 | Stephen Chidwick | United Kingdom | 1,170,000 | 20 |
| 13 | Joao Simao | Brazil | 1,055,000 | 18 |
| 14 | Jingyao Yan | China | 1,015,000 | 17 |
| 15 | Ryuta Nakai | Japan | 955,000 | 16 |
| 16 | Samuel Mullur | Austria | 830,000 | 14 |
| 17 | Gytis Lazauninkas | Lithuania | 775,000 | 13 |
| 18 | Kazuomi Furuse | Japan | 700,000 | 12 |
If you're experiencing déjà vu at Triton Super High Roller Series Jeju II, your name might be Xuan Liu or Daniel Dvoress.
Last year, the two Canadaians got heads-up in Montenegro as Liu bested Dvoress to win $860,000 and make history as the first-ever female Triton champion.
"I felt like I was on top of the world for just a minute there," Liu told PokerNews at last year's Triton Jeju festival.
And now, a year later, the two are running deep together in $30,000 Triton NLH - 8-Handed. Dvoress bagged the Day 1 chip lead with 18 players remaining, while Liu ended the day second in chips after securing a double up through Jingyao Yan.
Let's see if Liu can win a second Triton title, or if Dvoress will get revenge against his fellow Canadian crusher.
It's time for another day of high-stakes poker action at the Triton Super High Roller Series Jeju II on South Korea's Jeju Island.
First up is the second and final day of the $30,000 buy-in #6 Triton NLH - 8-Handed, an event that drew 135 runners for a prize pool of $4,050,000.
Leading the way among 18 remaining players is the bird-loving Daniel Dvoress with a stack of 2,590,000, while Triton's first-ever female champion Xuan Liu is close behind with a stack of 2,590,000. Interestingly enough, these two battled it out heads-up when Liu won her maiden title.
The event will award $942,000, while each returning player is guaranteed a payout of at least $51,000.
Today will also see the start of the $40,000 buy-in #7 Triton NLH 7-Handed - Mystery Bounty. Expect some fun bounties draws in that event once action kicks off at 3 p.m. local time.
Day 6 Schedule: Wednesday, September 9
| Date | Time | Event | Buy-In | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep-08 | 1:00 PM | #6 Triton NLH - 8-Handed (Day 2) | $30,000 | 18 players remain |
| Sep-09 | 3:00 PM | #7 Triton NLH 7-Handed - Mystery Bounty | $40,000 | Day 1 |
