Event #9: $100,000 Triton Main Event Day 2 | 2025 WSOP Paradise

12-10-2025 15:53 UTC-4

Player	Chips	Progress
Chin Wei Lim	Busted

Chris Hunichen	Busted

Kristen Foxen	Busted

Thomas Eychenne	Busted
Roeland Peeks	Busted
Fabian Gumz	Busted
Masashi Oya	Busted

Alexander Tkatschew	Busted
Michael Moncek	Busted

Michael Soyza	Busted
Ren Lin	Busted
Laszlo Bujtas	Busted

Ponakovs Doubles

Calum Grant

Level 11 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Daniel Rezaei opened to 20,000 from under the gun and called when Aleksejs Ponakovs made it 65,000 from the button.

Rezaei check-called for 110,000 on the 6♠2♦6♣ flop and did the same for 115,000 on the Q♦ turn.

The 2♥ river double-paired the board, and Rezaei checked. Ponakovs jammed for 283,000, and after some time in the tank, Rezaei called.

Ponakovs had Q♠Q♥ for queens full of sixes and collected the 1,113,000-chip pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Aleksejs Ponakovs	1,113,000 570,000	570,000

Daniel Rezaei	969,000 489,000	489,000

Tags: Aleksejs Ponakovs Daniel Rezaei

12-10-2025 15:38 UTC-4

Big Huni Busts to Biao

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Tyler Boyer

Level 11 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Ding Biao raised to 20,000 from early position, before Chris Hunichen three-bet to 48,000 on his direct left. It folded back to Biao who made the call.

The flop came 7♥4♠6♣ and Biao checked to Hunichen who fired out 50,000, and Biao raised to put Hunichen all in for 202,000, which he called.

Chris Hunichen: K♠Q♥ All in
Ding Biao: A♦6♦

Biao flopped a pair, but the 6♥ on the turn gave him trips, leaving Hunichen drawing dead. The river was the 3♣ to officially eliminate Hunichen.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ding Biao	1,200,000
Chris Hunichen	Busted

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12-10-2025 15:37 UTC-4

Watson Loses a Big Flip

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Calum Grant

Level 11 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Yang Wang raised to 22,000 from the cutoff before Mike Watson three-bet to 60,000 from the button. Wang, the slightly bigger stack, moved all in. Watson, who started the hand with 349,000, called for his tournament life.

Mike Watson: Q♥Q♣ All in
Yang Wang: A♦K♣

Wang immediately took the lead, paring his ace on the A♥5♥2♦ flop. The 3♠ turn brought in some chop outs, but Watson's run ended after the 8♠ river.

Player	Chips	Progress
Yang Wang	797,000 319,000	319,000
Mike Watson	Busted

Tags: Mike Watson Yang Wang

12-10-2025 15:35 UTC-4

No Sweat Double for Hajiyev

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Tyler Boyer

Level 11 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Action was picked up with Ramin Hajiyev all in for roughly 150,000, and Alexander Tkatschew putting him at risk.

Ramin Hajiyev: A♣K♥ All in
Alexander Tkatschew: A♠Q♠

Hajiyev had Tkatschew dominated, and when the board ran out 5♥7♦6♥10♠4♣ Hajiyev's ace-king was still best, giving him the double-up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ramin Hajiyev	330,000
Alexander Tkatschew	70,000

Tags: Alexander Tkatschew Ramin Hajiyev

12-10-2025 15:34 UTC-4

Chidwick Sends Von Kriegenbergh to the Beach

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Calum Grant

Level 11 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Stephen Chidwick opened to 20,000 from the button and called when Taylor von Kriegenbergh made it 65,000 from the small blind.

Von Kriegenbergh jammed for 155,000 on the 10♦7♦6♣ flop, and after using several time banks, Chidwick called.

Taylor von Kriegenbergh: JxJx All in
Stephen Chidwick: A♣9♣

Von Kriegenbergh looked poised for a double-up after the K♠ turn, but Chidwick made a straight on the 8♥ river to score an early bust out.

"Guess I can go to the beach after all," said Von Kriegenbergh as he exited the table.

Player	Chips	Progress
Stephen Chidwick	473,000

Taylor von Kriegenbergh	Busted

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12-10-2025 15:30 UTC-4

Aces in the Big Blind for the Chip Leader

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Tyler Boyer

Level 11 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

Action folded to Thomas Eychenne in the small blind who limped in, and the big blind Ye Wang rasied to 30,000. Eychenne then three-bet all in for his stack of 250,000, and Wang snap-called.

Thomas Eychenne: 9♥9♣ All in
Ye Wang: A♠A♦

It was a blind-on-blind cooler as Eychenne ran into Wang's aces, and when the board ran out 5♠6♣10♣8♠5♥ the aces of Wang were still best, eliminating Eychenne.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ye Wang	1,773,000 245,000	245,000

Thomas Eychenne	Busted

Tags: Thomas Eychenne Ye Wang

12-10-2025 15:23 UTC-4

Updates Begin

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Calum Grant

Level 11 : Blinds 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante

The PokerNews updates will now start.

Level: 11

Blinds: 5,000/10,000

Ante: 10,000

12-10-2025 14:44 UTC-4

Payouts Set for the $100,000 Triton Main Event at WSOP Paradise

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Calum Grant

The payouts are locked in for the $100,000 Triton Main Event, and this year’s edition has blown past expectations.

A total of 237 entries were recorded, a massive jump of 55 more entries than last year’s 182-runner field. That surge pushed the prize pool to $23,700,000, making it one of the richest events of the entire WSOP Paradise schedule.

The top 36 players will walk away with a cash, with a min-cash worth $164,000 and everyone who reaches the final table guaranteed at least $495,000. The serious money lives up top, though, with the champion set to bank $4,750,000, while the runner-up will collect $3,160,000.

Place	Prize
1	$4,750,000
2	$3,160,000
3	$2,311,000
4	$1,865,000
5	$1,462,000
6	$1,107,000
7	$813,000
8	$597,000
9	$495,000
10–11	$415,000
12–13	$363,000
14–15	$327,000
16–17	$291,000
18–20	$256,000
21–23	$232,000
24–27	$208,000
28–31	$185,000
32–39	$164,000