The penultimate tournament of the Triton Jeju series was a $100,000 Short Deck tournament with 34 entries and a prizepool of $3,400,000. A $1,153,000 prize awaited the winner.
Names like Mikita Badziakouski, Paul Phua, and Jason Koon battled it out for that amount at the 7-seat final table. While Jason Koon took 5th place with a $306,000 prize, Badziakouski and Phua headed straight to the final heads-up.
In that battle, Mikita Badziakouski ended up as the winner, taking home the full winner's bounty and his fifth triton trophy to boot. Phua took home $800,000 for his second place finish.
# | Name | Country | Prize |
1. | Mikita Badziakouski | Belarus | 1.153.000$ |
2. | Paul Phua | Malaysia | 800.000$ |
3. | Sun Ya Qi | China | 510.000$ |
4. | Winfred Yu | Hong Kong | 391.000$ |
5. | Jason Koon | USA | 306.000$ |
6. | Wu Xiao | China | 240.000$ |
Thelast tournament was dominated by Chidwick
The last tournament of the Triton Jeju series was a one-day $20,000 buy-in Short Deck. The entry count stopped at 42 and the prizepool was worth $840,000.
Names like Daniel Dvoress, Isaac Haxton, Stephen Chidwick, Seth Davies, and the legendary Phil Ivey sat at the final table here. The latter finished in 7th place, which meant a mincash worth $44,000.
The final heads-up match pitted Stephen Chidwick and Tan Xuan against each other. Stephen took the fight to the wire, taking home $265,000 and adding his second triton trophy to his account.
# | Name | Country | Prize |
1. | Stephen Chidwick | United Kingdom | 265.000$ |
2. | Tan Xuan | China | 191.000$ |
3. | Zhou Quan | China | 122.000$ |
4. | Daniel Dvoress | Canada | 92.000$ |
5. | Isaac Haxton | USA | 71.500$ |
6. | Seth Davies | USA | 54.500$ |
7. | Phil Ivey | USA | 44.000$ |
Source - Triton Series