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Chidwick and Badziakouski dominated the last Triton Jeju tournaments

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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.

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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