The occasion description could have modified barely from 2024 to 2025, however the high-stakes poker match’s champion remained the identical.
Final 12 months Tan Xuan took down the Triton Poker Jeju $50,000 brief deck important occasion. Simply shy of a 12 months later, he received the identical buy-in providing of the identical sport on the identical pageant, however this time across the match didn’t characteristic a ‘important occasion’ designation on the schedule.
Nonetheless, Tan earned $708,000 after efficiently defending his title. This was the fifth-largest rating of the 38-year-old’s profession, and it introduced his lifetime haul to greater than $12.1 million.
Tan now has three complete Triton titles to his title, with virtually all of his lifetime match earnings coming from his success on this high-stakes-centric tour.
A complete of 45 entries have been made on this occasion, leading to a prize pool of $2,250,000. Solely the highest seven finishers cashed, with two-time bracelet winner Artur Martirosian hitting the rail on the six-figure cash bubble.
From a 45-entry area, the place every participant had three bullets, solely seven stay in Occasion #19 $50K Quick Deck at Triton Poker Sequence SHR Jeju 2025. With $708,000 up prime, the battle for the subsequent Quick Deck title is on.
Remaining Desk Lineup:Tan Xuan Michael Zhang … pic.twitter.com/ebwOzGfQfY
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Esti Wang scored the primary two knockouts on the ultimate desk, busting Wai Leong Chan (seventh – $118,000) and two-time Triton champion Daniel Dvoress (sixth – $146,000) to see him be part of Tan close to the highest of the chip counts.
Tan then eradicated five-time Triton winner Danny Tang, with center pair dodging an open-ended straight draw, to slender the sphere to 4. Tang walked away with $192,000 because the fifth-place finisher.
The following huge conflict noticed the departure of one other five-time champion on this tour. Phil Ivey, an 11-time bracelet winner, received all-in with A
J
after a Ok10
8 flop. He was up in opposition to OkQ
for Wang, who improved to kings full after a ten flip and Ok river. Ivey earned $248,000 for his efforts. The Poker Corridor of Famer now has practically $48.4 million in lifetime earnings.
Michael Zhang’s run on this occasion got here to an finish when his open-ended straight draw butted heads in opposition to the flopped two pair of Tan. Zhang was unable to enhance on the flip or river and was eradicated in third place ($326,000). The UK participant is now approaching $4.2 million in recorded match rating because of this newest podium displaying.
With that, Tan entered heads-up play with a slight lead over Wang. The 2 battled it out for some time, with Tan finally pulling away in time for the ultimate hand of the match. The chips went in preflop with Tan holding Q10 and Wang Ok9. The board got here down A96JOk and Tan made a straight on the top to win the pot and the title.
Wang settled for $512,000 because the runner-up. This was his second-largest rating but, trailing the $865,000 he secured because the Twelfth-place finisher within the Triton Million Invitational $500,000 buy-in eventually 12 months’s World Sequence of Poker Paradise collection.
Remaining Desk Outcomes
Place
Participant
Earnings
POY Factors
1
Tan Xuan
$708,000
510
2
Esti Wang
$512,000
425
3
Michael Zhang
$326,000
340
4
Phil Ivey
$248,000
255
5
Danny Tang
$192,000
213
6
Daniel Dvoress
$146,000
170
7
Wai Leong Chan
$118,000
128
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