Prior to this week, Joshua Gebissa’s best live tournament result amounted to $45,262, courtesy of pulling a big mystery bounty in Prague. But under the bright lights of the first ever Triton One main event in Jeju, South Korea, the 30-year-old from Germany smashed that number to pieces.
Gebissa earned $975,225 in the $8,000 buy-in Triton One Jeju main event, outlasting a field of 1,046 entrants. He came from behind to defeat Punnat Punsri heads-up, and by nature of the deal they made, Punsri walked away with the biggest prize, $1,205,775. This marquee event of the debut mid-stakes series, operated by the longtime super high roller specialists at Triton, was a rousing success with a prize pool of over $7.6 million.
According to a post from Triton CEO Andy Wong, Gebissa won his way into this event via satellite.
Huge congratulations to Joshua Gebissa on making Triton history!
From satellite entry to Main Event champion. This is what Triton ONE is all about.
Enjoy the win, legend. https://t.co/7ZcaJnxAFV
— Andy Wong (@AndyWongTriton) September 8, 2025
“I was kind of happy to play with him,” Gebissa told Triton reporters when asked about squaring off against Punsri. “Kind of a legend of the game, to play him heads up versus him for a big trophy, can’t get much better than this, I think.”
For Punsri, it’s his second major windfall of the year in Jeju. Back in March, Punsri won a $125,000 buy-in Triton Super High Roller Series event for $2,594,555. In March of 2024, Punsri won a $50,000 Triton event for another $2 million.
After this most recent event, which earned Punsri 1,600 Card Player Player of the Year points, Punsri now sits in third place in the race, presented by CoinPoker.
A Deep Final Table
Gebissa was essentially tied for the chip lead at the start of the final table, facing down a final table that was deeper than just Punsri, the winningest player in the history of Thailand with over $27.4 million in cashes to his name.
Artur Martirosyan, a three-time World Series of Poker bracelet winner and high roller regular, was in the mix. Igor Yaroshevskyy, a two-time Triton high roller winner, also claimed his spot among the final nine.
Punsri started his move to the top of the chip counts on the first hand of the final table. Sergi Petrushevskii flopped top pair, top kicker with A♦K♣ and ran head-first into Punsri’s pocket aces.
Yaroshevekyy was the next to go, in eighth, after his flopped trip eights fell to Daiki Shingae’s runner-runner jacks for a full house. On the next hand, Shigae increased his chip lead by knocking out Kaoru Kishimoto in seventh.
Martirosian attempted a six-bet jam against Punsri with A♣3♣, and ran into Punsri’s A♦K♠. The board ran out clean, Martirosian went out in sixth, and Punsri scooped a massive pot. Martirosian was at his 13th final table of the year, having won two titles including this year’s WSOP $25,000 heads-up championship. With 7,155 total points, he has climbed to second place in the POY standings, just ahead of Punsri.
Punsri Finds A Massive Call
Punsri appeared unbeatable for a stretch, and that continued in another giant pot. On a board of J♥5♦2♠, Punsri and Dajie Zhuo went to war. The chips went in, and Punsri’s A♥J♠ had Zhuo K♥J♣ in bad shape. Punsri held, bouncing Zhuo in fifth, and his stack grew to contain more than half of the chips in play.
Shingae made a move of his own, eliminating Ruogo Wen in fourth as pocket sixes held off Wen’s K♠Q♠. By that point, Shingae and Punsri were neck-and-neck, and Shingae managed to pull well ahead. That momentum ceased in an instant, though. In a massive turn of events, Shingae shoved the river with a busted straight draw, and Punsri eventually called with third pair.
Gebissa, who spent a long stretch as the distant third-place stack, doubled through Shingae with K♥J♥ against K♣3♥. Left with just a nub of a stack, Shingae picked up pocket kings with a chance to double. Gebissa held A♠Q♦. Shingae turned a set of kings, but it would ultimately be his undoing as Gebissa rivered a Broadway straight.
Gebissa’s Heads-Up Comeback
After all of that chaos, heads-up play began with Punsri holding a 3.7-to-1 chip lead. He and Gebissa made a chip chop deal, leaving $55,000 more for the eventual champion.
With most of the money accounted for, heads-up play could’ve been brief. But Gebissa would not go quietly. He doubled with pocket tens to Punsri’s A♦8♥, and then edged into the chip lead when he flopped top two-pair with K♠Q♥ and Punsri bluffed the river with a busted heart draw.
The tournament ultimately hinged on a single pot. Gebissa flopped trips with A♣7♣ on a Q♣7♥7♦ board, and Punsri had Q♦2♥. Gebissa held, and Punsri was left with just a few chips. He’d double twice, but the third time was the charm for Gebissa.
🔥 “The name is Joshua Gebissa.”
The 1st Triton ONE Main Event Champion. pic.twitter.com/sfd3v7Ihtt
— Triton ONE Poker (@TritonOnePoker) September 8, 2025
Gebissa’s 8♦7♣ connected with an A♣7♦4♣ flop, and Punsri needed help with J♥6♦ to survive. He turned a considerable amount of outs with the 5♦, but the Q♣ river secured the title for Gebissa.
Final Table Results
| Place | Player | Payout | POY Points |
| 1 | Joshua Gebissa | $975,225 | 1920 |
| 2 | Punnat Punsri | $1,205,775 | 1600 |
| 3 | Daiki Shingae | $573,000 | 1280 |
| 4 | Ruogo Wen | $431,000 | 960 |
| 5 | Dajie Zhuo | $328,000 | 800 |
| 6 | Artur Martirosian | $241,300 | 640 |
| 7 | Kaoru Kishimoto | $183,000 | 480 |
| 8 | Igor Yaroshevskyy | $130,558 | 320 |
| 9 | Sergei Petrushevskii | $101,700 | 160 |
Photo credits: Triton Poker.
