Kiat Lee Wins Jeju Mystery Bounty For Fourth Triton Title

Eighteen months ago, Kiat Lee won his first Triton Super High Roller Series title in Jeju, South Korea. He’d been hunting for a trident trophy ever since a second-place finish in a Triton Cyprus event back in April 2022, which was the first Triton event he ever played. At his 18th career final table on the high-stakes tour, Lee finally broke through.

A second Triton title followed that May, in Montenegro, and in March of this year, a third trophy was added to Lee’s trophy case at another Jeju stop.

The Malaysian pro struck again at Les A Casino in Jeju, winning his fourth Triton trophy and at least $939,000 in a $40,000 mystery bounty no-limit hold’em event. Lee’s first-place payout was worth $619,000, but he collected eight mystery bounty envelopes worth a minimum of $40,000 each. He stands likely to clear $1 million when the mystery bounty envelopes are opened in a special ceremony on Friday in Jeju.

This latest win earned him 924 Card Player Player of the Year points, which puts him at 4,157 POY points for the year. That’s good for 26th place in the 2026 POY race, presented by CoinPoker.

Lee battled his way through a field of 133 high rollers, producing a total prize pool of $5,320,000. That sum was divided evenly into a main prize pool of $2,660,000, and $2,660,000 in mystery bounty prizes. A total of 33 players reached day 2, and became eligible for bounty prizes, and 23 players reached the money to claim a piece of the primary prize pool.

A Long Day To Victory

The second day of this $40,000 mystery bounty tournament can be broken down into several segments. The first was the journey from 33 players down to the money at 23, during which Lee was short-stacked and at risk.

From there to the final table, Lee went on a rush and played a pair of pots that are typical of the type of rollercoaster action that results from a mystery bounty format. Lee more than tripled up and earned one of the two bounties at stake when his pocket kings held against A♠K♠, A♣J♠, and A♦10♥. A short time later, Lee picked up pocket aces in the big blind and covered three all-in players at risk.

He took out some true heavy hitters, eliminating Seth Davies in 11th place ($52,000), Samuel Mullur in 10th place ($52,000), and Phil Ivey in ninth place ($62,000). Lee then coolered David Coleman out of the tournament in eighth place ($77,500), as both players made aces up. Lee’s aces and sixes pipped Coleman’s aces and fours to send the bracelet winner to the rail.

That set up an official final table, with Lee holding more than three times as many chips as any of the other remaining players. It was far from a simple run to the title for Lee from there, though.

Riding The Wave

American Alex Anton, who started the final table in a distant second place, won a series of pots from Lee that allowed Anton to take over the chip lead. England’s Joe Hindry, at the second final table of his first-ever Triton stop, fell in seventh place ($105,000) in this event when his A♥J♦ couldn’t beat Jamil Wakil’s A♠K♠.

Three-time Triton champion Kayhan Mokri experienced serious swings during his time at the final table. Despite tripling up twice, Mokri eventually ran head-first into Wakil’s flopped set of aces and went out in sixth place ($142,000). Lee recovered a few chips when he picked off a severely short-stacked Sirzat Hissou, turning 6♣3♥ into a rivered straight. Hissou, who hails from Germany, earned one of the biggest Triton cashes of his career, taking home $184,000 for a fifth-place showing.

💥 DOUBLE TROUBLE! Jamil Wakil has his eyes set on collecting two bounties at once at the final table. Let the cards fly. pic.twitter.com/HNGbZffusc

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Four-handed play turned into a heads-up match in the blink of an eye. Six-time Triton champion Punnat Punsri got all-in with A♥9♦, and Anton risked his chips with A♦K♦. Wakil had both players covered, but needed help with K♠J♣. The board ran out K♣J♥8♠9♥5♥, and Wakil’s two pair earned him a pair of bounties. Punsri, with fewer chips, finished in fourth place ($229,000), while Anton earned $279,000 for making the podium.

With this fourth-place finish, worth 462 POY points, Punsri passed Brandon Wilson to take the No. 1 spot in the 2026 Card Player POY race. The Thai all-time money leader, who finished second to Jesse Lonis on the 2025 leaderboard, now has nearly $39.5 million in career cashes to his name.

Lee Strikes Again

Wakil held a substantial lead going into heads-up play, with 89 big blinds to Lee’s 18. The Canadian was on the precipice of his own breakthrough, with his 18th cash and sixth final table on the tour.

AND THE FINAL BOUNTY FALLS!

Kiat Lee sends Jamil Wakil home and pockets one last envelope. The king collects everything. GG! pic.twitter.com/2YHo40oqb9

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Lee quickly found a set of sixes to double up. Within a few more hands, the stacks had pulled virtually even. Lee edged ahead, and on the final hand, his J♣10♣ found a pair of tens on the flop to beat Wakil’s A♥6♠ to secure victory.

Both players had six mystery bounties going into heads-up play. With his elimination of Wakil in second place ($419,000), along with keeping his own bounty as the champion, Lee set himself up for a lucrative day of bounty pulls on Friday.

“Overwhelming,” Lee said, following his victory. “To be fair, I was pretty lucky most of the time. I got all the hands and the board was running over me. I just got lucky.”

Lee now has $27,593,086 in total recorded tournament earnings. Nearly $24 million comes from his success in Triton events.

Final Table Results

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