Inaugural Triton One Festival Awards Over $19.6 Million In Prize Money

The inaugural Triton One series is now officially in the books, with more than $19.6 million in total prize money awarded across the 10-event festival that ran from Sept. 2-8 at Landing Casino Jeju.

A total of 3,541 entries were made along the way, including a record-setting field of 1,185 that turned out for the $3,000 kickoff event and 1,046 that posted $8,000 in the main event. Joshua Gebissa wrote his name in the history books as the first player to take down a Triton One main event, earning $975,225 for the win.

Card Player took a closer look at the results from the first half of the series in an earlier article. Below, we will cover the remaining champions that were crowned down the stretch in South Korea.

$2,000 No-Limit Hold’em Eight Max

The first Triton Poker event was held in 2016. Nearly a decade later, Xuan Liu became the first female champion on the tour with her victory in the 2025 Triton Montenegro WPT Global Slam $25,000 event. The fledgling Triton One tour saw a woman win an event at its very first stop thanks to Yoko Sasaki’s triumph in the $2,000 buy-in no-limit hold’em eight max.

The Japanese player outlasted 169 entries to lock up the trophy and $69,000 in prize money. This was her first recorded live tournament score.

Australia’s Josh McCully finished second for $46,800, but was not yet finished making deep runs at this festival.

$20,000 No-Limit Hold’em

While Triton One offers plenty of more affordable buy-in events for players looking to get the Triton experience at a lower price point, it only makes sense that the brand built on nosebleed-stakes tournaments would include a few high rollers as well. One such tournament was the $20,000 buy-in that ran on Sept. 6. With 56 entries, the prize pool grew to nearly $1.1 million.

Chenxiang Miao emerged victorious in the end, earning $315,000 for the win. This was a new top score for the Chinese player, topping the $210,000 he earned with a win in a WPT Prime event in Korea last fall.

Josh McCully backed up his second-place showing in the previous event with another runner-up finish in this one. He took home $226,000 this time around, and added another $23,800 with a third cash a few days later. All told, he cashed for nearly a quarter of a million dollars during this series.

Other notables who made the money in this event included high-stakes superstars Kiat Lee (7th) and Isaac Haxton (4th).

$2,000 No-Limit Hold’em Eight Max

Another $2,000 buy-in eight-max no-limit hold’em event drew 132 entries. Vietnam’s Khoa Anh Ngo came out on top in the end, earning $58,700 as the last player standing. This came just a couple of days removed from his ninth-place showing in the $3,000 buy-in QQPK Genesis tournament that kicked off the series. That deep run came with $38,202 in prize money.

Niko Koop, who finished fourth in the $5,000 bounty quattro event for $38,300, placed sixth in this one for another $13,700.

$2,000 No-Limit Hold’em Bounty Quatro

World Series of Poker bracelet winner Samuel Mullur came out on top of a field of 189 entries in the $2,000 buy-in bounty quattro event, earning $72,000 as the champion. The Austrian high roller now has nearly $6.1 million in career cashes to his name, with more than $2.7 million of that coming from his win in the 2023 WSOP Paradise $25,000 buy-in.

Mullur finished sixth in the kickoff event earlier this series as well, adding $99,500 with that strong showing.

Romania’s Iulian-Remus Blebea was the runner-up, earning $47,000 for his efforts. This score grew his lifetime hail to nearly $923,000.

$15,000 No-Limit Hold’em

The last event to wrap up at this stop was a $15,000 high roller. The event drew a sizable field of 353 entries, resulting in a prize pool of nearly $5 million. Singapore’s Jun Hao Wu walked away with $969,000 for the win. This was his second career title on the live circuit, and by far his largest payday. He now has more than $1.5 million in lifetime cashes.

The final table featured several big names, including two-time Card Player Player of the Year award winner Stephen Chidwick (8th), triple crown winner Michael Watson (5th), and Ebony Kenney (2nd). This the second-largest score for Kenney, who previously finished fifth in a $200,000 Triton Invitational for $1.7 million. She now has nearly $3.3 million in total earnings.

Kenney also finished ninth in a $10,000 mystery bounty event earlier in the series for $60,000.

Photos provided by Triton Poker.