Triton Jeju II: Pedro Padilha Wins $50K, Alex Anton Takes $30K Turbo

Two More Champions Crowned at Triton Jeju II

The Triton Super High Roller Series Jeju II added two more champions to its roll of honor, with a Brazilian pro breaking through for a first title and a young American continuing a rapid rise on the high roller circuit.

Pedro Padilha won Event #8, the $50,000 No-Limit Hold'em 8-Handed, while Alex Anton took down Event #9, the $30,000 No-Limit Hold'em Turbo. Both events produced final tables loaded with established high stakes regulars.

Padilha Breaks Through in the $50K

Event #8 carried the largest prize pool of the festival so far. The tournament drew 129 entries, generating a prize pool of $6,450,000, with 20 places paid.

The bubble belonged to Chinese player Ren Lin, who ran into the aces of Nick Petrangelo and was eliminated one spot short of the money.

The nine-handed final table was a showcase of elite talent, featuring Phil Ivey, recent Mystery Bounty champion Wai Kiat Lee, and Finnish pro Eelis Parssinen. The action was largely controlled by three players: Alex Boika, Nick Petrangelo, and Padilha.

When Boika exited in third place, Padilha and Petrangelo agreed to an ICM deal. Padilha began heads-up play with the chip lead and quickly leveraged it to close out his first Triton title, becoming just the fourth Brazilian champion in the series' history.

In the decisive hand, Padilha moved all-in with Qc 8s, while Petrangelo called with Ks 4s looking to double up. The flop of 4h 9h Ad appeared to favor the American, but the 8c on the turn shifted the advantage to Padilha. The 3h river sealed the result.

Event #8: $50,000 NLH 8-Handed Final Table

• 1. Pedro Padilha, Brazil — $1,400,860*
• 2. Nick Petrangelo, USA — $1,201,140*
• 3. Alex Boika, Belarus — $697,000
• 4. Aren Bezhanyan, Armenia — $574,000
• 5. Wang Yang, China — $461,000
• 6. Kiat Lee, Malaysia — $361,000
• 7. Phil Ivey, USA — $271,000
• 8. Eelis Parssinen, Finland — $200,000
• 9. Sasaki Yoko, Japan — $155,000

*ICM deal

Anton Dominates a Wild Turbo

Event #9, the $30,000 NLH Turbo, delivered a fast and chaotic experience decided in a single day. It drew 70 entries for a prize pool of $2,100,000, the smallest of the current festival, with the top 11 players paid.

Ren Lin again finished on the bubble, marking his second bubble of the day.

The nine-handed final table played out as a shootout under extremely shallow stacks. The lineup included Stephen Chidwick, Adrian Mateos, Mikita Badziakouski, and Byron Kaverman, but the standout was 25-year-old American Alex Anton, a WSOP bracelet winner from this summer.

After Alisson Piekazewicz fell in third place, Anton faced four-time Triton champion Artur Martirosian heads-up. In a finale where the average stack was around six big blinds, Anton sealed the win with Kh 6s against Martirosian's 5h 3h.

With the victory, Anton became only the second player born in the 21st century — following Mehdi Chaoui in Jeju in March 2026 — to win a title on the Triton Poker circuit. He earned $577,000 along with the trophy.

Event #9: $30,000 NLH Turbo Final Table

• 1. Alex Anton, USA — $577,000
• 2. Artur Martirosian, Russia — $411,000
• 3. Alisson Piekazewicz, Brazil — $269,000
• 4. Stephen Chidwick, UK — $207,000
• 5. Adrian Mateos, Spain — $164,000
• 6. Byron Kaverman, USA — $128,000
• 7. Mikita Badziakouski, Belarus — $101,000
• 8. Winfred Yu, Hong Kong — $79,000
• 9. Chen Mingcong, China — $60,000

What the Results Show

The two events illustrate a familiar pattern on the high roller circuit. Large-field, higher buy-in events such as the $50K build substantial prize pools and attract deep, star-studded final tables, while turbo formats compress the action into a single day and often produce short-handed, high-variance finishes.

In the $50K, the ICM deal between Padilha and Petrangelo reflects a common practice in high stakes poker, where remaining players agree to redistribute payouts according to chip stacks and equity rather than playing out the full payout structure. The listed first and second place prizes therefore reflect the adjusted amounts rather than the original payout schedule.

The turbo event, by contrast, was decided largely by stack depth. With an average of roughly six big blinds at the finish, players are typically forced into push-or-fold decisions, and the outcome often hinges on a small number of all-in confrontations. Anton's winning hand, Kh 6s, is a typical example of the kind of holding that gets shoved in such spots.

For Padilha, the win marks a first Triton title and a place among a small group of Brazilian champions in series history. For Anton, it adds a Triton trophy to a WSOP bracelet and places him among the youngest winners on the tour.

Both results also underline the international composition of modern high roller fields, with final tables featuring players from Brazil, the United States, Belarus, Armenia, China, Malaysia, Finland, Japan, Russia, the United Kingdom, Spain, Hong Kong, and beyond.