Petrangelo Wins Triton 10th Anniversary

The Triton Super High Roller Series Jeju II wrapped up at LES A Casino with its celebratory $150K 10th Anniversary Special, and the series closed with a first-time champion in the final event on the schedule.

Petrangelo and Simao Deal, Then Run It Out

Event #15, the $150K 10th Anniversary Special, drew 67 entries and built a prize pool of $10,050,000, with the top 11 finishers paid.

The final day produced one of the most dramatic hands of the festival, and it landed right before the money bubble burst. Four players got all the chips in pre-flop: Sam Greenwood with Kc Qs, Matthias Eibinger with 8c 8h, Patrik Antonius with As Ks, and Daniel Dvoress with Jd Jh.

The flop came 2d Ah 4h, putting Antonius ahead. The turn 7h and river 2h then completed a flush for Dvoress, eliminating three players in a single hand.

Thomas Boivin of Belgium provided another storyline. After losing a pot with As Js against Joao Simao's Ad Ah, he was left with roughly 15,000 chips, less than one big blind. He then doubled up repeatedly to climb to 695,000 before finishing 5th for $783,000.

Heads-up came down to two long-time friends: American Nick Petrangelo and Brazilian Joao Simao. Simao held a lead of more than 3:1, and the two quickly agreed to an ICM deal. Simao locked up $2,517,090 and Petrangelo guaranteed $2,132,910, leaving an additional $80,000 and the title to be decided.

The pair chose to settle it with blind all-ins. Petrangelo won three in a row to take the tournament and his second career Triton title.

Simao, who also won the $200K Triton Invitational in Jeju, finished the festival with total earnings of nearly $9.9 million.

Event #15 Final Table

• 1. Nick Petrangelo, USA, $2,212,910*
• 2. Joao Simao, Brazil, $2,517,090*
• 3. Adrian Mateos, Spain, $1,286,000
• 4. Miroslav Atanasov, Bulgaria, $990,000
• 5. Thomas Boivin, Belgium, $783,000
• 6. Murly Manokharan, Malaysia, $613,000
• 7. Danny Tang, Hong Kong, $483,000
• 8. Seth Davies, USA, $377,000
• 9. Dan Dvoress, Canada, $286,000

*ICM deal

Wang Ye Breaks Through in the Turbo

The festival's last tournament was the one-day Event #16, a $30K NLH Turbo. The fast structure drew 23 entries and a prize pool of $690,000.

Wang Ye of China arrived with more than $11 million in Triton earnings and two second-place finishes, but no trophy. After Artur Martirosian busted on the bubble, Wang Ye took control of the table, eliminating Punnat Punsri in 4th and Matthias Eibinger in 3rd to reach heads-up against Malaysia's Kiat Lee with the chip lead.

In the final hand, Wang Ye made a full house with Js 7c on a board of Jc 7s Ts 9d 7h, beating Lee's straight with 8s 4c. Wang Ye collected his first Triton trophy and $256,000.

Event #16 Results

• 1. Wang Ye, China, $256,000
• 2. Kiat Lee, Malaysia, $176,000
• 3. Matthias Eibinger, Austria, $112,000
• 4. Punnat Punsri, Thailand, $81,000
• 5. Ben Tollerene, USA, $65,000

What the Results Show

The Jeju II stop underlined a few recurring themes in high-stakes tournament poker.

First, ICM deals are now standard practice at the top of super high roller fields. When two players are deep and the payout gap is large, negotiating a split and then playing for a smaller remaining amount reduces variance for both sides. In this case, the players chose blind all-ins to decide the trophy, a common way to close out a deal without turning the finish into a long grind.

Second, short-stack survival remains one of the most valuable skills in tournament poker. Boivin's recovery from under one big blind to a top-five finish is a typical example of how antes, blind levels, and doubling opportunities can revive a stack that looks finished.

Third, turbo structures compress decision-making. In a one-day $30K Turbo, stacks are shallow relative to the blinds for most of the event, so pre-flop aggression and push-fold discipline matter more than deep post-flop play. Wang Ye's run, built on knocking out opponents once the bubble burst, reflects how quickly a turbo final table can be decided.

For players studying these events, the practical takeaways are familiar: understand ICM before you reach a final table, know your push-fold ranges when stacks get short, and adjust your opening and calling ranges when the structure speeds up.