Kiat Lee Wins Jeju Mystery Bounty For Fourth Triton Title

Eighteen months in the past, Kiat Lee received his first Triton Super High Roller Series title in Jeju, South Korea. He’d been attempting to find a trident trophy ever since a second-place end in a Triton Cyprus occasion again in April 2022, which was the primary Triton occasion he ever performed. At his 18th profession closing desk on the high-stakes tour, Lee lastly broke via.

A second Triton title adopted that May, in Montenegro, and in March of this 12 months, a 3rd trophy was added to Lee’s trophy case at one other Jeju cease.

The Malaysian professional struck once more at Les A Casino in Jeju, profitable his fourth Triton trophy and a minimum of $939,000 in a $40,000 thriller bounty no-limit maintain’em occasion. Lee’s first-place payout was price $619,000, however he collected eight thriller bounty envelopes price a minimal of $40,000 every. He stands prone to clear $1 million when the thriller bounty envelopes are opened in a particular ceremony on Friday in Jeju.

This newest win earned him 924 Card Player Player of the Year factors, which places him at 4,157 POY factors for the 12 months. That’s good for twenty sixth place within the 2026 POY race, introduced by CoinPoker.

Lee battled his method via a subject of 133 excessive rollers, producing a complete prize pool of $5,320,000. That sum was divided evenly right into a most important prize pool of $2,660,000, and $2,660,000 in thriller bounty prizes. A complete of 33 gamers reached day 2, and have become eligible for bounty prizes, and 23 gamers reached the cash to say a bit of the first prize pool.

A Long Day To Victory

The second day of this $40,000 thriller bounty match may be damaged down into a number of segments. The first was the journey from 33 gamers right down to the cash at 23, throughout which Lee was short-stacked and in danger.

From there to the ultimate desk, Lee went on a rush and performed a pair of pots which can be typical of the kind of rollercoaster motion that outcomes from a thriller bounty format. Lee greater than tripled up and earned one of many two bounties at stake when his pocket kings held in opposition to A♠Ok♠, A♣J♠, and A♦10♥. A short while later, Lee picked up pocket aces within the large blind and lined three all-in gamers in danger.

He took out some true heavy hitters, eliminating Seth Davies in eleventh place ($52,000), Samuel Mullur in tenth place ($52,000), and Phil Ivey in ninth place ($62,000). Lee then coolered David Coleman out of the match in eighth place ($77,500), as each gamers made aces up. Lee’s aces and sixes pipped Coleman’s aces and fours to ship the bracelet winner to the rail.

That arrange an official closing desk, with Lee holding greater than 3 times as many chips as any of the opposite remaining gamers. It was removed from a easy run to the title for Lee from there, although.

Riding The Wave

American Alex Anton, who began the ultimate desk in a distant second place, received a collection of pots from Lee that allowed Anton to take over the chip lead. England’s Joe Hindry, on the second closing desk of his first-ever Triton cease, fell in seventh place ($105,000) on this occasion when his A♥J♦ couldn’t beat Jamil Wakil’s A♠Ok♠.

Three-time Triton champion Kayhan Mokri skilled critical swings throughout his time on the closing desk. Despite tripling up twice, Mokri finally ran head-first into Wakil’s flopped set of aces and went out in sixth place ($142,000). Lee recovered a number of chips when he picked off a severely short-stacked Sirzat Hissou, turning 6♣3♥ right into a rivered straight. Hissou, who hails from Germany, earned one of many greatest Triton cashes of his profession, taking residence $184,000 for a fifth-place displaying.

💥 DOUBLE TROUBLE! Jamil Wakil has his eyes set on accumulating two bounties without delay on the closing desk. Let the playing cards fly. pic.twitter.com/HNGbZffusc

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Four-handed play become a heads-up match within the blink of an eye fixed. Six-time Triton champion Punnat Punsri bought all-in with A♥9♦, and Anton risked his chips with A♦Ok♦. Wakil had each gamers lined, however wanted assist with Ok♠J♣. The board ran out Ok♣J♥8♠9♥5♥, and Wakil’s two pair earned him a pair of bounties. Punsri, with fewer chips, completed in fourth place ($229,000), whereas Anton earned $279,000 for making the rostrum.

With this fourth-place end, price 462 POY factors, Punsri handed Brandon Wilson to take the No. 1 spot within the 2026 Card Player POY race. The Thai all-time cash chief, who completed second to Jesse Lonis on the 2025 leaderboard, now has practically $39.5 million in profession cashes to his title.

Lee Strikes Again

Wakil held a considerable lead going into heads-up play, with 89 large blinds to Lee’s 18. The Canadian was on the precipice of his personal breakthrough, along with his 18th money and sixth closing desk on the tour.

AND THE FINAL BOUNTY FALLS!

Kiat Lee sends Jamil Wakil residence and pockets one final envelope. The king collects all the pieces. GG! pic.twitter.com/2YHo40oqb9

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Lee rapidly discovered a set of sixes to double up. Within a number of extra fingers, the stacks had pulled nearly even. Lee edged forward, and on the ultimate hand, his J♣10♣ discovered a pair of tens on the flop to beat Wakil’s A♥6♠ to safe victory.

Both gamers had six thriller bounties going into heads-up play. With his elimination of Wakil in second place ($419,000), together with holding his personal bounty because the champion, Lee set himself up for a profitable day of bounty pulls on Friday.

“Overwhelming,” Lee mentioned, 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 whole recorded match earnings. Nearly $24 million comes from his success in Triton occasions.

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