Joao Simao claimed the crown jewel of the Triton Super High Roller Series, successful the $200,000 buy-in Triton Invitational for an astonishing $7,250,000. But as the ultimate day of motion at Triton Jeju got here to an in depth, the 37-year-old professional determined that merely wasn’t sufficient of a win for this journey.
Simao went on to cut the $150,000 Triton tenth Anniversary Special no-limit maintain’em occasion with Nick Petrangelo to shut out the sequence. Petrangelo walked away with the second trident trophy of his profession and $2,212,910. But Simao secured the most important prize because the second-place finisher, incomes $2,517,090 as a part of the settlement between the ultimate two. Simao’s whole earnings for the Triton Jeju sequence hit $9,874,090 consequently. That represents almost a 3rd of Simao’s whole profession earnings of $30,730,529, which is probably the most of any Brazilian match participant in poker historical past. He can be a four-time World Series of Poker bracelet winner.
Petrangelo’s win earned him 720 Card Player Player of the Year factors, pushing him inside the highest 100 within the yearlong race introduced by CoinPoker. Simao, whose Triton Invitational win didn’t qualify for POY factors, added 600 POY factors to his whole for the 12 months with this end result, and jumped as much as forty eighth within the standings.
Seventh place finisher Danny Tang (eighth in POY) and ninth-place finisher Dan Dvoress (ninth in POY) edged nearer to the highest spot within the 2026 rankings, as properly.
A Memorable Triton Jeju Finale
The second-biggest buy-in occasion of this Triton Jeju sequence, and the ultimate multi-day match on the schedule, noticed 67 entries made at $150,000 apiece. With a prize pool of $10,050,000, there was every little thing to play for as the most important winners of the final two weeks appeared to pad their numbers, and others appeared to save lots of their sequence.
After registration closed at the beginning of day 2 on Sept. 16, the ultimate day of motion at Triton Jeju, it was a race to achieve the ultimate 11 spots to discover a money. Kiat Lee went out on the $251,000 bubble, however the lately topped four-time Triton champion did, a minimum of, produce other successes at this sequence to fall again on.
Alex Foxen and one other current Triton winner, Ben Tollerene, went out simply earlier than the ultimate desk, leaving the ultimate 9 to battle for the ultimate trophy of the sequence. Thomas Boivin held the chip lead, with Petrangelo shut behind. Simao was in the midst of a bunched-up pack, however there weren’t any notably quick stacks within the combine.
Dvoress was the primary to fall, in ninth place ($286,000), failing to discover a short-stacked double-up with pocket queens, as Miroslav Atanasov turned A♥9♥ into journey aces. Dvoress’ 5 Triton wins on the season make him the prohibitive Triton Player of the Year favourite heading into November’s finale in Cyprus.
Big Swings, Big Falls
The subsequent knockout noticed Seth Davies run A♦8♥ into Petrangelo’s A♥Q♣. Davies couldn’t enhance, falling out in eighth place ($377,000). Atanasov then gained one of many largest pots of the match to that time, persevering in a basic coin flip as his pocket jacks bested Danny Tang’s A♦Ok♦ on a nine-high runout. Tang, a six-time Triton champion, completed in seventh place ($483,000).
Adrian Mateos, largely quiet up to now within the ultimate desk, took this second to step ahead. His pink pocket queens had been an excessive amount of for Murly Manokharan’s A♣Q♣, and Mateos’ stack surged whereas Manokharan headed to the rail in sixth place ($613,000).
Boivin’s early chip lead did little to melt the blow, when his A♠J♠ went up towards Simao’s pocket aces. While Boivin quickly doubled again and chipped as much as 9 massive blinds, he ultimately misplaced a race with pocket fours towards Mateos’ 7♣6♣. Boivin, nonetheless looking his first Trident trophy regardless of almost $6 million in Triton earnings, was out in fifth place ($783,000).
The pot of the match is sitting within the center, and @joaosimaobh has one choice to make towards @Amadi_17.
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— Triton Poker (@tritonpoker) September 17, 2026
The ultimate 4 gamers had been briefly bunched collectively, however Atanasov misplaced massive pots to each Simao and Petrangelo. On Atanasov’s ultimate hand, he obtained one massive blind into the center as he watched Simao and Mateos battle it out on a 10♦8♥3♦Ok♠4♥ board.
Mateos made an enormous increase on the river, and Simao thought for a substantial stretch earlier than calling, tabling Ok♦Q♣. Mateos’ large flopped draw with Q♦J♦ had missed every little thing, and whereas Atanasov was out in fourth place ($990,000), Mateos was left with out a lot room to maneuver.
The End Of The Line
Mateos doubled again off his remaining stack, however the final of his chips landed in Simao’s stack when A♠10♠ failed to enhance towards Simao’s pocket threes. The Spanish all-time cash chief earned $1,286,000 to carry his profession haul to almost $72.4 million, the fifth-most of any participant within the recreation.
🔱 Two winners, one trophy. Nick Petrangelo and João Simão settle the tenth Anniversary Special the one method left, and the playing cards crown Petrangelo. pic.twitter.com/arnmXKZtu7
— Triton Poker (@tritonpoker) September 17, 2026
Simao led by a margin of greater than 3:1 going into heads-up play towards Petrangelo. The pair agreed to an ICM chop, leaving $80,000 to play for. Petrangelo shortly doubled up twice into an enormous lead, after which put Simao away to safe the victory.
With that, the second Triton Jeju sequence of 2026 wound in direction of its shut. One competition stays for the 12 months, with the excessive curler tour heading to North Cyprus. Following a Triton One sequence, from Nov. 5-15, the Triton Super High Roller Series Cyprus will run for over two weeks, from Nov. 15-30.
Final Table Results
| Place | Player | Payout | POY Points |
| 1 | Nick Petrangelo | $2,212,910 | 720 |
| 2 | Joao Simao | $2,517,090 | 600 |
| 3 | Adrian Mateos | $1,286,000 | 480 |
| 4 | Miroslav Atanasov | $990,000 | 360 |
| 5 | Thomas Boivin | $783,000 | 300 |
| 6 | Murly Manokharan | $613,000 | 240 |
| 7 | Danny Tang | $483,000 | 180 |
| 8 | Seth Davies | $377,000 | 120 |
| 9 | Daniel Dvoress | $286,000 | 60 |
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