The occasion description could have modified barely from 2024 to 2025, however the high-stakes poker event’s champion remained the identical.
Last 12 months Tan Xuan took down the Triton Poker Jeju $50,000 brief deck important occasion. Just shy of a 12 months later, he gained the identical buy-in providing of the identical sport on the identical competition, however this time across the event didn’t characteristic a ‘main event’ designation on the schedule.
Nonetheless, Tan earned $708,000 after efficiently defending his title. This was the fifth-largest rating of the 38-year-old’s profession, and it introduced his lifetime haul to greater than $12.1 million.
Tan now has three complete Triton titles to his title, with virtually all of his lifetime event earnings coming from his success on this high-stakes-centric tour.
A complete of 45 entries had been made on this occasion, leading to a prize pool of $2,250,000. Only the highest seven finishers cashed, with two-time bracelet winner Artur Martirosian hitting the rail on the six-figure cash bubble.
From a 45-entry subject, the place every participant had three bullets, solely seven stay in Event #19 $50K Short Deck at Triton Poker Series SHR Jeju 2025. With $708,000 up prime, the battle for the following Short Deck title is on.
Final Table Lineup:
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Esti Wang scored the primary two knockouts on the ultimate desk, busting Wai Leong Chan (seventh – $118,000) and two-time Triton champion Daniel Dvoress (sixth – $146,000) to see him be part of Tan close to the highest of the chip counts.
Tan then eradicated five-time Triton winner Danny Tang, with center pair dodging an open-ended straight draw, to slender the sector to 4. Tang walked away with $192,000 because the fifth-place finisher.
The subsequent huge conflict noticed the departure of one other five-time champion on this tour. Phil Ivey, an 11-time bracelet winner, acquired all-in with A
J
after a Okay10
8 flop. He was up in opposition to OkayQ
for Wang, who improved to kings full after a ten flip and Okay river. Ivey earned $248,000 for his efforts. The Poker Hall of Famer now has practically $48.4 million in lifetime earnings.
Michael Zhang’s run on this occasion got here to an finish when his open-ended straight draw butted heads in opposition to the flopped two pair of Tan. Zhang was unable to enhance on the flip or river and was eradicated in third place ($326,000). The UK participant is now approaching $4.2 million in recorded event rating due to this newest podium exhibiting.
With that, Tan entered heads-up play with a slight lead over Wang. The two battled it out for some time, with Tan ultimately pulling away in time for the ultimate hand of the event. The chips went in preflop with Tan holding Q10 and Wang Okay9. The board got here down A96JOkay and Tan made a straight on the top to win the pot and the title.
Wang settled for $512,000 because the runner-up. This was his second-largest rating but, trailing the $865,000 he secured because the Twelfth-place finisher within the Triton Million Invitational $500,000 buy-in finally 12 months’s World Series of Poker Paradise collection.
Final Table Results
| Place | Player | Earnings | POY Points |
| 1 | Tan Xuan | $708,000 | 510 |
| 2 | Esti Wang | $512,000 | 425 |
| 3 | Michael Zhang | $326,000 | 340 |
| 4 | Phil Ivey | $248,000 | 255 |
| 5 | Danny Tang | $192,000 | 213 |
| 6 | Daniel Dvoress | $146,000 | 170 |
| 7 | Wai Leong Chan | $118,000 | 128 |
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