Overview
- Aleksejs Ponakovs topped 237 entries in the $100,000 Triton Main to secure his first Triton trophy, a third WSOP bracelet, and $4,750,000.
- The event generated a $23.7 million prize pool with 39 paid, and Poker Hall of Famer Nick Schulman exited on the bubble after a brief bubble phase.
- Ponakovs regained momentum five-handed with pocket aces, then knocked out Klemens Roiter, Ye Wang, Manuel Fritz, and Pedro Padilha to close it out.
- Joao Simao won Event #10, the $150,000 Triton 8-Handed, for $3,067,000 and his third WSOP bracelet after overturning a near 3:1 heads-up deficit to Felipe Boianovsky.
- The $150K drew 77 entries, including 22 re-entries, for an $11.55 million pool, and Brazil swept the podium with Boianovsky second and Yuri Dzivielevski third.