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Alex Anton has claimed his first Triton title, outlasting a 70-entry field in Event #9: $30,000 NLHE Turbo at Triton Jeju. The victory earned him $577,000 after he defeated Artur Martirosian heads-up.
The win marks Anton’s fourth Triton cash overall, following a min-cash in Event #5 and a third-place finish in Event #7 earlier in the series. Combined with the WSOP bracelet he won three months ago, Anton now boasts two of poker’s most coveted trophies in the same year.
Martirosian, despite falling short of a fifth Triton title, still pocketed $411,000, pushing his career Triton earnings past $16 million.
The final table featured a stacked lineup including Stephen Chidwick, Adrian Mateos, Mikita Badziakouski, and Byron Kaverman. Winfred Yu was the first to exit, eliminated by Mateos, while Martirosian sent Badziakouski to the rail in a preflop flip soon after.
Kaverman survived several close calls as the short stack, doubling twice before eventually busting to Martirosian. Chidwick and Martirosian traded the chip lead multiple times, with average stacks hovering around 12 big blinds throughout the unpredictable late stages.
Mateos fell in fifth to Martirosian’s two pair, and Alisson Piekazewicz was eliminated in third after his jack-ten lost to Martirosian’s seven-four. Anton then extended his heads-up lead to 2:1 before closing out the win, securing the second-largest cash of his career.
