Quan Zhou Wins Triton ONE Mystery Bounty as Day 1a of Main Event Gets Underway
The Triton ONE North Cyprus 2026 festival continued through November 9–10 at the Merit Royal Diamond Hotel in North Cyprus, with another series of tournament results and the opening flight of the $8,000 buy-in Main Event.
China's Quan Zhou claimed the biggest title of the two days, winning the $5,000 Mystery Bounty for $328,000, including $35,000 in bounty prizes. The tournament attracted 607 entries and generated a $2,759,422 prize pool.
Elsewhere, Elena Iakovleva won the women's ONE-W Bounty Quattro, while the $10,000 NLH 7-Handed reached its final seven and the Main Event opened with 266 entries.
Quan Zhou Wins $328,000 in Triton ONE Mystery Bounty
Quan Zhou added a Triton ONE title to his two previous Triton Super High Roller Series victories after winning Event #3, the $5,000 NLH 8-Handed Mystery Bounty, on Tuesday, November 10.
The tournament drew 607 entries, including 288 re-entries, and required an additional day to complete after the large field pushed play beyond its original two-day schedule.
Zhou returned for the nine-handed final table fourth in chips, behind Taiwan's Eric Tsai, Thailand's Punnat Punsri and Israel's Daniel Braude.
The final table featured several familiar high-stakes players, including five-time Triton champion Mikita Badziakouski, who finished sixth for $101,622 including bounties.
Punsri, already a six-time Triton Super High Roller Series winner, was eliminated in fourth when his king-jack failed to improve against Zhou's ace-seven.
Tsai had been among the most active players throughout the closing stages, collecting 12 mystery bounty envelopes. However, his tournament ended in third place when he jammed jace-six for ten big blinds, and remained unimproved against Zhou's king-eight.
That left Zhou heads-up against Belarusian professional Ihar Soika.
Zhou began heads-up play with a considerable chip lead and soon found pocket aces against Soika's king-deuce. Soika moved all-in, Zhou called, and the aces remained ahead despite a king appearing on the flop.
Zhou collected $293,000 from the main prize pool and another $35,000 from his bounty envelopes, bringing his total to $328,000. Soika received $214,000, including $35,000 in bounties, for second place.
Eric Tsai Collects More Than the Champion
Although Tsai finished third, he emerged with the largest total payout of the tournament.
The Taiwanese player collected $128,500 from the main prize pool and another $222,000 from his mystery bounty draws, bringing his combined winnings to $350,500.
Among his envelopes was the tournament's top mystery bounty worth $155,000.
Tsai's total was $22,500 more than Zhou received for winning the title, highlighting how the mystery bounty format can produce very different payouts from the finishing order.
Mystery Bounty Final Table Results
Place | Player | Country | Total Prize (USD) |
|---|---|---|---|
1 | $328,000 | ||
2 | $214,000 | ||
3 | $350,500 | ||
4 | $139,500 | ||
5 | Raul Yunusov | $112,000 | |
6 | $101,622 | ||
7 | Daniel Braude | $75,500 | |
8 | Hu Chengxu | $34,100 | |
9 | Asaf Groofi | $25,600 |
All payouts include confirmed mystery bounty winnings.
Elena Iakovleva Wins ONE-W Bounty Quattro
Russia's Elena Iakovleva claimed Event #11, the $2,000 ONE-W Night NLH Bounty Quattro, on Monday, November 9.
The women's tournament attracted 23 entries, including five re-entries, producing a $42,596 prize pool that included $12,000 in bounties.
Iakovleva earned $17,400, including $6,000 in bounty prizes, after defeating China's Liao Wenyan heads-up. It was her first Triton ONE cash and came with a tournament title.
Liao collected $9,800 for second place, while fellow Chinese player Zhao Yue finished third for $8,896.
Russia's Elena Yasyuchenya, who had won the $3,000 ONE-W Championship earlier in the festival, also reached the final table, finishing fifth for $3,000.
ONE-W Bounty Quattro Results
Place | Player | Country | Total Prize (USD) |
|---|---|---|---|
1 | Elena Iakovleva | $17,400 | |
2 | $9,800 | ||
3 | $8,896 | ||
4 | Silvia Radulova | $3,500 | |
5 | $3,000 |
Jon Vallinas Wins One Night NLH
Another title was awarded on Tuesday in Event #16, the $2,000 One Night NLH 8-Handed.
Jon Vallinas topped the tournament, with the official Triton results listing a $61,000 first-place payout.
The event was completed on November 10, adding another champion to the festival's growing list of winners.
Dmitrii Kukhtarev Leads $10,000 NLH Final Seven
The $10,000 NLH 7-Handed tournament has reached its final seven players after attracting 324 entries and paying 55 places.
Dmitrii Kukhtarev leads the remaining field with 28,600,000 chips, holding more than double the 10,725,000 of second-placed Igor Provkin.
Hungary's Benedek Farkas sits third with 9,025,000, while Lyudmil Ivanov follows with 4,775,000.
The remaining players are competing for a $572,000 first-place prize, with the runner-up scheduled to receive $362,000. Every finalist is guaranteed at least $96,000.
$10,000 NLH 7-Handed Final Table Chip Counts
Rank | Player | Chips | BB |
|---|---|---|---|
1 | Dmitrii Kukhtarev | 28,600,000 | 72 |
2 | Igor Provkin | 10,725,000 | 27 |
3 | Benedek Farkas | 9,025,000 | 23 |
4 | Lyudmil Ivanov | 4,775,000 | 12 |
5 | Yu Zhang | 4,600,000 | 12 |
6 | Wu Jun Hao | 4,575,000 | 11 |
7 | Cedric Schwaederle | 2,475,000 | 6 |
The final table is scheduled for Wednesday, November 11, beginning at 12:00 PM local time, with livestream coverage starting at 1:30 PM.
Damir Gabdullin Tops Triton ONE Main Event Day 1A
The $8,000 buy-in Triton ONE Main Event got underway on Tuesday, November 10, attracting 266 entries during its opening flight.
A total of 47 players survived the day's 15 levels, with Russia's Damir Gabdullin finishing at the top of the counts.
Gabdullin turned his 250,000 starting stack into 4,515,000 chips, worth 151 big blinds, to lead the field into the next stage.
USA's Isaac Haxton finished second with 3,440,000, followed by France's Axel Hallay with 2,900,000.
Other notable survivors included Tony Ren Lin, who bagged 1,995,000, and Malaysia's Siow Tong with the same amount.
The Main Event continues with Day 1B on Wednesday, November 11, followed by Day 1C on Thursday. Surviving players will combine for Day 2 on Friday, November 13, with the champion scheduled to be crowned November 15.
Nikolai Kanunikov Leads $6,000 PLO 6-Handed
The first Pot-Limit Omaha tournament of the festival, the $6,000 PLO 6-Handed, recorded 138 entries by the close of registration on Tuesday.
Russia's Nikolai Kanunikov returns to the final table with the chip lead, holding 4,985,000 chips.
The tournament is scheduled to conclude on Wednesday, November 11, alongside the $10,000 NLH 7-Handed final.
Wednesday, November 11 Schedule
Several tournaments continue on Wednesday, including the second Main Event starting flight and two final tables.
Time (Local) | Event | Buy-in |
|---|---|---|
12:00 PM | Triton ONE Main Event Day 1B | $8,000 |
12:00 PM | NLH 7-Handed Final | $10,000 |
1:00 PM | PLO 6-Handed Final | $6,000 |
2:00 PM | PLO 6-Handed Day 1 | $3,000 |
3:00 PM | NLH 8-Handed QUEST Day 1 | $3,000 |
10:00 PM | Main Event Qualifier | $1,500 |
The Triton ONE festival continues through November 15, with the $15,000 High Roller and Main Event still to come. The Triton Super High Roller Series then takes over at the same venue from November 15–30.
Follow the Triton ONE North Cyprus 2026 festival page for the remaining schedule and tournament results.
All images courtesy of the Triton Poker Series and Merit Poker.
About the Editor
Tim Baker is a UK-born Live Poker Reporter based in Indonesia, covering major poker tournaments across Asia and around the world since 2023. With nearly two decades of experience around live and online poker, he brings deep knowledge of the game and the international poker scene to his tournament coverage.
