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Pedro Padilla becomes the fourth Brazilian Triton champion, winning a prize of $1.4 million.

Pedro Padilla becomes the fourth Brazilian Triton champion, winning a prize of $1.4 million.

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Pedro Padilha has won the Triton Super High Roller Series Jeju II $50,000 NLH 8-Max event, taking home $1,400,860 and his first Triton title. He defeated Nick Petrogelo heads-up to become the fourth Brazilian Triton champion. Pedro Padilha is the latest breakout player in the Triton Super High Roller Series Jeju II, winning the $50,000 NLH 8-Max event and a stunning $1,400,860 prize. At this star-studded final table, featuring top players such as Phil Ivey, Wai Kiat Lee, and Eelis Parssinen, the Brazilian online prodigy proved he's equally adept in live events, defeating Nick Petrangelo heads-up to win his first Triton title, and Brazil's fourth on this top-tier high-stakes circuit. In a post-match interview with Triton media, the 2025 WSOP Paradise Triton Main Event runner-up said, "This is the best feeling. It was a fantastic event, a fantastic tournament, and I'm very happy." "I've been playing live tournaments in Brazil and South America, but in recent years I've tried to expand to other tournaments. This is great, and I'm very happy with my results." Padilla continued, "Everyone is happy for me, and I have many friends watching. I want to give all Brazilians a kiss." Speaking about Petrangelo, with whom he reached an ICM deal, Padilla said, "He's a legend, a tough opponent. I was lucky, that's all." Triton SHRS Jeju II $50k NLH 8-Max Final Table Results: Rank Player Country Prize Money 1st Pedro Padilla Brazil $ 1,400,860* 2nd Nick Petrangelo USA $ 1,201,140* 3rd Alex Boyka Belarus $ 697,000 4th Place: Alan Bezhanyan (Armenia) 1TP 4T 574,000 5th Place: Wang Yang (China) 1TP 4T 461,000 6th Place: Wai Kiat Lee (Malaysia) 1TP 4T 361,000 7th Place: Phil Ivey (USA) 1TP 4T 271,000 8th Place: Eelis Parssinen (Finland) 1TP 4T 200,000 *Reflects prize money distribution after the ICM agreement. Padilla emerges victorious at the final table. On the final day of this event's highest buy-in to date, 32 players returned to the field, with Mehdi Chaoui leading the pack, and Ivey and Lee both in the top five. The bubble was the first major action of the day, with Ren Lin becoming the bubble boy, marking his third bubble exit in his Triton career, with his A♥Q♦...

Free access to the Bahamas WSOP Paradise $50 million Super Main Event

Free access to the Bahamas WSOP Paradise $50 million Super Main Event

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GGPoker has launched a free WSOP Express pathway, allowing players to earn a $30,000 Super Pass for the guaranteed $50 million WSOP Paradise Super Main Event through daily free tickets, cash games with pocket Aces, and more. The World Series of Poker (WSOP) Paradise Super Main Event is about 12 weeks away from its new home in Baha Mar. The buy-in for this $50 million guaranteed tournament is $26,000, likely well beyond your bankroll, but what if we told you you could play alongside some of the poker legends in this epic event for free? Online poker giant GGPoker—whose parent company owns the WSOP brand—is continuing to roll out WSOP Express, giving players a free chance to qualify for the WSOP Paradise Super Main Event. Claim your free WSOP Express ticket daily: Log into your GGPoker account and go to the WSOP Express tab in the lobby; you should see a free Step 0 ticket. This Step 0 ticket can be used to participate in the Avatar Race, where Lady Luck decides whether you win a Step 1 ticket. After claiming your daily free ticket, you can claim a free Step 1 ticket if you get pocket aces in a cash game; if you get pocket aces three more times in a cash game, you can get a free Step 2 ticket. WSOP Express Step 1 – All-in or Fold 4-Max The first step of WSOP Express is a 1TP 4T 0.50 buy-in (or a Step 1 ticket) all-in or fold 4-Max tournament. You will receive three sets of 80 chips and face off against three opponents in a winner-takes-all contest. As the name suggests, you can only go all-in or fold until one player wins all the chips. GGPoker will award that player a Step 2 ticket. WSOP Express Step 2 – Spin & Gold 6-Max The second step of WSOP Express requires either a 1TP 4T 2 or a Step 2 ticket. Once you enter this stage, you'll compete against five opponents in the Spin & Gold tournament, with the prize pool randomly determined before the first hand is dealt. Most of the time, you'll be vying for a Step 3 ticket, but the random nature of Spin & Gold means that a Step 4 ticket, a 1TP 4T 3,500 ring pass, a 1TP 4T 10,000 bracelet pass, or even a 1TP 4T 30,000 super pass could all be won in just a few minutes. WSOP Expre

Patrik Antonius and Ossi Monarch Ketola will hold a $20 million Heads-Up event in Jeju, Triton.

Triton Jeju II | Patrik Antonius to face Monarch in a $20 million head-to-head match, setting a new live streaming record.

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  On September 11, 2026, Triton Poker officially announced a heads-up match that will go down in high-stakes cash game history: Poker Hall of Fame member Patrik Antonius will face Finnish businessman and high-stakes cash game player Ossi “Monarch” Ketola at the Triton Super High Roller Series Jeju II. The two will compete for a total of $20,000,000 in a heads-up match. The match is scheduled for Friday evening Korean time and will be broadcast live on the official Triton Poker streaming platform and the Triton Poker Plus App. In terms of public broadcast scale, this will be one of the biggest heads-up cash game matches in poker history. The clash between the two Finnish giants, with the $20 million stake, is the biggest draw. The most talked-about aspect of this match isn't just the amount of money. Patrik Antonius and Ossi Ketola are both from Finland, but their paths in the high-stakes poker world are vastly different. Antonius is one of the most iconic high-stakes cash game pros of the past 20 years, having been a regular at the highest-stakes cash games in Las Vegas, Macau, and online, and is a Poker Hall of Fame inductee. Ketola, on the other hand, has been one of the most talked-about high-stakes heads-up players in recent years, frequently participating in million-dollar heads-up matches as a businessman and repeatedly winning eight-figure dollar pots. Now, these two Finnish high-stakes players will face off at the Triton Jeju table in a $20 million head-to-head match. Ossi “Monarch” Ketola, who recently defeated Limitless for $6 million, is in excellent form. Just days ago, he played a series of million-dollar heads-up matches against Wiktor “Limitless” Malinowski. This series featured several pots exceeding $1 million. Ultimately, Ketola won $6 million throughout the series. This result proves once again that he's not just creating buzz with high buy-ins, but has become one of the most frequently mentioned names in ultra-high-stakes heads-up games. It's worth noting that in their first matchup, Malinowski won a $2 million game in just a few hands, but Ketola quickly raised his bet and fought back, ultimately ending the series with a substantial profit. Ketola's high-stakes cash game story at Triton, where he won a $10.99 million pot from Alex Foxen last year, already began in 2025. Last year at Triton Jeju, he faced A...