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2025 Triton Poker Super High Roller Series Jeju: Canadian Players Shine Without Titles

17 Mar 2025

Shane Lambert 17 Mar 2025

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2025 Triton Poker Series in Jeju featured 20 high-stakes events.
Canadian players, like Sam Greenwood, had notable performances but no titles.
WSOP Circuit event in Toronto scheduled for April 10-22.

There was a big poker event in South Korea over the last couple of weeks. Here's a recap of the tournament, with a focus on how the Canadian players did.

2025 Triton Poker Super High Roller Series - Results

The 2025 Triton Poker Super High Roller Series Jeju, held from February 26th to March 15th at the Landing Casino in Jeju Shinhwa World, South Korea, wrapped up this weekend. The event was a blockbuster, one that attracted a lot of big poker names.

There were 20 high-stakes tournaments with buy-ins ranging from $15,000 to $150,000. Here’s a recap of the tournament champions which, unfortunately, did not include any Canadian players.

2025 Triton Poker Super High Roller Series Jeju Winners Table

Player	Event Won	Nation
Zhao Hongjun	Event #1 ($15,000 NLH)	China
Tuck Wai Foo	Event #2 ($20,000 NLH)	Malaysia
Jeremy Ausmus	Event #3 ($25,000 NLH)	USA
Ramim Hajiyev	Event #5 ($30,000 NLH)	Azerbaijan
Anatoly Filatov	Event #6 ($25,000 NLH WPT Global Slam)	Russia
Sean Winter	Event #7 ($20,000 + $20,000 NLH Mystery Bounty)	USA
Wen Huang	Event #11 ($100,000 NLH Main Event)	China
Joao Vieira	Event #9 ($150,000 NLH)	Portugal
Bryn Kenney	Event #10 ($35,000 + $15,000 NLH Turbo Bounty Quattro)	USA
Punnat Punsri	Event #12 ($125,000 NLH)	Thailand
Tom-Aksel Bedell	Event #13 ($25,000 PLO)	Norway
Gergő Nagy	Event #15 ($50,000 PLO)	Hungary
Sergio Gonzalez	Event #16 ($100,000 PLO Main Event)	Spain
Lautaro Guerra Cabrerizo	Event #17 ($20,000 + $10,000 PLO Bounty Quattro)	UK
Artem Kobynskyi	Event #18 ($30,000 Short Deck)	Ukraine
Xuan Tan	Event #19 ($50,000 Short Deck)	China
Wai Kiat Lee	Event #20 ($25,000 Short Deck)	Malaysia

The 2025 Triton Poker Super High Roller Series Jeju saw champions from a diverse range of nations, with the USA and China each producing three winners. Those nation-by-nation totals were followed by Malaysia and Spain, countries that had two each. There were single victories from Azerbaijan, Russia, Portugal, Thailand, Norway, Hungary, the UK, and Ukraine. Meanwhile, as you can see, Canada was shut out from a victory.

Looking at the list above, there are a lot of poker no-names. The game has a way of casting ordinary people into the limelight for their 15 minutes of fame. But Bryn Kenney was among the champions, the all-time leader on the Hendon Mob's moneylist with over $75,000,000 in poker winnings.

Canadian Poker Players: Notable Performances at the 2025 Triton Event

I combed through the results of the tournaments to see how Canadians performed, while filtering out minor achievements. I would say that Sam Greenwood was the most successful Canadian player at the event.

He didn't win a title, but he did take down a runner-up finish. All totaled, he won nearly $2.5M in the events.

Event #17 ($20,000 + $10,000 Pot Limit Omaha - Bounty Quattro): Finished 2nd, earning $340,000.
Event #13 ($25,000 Pot Limit Omaha - 6 Handed): Finished 16th, earning $43,000.
Event #11 ($100,000 No Limit Hold'em - Main Event): Finished 5th, earning $1,687,000.
Event #5 ($30,000 No Limit Hold'em - 8 Handed): Finished 6th, earning $353,000.
Event #2 ($20,000 No Limit Hold'em - 8 Handed): Finished 37th, earning $41,000.

Michael Watson, like Greenwood, had a runner-up finish.

Event #18 ($30,000 No Limit Short Deck Hold'em Ante Only): Finished 2nd, earning $333,000.
Event #16 ($100,000 Pot Limit Omaha - Main Event): Finished 15th, earning $160,000.
Event #8 ($50,000 No Limit Hold'em - 7 Handed): Finished 7th, earning $377,000.
Event #6 ($25,000 No Limit Hold'em - WPT Global Slam): Finished 63rd, earning $41,000.

Daniel Dvoress was also active in the South Korean tournaments. He had a third-place finish in Event #18, which earned him $229,000.

Event #19 ($50,000 No Limit Short Deck Hold'em Ante Only PLPF): Finished 6th, earning $146,000.
Event #18 ($30,000 No Limit Short Deck Hold'em Ante Only): Finished 3rd, earning $229,000.
Event #12 ($125,000 No Limit Hold'em - 7 Handed): Finished 11th, earning $244,000.
Event #9 ($150,000 No Limit Hold'em - 8 Handed): Finished 14th, earning $307,000.

Kristen Foxen, a popular player in Canada, cashed in three events. Probably, she will be a little disappointed that she did not make a bigger splash, finishing 36th in Event #11 ($100,000 NLH Main Event), 20th in Event #6 ($25,000 NLH WPT Global Slam), and 41st in Event #3 ($25,000 NLH) for just minor cashes.

Lucas Greenwood, Sam's twin brother, also competed at the Triton event. He placed 9th in Event #15 ($50,000 PLO), 12th in Event #9 ($150,000 NLH), 36th in Event #6 ($25,000 NLH WPT Global Slam), and 55th in Event #3 ($25,000 NLH).

Most Famous Non-Canadian at 2025 Triton Poker Event

While poking through the results looking for Canadians, I did notice Phil Ivey was active in the tournaments. He participated in numerous events at the 2025 Triton Poker Super High Roller Series Jeju, with six-figure cashes noted below

Event #19 ($50,000 No Limit Short Deck Hold'em Ante Only PLPF) on 14 Mar 2025: Finished 4th, earning $248,000.
Event #13 ($25,000 Pot Limit Omaha - 6 Handed) on 09 Mar 2025: Finished 5th, earning $213,000.
Event #12 ($125,000 No Limit Hold'em - 7 Handed) on 08 Mar 2025: Finished 15th, earning $198,000.
Event #9 ($150,000 No Limit Hold'em - 8 Handed) on 05 Mar 2025: Finished 10th, earning $384,000.

All Roads Point to Toronto's WSOP Circuit Event

The big news emerging on the Canadian poker scene is the 2025 WSOP Circuit tournament that's coming up. The key dates are April 10th to April 22nd.

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