Four-Way All-In Prompts Triple Triton Bust-Out… but Did Phil Ivey Survive?
The latest Triton Poker Series event was a $40,000-entry Mystery Bounty event. With some of the best players in the world descending on Jeju in South Korea this month, PokerStake player David Coleman reached the final table of the latest event. But on the fringes of that final table, one of the most exciting hands ever played on the Triton tour played out, with three players ending on the rail.
Busy Money Bubble Sets Up Drama
The Triton Poker Series in Jeju has already produced plenty of drama this week alone. PokerStake players got off to an extremely fast start, with four of our finest sellers reaching the upper limits on Day 1 of Event #1. In the first three events of the series, Justin Saliba was one of the most successful PokerStake players, while Vlad Tamasauskas’ three cashes in the opening four events set the standard for consistency.
The latest event on the Triton Jeju schedule featured 133 players and 49 entries, meaning a whopping prize pool of $5.32 million was up for grabs in South Korea. When the money bubble was reached, the player most at risk of elimination was the Malaysian Triton Poker Series regular Wai Kiat Lee. All-in and depending on card to save him against Jamil Wakil, Lee bounced off the metaphorical canvas and grew back into the game, not only surviving the bubble but making the final day.
Only 23 players made it into the money places, with Pedro Padilha (23rd) and Aliaksei Boika (21st), among those to took home a $31,000 min-cash. Others such as Jean-Noel Thorel (14th) and Finnish star Eelis Parssinen (12th), who both left with $44,000, got closer to the final table.
Four-Way All-In Stuns Jeju Crowd
It would take an incredible four-way all-in reduce the field to the final table of eight players, and with it produce one of the most exciting poker hands of the year so far. Involved in the hand were four greats of the game.
Seth Davies shoved for three big blinds with king-nine offsuit. Samuel Mullur reshoved with the same hand but in hearts. Phil Ivey called them both off with ace-nine and was looking great for a swift double-elimination and two priceless bounties. But Wai Kiat Lee looked down at pocket aces.
Calling the three players’ all-ins, the Malaysian’s pocket rockets held, and he took out Davies in 11th and Mullur in 10th, both men claiming $52,000, while Phil Ivey won $62,000 by exiting in ninth place. Lee went up to 110 big blinds as he took control of an event that until that point had looked anyone’s to win. It was a superb hand, one that not only the players were contributors too but the rail too. At the time, 11 players remained across two tables, and they were six-handed at the table in question. Four of those six players ended up playing out the hand they all wanted to win.
David Coleman Frozen Out
With the final table formed, the PokerStake seller David Coleman found ace-four identified a spot to improve his stack after a flop of A-Q-8 landed. Lee bet on the flop and turn of a six, with David check-calling each time. The river brought a four and when Lee moved all-in, David called with two pair only to find that Lee had already turned a superior two pair with ace-six send David to the rail with $77,500.
Exits for British star Joe Hindry (7th for $105,000) and Norwegian player Kayhan Mokri (6th for $142,000) followed, with Jamil Wakil the executioner for each of those victims’ demise. The German player Sirzat Hissou left in fifth for $184,000when Lee called off the short stack and rivered a straight.
Four-handed play saw Wakil build a lead that he then used to send two to the rail in one go. Punnat Punsri shoved for 10 big blinds with ace-nine, Alex Anton re-shoved with ace-king, but Wakil made the call with king-jack and landed two pair on the flop to eliminate Punsri for $229,000 and Anton for $279,000 in fourth and third place respectively. In the process, he gained a heads-up lead of 89 big blinds to Lee’s 18 bigs. Just like in the money bubble clash a day earlier, Lee prevailed.
Doubling up with pocket sixes, Lee then alternated the lead with Wakil over several hours. Lee led his opponent when he called off his stack with jack-ten. Wakil’s ace-six was favorite pre-flop but a ten on the flop gave Wai Kiat Lee the title and the $619,000 top prize Wakil earned $419,000 as runner-up.
“To be fair, I was pretty lucky most of the time,” said Lee after victory. “I got all the hands and the board was running over me. I just got lucky. Clearly I’m not very good at heads-up because I’m defeated in heads-up so many times!”
Here’s how Event #7 of the 2026 Triton Poker Series Jeju ended.
| Triton Poker Series 2026 Jeju $40,000 Mystery Bounty Event #7 Final Table Results: | |||
| Place | Player | Country | Prize |
| 1st | Wai Kiat Lee | Malaysia | $619,000 |
| 2nd | Jamil Wakil | Canada | $419,000 |
| 3rd | Alex Anton | United States | $279,000 |
| 4th | Punnat Punsri | Thailand | $229,000 |
| 5th | Sirzat Hissou | Germany | $184,000 |
| 6th | Kayhan Mokri | Norway | $142,000 |
| 7th | Joe Hindry | United Kingdom | $105,000 |
| 8th | David Coleman | United States | $77,500 |
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