Pedro Padilha Wins Maiden Triton Title for $1.4 Million

Pedro Padilha became the latest member of the next generation of Triton crushers to break through at this Super High Roller Series Jeju II, taking down the $50,000 NLH 8-Handed for a staggering $1,400,860.

At a stacked final table that included the likes of Phil Ivey, Wai Kiat Lee and Eelis Parssinen, the Brazilian online phenom proved he’s just as adept in the live streets, getting the better of Nick Petrangelo heads-up to claim his maiden Triton crown and the fourth for his nation on the premier high-stakes tour.

Speaking to Triton media following his victory, the 2025 WSOP Paradise Triton Main Event runner-up said, “It’s the best feeling, it’s an amazing event, an amazing tournament, and I’m so happy.”

“I always played live in Brazil, in South America, but in the last years I’ve been trying to expand for other tournaments. And it’s good. I’m happy with my results.”

Padilha continued, “People are so happy for me. I have so many friends watching. I want to give one kiss to all Brazilian people.” Speaking on Petrangelo, with whom he agreed an ICM deal, Padilha said, “He’s a legend. He’s a tough player. I was running good, that’s it.”

Triton SHRS Jeju II $50k NLH 8-Handed Final Table Results

_{*Denotes an ICM deal made heads-up.}

Padilha Stands Above Final Table of Giants

Thirty-two returned on what was a busy final day of action for the festival’s biggest buy-in event to date, with Mehdi Chaoui leading the field, joined by Ivey and Lee inside the top five.

The bubble was the first significant action of the day as Ren Lin departed as the bubble boy for the third time in his Triton career, after running A♥Q♦ into the A♠A♣ of Petrangelo.

Quickfire eliminations followed before Alejandro Lococo bust in tenth just short of the final table, leaving Alex Boika to lead a nine that included Petrangelo, Ivey, Lee, Parssinen, and, of course, Padilha.

Now at the final table, and with $1.5 million up top, the action slowed significantly. Yoko Sasaki was the first to depart in ninth, banking $155,000 but falling short of becoming the second woman to win a Triton Super High Roller Series title after running into the tens of Petrangelo.

PLO-specialist Parssinen was next to go. Still on the hunt for his first two-card victory at Triton, the Finn couldn’t pair his ace or better against Yang Wang’s Q♠Q♦ to depart for $200,000 in eighth position.

From there the action continued to swing back and forth, but as the blinds crept up, Ivey got shorter, and was another to fall victim to a Petrangelo pocket pair, this time pocket jacks over nines and the GOAT had to depart.

Meanwhile, Lee was enjoying a 24 hours only few can dream of, and even fewer will experience. Fresh off victory in the $40k Mystery Bounty (plus another $700,000 in bounty pulls from that day), the now four-time Triton champion found himself at back-to-back final tables, but got a teensy-tiny dose of reality as Boika’s pocket sixes sent him to the rail in sixth (albeit for another $361,000).

Wang was soon to follow after being dumped out by now chip leader Padilha, but his fifth-placed finish marks the deepest of the Chinese player’s Triton career, as well as ensuring a $461,000 payday. Then, Aren Bezhanyan endured a similar fate in fourth, this time at the hands of Boika, who was by now pulling clear with the Brazilian out front.

Three remained, and Petrangelo wrestled some control back off Boika successfully, before the American’s three of a kind aces were cracked by a rivered flush by the Belarusian and once again the momentum shifted. Big pots were traded back and forth before Padilha finished the job himself, crushing Boika’s ace-nine with ace-king and getting a clean runout.

To heads-up it went then, with Padilha looking for his first Triton title after several agonizing near-misses and with a crucial lead. An ICM-deal was agreed between the two players that left around $200,000 extra to play for in the head-to-head. The action after that wouldn’t take long.

Significantly outgunned from the off, Petrangelo called off Padilha with king-four vs. queen-eight, and when the eight appeared on the turn it was done and dusted. Padilha was $1,400,860 richer and Brazil had a fourth champion on poker’s most prestigious high-stakes tour.

Eliot Thomas is an Editor at PokerNews, specializing in casino and poker coverage. He is on the ground in South Korea covering the Triton Super High Roller Series and has previously worked at the World Series of Poker and European Poker Tour.