An extra day was needed for a winner to be crowned in the $5,000 Mystery Bounty at Triton ONE North Cyprus. Ultimately, after a little over 4 hours of play it was Quan Zhou who raised the trophy in the Merit Royal Diamond Hotel and Spa.
Zhou defeated Ihar Soika heads-up ending on top of the 607-entry field, which generated a prize pool of $1,545,422. Zhou took home the most money, for now, as the mystery bounties have yet to be pulled. The win was worth $293,000, while Soika had to settle for $179,000, but both players have five bounties to pull. Start-of-day chip leader Eric Tsai had to bow out in third place ($128,000), but he won 12 bounties along the way.
Triton ONE North Cyprus $5,000 Mystery Bounty Final Table Results
| Place | Player | Country | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Quan Zhou | China | $293,000 |
| 2 | Ihar Soika | Belarus | $179,000 |
| 3 | Eric Tsai | Taiwan | $128,000 |
| 4 | Punnat Punsri | Thailand | $97,000 |
| 5 | Raul Yunusov | Russian Federation | $77,000 |
| 6 | Mikita Badziakouski | Belarus | $59,122 |
| 7 | Daniel Braude | Israel | $43,000 |
| 8 | Chengxu Hu | China | $29,100 |
| 9 | Asaf Groofi | Israel | $23,100 |
Zhou was praised as “The King of China” on the live stream by commentators Randy ‘Nanonoko’ Lew and Kevin ‘Rotterdam08’ van der Kooi, a known face on the Triton tour.
His total Triton earnings surpassed $8,000,000 with his first Triton ONE victory, but Zhou is no stranger to winning on the tour. Zhou previously won a $25,000 PLO tournament in 2024 in Jeju, and repeated his success in Jeju with a victory in the $25,000 Jupiter event in 2026, where he won $1,303,000.
Now, after getting close in Jeju earlier this year after finishing seventh in the $8,000 Triton ONE Main event for $213,000, Zhou is a Triton ONE champion.
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Final Table Action
The final table started off with fireworks as Asaf Groofi started the day with just a single big blind in front of him. On top of that, he was forced all-in from the big blind in the first hand of the day. Soika took a stab at it, but start-of-day chip leader Tsai was the one to send Groofi to the rail.
Not too long after, Tsai extended his lead even more by eliminating Chengxu Hu in a cooler. Tsai had flopped a set of queens that turned into a full house after the ten on the board paired. Hu unfortunately held ace-ten and couldn’t fold his trips to get eliminated.
Daniel Braude followed in seventh place and Belarusian crusher Mikita Badziakouski couldn’t win a flip to stay alive and was eliminated in sixth place. Tsai managed to maintain the lead for most of the final table and he solidified his position as chip leader even more after sending Raul Yunusov to the rail in fifth place.
The Turning Point
It wasn’t all smooth sailing for Tsai, however, as he would soon run into Zhou. Zhou raised from the button with queen-ten and Tsai defended with queen-deuce. Both players paired their queen on the king-queen-five flop, but the jack of hearts turn really turned up the heat. Zhou turned an open-ended straight draw while Tsai now had a flush draw. Tsai decided to put the pressure on Zhou and moved all in, but Zhou didn’t flinch and called rather quickly. The ten of diamonds on the river didn’t change anything and Zhou doubled into the lead.
After Punnat Punsri’s elimination in third, it was Tsai to bow out after losing multiple pots.
The heads-up battle between Zhou and Soika didn’t last too long, and in the final hand of the tournament it was Zhou who set the trap and Soika who sprang it. Zhou limped with his pocket aces and Soika jammed king-deuce. The board brought a little sweat with a king on the flop, but Zhou was able to lift the trophy after his aces held.
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Mystery Bounties
Everyone who won a mystery bounty during the event will have the opportunity to pull their bounty during the special Bounty Draw Event during the dinner break of the $8,000 Triton ONE Main Event. The top prize available is $155,000.
| Prize | Number Available |
|---|---|
| $155,000 | 1 |
| $55,000 | 2 |
| $25,000 | 3 |
| $10,000 | 8 |
| $7,500 | 42 |
| $5,000 | 96 |
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Triton ONE Main Event Still to Come
There’s plenty more poker to come in North Cyprus, with the $8,000 Triton ONE Main Event underway on and running through November 15.
The $15,000 Triton ONE High Roller is another major attraction on the remaining schedule, taking place from November 13-15, while players will also have opportunities to compete in a mixture of No-Limit Hold’em, Pot-Limit Omaha and bounty tournaments.
Remaining Schedule of Triton One
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| Nov 10-15 | #12 $8K Triton One Main Event |
| Nov 10-11 | #13 $6K PLO 6-Handed |
| Nov 10 | #16 $2K NLH One Night |
| Nov 11 | #17 $3K PLO 6-Handed |
| Nov 11-12 | #18 $3K NLH Quest |
| Nov 12 | #20 $5K NLH 7-Handed |
| Nov 12 | #21 $2K PLO Turbo Bounty Quattro |
| Nov 13-15 | #22 $15K Triton One High Roller |
| Nov 14 | #25 $5K NLH Bounty Quattro |
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