Theologis Wins Triton Jeju II Opener for First Title
The Greek pro beat Victor Chong heads-up for $642,000 after a final table that also included Punnat Punsri, Adrian Mateos and Wai Kiat Lee.
Alexandros “Pwndidi” Theologis won Event 1 of Triton Super High Roller Series Jeju II, taking the $15,000 NLH 8-Handed kickoff for $642,000 and his first Triton title after beating Victor Chong heads-up.
According to PokerNews, the opener featured a ceremonial walkout led by chip leader Theologis, Punnat Punsri and Adrian Mateos. As reported earlier in the event, Wai Kiat Lee led the 28 survivors into Day 2, and Theologis was chip leader heading to the final table.
The field ultimately reached 206 entries and built a $3.09 million prize pool. The bubble burst late on Day 1, leaving 35 players in the money, and the early action went fast, with Xu Yang, Ethan Yau, Daniel Dvoress and Xuan Liu each collecting $25,500 in the opening 15 minutes.
PokerNews’ daily highlights showed how deep the run went for the final table. Adrian Mateos finished 8th for $79,000, Ehsan Amiri took 7th for $108,000, Daniel Rezaei was 6th for $147,000, Yin Tao finished 5th for $194,500, Wai Kiat Lee took 4th for $245,500 and Punnat Punsri was 3rd for $302,000.
Triton’s own recap said Theologis spent most of Day 2 near the top of the counts, while Victor Chong emerged as his toughest heads-up resistance and took $431,000 for runner-up. The final hand went Theologis’ way when his jack-ten held against Chong’s eight-four, confirming the title.
Card Player added that Theologis came into the event with more than $4.5 million in Triton cashes but no trident trophy, and that this win was his sixth-largest career score. The same report said the victory earned him 1,080 Player of the Year points, lifted him to 2,400 points overall and moved him to 123rd on the CoinPoker leaderboard.
After the win, Theologis said he had been looking forward to winning a Triton trophy and that finally closing one out felt great. He also said the run was swingy, with a lot of chip losses before a comeback that worked out in the end.
