Alex Boika is the third player in the fourth event of the 2026 Triton Poker Super High Roller Series Jeju II to win his first Triton Trophy. He took first place in the $25k NLH 8-handed event and pocketed $761,000.
92 starters and 39 re-entries created a prize pool of $3,275,000, with the top 23 places paid. The minimum cash prize was $38,000. Numerous well-known players, including Ethan Yau, Dan Dvoress, Alex Theologis, Alex Kulev, Klemens Roiter, and Bernhard Binder, went home empty-handed. On the bubble, Hannes Jeschka was eliminated with 
against Brandon Wilson’s 
. It was Brandon Wilson who led 17 players into the final table. There, however, his luck ran out, and he was eliminated in 10th place ($70,000).
Vladas Tamasauskas was the first to be eliminated at the final table, with queens against Alex Boika’s 
; but immediately afterward, Manuel Fritz also had to leave with 
against Yu Lei’s 
. Philip Sternheimer was the next to send a player packing; with tens, he eliminated Chen Mingcong and was now hot on the heels of chip leader Alex Boika.
5th place went to Seth Davies, who, with 
, came up short against Yu Lei’s 
on the board 
. With 6s, Nevan Chang then ran into Alex Boika’s queens, leaving only three players remaining. The gap between the three wasn’t too wide. When Yu Lei, from the SB, decided to limp and then 3-bet all-in with 
, he was called by Alex Boika with 
.
And just like that, it was heads-up. Both Alex Boika and Philip Sternheimer had previously been in heads-up matches for a Triton trophy, but neither had managed to win one yet. Now it was Alex Boika who prevailed with 
against Philip Sternheimer’s 
. On the flop 
, everyone checked; on the turn 
, Philip re-raised all-in and got the call. The river was a blank, and so it was Alex Boika who celebrated his first Triton trophy and $761,000, while Philip took home $516,000.
Event #5 – $25K NLH 8-handed
Buy-in: $25,000
Entries: 131 (92/39)
Prize Pool: $3,275,000
Paid Places: 23
Payouts
| Rank | Name | Country | Prize Money |
| 1 | Alex Boika | Belarus | $761,000 |
| 2 | Philip Sternheimer | United Kingdom | $516,000 |
| 3 | Yu Lei | China | $343,000 |
| 4 | Nevan Chang | Taiwan | $282,000 |
| 5 | Seth Davies | USA | $226,000 |
| 6 | Chen Mingcong | China | $175,000 |
| 7 | Manuel Fritz | Austria | $130,000 |
| 8 | Vladas Tamasauskas | Lithuania | $95,000 |
| 9 | Artur Martirosian | Russia | $70,000 |
| 10 | Brandon Wilson | USA | $70,000 |
| 11 | Jesse Lonis | USA | $64,000 |
| 12 | Yoko Sasaki | Japan | $56,000 |
| 13 | Kiat Lee | Malaysia | $56,000 |
| 14 | Matthias Eibinger | Austria | $51,000 |
| 15 | Reda Achnit | Morocco | $51,000 |
| 16 | Michael Watson | Canada | $46,000 |
| 17 | Wang Yang | China | $46,000 |
| 18 | Alex Anton | USA | $41,000 |
| 19 | Sirzat Hissou | Germany | $41,000 |
| 20 | Yuna Kanaizumi | Japan | $41,000 |
| 21 | Eelis Parssinen | Finland | $38,000 |
| 22 | Daniel Rezaei | Austria | $38,000 |
| 23 | Elizabeth Chen | China | $38,000 |
Triton Poker Super High Roller Series Jeju II 2026
Date: September 4–17
Location: Les A Casino, Jeju
Events: 14
Buy-ins: $15,000 to $200,000
–> Triton SHRS Jeju II Schedule