A new star has emerged in the highstakes world as Tuck Wai Foo fought his way through a field of crushers to lift event #2 of the Triton Jeju stop, turning $20k into $1.35 million.
Foo was one of 348 entries to the second of 19 tournaments of the premier highroller series’ stop in Jeju, South Korea. The amateur lined up alongside the likes of Dan Smith, Chris Brewer, Ben Heath, Ben Tollerene and Sam Greenwood.
Huge field, huge prizepool
The 237 unique entries were supplemented by 121 re-entries, making the prizepool an astonishing $6,960,000 – bearing in mind the buy-ins will reach $150,000 later in the series!
With 55 spots paid, it was Aussie pro Daniel Neilson who busted on the bubble, his A♦ 10♦ losing out to Ren Lin’s 9♣ 8♣ and the day ended shortly afterwards, just 50 players returning for day 2.
Among that 50 were a dozen Chinese players, all looking to recreate Zhao Hongjun’s epic victory in yesterday’s opening event. Only one would make it to the final table, though, and that was the irrepressible Ren “Tony” Lin.
Chip and a Chair
Only Belgium’s Michael Gathy had a big stack, with Jon Ander Vallinas having the proverbial chip and a chair. The Spaniard somehow managed to triple then double his way back to relative safety, laddering up twice before eventually falling in 7th for $227,000.
“Tony” Lin’s end came at the hands of Ukrainian Igor Yaroshevskyy, despite getting it in good…
Yaroshevskyy: A♦ 4♣
Lin: A♠ Q♥
Flop: 6♦ J♥ 4♠
Turn: 6♣
River: 3♥
Incredibly, Mosböck was soon left with one big blind and he too spun it up! At least four double-ups would see him survive to the very end, in the process KO’ing both Gathy and Yaroshevskyy.
Heads-up for the Milly!
The Austrian former pro footballer faced off against the Chinese amateur, 40 BBs vs 18BBs, but that was the end of the good news for the two-time triton champion.
Foo first pegged him back and then took the lead, before finishing things off with a beautiful river card to lift the title…
A little luck and a lot of skill! 🔱Triton newcomer Tuck Wai Foo proves he has what it takes 💪 as he defeats Mario Mosbock heads-up for $1.35 MILLION! 💰💰💰 pic.twitter.com/Q6e8v7j4nr
— Triton Poker (@tritonpoker) February 28, 2025
“I am a champion!” said a jubilant Foo, his rail going wild as he closed the deal.
Event #2 $20k NLH 8-Handed
Final results
| 1 | Tuck Wai Foo | Malaysia | $1,350,000 |
| 2 | Mario Mosböck | Austria | $856,000 |
| 3 | Igor Yaroshevskyy | Ukraine | $619,000 |
| 4 | Michael Gathy | Belgium | $501,000 |
| 5 | Ren Lin | China | $396,000 |
| 6 | Andrei Kotelnikov | Russia | $305,000 |
| 7 | Jon Ander Vallinas | Spain | $227,000 |
| 8 | Calvin Lee | USA | $164,000 |
| 9 | Shimizu Nozomu | Japan | $133,000 |
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