Anatoly Filatov Triumphs in Triton Jeju $25,000 NL WPT Global Slam

Anatoly Filatov was the last man standing in the Triton Jeju WPT Global Slam, bagging a $1,882,000 first place prize and his maiden Triton title.

The Russian’s victory comes after an 18-month hiatus, possibly prompted by a bad run in Cyprus in 2023 where he didn’t win a single cent in prize money.

And, apparently, this is somewhat of a home victory for Filatov whose Uzbek mother is of Korean origin from the island of Jeju.

It was Calvin Lee who pushed Filatov the longest, with the American dominating the early stages of the final table before losing momentum later in the day.

Filatov looked ecstatic as he hoisted not one but two trophies after seizing victory — one from Triton and another from the event sponsors WPT Global.

“I feel the power. This win is really special, and I’m really thankful for that. I get lucky so many time, ran so good. I can’t complain.” 

Action Recap

The beginning of the day saw 80 players returning to the playing hall to fight over the 63 cash prizes from the $9,725,000 prize pool.

It was Daniel Dvoress who just dipped out on a $41,000 min-cash, four-bet jamming A♣ 9♣ into the A♥ K♣ of Shunjiro Kita with no help from the board.

When the final table was formed, it was going to be five Europeans up against four North Americans who combined to make eight Triton titles between them.

Calvin Lee led the way but he was about to get hounded down by some incredibly strong players such as Filatov, Justin Saliba and Fedor Holz.

Four of the eight titles won by the final table participants belonged to Fedor Holz, but today he wouldn’t be making it five.

With 13bb left, Holz kept betting with top pair while Filatov had flopped a broadway straight with K♠ J♦ milking it to send the German home in fifth place with a $529,000 prize.

Justin Saliba suffered a terrible bad beat after calling Filatov’s open from the small blind with Q♠ J♦.

The flop was 4♠ 5♠ 9♥ and Filatov bet half pot. Saliba called.

The J♣ turn was enough for Saliba to bet three quarters of his stack and then call it off when Filatov jammed, flipping over Q♣ 5♣.

The river was the  5♥, ending the American’s hopes in the most brutal fashion.

Igor Yaroshevskyy, Lee and Filatov all had similar size deep stacks to wield but Yaroshevskyy was the only one with a Triton title to his name.

Sadly for the Ukrainian, he was next to bust. A♣ 6♥ versus A♠ 4♠ when both kickers hit was enough to take almost all of Yaroshevskyy’s chips.

Filatov began the heads-up battle with a slender lead of 67bb to 54bb. This was to be a proper deep stacked duel.

Sadly, the cards couldn’t have fallen any worse for Calvin Lee, destroying the entertainment value of the fight. Filatov couldn’t put a foot wrong, including hitting a set with 7♣ 4♦ when up against A♣ K♠ before completing his task and chalking up his first Triton title.

Triton Jeju Event #6 – $25,000 NLH WPT Global Slam Final Table Results