Alex Anton added a Triton Poker title to his 2026 resume on September 11, capturing the $30,000 buy-in Turbo No-Limit Hold’em event at the Triton Super High Roller Series Jeju II for $577,000. The 70-entry event built a $2,100,000 prize pool, and Anton’s win came just three months after he claimed his first WSOP bracelet, giving the 25-year-old Miami pro one of the most complete seasons of any player on the high roller circuit this year.
A Turbo Field Packed With Star Power
Anton’s Triton title did not come against a soft field. The final table featured Artur Martirosian, who finished runner-up for $411,000, along with Brazilian pro Alisson Piekazewicz in third for $269,000. Stephen Chidwick took fourth for $207,000, Adrian Mateos fifth for $164,000, Byron Kaverman sixth for $128,000, Mikita Badziakouski seventh for $101,000, Winfred Yu eighth for $79,000, and Mingcong Chen ninth for $60,000. With a turbo structure compressing the entire event into a single session, Anton had to navigate that lineup of proven high roller regulars in far less time than a standard-speed event would allow. Speaking afterward, Anton downplayed the tension of the fast-paced final table, saying it was “really silly” and that “it was fun, but we were just flipping for a lot of money.”
From a First WSOP Bracelet to a Triton Trophy
The Jeju title is Anton’s second-largest career score, trailing only the $678,300 he won at the 2026 World Series of Poker in June, when he took down Event #51, a $10,000 buy-in Mystery Bounty No-Limit Hold’em tournament at Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas. That event drew 558 entries for a $3,515,400 prize pool, and Anton beat Julien Sitbon of France heads-up, with Sitbon collecting $452,200 for his runner-up finish. Josh Reichard rounded out the top three for $313,400. The Mystery Bounty format, which hides bounty values inside sealed envelopes revealed only when a player is eliminated, added an extra layer of unpredictable swings to an already stacked field, and Anton’s ability to navigate both that chaos and a straightforward turbo shootout in the same year speaks to his range as a tournament player.
A Career Built on Grinding, Not a Fast Track
Anton’s path to two seven-figure-adjacent scores in one year was not a conventional one. The Miami-based pro transitioned from online cash games to live tournament poker roughly two years before his WSOP bracelet win, then ramped up his travel and tournament schedule dramatically. “I’ve been playing basically all day every day since I was 20,” Anton said, describing a grind that included around 18 months of near-constant travel between tournament stops. That background as a cash game player rather than a lifelong tournament specialist may help explain his comfort navigating both the deep, patient structures of a WSOP bracelet event and the rapid-fire decision-making required in a Triton turbo.
A Breakout Season by the Numbers
The Jeju title marks Anton’s third of the 2026 season and his seventh final table appearance in the calendar year, a rate of success that few players on the high roller circuit can match. He now sits 21st in the Player of the Year standings with 4,570 points, and his career earnings have crossed $3 million. For a player who was still building his live tournament resume just two years ago, that combination of a maiden WSOP bracelet and a Triton title in the same season represents one of the more compelling breakout stories of the year. Readers looking to understand how bracelet events like the one Anton won in Las Vegas fit into the broader World Series of Poker calendar can find a full rundown in Poker Pro Academy’s WSOP guide.
What Comes Next for Anton
With three titles, seven final tables, and two career-best scores already banked in 2026, Anton heads into the final stretch of the Triton and WSOP calendars as one of the circuit’s form players. Whether he can add a fourth title before the year closes out remains to be seen, but his rapid rise from grinding online cash games to sharing a final table with the likes of Chidwick, Mateos, and Badziakouski suggests he is far from finished.
Turbo Events and the High Roller Calendar
Turbo-structured tournaments like the one Anton won in Jeju have become a fixture of the Triton Super High Roller Series, offering a faster, single-day alternative to the multi-day marathons that headline most stops. For traveling professionals who move between Jeju, Cyprus, London, and the Bahamas across a packed annual calendar, a well-run turbo event offers a chance to add a title without committing several extra days to a single tournament. That format also tends to compress variance into a shorter window, rewarding players comfortable making rapid-fire decisions under mounting blind pressure rather than those who prefer to play a long, patient structure. Anton’s win suggests his game translates well across both extremes, a trait that becomes increasingly valuable as more circuits experiment with turbo and hyper-turbo variants of their marquee events.
