Austin Yang Wins High Roller at Triton One Jeju

The closing event of the 2026 Triton One Jeju series was a $15,000 no-limit hold’em high roller that drew 490 entries to create a $6.9 million prize pool. The conclusion of the event pitted Triton newcomer Siang Ang ‘Austin’ Yang against two of the top-earning poker players in tournament history: Bryn Kenney and Isaac Haxton. Yang ultimately came out on top, besting the all-time money leader (Kenney) and the sixth-ranked player on that prestigious leaderboard (Haxton) to secure the title and a career-best score of $932,000.

Yang busted both of those high-stakes superstars down the stretch to close out the victory after the trio had struck a deal to redistribute the prize money down the stretch. Haxton, who held the chip lead at that time, ultimately walked away with the largest payout of $940,000. This was the fourth cash in six events for Yang, who had never played at a Triton stop before making the trek to South Korea for this festival.

Yang was the shortest stack when the final nine converged onto a single table, but was able to survive to the final three. He won a crucial double-up with pocket queens during four-handed play that helped even the stacks considerably before the deal amongst the final three was agreed upon. Kenney’s final hand saw him limp-jam from the button with K♠J♦ after Yang had raised from the big blind with A♠10♠. Yang took nearly a 2:1 chip lead into heads-up play with Haxton, but lost a big chunk when he took a tricky line with pocket aces and Haxton rivered trip tens. The final showdown pitted A♣10♣ against Haxton’s dominated 10♦7♦.