WSOP Paradise: Aleksejs Ponakovs wins the $100,000 Triton Main Event

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WSOP Paradise: Aleksejs Ponakovs wins the $100,000 Triton Main Event

2025-12-13 - David POULENARD

The Latvian wins $4,750,000 and a bracelet at the end of a tournament which also saw Jean-Noël Thorel finish 8th ($597,000)

The $100,000 Main Event of this WSOP-Paradise Triton series was won by Latvian Aleksejs Ponakovs. He defeated a field of 237 entrants, including the elite of the poker world and all the specialists in this type of buy-in. A veteran of high-stakes tournaments, Ponakovs had nearly $30 million in live tournament winnings prior to this victory, an impressive record that nevertheless includes numerous six- and even seven-figure finishes in Triton tournaments, but no titles.

This anomaly was rectified yesterday with this prestigious victory, earning him a cool $4,750,000 and his third bracelet, after overcoming the resistance of Brazilian Pedro Padilha in heads-up play. It's worth noting that Brazil seems to be producing new players capable of shining every week, much like Germany did a decade earlier. Also noteworthy is Jean-Noël Thorel's eighth-place finish, the only French representative to win silver; he finished ahead of Adrian Mateos and Jason Koon, which puts his performance into perspective.

Results :

1. Aleksejs Ponakovs : 4.750.000 $

2. Pedro Padilha : 3.160.000 $

3. Manuel Fritz : 2.311.000 $

4. Ye Wang : 1.865.000 $

5. Klemens Roiter : 1.462.000 $

6. Eelis Parssinen : 1.107.000 $

7. Yang Wang : 813.000 $

8. Jean-Noël Thorel : 597.000 $

9. Adrian Mateos : 495.000 $

10. Jason Koon :415.000 $