Farkas Wins Triton North Cyprus High Roller

Benedek Farkas won the 2026 Triton ONE North Cyprus $10,000 no-limit Texas hold'em seven-handed table tournament. The 22-year-old Hungarian player, who trailed 15 to 1 in chips in heads-up play, earned $572,000 as the winner's prize. It was the first six-figure live tournament cash of his career, and Farkas's total recorded earnings rose above $782,000. His previous highest prize was $52,238, earned in 2025 when he finished second in a EUR 5,000 event at PokerStars Open Cannes.

The victory earned 1,200 points in the Card Player 2026 rankings. At the start of the final table, Dmitrii Kukhtarev held the chip lead, while Farkas was third in chips when seven players remained. When three players were left, Kukhtarev's chip count was more than three times that of his nearest rival. Igor Provkin was eliminated in third place after a coin flip against the big stack, and earned $261,484.

For heads-up play, Kukhtarev started with 60,750,000 chips and Farkas with 4,050,000. Farkas first won most of the pots to close the gap, then won a big pot with a full house, eights full of threes, against his opponent's set of eights. He took the lead with a bluff and entered the last hand with roughly a 5 to 1 chip advantage.

In the final hand, Kukhtarev limped from the button and Farkas checked. The flop came seven of clubs, five of spades, three of hearts. Farkas check-raised with his pair and open-ended straight draw, and Kukhtarev bet 2,000,000 chips with top pair and Farkas called. The turn was the six of diamonds, which gave Farkas the straight. Farkas bet 1,300,000 chips and Kukhtarev called. The river was the ten of spades, which gave Kukhtarev three tens. Farkas moved all in, and Kukhtarev, after a long think, called and lost. Kukhtarev finished second and earned $362,000.

After the win, Farkas told the Triton team: "I had ideas about how he played. It was a tough battle, and he played well. In heads-up, I think I was unlucky. We were at 7 big blinds against his 100, so I needed a bit of luck. But when we were even, I think I played really well."