Poker vlogger Eric Tsai eliminates two opponents in $5,000 tournament

A three-way pot in the $5,000 NLH Mystery Bounty event at the 2026 Triton ONE tournament in Northern Cyprus accelerated the tournament's progress toward its nine-player final table. The player who won the pot has now moved into the lead in the race for the $293,000 first-place prize.

Poker vlogger and ambassador Eric Tsai collected a pot of about 70 big blinds when he was dealt pocket aces. Hao Tian made the first move among the remaining 13 players. Tsai raised to three times the big blind from the cutoff. Boris Smuskevicius raised to four times the big blind and went all-in. Tian also went all-in, and Tsai called.

When the hands were revealed, Smuskevicius had Q♦ Q♠, Tian had A♣ K♠, and Tsai had A♦ A♥. The flop of K♦ 3♠ 9♠ gave Tian a pair of kings, but the turn and river completed Tsai's set of aces. Smuskevicius was eliminated in 13th place and Tian in 12th. Each received $16,000. Tsai won two more bounty chips, raising his total to nine.

The remaining nine finalists will each earn at least $23,100. The last three players will receive six-figure payouts. The champion will receive the $293,000 cash prize along with bounty earnings, giving them a higher total payout.

Tsai won the $60,000 Super High Roller tournament at KPC Jeju last month, earning $1,046,600. The Taiwanese player had also finished second in the 2023 WSOP Europe Main Event, earning $951,252. He has more than 168,000 subscribers on YouTube.