Quan Zhou Wins Triton ONE North Cyprus

An extra day was needed to determine the winner of the $5,000 Mystery Bounty event at Triton ONE North Cyprus. Quan Zhou lifted the trophy after about 4 hours of play at the Merit Royal Diamond Hotel and Spa.

The prize pool reached $1,545,422 from 607 entrants. Zhou beat Ihar Soika heads-up to finish first and won $293,000. Soika took second for $179,000, and Eric Tsai, the chip leader at the start of the day, finished third for $128,000. Zhou and Soika each had five more bounties, while Tsai had collected 12 bounties during the event. Earnings may change because the mystery bounties have not yet been revealed.

On the broadcast, commentators Randy 'Nanonoko' Lew and Kevin 'Rotterdam08' van der Kooi nicknamed Zhou 'The King of China'. Zhou's total Triton earnings now exceed $8 million. This was his first Triton ONE win. Earlier, he won a $25,000 PLO event in Jeju in 2024, and in 2026 he earned $1,303,000 at the $25,000 Jupiter event in Jeju. Earlier this year, he finished seventh at the $8,000 Triton ONE Main Event in Jeju and won $213,000.

The final table started quickly. Asaf Groofi sat down with just one big blind and was forced all-in on the first hand. Soika tried, but Tsai, the chip leader at the start of the day, sent Groofi out. Tsai then eliminated Chengxu Hu in a cooler. Tsai flopped a set of queens, and the eleven on the board made it a full house. Hu, holding ace-ten, could not get away from trips. Daniel Braude was eliminated in seventh place, and Belarusian Mikita Badziakouski was knocked out in sixth after losing a flip. Tsai eliminated Raul Yunusov in fifth to strengthen his lead.

Tsai's path was not smooth. Zhou raised from the button with queen-ten, and Tsai defended with queen-deuce. The flop came king-queen-five, and both players hit a queen. The turn brought a club, giving Zhou an open-ended straight draw and Tsai a flush draw. Tsai went all-in, Zhou called quickly, and the river ten of diamonds did not change the result. Zhou took the lead.

After Punnat Punsri was eliminated in third place, Tsai lost several pots and was knocked out of the tournament.

In heads-up play, Zhou limped with pocket aces on the final hand. Soika moved all-in with king-deuce. A king came on the flop, but Zhou's aces held, and he lifted the trophy.

Everyone who won a mystery bounty during the event will be able to draw for their bounty at the Bounty Draw event held during the dinner break of the $8,000 Triton ONE Main Event. The top prize in that event is $155,000.