Vietnam’s Khoa Anh Ngo turned a $26,500 buy-in into $1,090,000 at LES A Casino in Jeju on Tuesday, outlasting 210 entries in the $25,000 Titi Poker event for his first Triton Super High Roller title — and the first seven-figure score of his career.
Ngo arrived at the nine-handed final table sixth in chips, in a room stacked with players who have been winning at this level for years. Isaac Haxton, David Coleman and Anatoly Filatov were all still in seats when play resumed. Three hours later Ngo had the trident trophy and 56% of his lifetime Triton earnings sitting in one payout.
Eight Hands to Finish It
Heads-up against Filatov lasted eight hands. On the last one Ngo opened the button with 8♣5♠ and Filatov called with the dominating Q♣8♠. The flop came 8♦7♥2♥ to give both players a pair of eights, the 5♣ turn moved Ngo in front with two pair, and the 6♠ river settled it.
“Playing against top players in the world is never easy, never comfortable,” Ngo said afterwards. “But I tried my best today.”
A $5.25 Million Prize Pool From 128 Unique Players
The event drew 128 unique entrants who fired 82 re-entries between them, building a $5,250,000 prize pool. Thirty-four places were paid, with the min-cash set at $43,500.
The full final table:
- 1st — Khoa Anh Ngo (Vietnam) — $1,090,000
- 2nd — Anatoly Filatov (Russia) — $733,000
- 3rd — Isaac Haxton (USA) — $515,000
- 4th — Aren Bezhanyan (Armenia) — $417,000
- 5th — David Coleman (USA) — $330,000
- 6th — Joe Hindry (UK) — $250,000
- 7th — Chu Chi-Jen (Taiwan) — $184,000
- 8th — Batmunkh Unubukh (Mongolia) — $134,000
- 9th — Thomas Boivin (Belgium) — $111,000
Chu and Batmunkh kept the Asian representation deep into the money alongside Ngo, with Taiwan and Mongolia both landing six-figure results.
Only the Second Vietnamese Player to Win a Triton Event
Ngo is not a newcomer to the Triton circuit, just to its biggest rooms. He first made a mark in the lower-buy-in Triton ONE series, where in March 2026 he became the first player ever to win two ONE titles, having taken the first in September 2025. His previous career best was $612,000, banked in a $10,000 Triton ONE event earlier this year.
That progression — ONE regular to Super High Roller champion inside roughly twelve months — is the whole pitch behind Triton’s cheaper tier, and Ngo is now its most convincing advertisement. The win pushes his lifetime tournament earnings close to $3.8 million and makes him only the second Vietnamese champion in Triton history.
Filatov Leaves With a Ticket to Cyprus
The runner-up finish paid Filatov $733,000, but it came with a bonus attached. Wearing the Titi Poker patch as the highest-placing sponsored finisher earned him a free $25,000 entry into the equivalent event at Triton North Cyprus in November — the sponsor’s promotion attaching a second shot at a title to an already substantial score.
Jeju II runs through September 17, with the $200,000 Invitational on September 12-14, the $100,000 Main Event over September 14-16, and a $150,000 10th Anniversary Special closing the schedule. Ngo, for his part, now has a trophy the Triton ONE tables cannot hand out.