Xuan Liu Becomes First Female to Win a Triton Event

Dvoress Was Running Hot, but Everything Changed in Heads-up

The $25K WPT Global Slam attracted 155 entries. Five players reached the final day:

Dvoress knocked out three opponents in a row and entered heads-up play with a massive chip lead: 60 bb vs 16 bb. But everything changed heads-up. Liu and Dvoress played one-on-one for about an hour. Liu caught better cards and wasn’t afraid to bluff.

For example, in this hand (starts at 2:02:30), Liu bet twice the pot on the river with just K-high:

The key hand was a coin flip: 55 > AQ for a 44 bb pot. Dvoress was left with just 4 bb and couldn’t recover.

Payouts – Final 5-Max Table, $25K WPT Global Slam

Place	Player	Country	Payout
1	Xuan Liu		$860,000
2	Dan Dvoress		$579,000
3	David Peters		$398,000
4	Kristen Foxen		$325,000
5	Tom Fuchs		$259,000

“I came only to play this event”

Xuan Liu shared her thoughts in a post-win interview:

I came only to play this one event. I told myself I was going to make it really count. And obviously this is beyond my wildest dreams.

Liu continued:

“I didn’t have the chip lead at all at the final table. I had a huge deficit going into heads-up. Obviously, I ran really hot. I really can’t hang on a day-to-day basis, but this is the beauty of poker — anybody can get lucky on any given day.

Obviously, this is a career highlight. I don’t know if I can ever top this in poker, to be completely honest.

I think it’s just going to happen more and more. In this field, there were three women. All three of us cashed, and two of us made the final table. I know so many talented women playing small and mid-stakes — in a few years they’ll be playing high-stakes. It’s going to be really exciting to watch.“

Alex Foxen Wins His Third Triton Trophy in the $25K NLHE

The tournament drew 130 entries. In heads-up, Foxen started with a big advantage — 90 bb vs 14 bb — over Artur Martirosian. At one point, Artur evened out the stacks, but couldn’t complete the comeback. Second place paid $512K, while the winner earned $755K.

After the win, Foxen kept it short:

Payouts – Final Table, Event #2 NLH 8-Handed

Place	Player	Country	Prize
1	Alex Foxen		$755,000
2	Artur Martirosian		$512,000
3	Nacho Barbero		$341,000
4	Jesse Lonis		$280,000
5	Barak Wisbrod		$224,000
6	Michael Soyza		$174,000
7	Raul Manzanares		$129,000
8	Webster Lim		$94,000
9	Tom Heung	flag_c country=”hk”]	$75,000

Triton Action Continues

Coverage of the $30K NLH 8-Handed resumes today at 13:00 CET.

22 players remain, including:

Position	Player	Country	BB
1	Adrian Mateos Diaz		51 bb
2	Tobias Schwecht		48 bb
3	Maher Nouira		37 bb
4	Abdullah Alajmi		35 bb
5	Alex Kulev		35 bb
6	Barak Wisbrod		33 bb
7	Linus Loeliger		32 bb
8	Dan Dvoress		27 bb
9	Dietrich Fast		25 bb

Everyone is in the money. 22nd place pays $52K. The winner will take home $1,025,000.

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