March 13-15, 2026
Ang's previous biggest score came in a third-place finish at the 2024 Poker Dream 11 Main Event.
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1ST
Austin Ang
$932,000
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2ND
Isaac Haxton
$940,000
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3RD
Bryn Kenney
$891,000
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4TH
Manuel Fritz
$466,000
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5TH
Paulius Vaitiekūnas
$366,000
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6TH
Christopher Nguyen
$287,100
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7TH
Aren Bezhanyan
$214,000
Ike Haxton added another runner-up spot to his Triton resumé at Jeju on Monday – this time in the $15K NLH High Roller Triton One event.
It makes seven runner-up finishes on the Triton tour for the US pro, who finally won his first title in September last year when he took down the $100K PLO Main Event.
A deal was made three-handed, which secured Haxton the most money. This was all about the title.
Bryn Kenney finished third after being eliminated by Austin Ang in a battle of the blinds. Kenney completed from the small blind with 
and a 15 big blind stack, then shoved over Ang’s raise from the big blind. Ang called with 
.
The 
runout left Ang with almost twice the chips of Haxton to start heads-up, with 39 big blinds playing 22.
Haxton cracks aces to take chip lead
Haxton would have been down to a sub-10 big blind stack if he hadn’t cracked Ang’s aces early on in the heads-up encounter.
Ang slow-played his aces, calling with , while Haxton checked with 
, before picking up a pair on the 
flop. Ang bet 3 million, and Haxton called.
The 
turn gave Haxton a dirty out to a straight with a nine.
Instead, the 
dropped on the river. Haxton moved all-in bar one chip, which Ang asked for with an all-in of his own. Haxton obliged and said, “I have a ten.” “Ah shit,” said Ang, and Haxton took a near 2:1 chip lead.
Within 10 minutes, the lead was 80M to 13M. Haxton had three shots at the crown but couldn’t finish Ang off in any of them.
Ang survives three all-ins
All-in #1
Haxton shoved with and Ang made the call with 
.
Runout: 
All-in #2
Ang shoved 
preflop saying, “Okay, good enough.” Haxton called with .
Runout: 
.
Ang used his “One time!” on the river. The hand briefly gave Ang the chip lead, but Haxton soon began grinding him down again. A few hands later, Haxton had him all-in again.
All-in #3
Ang shoved 
and Haxton made a slightly reluctant call with 
.
Runout: 
Ang only had 16% equity on the river but hit again. “What the f***?” he exclaimed to his rail with a smile on his face.
Ang wins the biggest buy-in event of his career
By contrast, it only took Ang one all-in to dispatch Haxton. He shoved with and Haxton called off the last of his short stack with .
Runout:
Ang closed his eyes, let out a deep sigh, and got up to hug Haxton. "I think I just got lucky, to be honest," he said afterward.
If you're going to get lucky, the best time to do it is the biggest buy-in event of your life. Prior to this tournament, Ang had won $410,911 in total in his three-year career.
You can watch the full final table below.
