Quan Zhou Wins the Triton ONE North Cyprus $5,000 Mystery Bounty
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Quick answer: China's Quan Zhou, also named Zhou Quan in Triton's official report, won the $5,000 Mystery Bounty at Triton ONE North Cyprus. Triton and PokerNews both listed $293,000 for the title. Triton later said he added $35,000 when his bounties were drawn, for $328,000 total. Ihar Soika finished second. Eric Tsai took third in the regular payouts but pulled the $155,000 top bounty and, Triton said, $353,500 overall — more than the champion.
The field, and two ways to count the prize pool
The event was played at the Merit Royal Diamond Hotel and Spa. PokerNews said an extra day was needed and that Zhou beat Soika heads-up after a little more than four hours on the last day. Both outlets put the field at 607 entries.
The prize-pool language is easy to mix up. PokerNews reported $1,545,422, which matches the regular payout ladder that pays $293,000 to first. Triton's official recap said the board showed "more than $2.7 million in the prize pool — only half of which was on the main payout structure," with the rest in bounty envelopes. Those figures can both be right if one outlet counted standard payouts and the other counted payouts plus bounties.
PokerNews published this regular-payout final table:
- 1st: Quan Zhou (China) — $293,000
- 2nd: Ihar Soika (Belarus) — $179,000
- 3rd: Eric Tsai (Taiwan) — $128,000
- 4th: Punnat Punsri (Thailand) — $97,000
- 5th: Raul Yunusov (Russian Federation) — $77,000
- 6th: Mikita Badziakouski (Belarus) — $59,122
- 7th: Daniel Braude (Israel) — $43,000
- 8th: Chengxu Hu (China) — $29,100
- 9th: Asaf Groofi (Israel) — $23,100
The final table, then the bounty draw
Tsai began the last day as chip leader. Groofi started with one big blind and was eliminated on the first hand, a detail both Triton and PokerNews reported. Zhou took the lead, PokerNews said, after calling Tsai's all-in on a king-queen-five-jack board with queen-ten; Tsai had queen-deuce and a flush draw, and the river ten did not change the result.
Heads-up ended, according to both recaps, when Zhou limped pocket aces and Soika jammed king-deuce. Soika flopped a king, and the aces held.
An earlier PokerNews story, written before the envelopes were opened, said Zhou "took home the most money, for now," and that the $155,000 top bounty was still to be drawn during the $8,000 Triton ONE Main Event dinner break. Triton's later official report updates that: Zhou added $35,000 from five bounties, including his own, for $328,000. Tsai's 12 bounty pulls included the $155,000 envelope and, Triton said, $225,500 in bounties alone, bringing his total to $353,500. Soika also added $35,000 in bounties.
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Zhou's place on the Triton tours
Triton said this was Zhou's first Triton ONE title, and that he now has titles on both Triton ONE and the Super High Roller Series, alongside Artur Martirosian and Ngo Khoa Anh. PokerNews wrote that his Triton earnings surpassed $8 million, citing a 2024 $25,000 PLO win in Jeju, a 2026 Jupiter win there for $1,303,000, and a seventh in an $8,000 Triton ONE Main Event this year for $213,000. Those career figures come from the recaps, not a separate database check.
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FAQ
Who won the $5,000 Mystery Bounty at Triton ONE North Cyprus?
Quan Zhou (Zhou Quan in Triton's report), for $293,000 in regular prize money. Triton later put his bounty total at $35,000, or $328,000 overall.
Did the champion win the most money?
Not after the bounty draw. Triton said Eric Tsai, third on the regular ladder for $128,000, pulled $225,500 in bounties, including the $155,000 top prize, for $353,500 total.
How many entries were there?
607, according to both Triton and PokerNews.
Why do some stories list a $1.54 million prize pool and others more than $2.7 million?
PokerNews's $1,545,422 figure tracks the regular payouts. Triton's "more than $2.7 million" figure includes the bounty pool.
Sources
1. Triton Poker Series, "Zhou Quan Conquers Triton ONE Mystery Bounty to Add to Super High Roller Success": https://www.tritonpokerseries.com/en-US/news/headlines/zhou-quan-conquers-triton-one-mystery-bounty-to-add-to-super-high-roller-success
2. PokerNews, "Quan Zhou Wins $5K Mystery Bounty at Triton ONE North Cyprus," Nov. 10, 2026: https://www.pokernews.com/news/2026/11/quan-zhou-triton-one-north-cyprus-mystery-bounty-52779.htm
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