JEJU, South Korea — China's Ding Renjie and Taiwan's Chen Sin-Lan walked away as the standout winners from the early side events at Triton ONE's second Jeju stop, with both players turning bounty-hunting efficiency into outright victories.
Ding Sets the Tone on Opening Night
Ding Renjie kicked things off in style on March 6, topping a 119-entry field in Event #2, the $2,000 One Night NLH Bounty Quattro, to collect $52,500 in combined prize and bounty money.
The field was built from 95 entries and 24 re-entries, producing a $220,388 prize pool with $60,000 set aside for bounties. Ding ran hot on eliminations, sending seven players to the rail and pocketing $14,000 in bounty payments on top of his $38,500 base prize.
Hong Kong's Cheung Chung Ching was the busiest eliminator at the table all night, racking up 10 bounties worth $20,000 to go alongside his $26,200 runner-up prize, good for $46,200 total. Russia's Kirill Beketov finished third for $17,288. China's Zhu Jingfeng and He Yaoyu closed out the top five at $14,300 and $11,500.
The win gave Ding the first trophy of the festival, and gave the second Triton ONE Jeju stop its opening piece of hardware.
Chen Sin-Lan Puts Taiwan on the Board
Taiwan had gone home empty-handed across all 10 events at the inaugural Triton ONE Jeju festival last September. Chen Sin-Lan made sure that streak did not carry over.
On March 9, Chen topped the 59-entry field in Event #9, the $2,000 One-W Night NLH Bounty Quattro, defeating China's Hu Mengting heads-up to take $37,300. The prize pool reached $109,268, with $30,000 allocated to bounties.
Chen controlled the bounty stages from start to finish. She eliminated six opponents, collected $2,000 per bounty, and retained her own bounty, a combination that separated her payout from the rest of the field by a wide margin. No other player in the tournament eliminated more than two opponents.
Hu Mengting took $16,800 for the runner-up finish. Japan's Hishiuma Hikaru placed third at $14,368, followed by Sotelo Jc Ann of the Philippines at $10,300 and Taiwan's Wong Cai-Xin at $6,400.
The result came on the heels of Elizabeth Chen's victory in the $3,000 One-W Championship, giving the women's events at Triton ONE Jeju consecutive champions.
The festival continues alongside the $8,000 Main Event and the $3,000 QQPK Genesis.
