Ben Tollerene Wins Triton Jeju Turbo Bounty for Fifth Career Title
Ben Tollerene closed out a two-day stretch worth $1.1 million at Triton Super High Roller Series Jeju, according to Card Player, winning the $50,000 turbo bounty quattro event for his fifth career Triton title.
The 39-year-old American had cashed twice in the first nine events of the series, including an eighth-place finish at the $200,000 Triton Jeju Invitational. He then finished third in a $50,000 no-limit hold’em event for $448,000, and after an early exit from the $100,000 Triton Jeju main event, he turned around and won the turbo bounty for $652,000. Card Player reports his total haul for the series now stands near $1.3 million.
“I’m having a lot of fun,” Tollerene told Triton media after the win. “I feel very motivated and I’m really not even that happy with how I’m playing, so I’m feeling motivated to get better and keep working.”
Turbo Bounty Field and Payouts
The event drew 28 unique entrants and seven re-entries for a field of 35 and a prize pool of $1,750,000. Nine bounties worth $60,000 each were in play, and the final six players made the money. Daniel Rezaei collected the first bounty of the night off Stephen Chidwick, and later picked up a second bounty by eliminating Emilien Pitavy during a three-way all-in that also saw seven-time Triton champion Michael Watson triple up.
Watson went out in sixth for $84,000, followed by Tom Fuchs in fifth for $169,000 after a three-way all-in against Tollerene and Watson that saw Tollerene flop the nut ace to collect both bounties. Three-time Triton winner Ding Biao eliminated Eelis Parssinen in fourth place ($139,000) with top pair before falling in third himself ($241,000) to a Rezaei straight. Ding had reached the final table for the second straight night, coming off a career-best $4,940,000 cash for second place in the Triton Invitational.
Heads-Up Finish
Rezaei took a better than 3-to-1 chip lead into heads-up play, but Tollerene doubled through him after flopping a pair of fives with 6-5 suited to seize the lead. The match ended one hand later when Tollerene’s ace-king held against Rezaei’s ace-five through a runout of jack, nine, six, three, eight. Rezaei settled for $465,000 as the runner-up, falling short of a second Triton title.
Card Player notes that Tollerene, a Lubbock, Texas native, now has more than $38.9 million in lifetime tournament earnings, with nearly $18.6 million of that coming from 39 cashes on the Triton circuit. The win also added 408 points to his 2026 Card Player Player of the Year tally, with five of the six players who cashed in the event sitting among the top 50 in that race.