Alin Ivan wins the Triton ONE Genesis in North Cyprus for $450,000
9 November 2026 · A 2 minute read
Alin Ivan from Romania has won the $3,000 QQPK Genesis at Triton ONE North Cyprus and $450,000, the biggest result of his career. The turning point was a call for all his chips with second pair on the river, three-handed.
Key points
- Alin Ivan of Romania won the $3,000 QQPK Genesis at Triton ONE North Cyprus for $450,000. His best score before this was $80,000.
- The event drew 912 entries and a prize pool of $2,443,248, and the top 146 finishers were paid.
- Three-handed, Ivan called an all-in of 43,600,000 on the river with second pair and took the chip lead.
- Viktor Kudinov came to the last day with the most chips and finished second for $272,000.
912 entries in the first Triton ONE in Europe
Triton ONE North Cyprus is the first Triton ONE festival held in Europe, and the $3,000 QQPK Genesis opened it. Across four starting flights it drew 912 entries, which made a prize pool of $2,443,248.
The final was planned for Saturday 7 November, but the field needed an extra session. Six players came back for it, with Kudinov first in chips and Ivan second.
From six players to three
Ivan took out Peng Chen in sixth place when his ace-king held against king-seven. Yang Zhang went next, with pocket fives into pocket aces, for $111,000.
Pavel Ignatov had pocket queens all in against Ruslan Kasper's king-three, and Kasper made a flush on the river. Ignatov left in fourth for $143,000.
The call on the river
With three players left, Ivan limped from the small blind with queen-two of clubs and Kudinov checked his option with six-two of hearts. The flop came queen, eight, five. Ivan checked top pair and called a bet of 4,500,000.
The turn was the four of clubs, which gave Ivan a flush draw and Kudinov a gutshot. Ivan checked and called 9,000,000. The river was the king of hearts, which put a higher card on the board. Ivan checked again, and Kudinov moved all in for the 43,600,000 Ivan had left.
Ivan took a long time and called with second pair. Kudinov had missed, and the pot put Ivan in the chip lead.
Heads-up and the last hand
Ivan knocked out Kasper in third with pocket fives against ace-four suited, and he went heads-up with more than twice Kudinov's chips. In the last hand Kudinov was all in with ace-four of clubs against Ivan's ace-queen. The board ran king, king, queen, seven, four, and Ivan's kings and queens with an ace beat Kudinov's two pair.
Ivan called the win a completely surreal experience. His career best before this event was $80,000.
The final table
| Place | Player | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alin Ivan | $450,000 |
| 2 | Viktor Kudinov | $272,000 |
| 3 | Ruslan Kasper | $191,000 |
| 4 | Pavel Ignatov | $143,000 |
| 5 | Yang Zhang | $111,000 |
| 6 | Peng Chen | $82,000 |
| 7 | Xuan Liu | $59,048 |
| 8 | Aleksandr Kirichenko | $42,000 |
| 9 | Sardor Shagulyamov | $33,000 |
The figures are the ones Card Player published, and the first prize matches Triton's own results page. Card Player names the country of the winner only.
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