Two Triton Debutants Reached Heads-Up. Then This Happened

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  • Elena Yasyuchenya won the Triton ONE Women's Championship, defeating Kseniia Kolotiuk heads-up.
  • Yasyuchenya cracked aces with a set of fours to claim the $35,500 top prize.
  • The $3,000 event drew 42 entries, with seven players making the money.
Triton ONE Women’s Championship 2026
Elena Yasyuchenya takes the women’s title at Triton ONE. (credit: Triton Poker)
Neither Elena Yasyuchenya nor Kseniia Kolotiuk had ever played a Triton event before arriving in North Cyprus.They ended their first trip sitting heads-up for a trophy.

That duel then lasted exactly one hand, with Yasyuchenya cracking pocket aces to win the $3,000 ONE-W Championship and $35,500.

Women’s Championship Final Table Results

Place
Player
CountryPrize
1Elena YasyuchenyaRussia$35,500
2Kseniia KolotiukRussia$25,500
3Tang LiliChina$16,318
4Jessica TeuslAustria$12,400
5Ye YiChina$9,600
6Zhao YueChina$7,300
7Yuan YiwenChina$5,900

The 42-entry tournament created a $112,518 prize pool, with the final seven paid.


Tang Lili initially looked best placed to take the title. The previous ONE-W Championship runner-up reached the money with around 60 big blinds and more than twice the stack of her nearest rival.


Triton One Women's Championship Final Table
Triton ONE Women’s Championship Final Table

Jessica Teusl later moved into the lead, but Yasyuchenya found her run at exactly the right moment.


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Lili Tang in action during the Triton ONE Women’s Championship finale. (image: Triton Poker)

She eliminated Teusl in fourth, then woke up with pocket queens when Tang shoved her final nine blinds with ace-three. Once the board failed to rescue Tang, the tournament was down to two.

Aces Against Fours Decide It Immediately

Yasyuchenya began heads-up ahead, but Kolotiuk found the hand she needed immediately. Pocket aces.


Yasyuchenya had pocket fours and called the preflop raise. The flop came4♣9♥7♥, giving Yasyuchenya bottom set and turning Kolotiuk’s dream start into something considerably less comfortable.


The rest of the chips went in on the six of clubs turn. Kolotiuk had two outs but neither arrived. Then, the seven of clubs river gave Yasyuchenya the title on the first heads-up hand.


After more than 16 hours of tournament poker, Triton needed only a few minutes to find its final winner.

Yasyuchenya left with her first title and $35,500. Kolotiuk left with $25,500 and one very memorable pair of aces.

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