Wang doesn’t really bother with the tournament scene that much but he was no doubt drawn into the Triton stop at Jeju, South Korea where massive cash games take place alongside the prestigious tournament.
Remember, this is a guy who was involved in a $1.4 million pot with Alan Keating back in April.
In fact, his first recorded live tournament score only came back in April this year, followed up last week with 12th in the $40K Mystery Bounty which was won by Jun Obara.
So while he was in Jeju, he thought why not jump into another event and see where it takes him.
At the start there was a field of 103 runners to contend with, followed up with another 51 re-entries that sweetened the pot for a nice $9,240,000 prize pool.
New Zealand’s Sosia Jiang fought Wang the longest, coming ever so close to only the second Triton win by a female player after a marathon heads-up battle.
In the end she had to settle for second place and a $1,381,000 prize.
Action Recap
When the final table assembled, the organisers agreed to roll back the blinds a couple of levels to give the players a little more room to play. But even so, there was still half of the field in dire need of chips.
| Player | Chips | Big Blinds |
| Sosia Jiang | 5,825,000 | 58 |
| Peter Wang | 5,350,000 | 54 |
| Calvin Lee | 4,850,000 | 49 |
| Anatoly Filatov | 4,500,000 | 45 |
| Thomas Boivin | 2,725,000 | 27 |
| Nang Quang Nguyen | 2,675,000 | 27 |
| Mikita Badziakouski | 2,575,000 | 26 |
| Tom Fuchs | 1,325,000 | 13 |
| Santhosh Suvarna | 975,000 | 10 |
Santhosh Suvarna must have been happy with the rollback, as he now had something approaching a playable stack.
He was even happier when he picked up pocket tens and doubled through Thomas Boivin to leave him on the ropes.
But the Indian’s luck didn’t last. Boivin was knocked out by Peter Wang, followed a couple of hands later by Survana, one of Wang’s high-stakes cash game friends.
As Sosia Jiang continued to dominate the table with her big stack, Tom Fuchs was the next player to exit, clashing with Mikita Badziakouski to leave in seventh place with a $345,000 prize.
This bumped the Belarusian up into second place until Wang fought back, winning a pair of large pots from Calvin Lee and Anatoly Filatov before knocking out Nang Quang Nguyen.
The flurry of action put Peter Wang back in the chip lead just as the action began to heat up considerably.
Up until this point, nobody had been dealt a vicious blow from Lady Luck; the best hand always won when the chips went in.
Three hands later, Calvin Lee opened with pocket kings from under the gun and Jiang came back over the top with A♣ 7♣ in the big blind.
Lee snapped her off for the rest of his 17 big blinds but was sent to the rail when an ace came on the flop. Fifth place and a prize of $618,000.
On the very next hand, Badziakouski jammed his last 22 blinds with K♦ Q♥ on the button and Wang made the call with A♥ J♥. The flop came down seven-high and Badziakouski packed up his gear and went to collect his $774,000 fourth-place payout.
After a quiet performance so far, Anatoly Filatov had somehow worked his way into the lead almost unnoticed. His 50 blinds was now up against Wang and Jiang’s 25.
Wang soon found himself at risk, all-in again the Russian with pocket tens against A♦ Q♥ but pulled through to retake the lead.
The Russian then busted out only minutes later when his pocket twos failed to overcome Wang’s K♦ 10♦.
Filatov actually has some Korean heritage connected to Jeju island and always does well there. He banked $950,000 for third place.
Wang began heads-up with a 60 blinds to 18 lead, but there was still a long way to go and boy did Jiang make Wang work for the trophy.
Jiang even held the lead at one point but eventually Wang was able to turn the tables before delivering the final blow.
Wang had K♠ 9♣ and Jiang got her chips in with J♣ 8♠ on a board of 6♣ K♣ 7♠ 6♠ 10♥ when Wang checked.
Wang made the call as the rail hushed themselves in anticipation, and when the cards were flipped over the playing hall erupted for a new Triton champion.
Triton Jeju Event #5: $60K NLH 8-Handed Final Table Results
| Place | Player | Country | Prize |
| 1st | Peter Wang | United States | $2,046,000 |
| 2nd | Sosia Jiang | New Zealand | $1,381,000 |
| 3rd | Anatoly Filatov | Russia | $950,000 |
| 4th | Mikita Badziakouski | Belarus | $774,000 |
| 5th | Calvin Lee | United States | $618,000 |
| 6th | Nang Quang Nguyen | Vietnam | $475,000 |
| 7th | Tom Fuchs | Germany | $345,000 |
| 8th | Santhosh Suvarna | India | $250,000 |
| 9th | Thomas Boivin | Belgium | $207,000 |
