If you want to catch up on poker news from September 14–20, 2026, this was the week Jeju closed its invitational and its Main Event, and GGPoker paid a bracelet from a field of more than 16,000. Brazil's Joao Simao won the $200,000 Triton Invitational for $7,250,000. Nick Schulman added a Triton Main Event title and a career-high cash. Nick Petrangelo took the 10th Anniversary Special as the festival reached about $103.2 million, and the $400 COLOSSUS on GGPoker stretched to 16,455 entries. Last week's September 7–13 roundup left the Invitational still running. This week follows the results that actually closed.

The sections below stick to reporting you can verify from sources dated in this window—chiefly PokerNews, Poker.org, PokerPro, SuperPoker, and PokerNews Brazil. Last week already covered Pedro Padilha's $50,000, Daniel Dvoress's seventh title, and the WCOOP schedule. This week leaves those headlines alone and stays on September 14–20.

Joao Simao Wins the Triton Jeju II $200,000 Invitational for $7.25 Million

According to PokerNews on September 14, 2026, Brazil's Joao Simao won the $200,000 Triton Invitational at Triton Super High Roller Series Jeju II for $7,250,000 and his second Triton title. The event drew 173 entries and built a $34,600,000 prize pool. PokerNews calls it Simao's largest score and the most a Brazilian player has ever won in a poker tournament. He beat China's Biao Ding, listed as the all-time money leader on The Hendon Mob, after the pair declined a deal. Ding collected $4,940,000 for second, also a personal high.

Eight countries sat at the official final table. The United States' Seth Davies finished third for $3,470,000. PokerNews notes that Davies is the first player to make three Triton Invitational final tables. Yang Wang took fourth ($2,820,000) and France's Emilien Pitavy fifth ($2,245,000). Winfred Yu, one of Triton's founding fathers, busted sixth for $1,693,000. Hannes Jeschka ($1,237,000), Thomas Boivin ($905,000), and Eric Tsai ($749,000) filled out the nine. Adrian Mateos, the most recent Invitational champion, went out 14th for $512,000 on Day 3.

The win did not look likely on Day 2. Shortly after reaching the money, a preflop pot left Simao with two big blinds. He bagged 25 big blinds for the final day, burst the final-table bubble by sending Matthias Eibinger out 10th for $635,000, and started the nine as chip leader. When he eliminated Yu in sixth he held about half the chips in play. He then knocked out Wang in fourth; Ding took care of Davies in third.

Heads-up started about 2-to-1 for Simao, then swung. PokerNews says Simao fired several failed bluffs, Ding flipped the lead, and Simao was the first player all-in, ace-four against Ding's ace-jack. The board split the pot. Simao later hero-called with queen-high, recaptured the lead, and never gave it back. The last hand put Ding at risk with top pair against Simao's overpair on the turn; the river held. The duel lasted about two and a half hours. "It's unreal, really. There are no words," Simao told PokerNews. "I feel so, so lucky, so blessed. It's the type of stuff that happens once in your life." He also said he wanted to go home to his family after about 12 days on Jeju. His first Triton title, a $150,000 at last year's WSOP Paradise, had an all-Brazilian top three. This final table did not.

Nick Schulman Wins the $100,000 Main Event for $3.85 Million, a Career-High Cash

According to PokerNews on September 16, the United States' Nick Schulman won the $100,000 NLH Main Event for $3,854,888 after beating Austria's Bernhard Binder heads-up. Binder collected $3,080,112. The payout table is marked as a deal. The field was 196 entries at LES A Casino. PokerNews frames it as the biggest single cash of Schulman's career. At 41 he already had eight WSOP bracelets, two WPT titles, and a Poker Hall of Fame induction. The Main Event trident is the line that was missing.

Twelve players returned for the final day. Wesley Fei started last in chips, doubled into the lead, then lost most of it when Xu Yang turned an ace-high flush through Fei's king-high flush. Fei finished eighth for $512,000. Isaac Haxton went out sixth for $958,000, ace-high into Binder's king-three. Japan's Ryuta Nakai finished fifth for $1,263,000; PokerNews says he got it in preflop with king-three against Schulman's low ace and lost when Schulman paired. Xu Yang took fourth ($1,596,000) against Gytis Lazauninkas's nines. Lazauninkas then shoved eights into Schulman's tens and busted third for $1,968,000. Roberto Perez (ninth, $424,000) and Danilo Velasevic (seventh, $700,000) completed the nine.

Heads-up was not a short stack-off. Binder closed the gap with two bluffs. Schulman then got value with a turned queen and, a few hands later, slow-played pocket kings. PokerNews says he called two streets on an ace-high flop; Binder check-called all-in with king-high and the Main Event ended. "It means the world to me because I've been playing since I was 15," Schulman told PokerNews. He said he is not trophy-chasing so much as trying to hold his head high, win or lose, and that most of his volume will stay in Las Vegas. If you are reading Jeju for a Japanese cash, Nakai's fifth is the one that landed this week.

The Main Event did not arrive in isolation. According to PokerNews on September 15, Schulman's close friend Matthew Wantman won the $50,000 NLH 7-Handed for $836,721 and his first Triton title, chopping with Schulman heads-up. They left $30,000 and the trophy to play for; Wantman took $836,721 and Schulman $810,279. Wantman called it the best moment of his poker career and said they were always going to chop if they got heads-up. He also told PokerNews he could not remember his last winning trip after a rough WSOP, EPT, and several bubbles at the recent KPC in Jeju. According to PokerNews on September 16, Ben Tollerene won the $50,000 Turbo Bounty Quattro from 35 entries for $412,000 plus $240,000 in bounties, $652,000 combined, and his fifth Triton title, coming back from about 4-to-1 heads-up against Daniel Rezaei. The Main Event number that moved is still Schulman's career-high cash.

Nick Petrangelo Wins the 10th Anniversary Special as Jeju Closes at $103.2 Million

According to PokerPro on September 18, the United States' Nick Petrangelo won the $150,000 10th Anniversary Special for $2,212,910 and his second Triton title. The event drew 67 entries and a $10,050,000 prize pool, with 11 players paid. The heads-up opponent was Simao, four days after the Invitational. Simao led about 3-to-1. They agreed an ICM deal: Simao locked up $2,517,090, Petrangelo $2,212,910, and they left $80,000 plus the trophy. PokerPro says they then played consecutive blind all-ins; Petrangelo doubled twice and took the rest.

The official nine looked like a tour roll call. Adrian Mateos finished third for $1,286,000 when ace-ten lost a race to Simao's threes. Miroslav Atanasov took fourth ($990,000) after cracking Dvoress's queens to send him out ninth ($286,000). Thomas Boivin rallied from 15,000 chips to fifth ($783,000). Murly Manokharan sixth ($613,000), Danny Tang seventh ($483,000), Seth Davies eighth ($377,000) after ace-eight ran into Petrangelo's ace-queen. Petrangelo told Triton media he and Simao had been grinding against each other online since 2008. PokerPro also quotes him telling PokerNews, "You can finish ninth in a bunch of these, or you can get lucky and get three-handed or heads-up, and I'm happy it worked out." Simao's two-event Jeju total is $9,767,090.

One turbo remained. PokerPro reports China's Wang Ye won the closing $30,000 NLH Turbo from 23 entries and a $690,000 prize pool for $256,000, his first Triton title. He beat Wai Kiat Lee heads-up. Lee collected $176,000 for second after leading into the last hand and running a straight into Wang Ye's sevens full of jacks on a jack-ten-seven-nine-seven board. Lee had already won the $40,000 Mystery Bounty in last week's September 7–13 roundup. Matthias Eibinger finished third ($110,000), Ding fourth ($85,000), Tollerene fifth ($63,000).

PokerPro puts the festival at 14 numbered events plus the anniversary special, 14 days at LES A Casino, 1,752 total entries, and $103,200,000 in prize money. Nick Schulman won the Main Event on the eve of his 42nd birthday. Dvoress still leads the Ivan Leow Player of the Year race into the North Cyprus finale in November; PokerPro notes the $200,000 bonus is not confirmed until that stop closes. If you only check Jeju once a week, last week's story was Padilha's first $50,000. This week's is the Invitational, the Main Event, and the wrap.

Roberto Firmino Wins the WSOP Online $400 COLOSSUS for $752,277

According to Poker.org on September 16, Brazil's Roberto Firmino Santos Filho won Event #22, the $400 COLOSSUS, for $752,277 and his first WSOP bracelet. The tournament drew 16,455 entries, smashed its $5,000,000 guarantee, and built a $6,187,080 prize pool. Only 1,675 players advanced to Day 2. Poker.org calls it the largest score of Firmino's career and Brazil's sixth win of the 2026 WSOP Online. The same report puts Brazil on 16 podium finishes and $3,370,411 in series winnings, with a $200,000 country freeroll still in view if that lead holds to the end of the series.

Firmino sat down heads-up with the lead against Norway's Evaldas Narmontas. Poker.org says Narmontas doubled twice, then lost a post-flop cooler. SuperPoker, writing the same day, records the last board as ten-three-deuce-deuce-five: Narmontas called about 14 big blinds with eight-deuce for trip deuces and ran into Firmino's three-deuce for a full house. Narmontas collected $579,973 for second. Carlos Delafuente took third ($447,233). Matthew Vengrin, chasing a second bracelet after a 2025 $1,500 PLO win, finished fourth for $344,876. Ole Schemion busted eighth for $121,968, short of a third bracelet. Dong Hyun Lee fifth ($265,948), Johannes Van Bemmel sixth ($205,087), Yuhang Chen seventh ($158,156), Mathias Nisula ninth ($94,063).

The same GGPoker window produced two other bracelets if you are tracking the series rather than a single headline. According to PokerNews on September 15, Albania-listed Alessio La Francesca won Event #21, the $1,500 GGMasters Freezeout Championship, for $316,037, a first bracelet, and a $30,000 Super Pass from 1,515 entries. Finland's Elias Suhonen finished second for $243,696. Three Brazilians made that nine: Vinicius Escossi fifth ($111,735), Artur Berg sixth ($86,159), and Gustavo Pinto seventh ($66,438). The same article says Denmark's Christoffer Munk won Event #23, the $400 PLOSSUS Bounty, from 6,029 entries for $220,955 including bounties, beating Kai Lehto heads-up ($119,463). The COLOSSUS number that moved is still $400 into $752,277.

Johannes Straver Goes Back-to-Back in the WCOOP Super Tuesday

According to PokerNews on September 18, Dutch pro Johannes Straver, listed from Austria in the lobby as Jepser8, won WCOOP 49-H: the $5,200 Super Tuesday High Roller for $90,420. The field was 67 entries. He beat Canada's Guillaume Nolet heads-up and denied Nolet a fourth WCOOP title; Nolet collected $67,695 for second. Rodrigo Selouan finished third for $50,682. PokerNews frames it as a defense: Straver had won a $5,200 high roller the previous week from 23 entries for $106,622, and this week's 67-player Super Tuesday is the back-to-back line.

Mixed-game regulars moved on the same leaderboard. PokerNews reports that Joao Vieira, listed from the United Kingdom as Naza114, won WCOOP 59-H: the $1,050 World Championship of PLO8 from 121 entries for $27,202, his first title of the 2026 festival after two runner-up finishes in $5,200 PKO high rollers. Markku Koplimaa finished second for $20,863. That puts Vieira on 14 career WCOOP titles, joining the chasing pack behind Benny Glaser. Renan Bruschi, Internett93o in the lobby, won WCOOP 55-H: the $1,050 NL 2-7 Single Draw from 39 entries for $16,715 and an 11th title, his first in the format, a week after a $530 Mystery Bounty. He beat Kazakhstan-listed ivano1v heads-up ($10,373).

Taken together, the throughline across all five stories is that Jeju posted the week's largest live prizes, and GGPoker posted the week's largest field. WSOP Online still runs through September 29. WCOOP still runs through September 30, with the six Main Events scheduled for September 27–28. Expect the next roundup to stay on those two calendars rather than on Jeju, which is now in the books.