Which Crusher Leads Triton’s Ivan Leow Player of the Year Race With Days to Go?
Summary
Artur Martirosian sits atop the 2025 Triton Poker Ivan Leow Player of the Year leaderboard with 4,442 points after an extraordinary run of 20 cashes this year. Alex Foxen is the nearest challenger on 4,022 points, while Dan Dvoress, Jesse Lonis and Punnat Punsri round out the chase. The season was shaken up by the inaugural Triton One festival — where events with buy-ins of $10,000+ counted — and the final opportunity for points arrives at the Triton Poker Super High Roller Series Jeju II at Landing Casino.
The Ivan Leow award spans the calendar year of Triton events, rewards consistency across high-stakes fields, and includes a $200,000 cash prize plus the silver Ivan Leow trophy named after the late Triton founding player.
Key Points
- Leader: Artur Martirosian (Russia) — 4,442 points after 20 cashes, showing extreme consistency across Triton stops.
- Closest challenger: Alex Foxen (USA) — 4,022 points, the only other player above 4,000 this cycle.
- Other top contenders: Dan Dvoress (3,422), Jesse Lonis (3,374), Punnat Punsri (3,303).
- Triton One festival counted $10,000+ buy-ins toward the leaderboard, expanding opportunities to earn points this year.
- Jeju II (Landing Casino) is the final chance for players to move up the leaderboard with several marquee events still to play.
- Player of the Year combines finishing place, buy-in multiplier and field size to calculate points — rewarding both results and volume at the highest stakes.
Why should I read this?
Short version: if you follow high-stakes live poker, this is the big leaderboard everyone’s watching. Martirosian’s on a heater, Foxen’s breathing down his neck, and Jeju still has the fireworks to decide it. We’ve saved you scrolling through results — here’s who matters and why the final week could flip the whole thing.
Context and Relevance
The Ivan Leow Player of the Year is one of the most prestigious accolades in modern high-stakes poker, rewarding sustained elite performance across the Triton circuit. This year’s race was notable because Triton One broadened the points criteria to include mid-high buy-in festivals, allowing more players to make meaningful gains. With only days left before the Jeju II finale, the contest highlights the increasing depth and competitiveness of the super-high-roller scene and is of particular interest to fans tracking career-defining results and big prize swings at elite events.
