ToniSnooker: first top-8 finish in TEKKEN 8

At the event

Demon Gauntlet took place on 2026-10-09 online, with 54 entrants.

ToniSnooker entered as seed 47 and finished 5th. Seed 47 projects to a 33rd-place finish, so the result was 6 placement tiers better than seeding. The event was won by Abdullah.

Sets on record

1. Bracket, Winners Round 1: won 2-0 against gladhappy (seed 18), an upset factor of 2.
2. Bracket, Winners Quarter-Final: won 2-0 against RogueBanana69 (seed 15), an upset factor of 3.
3. Bracket, Winners Semi-Final: won 2-0 against Annas Howard (seed 34).
4. Top 8, Winners Semi-Final: lost 1-3 against Maniac? (seed 14).
5. Top 8, Losers Quarter-Final: lost 1-3 against Fahad (seed 5).

Record in these sets: 3 wins and 2 losses. The highest-seeded opponent beaten was RogueBanana69 (seed 15).

Why this matters

This is the first top-8 finish on record for ToniSnooker in TEKKEN 8 at an event with at least 16 entrants. It came after 18 earlier TEKKEN 8 events on record, where the best finish at an event of any size was 9th. In total we hold 20 TEKKEN 8 events for ToniSnooker.