HK$500,000 Short Deck Ante-Only
Day 1 Started
2018 Triton Super High Roller Series Jeju
HK$500,000 Short Deck Ante-Only
Day: 1
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2018 Triton Super High Roller Series Jeju
Buy-in
500,000 HKD
Entries
44
Level
15
Blinds
0 / 0
Ante
40,000
HK$500,000 Short Deck Ante-Only Starts Today!
While the smaller, HK$100,000 Short Deck Ante-Only event is coming to its close today, another, bigger event will be starting in its wake, the HK$500,000 Short Deck Ante-Only event. This event is similar in nature to its smaller counterpart but features longer levels of 45-minutes. Once again, players will start with stacks of 100,000 and two reload bullets worth 100,000 each as well. These bullets can be exchanged at any time for more chips, so players could technically start with 300,000 if they so choose.
The last Triton series in Montenegro did not host an event of this buy-in, so it's likely we'll see some new faces and names at a different price point, and a new champion will be crowned for this side event.
Once again as a refresher for the rules of short deck, all twos, threes, fours, and fives are removed from the deck, and thus, hand rankings are changed to reflect the respective strength of hands. For this events, flushes now play higher than full houses as there is only eight cards to every suit. Other than that, six-plus hold’em is played similarly to regular hold’em with two hole cards, five community cards, and four streets of betting — preflop, flop, turn, and river. Also to note, aces can still play for a low straight, replacing the five, making ace-six-seven-eight-nine a straight as well.
The plan is to play a total of 12 levels on day one of this event with antes beginning at 1,000 with a button ante of 2,000. Players will have a break after every three levels and a 15-minute break after level six. Registration for the event will be open until level 10, which will be roughly around 11:20 p.m. local time. This event is scheduled for just two days of play and Wednesday marks the only starting day.
Action is set to begin for this event at 4 p.m. and PokerNews will be here with coverage from start to finish.
Delayed Action
Action for this tournament is slightly delayed as only a few players have registered, but no one has taken their seat. The clock is currently running through level one.
Action Underway!
Action for the tournament is now underway, starting play in level 2.
Level: 2
Blinds: 0/0
Ante: 1,000
First Entrants
Level 2
: 0/0, 1,000 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
100,000 | |
|
100,000 | |
|
100,000 | |
|
100,000 | |
|
100,000 |
Three-Way All-In Scoop First Hand For Rui Cao
Level 2
: 0/0, 1,000 ante
According to players at the table, three players got their money in on the first hand of play; Gabe Patgorski, Alan Sass, and Rui Cao.
Gabe Patgorski: 
Alan Sass:
Rui Cao: 
The board ran out 
and Sass and Patgorski both made a straight on the turn, but Cao filled up on the river to get a huge scoop early here on Day 1 of play.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
300,000
200,000
|
200,000 |
|
|
100,000 | |
|
|
100,000 |
Patgorski Doubles Through Yong
Level 2
: 0/0, 1,000 ante
Wai Kin Yong opened with a raise to 8,000. Action folded to the cutoff where Gabe Patgorski moved all in for 87,000. Action folded back to Yong who called.
Wai Kin Yong: 
Gabe Patgorski: 
The board ran out 
and Patgorski made a full house allowing him to double up back around 200,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
200,000
100,000
|
100,000 |
|
13,000
13,000
|
13,000 |
Another Few Entries
Level 2
: 0/0, 1,000 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
100,000
100,000
|
100,000 |
|
100,000
100,000
|
100,000 |
|
100,000
100,000
|
100,000 |
|
100,000 |
Torbergesen Earns a Near Triple
Level 2
: 0/0, 1,000 ante
Wai Kin Yong was all in and at risk and Marius Torbergesen was also all in and at risk. Ivan Leow had both players covered and all three players were showing down their hands.
Marius Torbergesen: 
Wai Kin Yong: 
Ivan Leow:
The board ran out 
and Torbergesen made a full house to double up through Leow while collecting Yong's chips.
With that, Yong was forced to use on of his bullets to cash in for another 100,000 while Leow was left with around 105,000 after the hand.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
250,000
150,000
|
150,000 |
|
|
105,000
5,000
|
5,000 |
|
|
100,000
87,000
|
87,000 |