£100,000 No-Limit Hold'em Main Event
Day 2 Completed
2019 Triton Super High Roller Series London
£100,000 No-Limit Hold'em Main Event
Day: 2
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2019 Triton Super High Roller Series London
Buy-in
£100,000
Prize Pool
£12,200,000
Entries
130
Level
27
Blinds
200,000 / 400,000
Ante
400,000
Triton Co-Founder Phua Leads the Final Nine into an Extra Day
Level 22
: 60,000/120,000, 120,000 ante
The Triton £100,000 No-Limit Hold'em Main Event has been forced into the third day of action after a record-breaking 130 entrants took to the tables and created a £12,200,000 prize pool.
After over 12 hours of poker today, just nine players remain in contention of the £3,080,000 first-place prize.
Triton co-founder Paul Phua will return as the chipleader with 5,875,000. However, after a crazy penultimate hand of the night occurred, Phua might be wondering how he wasn't able to accumulate more. Daniel Cates raised with ace-jack and Phua defended his big blind with pocket threes before the flop fell ace-ace-three. Phua twice called a bet from Cates, and when Phua check-raised all in on the river, Cates managed to make a strong laydown after over two minutes in the tank.
Ben Heath (5,810,000) and Wai Kin Yong (5,030,000), son of Phua's fellow Triton co-founder Richard Yong complete the top three counts.
Michael Soyza (3,870,000) and Michael Chi Zhang (3,740,000) are followed by Triton Million fourth-place finisher Stephen Chidwick (2,955,000), Sam Greenwood (2,385,000), the fourth Malaysian player Wai Leong Chan (1,650,000) and Cates (1,200,000), who will return as the shortest stack after his big laydown against Phua.
Official Final Table Seat Draw
| Seat | Player | Country | Chip Count |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Paul Phua | Malaysia | 5,875,000 |
| 2 | Wai Leong Chan | Malaysia | 1,650,000 |
| 3 | Stephen Chidwick | United Kingdom | 2,955,000 |
| 5 | Michael Soyza | Malaysia | 3,870,000 |
| 6 | Sam Greenwood | Canada | 2,385,000 |
| 7 | Michael Chi Zhang | United Kingdom | 3,740,000 |
| 8 | Wai Kin Yong | Malaysia | 5,030,000 |
| 9 | Ben Heath | United Kingdom | 5,810,000 |
| 10 | Daniel Cates | United States | 1,200,000 |
Action of the day
Early departures on Day 2 included Ivan Leow, David Peters, Igor Kurganov, Chin Wei Lim, Christoph Vogelsang, Cary Katz, Linus Loeliger and former big stack Nick Schulman.
Frenchman Jean-Noel Thorel had run his stack up to over a million but exited less than 30 minutes later after he ran into pocket aces.
New all-time money list leader and Triton Million runner-up Bryn Kenney was unable to continue his momentum and exited early, with partypoker pros Jason Koon, Fedor Holz, and Timofey Kuznetsov also failing to make the money spots.
Justin Bonomo brought the action to hand-for-hand play after he scored a double knockout at the expense of Randy Lew and partypoker's Mikita Badziakouski.
It was a tense time for many short stacks, including Bonomo who himself doubled up Michael Chi Zhang moments after his big win, but ultimately it was to be Choon Tong Siow who exited without a cash for his efforts.
Siow put his final ten big blinds into the middle from the small blind with ace-king after Michael Soyza had shoved from the button with ace-seven. A seven appeared on the flop to switch the advantage in Soyza's favor, and Siow was unable to find a miraculous comeback to survive.
Wiktor Malinowski (17th-£192,000) hit the rail after Daniel Cates cracked pocket eights holding pocket fives and Malinowski was left with just five big blinds. The Pole then departed when his jack-ten ran into king-nine and found no help from the board.
Cates then continued his momentum and secured a double knockout in the form of Timothy Adams (16th-£192,000) and Justin Bonomo (15th-£201,600). Cates held pocket kings and secured the pot against Adams' jack-seven and Bonomo's ace-nine.
Sosia Jiang (14th-£201,600) lost a vital flip holding ace-nine against Sam Greenwood's pocket sixes and departed in the very next hand after being unable to spin up the remaining three big blinds.
Tan Xuan (13th-£220,000) had held the chip lead for the majority of Day 1 and was a near ever-present at the top of counts in Day 2. But his luck ran out in brutal fashion when he collided pocket kings into Chidwick's pocket aces.
partypoker pro Isaac Haxton (12th-£220,000) three-bet all in with ace-nine only to lose a flip against Ben Heath's pocket sevens in the penultimate level of the day.
Liang Xu (11th-£250,400) saw his final two blind blinds turn to dust when he ran queen-jack into pocket kings before Matthias Eibinger (10th-£250,500) missed out on a place at the final table after ace-five was no good against pocket sixes.
Join us back here at PokerNews for continued coverage from London with it all on the line for a seven-figure top prize once again!
Play Concluded
Level 22
: 60,000/120,000, 120,000 ante
The final nine will bag their chips and return to play an additional day at 1 PM on Tuesday, August 6.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
5,875,000 | |
|
||
|
5,790,000
-520,000
|
-520,000 |
|
|
||
|
5,050,000
-250,000
|
-250,000 |
|
3,870,000
-330,000
|
-330,000 |
|
3,870,000
1,170,000
|
1,170,000 |
|
2,955,000
-480,000
|
-480,000 |
|
|
||
|
2,385,000
60,000
|
60,000 |
|
|
||
|
1,650,000
-450,000
|
-450,000 |
|
1,190,000
-80,000
|
-80,000 |
Cates Finds a Cooler, Loses Minimal Amount Against Phua
Level 22
: 60,000/120,000, 120,000 ante
Daniel Cates looked down at 
and raised it up to 250,000 from the hijack. Paul Phua called in the cutoff with 
and an unbelievable flop of 
hit the felt, smashing both players with the deck.
Cates led out for 250,000 with his three aces and Phua just called, slow-playing his full house. A 
landed on the turn and Cates fired in 450,000. Again Phua just called and the 
completed the board.
Cates bet 650,000 with his trips and Phua moved all in for 3,075,000, covering the remaining 1,200,000 that Cates had behind. Cates hit the tank for several minutes, but in the end, he threw his three aces into the muck, making a tremendous fold late in the day against Phua's full house.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
5,875,000
1,875,000
|
1,875,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
1,270,000
-1,075,000
|
-1,075,000 |
Some for Soyza
Level 22
: 60,000/120,000, 120,000 ante
Michael Soyza raised to 250,000 from early position with 
, and Paul Phua called in the small blind with 
. Wei Leong Chan called from the big blind with 
, and the flop fell 
.
Soyza continued for 600,000 and won the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
4,200,000
600,000
|
600,000 |
Phua Finds Unlikely Turn to Double Through Chan
Level 22
: 60,000/120,000, 120,000 ante
Paul Phua picked up his cards and instantly raised to 250,000 after seeing 
. Wai Leong Chan three-bet to 650,000 with and Phua shoved 1,850,000 all in, Chan snap-called with his kings.
Paul Phua:
Wai Leong Chan:
The flop was of no help to Phua as it came down 
. A 
peeled off on the turn, giving Phua a set of jacks and the lead. The 
river didn't shift the lead as Phua pulled in a complete double through Chan.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
4,000,000
2,120,000
|
2,120,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
2,100,000
-1,760,000
|
-1,760,000 |
Yong Bluffs Soyza
Level 22
: 60,000/120,000, 120,000 ante
Ben Heath raised to 120,000 from under the gun with 
, and Michael Soyza called in the cutoff with before Wai Kin Yong made up the rest in the big blind with 
.
The flop fell 
and all three players checked.
The 
hit the turn, and Soyza bet 300,000. Yong called before Heath folded and the 
was revealed on the river.
Yong bet 700,000 and Soyza used two time bank cards before opting to fold.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
5,300,000
1,090,000
|
1,090,000 |
|
|
3,600,000
-730,000
|
-730,000 |
Final Table Seat Draw
Level 22
: 60,000/120,000, 120,000 ante
| Seat | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Paul Phua | Malaysia | 1,880,000 | 16 |
| 2 | Wai Leong Chan | Malaysia | 3,860,000 | 32 |
| 3 | Stephen Chidwick | United Kingdom | 3,435,000 | 29 |
| 5 | Michael Soyza | Malaysia | 4,330,000 | 36 |
| 6 | Sam Greenwood | Canada | 2,325,000 | 19 |
| 7 | Michael Chi Zhang | United Kingdom | 3,800,000 | 32 |
| 8 | Wai Kin Yong | Malaysia | 4,210,000 | 35 |
| 9 | Ben Heath | United Kingdom | 6,310,000 | 53 |
| 10 | Daniel Cates | United States | 2,345,000 | 20 |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
6,310,000
210,000
|
210,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
4,330,000
330,000
|
330,000 |
|
|
4,210,000
210,000
|
210,000 |
|
|
3,860,000
-140,000
|
-140,000 |
|
3,800,000
3,800,000
|
3,800,000 |
|
|
3,435,000
435,000
|
435,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
2,345,000
145,000
|
145,000 |
|
|
2,325,000
-775,000
|
-775,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
1,880,000
-120,000
|
-120,000 |
|
|
||
Matthias Eibinger Eliminated in 10th Place (£250,400)
Level 22
: 60,000/120,000, 120,000 ante
Wai Leong Chan raised to 1,700,000 from the small blind with 
and Matthias Eibinger, holding 
, moved all in for 1,670,000 and the players turned over their hands with Eibinger at risk.
Wai Leong Chan:
Matthias Eibinger:
The flop fell 
, hitting Eibinger with a pair but he was still behind. A on the turn didn't help Eibinger and he still needed to hit to stay alive. The river was not one of the cards he needed and he was eliminated by the sixes of Chan, taking an exit in tenth place.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
4,000,000
1,500,000
|
1,500,000 |
|
Busted |
Updated Chip Counts
Level 22
: 60,000/120,000, 120,000 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
6,310,000
210,000
|
210,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
4,390,000
390,000
|
390,000 |
|
|
4,030,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
|
|
3,860,000
1,360,000
|
1,360,000 |
|
|
3,490,000
790,000
|
790,000 |
|
|
2,755,000
-345,000
|
-345,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
2,435,000
-565,000
|
-565,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
2,345,000
145,000
|
145,000 |
|
|
1,880,000
-120,000
|
-120,000 |
|
|
||