Triton Poker Super High Roller Series Returns to Montenegro in May
From May 12-18, the third season of the Triton Poker Super High Roller Series will kick off with the 2018 Triton Super High Roller Series Montenegro. The series founded by Malaysian businessman, philanthropist, and poker enthusiast Richard Yong once again forays out of Asia and returns to the stunning Maestral Resort & Casino in Budva, Montenegro for scintillating high-stakes poker action.
Situated on the Adriatic Coast, the luxurious Maestral Resort & Casino delivers the perfect setting for seven days of octane-fueled poker action, with four high stakes events featured on the schedule.
The calendar features two regular No-Limit Hold'em events with a buy-in of HKD 250,000 and HKD 1,000,000, respectively.
The HKD 240,000+10,000 6-Max Event (~$31,876) kicks off at 1 p.m. local time on May 13. The two-day event gives players 50,000 in starting chips with levels of 40 minutes and allows multiple reentries for those that run out of chips during the first 11 levels.
After the 250K 6-Max has been finished, the players move on to the HKD 960,000+40,000 No-Limit Hold'em Main Event (~$127,505). The Main Event starts on May 15 and is a three-day event featuring 60 minute blind levels. Players start with 250,000 in chips, and multiple reentries are allowed up until the start of level 12, two hours into Day 2.
Triton Brings Short Deck Poker to Europe
To make things even spicier, Triton has added two high stakes Short Deck Ante-Only events to the schedule. Short Deck poker features a smaller 36-card deck with the 2s, 3s, 4s, and 5s removed, with aces doubling as a five instead. The game has taken the Asian poker scene by storm and will captivate players and viewers alike with its frenetic pace and gambling action.
The two-day HKD 240,000+10,000 Short Deck Ante-Only event starts on May 12 and gives players 100,000 in chips, plus two extra 100k bullets to be added at any time. On May 17, action kicks into high gear with the HKD 960,000+40,000 Short Deck Ante-Only 1M Event, which starts at 4 p.m. local time. Again, players will receive two extra 100k bullets on top of their 100,000 starting stack, adding an extra element of depth to the game whether to sit in short or deep. The final day of this event will play out on May 18 at 1 p.m.
Short Deck poker is an exciting, high-variance game that features more coin flip situations than traditional No-Limit Hold'em, creating a challenging dynamic for the pros and businessmen alike. In Short deck poker, more starting hands are playable and rank closer in value before the flop. With just 36 cards instead of 52, straights become more common, while flushes are a rare sight. In order to adjust for this, the hand ranking chart has been updated and a flush beats a full house. There's are no blinds; instead, the game is played ante-only, with the button posting a double ante.
To learn more about Short Deck poker, check the following video in which Tom Dwan explains how the game works.
Triton Poker History
Founded in 2015 by Richard Yong, Triton Poker delivers an exclusive tournament series that brings businesspeople and high-stakes poker players together in the most luxurious locations in the world in the name of charity. Previous winners of Triton Poker events include Daniel ‘Jungleman' Cates, Koray Aldemir, Stefan Schillhabel, and Dan Colman.
Last year in Montenegro, Manig Loeser won his first-ever High Roller title after topping a 52-strong field to win the HKD 16,877,600 (~$2,162,644) first prize in the HKD 960,000+40,000 Montenegro Main Event. Loeser defeated Triton-founder Yong heads-up in order to claim the trophy.
In the days before the Main Event, Fedor Holz outlasted 41 entrants to conquer the HKD 240,000+10,000 6-Max Event, winning HKD 3,472,200 (~$444,893) in the process. It was the second time the German wunderkind collected silverware at a Triton event: Holz won the first-ever $200,000 Triton SHR Series Main Event held at the Solaire Resort in Manila back in January 2016, locking up a monstrous payday of $3,463,500 after ousting David Peters heads-up.
Holz nearly won another trophy at the previous Super High Roller series in Macau but lost to John Juanda after an intense four-and-a-half-hour heads-up battle. Juanda received a payday of HKD 22,410,400 (~$2,872,299), while Holz added HKD 16,398,000 (~$2,101,674) to his lifetime winnings.
Full-scale Coverage from Montenegro
The PokerNews live reporting team will be on the floor the entire week to bring you comprehensive live reporting of all the tournaments, including both Short Deck poker events, as well as video coverage. In addition, a live stream will bring the action to the viewers at home in English, Russian, and Chinese. Kane "Nascar_1949 Kalas, recently featured on taking his talents to the tropics, as well as PokerStars Team Online's Randy "nanonoko" Lew will provide commentary and insights for the English speaking audience.
The streams can be found in the following places:
English Stream (Kane Kalas & Randy Lew) - twitch.tv/tritonpoker
Russian Stream (Mikhail Semin & Ilya Gorodetsky) - twitch.tv/tritonpoker_ru, sponsored by partypoker
Chinese Stream - Panda tv, LongZhu tv, DZPK and 最强牌手.
2018 Triton Super High Roller Series Montenegro Schedule
| Date | Time (CET) | Event | Buy-in | Blinds levels | Starting stack |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 12 | 1:00 p.m. | Short Deck Ante-Only 250k Day 1 | HKD 250,000 | 45 minutes | 100,000 (+ 2x 100,000 in extra bullets) |
| May 13 | 1:00 p.m. | Short Deck Ante-Only 250k Final Day | HKD 250,000 | 45 minutes | - |
| 1:00 p.m. | 6-Max Side Event Day 1 | HKD 250,000 | 40 minutes | 50,000 | |
| May 14 | 1:00 p.m. | 6-Max Side Event Final Day | HKD 250,000 | 40 minutes | - |
| May 15 | 1:00 p.m. | Main Event Day 1 | HKD 1,000,000 | 60 minutes | 250,000 |
| May 16 | 1:00 p.m. | Main Event Day 2 | HKD 1,000,000 | 60 minutes | - |
| May 17 | 1:00 p.m. | Main Event Final Day | HKD 1,000,000 | 60 minutes | - |
| 4:00 p.m. | Short Deck Ante-Only 1M HKD Day 1 | HKD 1,000,000 | 60 minutes | 100,000 (+2x 100,000 in extra bullets) | |
| May 18 | 1:00 p.m. | Short Deck Ante-Only 1M HKD Final Day | HKD 1,000,000 | 60 minutes | - |
A former professional poker player with a background in sports marketing and journalism. Yori has been a part of PokerNews since 2016 and manages the content team.
