₽3,000,000 Triton Poker High Roller
Day 2 Started
2018 partypoker LIVE MILLIONS Russia
₽3,000,000 Triton Poker High Roller
Day: 2
Day 2 of the Triton High Roller in Sochi Kicks off at 1PM
The second-most expensive tournament of the 2018 partypoker LIVE MILLIONS Russia poker festival at Sochi Casino and Resort has attracted a field of 37 entries within the first eight levels and 24 hopefuls bagged up chips in the Triton Poker High Roller. The tournament comes with a price tag of RUB3,000,000 (~$50,000) and the registration remains open for the first three levels of 45 minutes each as of 1 p.m. local time.
Leading the field into the final day is Finnish poker star Patrik Antonius, who bagged and tagged 151,700 last night. Johannes Becker aims to keep the traditional German High Roller success alive and carried over the second-biggest stack with 137,500, Igor Yaroshevskyy follows in third place with 128,300. Other notables that advanced to Day 2 were Timothy Adams (125,700), Koray Aldemir (120,000), Ivan Leow (100,200), partypoker's Philipp Gruissem (73,000), and Andrey Pateychuk (65,900).
Action resumes with blinds of 500/1,000 and a button ante of 1,000, giving all new entries up to 50 big blinds if they join or re-enter the competition in the first level of the day. Among those to be expected to take another shot are Paul Phua and Wai Kin Yong, Phil Ivey may also decide to enter towards the end of the registration period. Once the registration closes at the start of level 12, the prize pool information will be released and the tournament is scheduled to play down to a winner today.
The PokerNews live reporting team will provide all the action from the floor according to the 30-minute delay on the live stream until a champion is crowned.
Day 2 Seat Assignments
| Table | Seat | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 51 | 1 | James Bord | United Kingdom | 54,000 | 54 |
| 51 | 2 | Aleksandr Gofman | Russia | 9,500 | 10 |
| 51 | 3 | Igor Yaroshevskyy | Ukraine | 128,300 | 128 |
| 51 | 4 | Abraham Passet | Germany | 91,200 | 91 |
| 51 | 5 | Andrey Pateychuk | Russia | 65,900 | 66 |
| 51 | 7 | Dmitry Yurasov | Russia | 19,700 | 20 |
| 52 | 1 | Kok Weng Beh | Malaysia | 80,100 | 80 |
| 52 | 2 | Ivan Leow | Malaysia | 100,200 | 100 |
| 52 | 3 | Shyngis Satubayev | Kazakhstan | 101,200 | 101 |
| 52 | 4 | Aymon Hata | United Kingdom | 118,100 | 118 |
| 52 | 6 | Wai Leong Chan | Malaysia | 54,200 | 54 |
| 52 | 7 | Koray Aldemir | Germany | 120,000 | 120 |
| 53 | 1 | Patrik Antonius | Finland | 151,700 | 152 |
| 53 | 2 | Timothy Adams | Canada | 125,700 | 126 |
| 53 | 3 | Dietrich Fast | Germany | 38,300 | 38 |
| 53 | 4 | Manig Loeser | Germany | 36,700 | 37 |
| 53 | 6 | Bartlomiej Machon | Poland | 47,900 | 48 |
| 53 | 8 | Oleksii Khoroshenin | Ukraine | 43,200 | 43 |
| 54 | 1 | Konstantin Uspenskii | Russia | 65,600 | 66 |
| 54 | 2 | Jack Sinclair | United Kingdom | 74,500 | 75 |
| 54 | 3 | Johannes Becker | Germany | 137,500 | 138 |
| 54 | 4 | Vladimir Troyanovskiy | Russia | 57,200 | 57 |
| 54 | 5 | Richard Yong | Malaysia | 61,500 | 62 |
| 54 | 6 | Philipp Gruissem | Germany | 73,000 | 73 |
Level: 9
Blinds: 500/1,000
Ante: 1,000
Ivey Joins; Pateychuk Loses a Small One
Level 9
: 500/1,000, 1,000 ante
Phil Ivey entered when cards got in the air and took a seat at one of the outer tables.
Andrey Pateychuk raised and picked up a single caller in Igor Yaroshevskyy in the big blind. They checked the 
flop and Yaroshevskyy check-called a bet of 3,000 on the 
turn. On the 
river they checked through again and Yaroshevskyy showed 
for trips sixes to claim the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
135,000
6,700
|
6,700 |
|
60,000
-5,900
|
-5,900 |
|
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|
50,000
50,000
|
50,000 |
|
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Beh Doubles Through Leow
Level 9
: 500/1,000, 1,000 ante
Ivan Leow had previously three-bet against Kok Weng Beh already and just did so again in a battle button versus small blind. However, this time Beh four-bet all in for 78,800 and Leow quickly called.
Kok Weng Beh: 
Ivan Leow: 
The board came 
and the kicker played to see Leow lose a big chunk of his stack.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
160,000
79,900
|
79,900 |
|
23,000
-77,200
|
-77,200 |
Adams Takes From Machon
Level 9
: 500/1,000, 1,000 ante
Timothy Adams raised and called a three-bet by Bartlomiej Machon with the 
. Machon had the 
and both checked the 
flop and the turn. Adams bet 80,000 on the 
river and Machon folded the best hand on a scary board.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
135,000
9,300
|
9,300 |
|
||
|
38,000
-9,900
|
-9,900 |
Pateychuk Busts to Yaroshevskyy
Level 9
: 500/1,000, 1,000 ante
Over on the outer tables, Igor Yaroshevskyy raised to 2,300 and Andrey Pateychuk three-bet to 6,500 on the button, Yaroshevskyy called. On the 
flop, Yaroshevskyy check-called a bet of 5,000 and did so again for 16,000 on the 
turn. The came on the river and Yaroshevskyy pushed all in.
Pateychuk used one time bank and called for around 35,000, but mucked when he was shown the 
for the nut flush by Yarohevskyy.
Just prior to that, Paul Phua re-entered and sat down on the secondary feature table, while birthday boy Anatoly Filatov did so on the outer tables. The partypoker ambassador turned 30 years old today.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
190,000
55,000
|
55,000 |
|
50,000
50,000
|
50,000 |
|
|
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|
50,000
50,000
|
50,000 |
|
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|
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Busted | |
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Phua Wins Without Showdown
Level 9
: 500/1,000, 1,000 ante
Konstantin Uspenskii raised to 2,300 with the 
first to act and Jack Sinclair three-bet to 7,000 from one seat over with the 
. Paul Phua called with the 
in the big blind Uspenskii also called. The flop came 
and all three players checked.
On the 
turn, Phua bet 10,000 and that won the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
81,000
6,500
|
6,500 |
|
|
||
|
68,000
2,400
|
2,400 |
|
|
66,000
16,000
|
16,000 |
|
|
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Leow Back on Track
Level 9
: 500/1,000, 1,000 ante
On the river of a board 
, Ivan Leow overbet for 26,000 and was called by Koray Aldemir. Leow turned over the 
for a straight and essentially doubled, as he had kept just very few chips behind.
Soon after, he raised and called a three-bet by Shyngis Satubayev. Leow check-shoved a 
flop and Satubayev called with 
. Leow had plenty of outs with the 
and got there with the turn and 
river run out to double for 61,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
135,000
112,000
|
112,000 |
|
65,000
-55,000
|
-55,000 |
|
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|
60,000
-41,200
|
-41,200 |
|
|
50,000
50,000
|
50,000 |
|
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Gruissem Takes From Uspenskii
Level 9
: 500/1,000, 1,000 ante
Philipp Gruissem raised it up with the and a stack of around 74,000 and Konstantin Uspenskii three-bet to 8,500 with the . Gruissem four-bet to 18,500 and won the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
85,000
12,000
|
12,000 |
|
|
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|
|
76,000
8,000
|
8,000 |