₽3,000,000 Triton Poker High Roller
Day 1 Started
2018 partypoker LIVE MILLIONS Russia
₽3,000,000 Triton Poker High Roller
Day: 1
Day 1 of the Triton Poker High Roller Kicks Off at 5pm
The Triton Super High Roller series just finished a very successful festival at the Landing Casino in Jeju, South Korea, and as soon as the final interview was done, the live stream crew assembled the feature table setup and headed over to Sochi. In cooperation with the partypoker LIVE MILLIONS Russia festival, Triton will host two exclusive High Roller events at the Casino Sochi and the first of them is scheduled to kick off at 5 p.m. local time.
The tournament comes with a buy-in of RUB3,000,000 (approximately $50,000) and Day 1 will feature up to eight levels of 45 minutes each with a live stream available as soon as the cards get in the air. All participants will receive 50,000 in chips and the registration for the two-day event remains open for another two hours on Day 2 the next day.
During the registration period, unlimited re-entries are allowed and the event is also played with a 30-second shot clock. All participants receive six time banks at the start, another three when the registration closes and additional three time banks will be awarded at the final table.
Among others, the Triton Poker founders Paul Phua and Richard Yong will be taking part and Phil Ivey is also expected to join the action. On top of that, you can look forward to High Roller regulars such as Mustapha Kanit, Niall Farrell, Manig Loeser, Dietrich Fast, Patrik Antonius, and Johannes Becker.
The PokerNews live reporting team will be on the floor to provide all the high stakes action in the next few days, so make sure to tune back in regularly to find out who has made the trip to beautiful Sochi.
Action Expected to Start Soon
Dietrich Fast was the first player to show up in the tournament area and register for the event, quickly followed by Timothy Adams, Koray Aldemir, and Aymon Hata. Niall Farrell were also spotted near the Triton Poker room and the cards are expected to get in the air soon.
The partypoker ambassador Ludovic Geilich will take on commentator duties along with James Dempsey and the live stream will run on a delay of 30 minutes.
Start Still Delayed
So far there has been no update as to when the tournament will start and the three players at the buffet are currently discussing things with the staff at Casino Sochi. Further information will be released when there is news to share.
The First Ten Entries
The manual seating started over on the secondary feature table once the first eight players showed up and that number has since grown to ten, as a result another redraw will take place to set up
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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50,000 | 50,000 |
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50,000 | 50,000 |
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50,000 | 50,000 |
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50,000 | 50,000 |
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50,000 | 50,000 |
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50,000 | 50,000 |
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50,000 | 50,000 |
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50,000 | 50,000 |
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50,000 | 50,000 |
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50,000 | 50,000 |
Up to 15 Entries
The field has grown to 14 entries with the additions of team partypoker's Philipp Gruissem, Devan Tang, the Triton Poker founder Paul Phua and Richard Yong, as well as Alexey Rybin. The button was drawn to seat four over on the first feature table and the cards will go in the air shortly.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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50,000 | |
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50,000 | |
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50,000 | |
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50,000 | |
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50,000 |
PokerNews Updates According to Live Stream Delay
Both tables are now in action and the PokerNews updates will be published according to the live stream, which runs on a security delay of 30 minutes. The action kicked off at the start of level two.
Level: 2
Blinds: 100/200
Ante: 200
Phua Takes From Aldemir
Level 2
: 100/200, 200 ante
On the secondary feature, Koray Aldemir's raise with 
was met by a three-bet of Paul Phua with the 
and Aldemir called. The flop came 
and Phua bet 1,000, Aldemir raised to 2,700 and Phua called with his trip jacks.
Both checked the 
turn to see the 
river and a bet of 7,000 by Phua into a pot of 9,000 won the pot without showdown, as Aldemir folded.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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54,000 | 4,000 |
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46,000 | -4,000 |
Another One for Phua; Straight for Hata
Level 2
: 100/200, 200 ante
Aleksandr Gofman three-bet a raise from Paul Phua with the and Phua came along with to see a flop of 
. Phua checked and called a bet of 1,800 by Gofman. Both then checked the 
turn and the 
river paired the board.
Phua elected to bet 2,400 and Gofman folded.
Soon after, Aymon Hata and Ivan Leow got involved into a pot. The former flopped a straight draw with 
on 
and it was Leow that bet second pair with 
. On the 
turn, Hata caught his straight and check-called a bet worth 1,700.
Hata also checked the 
on the river and both players checked, Hata won the pot. In the meanwhile, Alexey Rybin boosted his stack with very aggressive play, also over on the feature tables.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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53,000 | 3,000 |
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53,000 | 3,000 |
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48,000 | -2,000 |
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45,000 | -5,000 |