Triton 100K Super High Roller
Day 2 Started
Triton 100K Super High Roller
Day 2 Started
The first day of the Triton 100K Super High Roller, part of the 2019 partypoker LIVE MILLIONS Europe festival, will kick off at 1 p.m. local time at the King's Resort in Rozvadov, Czech Republic. Igor Kurganov is in the lead with 743,000 from the 200,000 starting stack but he is followed by Michael Addamo with 552,000 in chips. Addamo already found success in Rozvadov when he won a bracelet at the WSOPE in 2018 to win a bracelet and €848,702.
No other than Phil Ivey is also still in the field. Ivey managed to bag 341,000 which is above average. He sits in seventh on the leaderboard at the moment and will start Day 2 with a little over forty big blinds. The average stack is at the moment 311,111 but that number will drop when new players register.
The tournament attracted 21 unique entries on the first day which were good for 28 total entries. Orpen Kisacikoglu had to reenter twice in the tournament and he ended the day with 300,000. Others that had to reenter the tournament include Kurganov, Charlie Carrel (440,000), Paul Phua (418,000), Cary Katz (170,000), and Kahle Burns (146,000). Teun Mulder, Ole Schemion, and Richard Yong all busted on Day 1 without reentering.
Other notables that made it through to Day 2 include partypoker team pros Sam Trickett (350,000) and Kristen Bicknell (218,000), Triton London crusher Wai Kin Yong (432,000), Triton co-founder Paul Phua (418,000), Phil Ivey (341,000), and Tony G (321,000).
Registration is still open for the first level of Day 2. Players can enter with a fresh 200,000 starting stack in the first level with blinds at 4,000/8,000 and a big blind ante of 8,000 and the second level of the day will be 5,000/10,000 with a 10,000 big blind ante. A few more entries are expected with late registration still open.
There will be a €25,000 Short Deck tournament kicking off at 9 p.m. local time later in the day. PokerNews will be providing coverage of both events and PokerGO will provide a stream for the second and final day of the €100,000 Triton Super High Roller. The blog will be on a thirty-minute delay.
Level: 10
Blinds: 4,000/8,000
Ante: 8,000
Day 2 of the Triton 100k Super High Roller is underway.
Table 1 | Player | Chips | Table 2 | Player | Chips | Table 3 | Player | Chips |
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1 | Tony G | 321,000 | 1 | Empty | 1 | Martin Kabrhel | 248,000 | |
2 | Rui Cao | 200,000 | 2 | Kristen Bicknell | 218,000 | 2 | Sam Tricket | 350,000 |
3 | Charlie Carrel | 440,000 | 3 | Orpen Kisacikoglu | 300,000 | 3 | Vladimir Troyanovskiy | 229,000 |
5 | Igor Kurganov | 743,000 | 5 | Chin Wei Lim | 155,000 | 5 | Cary Katz | 170,000 |
6 | Michael Addamo | 552,000 | 6 | Kahle Burns | 146,000 | 6 | Empty | |
7 | Wai Kin Yong | 432,000 | 7 | Empty | 7 | Paul Phua | 418,000 | |
8 | Ben Heath | 313,000 | 8 | Phil Ivey | 341,000 | 8 | Choon Tong Siow | 96,000 |
9 | Empty | 9 | Michael Chi Zhang | 132,000 | 9 | Empty |
Kristen Bicknell raise-called an all-in bet from Kahle Burns worth 170,000 from the under-the-gun position. Burns sat on the button when he got his chips in the middle with and he was flipping against the of Bicknell.
The board ran out with a very sweaty flop and turn, but the river secured the double up for Burns.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Kahle Burns |
360,000
214,000
|
214,000 |
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Kristen Bicknell |
146,000
-72,000
|
-72,000 |
Rui Cao entered the tournament at the start of today with 200,000 chips in the level 4,000/8,000 with a big blind ante of 8,000. He is the only new entrant so far in the tournament.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Rui Cao |
200,000
-200,000
|
-200,000 |
Paul Phua and Cary Katz went head to head in an early pot.
With the board showing , Phua put in a bet for 200,000 under the gun. Katz, from the big blind, folded.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Paul Phua | 480,000 | |
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Cary Katz |
107,000
107,000
|
107,000 |
Chin Wei Lim was left with crumbs after he lost a big hand against Michael Chi Zhang. Zhang raised to 16,000 from the cutoff with and Wei Lim three-bet all in for 119,000 from the big blind with . Zhang called and they opened up.
The board ran out and Wei Lim was down to 7,000.
Wei Lim doubled up in the next hand with against the of Zhang when he hit a queen on the river.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Michael Chi Zhang |
230,000
98,000
|
98,000 |
Chin Wei Lim |
29,000
-126,000
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-126,000 |
Rui Cao and Michael Addamo got all of the chips in on the turn, with Cao, a Day 2 late registrant, at risk. The board showed , Cao was on the cutoff and Addamo in the big blind.
Rui Cao:
Michael Addamo:
Cao's trip jacks held up through the river, and he's found a quick double at the start of Day 2.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Rui Cao |
400,000
200,000
|
200,000 |
Michael Addamo |
311,000
-539,000
|
-539,000 |
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