HK $250,000 6-Max Event | 2017 Triton Super High Roller Series Manila

02-18-2017 19:06 UTC+8

Mustapha Kanit Eliminated in 6th Place (HK$ 556,000)

Christian Zetzsche

Level 17 : 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante

Right after the elimination of Mikita Badziakouski, Mustapha Kanit open-shoved for his last 70,000 from the small blind and Sergio Aido looked him up from the big blind.

Mustapha Kanit:
Sergio Aido:

"What do you think I am pushing with in your big blind?" Kanit said, somewhat surprised when spotting the cards of his opponent. After the board ran out , Aido caught a queen on the river. Neither player had a club in the hand and that sent Kanit to the rail in 6th place for HK$ 556,000.

Player	Chips	Progress
Sergio Aido	334,000	64,000
Mustapha Kanit	Busted

Tags: Mikita Badziakouski Mustapha Kanit Sergio Aido

02-18-2017 19:02 UTC+8

Mikita Badziakouski Eliminated in 7th Place (HK$ 405,000)

Christian Zetzsche

Level 17 : 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante

Mikita Badziakouski took a long time to make a decision in the cutoff and Mustapha Kanit in the big blind then said "I have a good feeling about this hand bro, just go for it. The last time I was in the big blind, I doubled." Badziakouski took another minute before raising to 50,000 with only 40,000 behind.

Erik Seidel on the button min-raised to get everyone else out of the way and Badziakouski called all in.

Mikita Badziakouski:
Erik Seidel:

The board ran out and Badziakouski was eliminated in 7th place for HK$ 405,000.

Player	Chips	Progress
Erik Seidel	525,000	155,000
Mikita Badziakouski	Busted

Tags: Erik Seidel Mikita Badziakouski Mustapha Kanit

Level: 17

Blinds: 4,000/8,000

Ante: 1,000

02-18-2017 18:57 UTC+8

Pots for Kempe and Seidel

Christian Zetzsche

Level 16 : 3,000/6,000, 1,000 ante

Rainer Kempe raised to 12,000 from the cutoff and Sergio Aido in the small blind, as well as Dan Colman in the big blind called. On the flop of , the action checked to Kempe and his continuation bet worth 22,000 was called by both Aido and Colman. The turn went check, check, and Aido bet the river for 55,000.

Colman folded, but Kempe came along and called. Aido turned over for a bluff, and Kempe scooped the pot with .

One hand later, Mikita Badziakouski defended his big blind against Erik Seidel. On the river, Badziakouski check-called a bet of 20,000 and mucked once Seidel showed for the ace-high flush.

Player	Chips	Progress
Rainer Kempe	815,000	135,000
Erik Seidel	370,000	70,000
Sergio Aido	270,000	-81,000
Daniel Colman	262,000	-45,000
Mikita Badziakouski	100,000	-61,000

Tags: Daniel Colman Erik Seidel Mikita Badziakouski Rainer Kempe Sergio Aido

02-18-2017 18:51 UTC+8

Kanit Triples Up

Christian Zetzsche

Level 16 : 3,000/6,000, 1,000 ante

Erik Seidel opened the action with a raise to 17,000 and Rainer Kempe three-bet from one seat over in the small blind to 53,000. Mustapha Kanit in the big blind asked Seidel how much he was playing, then called all in for his last 24,000. Seidel folded and Kanit had the chance to triple up thanks to the raise and antes.

Mustapha Kanit:
Rainer Kempe:

The flop fell and Mikita Badziakouski asked for the , Kanit wanted to see the next. Instead, it was the to give the Italian plenty of outs. Sure enough the river completed a straight and Kanit tripled up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Rainer Kempe	680,000	-20,000
Erik Seidel	300,000	-19,000
Mustapha Kanit	80,000	54,000

Tags: Erik Seidel Mikita Badziakouski Mustapha Kanit Rainer Kempe

02-18-2017 18:48 UTC+8

2017 Triton Super High Roller Series Manila HK $250,000 6-Max Final Table

Danny Maxwell

Level 16 : 3,000/6,000, 1,000 ante

02-18-2017 18:35 UTC+8

Redraw of the Last Seven

Christian Zetzsche

Level 16 : 3,000/6,000, 1,000 ante

Seat	Player	Country	Chip Count	Big Blinds
1	Timofey Kuznetsov	Russia	286,000	47
2	Mikita Badziakouski	Belarus	161,000	26
3	Erik Seidel	USA	319,000	53
4	Rainer Kempe	UK	700,000	116
5	Mustapha Kanit	Italy	26,000	4
6	Sergio Aido	Spain	351,000	58
7	Dan Colman	USA	307,000	51

Player	Chips	Progress
Rainer Kempe	700,000	45,000
Sergio Aido	351,000	1,000
Erik Seidel	319,000	-6,000
Daniel Colman	307,000	7,000
Timofey Kuznetsov	286,000	6,000
Mikita Badziakouski	161,000	1,000
Mustapha Kanit	26,000

02-18-2017 18:32 UTC+8

Richard Yong Bubbles the 6-Max Event

Christian Zetzsche

Level 16 : 3,000/6,000, 1,000 ante

Richard Yong bubbles 2017 Triton Super High Roller Series ManilaHK $250,000 6-Max Event

Both tables had some action going. Over on table two, Dan Colman raised to 12,000 on the button and Mustapha Kanit defended the big blind. On the flop, both players checked. There was no betting action on the turn either and Kanit then bet 16,000 on the river. Colman moved him all in and Kanit eventually folded, flashing the .

At the same time, Sergio Aido had raised to 15,000 from the small blind and Richard Yong shoved for 91,000 in the big blind. Aido called and the duo had to wait until table two was finished before turning over their cards.

Richard Yong:
Sergio Aido:

The board came and Aido let the bubble burst with the nut flush. All remaining seven players have HK$ 405,000 locked up for their efforts, and will now redraw to the unofficial seven-handed final table.

Player	Chips	Progress
Sergio Aido	350,000	113,000
Daniel Colman	300,000	45,000
Mustapha Kanit	26,000	-45,000
Richard Yong	Busted

Tags: Daniel Colman Mustapha Kanit Richard Yong Sergio Aido

02-18-2017 18:23 UTC+8

Seidel Takes Small Pot From Kempe; Gives it Back

Christian Zetzsche

Level 16 : 3,000/6,000, 1,000 ante

Erik Seidel raised to 13,000 from under the gun and Rainer Kempe called in the big blind. The duo checked down a board of entirely and Kempe flashed , Seidel had that beat with .

The duo got into another pot soon after that triggered little action, and this time Kempe took it down after betting the river.

With the money bubble going on hand-for-hand, the action has slowed down significantly.

Player	Chips	Progress
Rainer Kempe	655,000	20,000
Erik Seidel	325,000	5,000

Tags: Erik Seidel Rainer Kempe

02-18-2017 18:16 UTC+8

Kuznetsov Takes from Badziakouski

Christian Zetzsche

Level 16 : 3,000/6,000, 1,000 ante

The action has slowed down, as Sergio Aido claimed one pot over on table one to bump the stack slightly. Table two was still in action and a crowd gathered around to see the flop of go check, check, between Timofey Kuznetsov in the big blind and Mikita Badziakouski on the button.

Kuznetsov then bet the turn for 25,000 and Badziakouski called. On the river, Kuznetsov made it 22,000 to go and that forced a fold after plenty of consideration by Badziakouski.

Player	Chips	Progress
Timofey Kuznetsov	280,000	38,000
Mikita Badziakouski	160,000	-49,000

Tags: Mikita Badziakouski Sergio Aido Timofey Kuznetsov