HK $1,000,000 Main Event Day 2 | 2017 Triton Super High Roller Series Manila

02-20-2017 15:44 UTC+8

Salter and Yong Shove

Christian Zetzsche

Level 12 : 6,000/12,000, 2,000 ante

In a battle of the blinds, Jack Salter check-called a bet of 35,000 by Erik Seidel on the turn. The on the river saw Salter check again and Seidel checked behind. "I win," Salter said and turned over for a full house.

Soon after, Peter Chan raised to 26,000 first to act, and Salter three-bet shoved from the button to force a fold.

Over on table one, Wai Kin Yong did so as well after Devan Tang had opened to 25,000. "I am not calling, I just want to know the amount," Tang added. Yong was at risk for around 20 big blinds, and Tang folded.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jack Salter	350,000 120,000	120,000
Wai Kin Yong	275,000 -35,000	-35,000
Peter Chan	260,000 -60,000	-60,000
Erik Seidel	245,000 -81,000	-81,000

Tags: Devan Tang Erik Seidel Jack Salter Peter Chan Wai Kin Yong

02-20-2017 15:55 UTC+8

The Short Stacks are Getting Shallow

Christian Zetzsche

Level 12 : 6,000/12,000, 2,000 ante

Wai Kin Yong three-bet shoved into another open raise by Devan Tang and got through with it while Jack Salter and especially Phil Ivey take advantage of the short-handed play and short-stacked table line up.

Ivey raised the button and Pratyush Buddiga defended the big blind. Buddiga check-called a bet of 20,000 on the flop, before the turn went check, check. On the river, Buddiga checked and folded to a bet worth 50,000 by Ivey.

Table two is mainly dominated by Bryn Kenney once again, who is closing in on the million mark, Sergio Aido and Daniel Colman remain above that.

Player	Chips	Progress
Daniel Colman	1,190,000 -160,000	-160,000

Sergio Aido	1,100,000 200,000	200,000

Bryn Kenney	950,000 240,000	240,000

Phil Ivey	750,000 90,000	90,000

Pratyush Buddiga	580,000 10,000	10,000
Jack Salter	400,000 50,000	50,000
Wai Kin Yong	370,000 95,000	95,000
David Peters	350,000 -250,000	-250,000

Tags: Bryn Kenney Daniel Colman Devan Tang Jack Salter Phil Ivey Pratyush Buddiga Sergio Aido Wai Kin Yong

02-20-2017 16:04 UTC+8

Aldemir and Juanda Double; Yong and Seidel Left Short

Christian Zetzsche

Level 12 : 6,000/12,000, 2,000 ante

Koray Aldemir was involved in a battle of the blinds with Wai Kin Yong and the defending champion had limped in, Aldemir checked. Yong bet the flop for 14,000 and Aldemir called before doing so again on the turn for 50,000. Yong then checked the river and Aldemir moved all in.

Yong tank-called and mucked when Aldemir showed for the nut straight, the German doubled for 214,000.

Yong doubled through Yu Liang one hand later for his last 44,000 with versus , dodging a flush draw.

Over on table three, John Juanda pushed for his last 147,000 on the button and Erik Seidel called in the big blind.

John Juanda:
Erik Seidel:

The board came and Juanda once again escaped, has used three of his cat lives thus far.

Player	Chips	Progress
Koray Aldemir	642,000 227,000	227,000

John Juanda	320,000 105,000	105,000

Wai Kin Yong	110,000 -260,000	-260,000
Erik Seidel	80,000 -165,000	-165,000

Tags: Erik Seidel John Juanda Koray Aldemir Wai Kin Yong Yu Liang

02-20-2017 16:07 UTC+8

Seidel Busts to Salter

Christian Zetzsche

Level 12 : 6,000/12,000, 2,000 ante

Jack Salter limped in from the cutoff and Erik Seidel did so from the button, Phil Ivey filled up in the small blind and Peter Chan checked. On the flop, Ivey bet 20,000 and Chan folded, Salter called and Seidel moved all in for his last 52,000. Ivey folded, but Salter snap-called.

Erik Seidel:
Jack Salter:

The turn and river were both blanks and Seidel was eliminated, the remaining 16 players will now get balanced to the last two tables.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jack Salter	470,000 70,000	70,000
Erik Seidel	Busted

Tags: Erik Seidel Jack Salter Peter Chan Phil Ivey

02-20-2017 16:09 UTC+8

Line Up of the Last Two Tables

Christian Zetzsche

Level 13 : 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante

Seat	Table 1	Country	Table 2	Country
1	Jack Salter	UK	David Peters	USA
2	Pratyush Buddiga	USA	Daniel Colman	USA
3	Yu Liang	China	Paul Phua	Macau
4	Devan Tang	China	Bryn Kenney	USA
5	Phil Ivey	USA	John Juanda	Singapore
6	Dan Cates	USA	Peter Chan	China
7	Wai Kin Yong	Malaysia	Sergio Aido	Spain
8	Koray Aldemir	Germany	Elton Tsang	Hong Kong

Level: 13

Blinds: 8,000/16,000

Ante: 2,000

02-20-2017 16:19 UTC+8

Yong Doubles Through Cates

Christian Zetzsche

Level 13 : 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante

The action folded all the way around to Dan Cates in the small blind and he pushed into short stack Wai Kin Yong. The defending champion of this very event from November 2016 checked his cards face up, showing , and Cates joked "you can still fold."

Yong obviously called and Cates turned over his .

The board came and Yong found a double.

Player	Chips	Progress
Dan Cates	610,000 -345,000	-345,000

Wai Kin Yong	230,000 120,000	120,000

Tags: Dan Cates Wai Kin Yong

02-20-2017 16:24 UTC+8

Big Double for Aldemir

Christian Zetzsche

Level 13 : 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante

Devan Tang raised to 24,000 and Koray Aldemir defended the big blind to see a flop of . Aldemir checked, Tang continued for 30,000 and called the check-raise of Aldemir to 98,000. On the turn, Aldemir checked again and Tang now bet 150,000.

This prompted the check-raise all in of Aldemir and Tang called.

Koray Aldemir:
Devan Tang:

Tang couldn't win the hand anymore, making the river a formality. Aldemir doubled up for 560,000 and soon after also took down a three-bet pot against Dan Cates to join the chip leaders.

Player	Chips	Progress
Koray Aldemir	1,400,000 758,000	758,000

Devan Tang	150,000 -670,000	-670,000

Tags: Dan Cates Devan Tang Koray Aldemir

02-20-2017 16:30 UTC+8

Aido Busts Chan

Christian Zetzsche

Level 13 : 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante

Peter Chan got his last 240,000 in from the cutoff and found a caller in Sergio Aido from one seat over on the button.

Peter Chan:
Sergio Aido:

After a board of , Chan was eliminated and Aido took the lead.

Player	Chips	Progress
Sergio Aido	1,600,000 500,000	500,000

Peter Chan	Busted

Tags: Peter Chan Sergio Aido

02-20-2017 16:37 UTC+8

Chip and a Chair for Liang

Christian Zetzsche

Level 13 : 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante

Yu Liang open-shoved from the small blind and Devan Tang called all in from the big blind with the slightly inferior stack.

Devan Tang:
Yu Liang:

The roller coaster board of saw Liang improve on the flop only for Tang to regain the lead on the river. Tang doubled for 139,000 and Liang was left with just over one big blind.

Player	Chips	Progress
Devan Tang	280,000 130,000	130,000
Yu Liang	24,000 -216,000	-216,000

Tags: Devan Tang Yu Liang