Level: 19
Blinds: 30,000/60,000
Ante: 10,000
2017 Triton Super High Roller Series Montenegro
HK $1,000,000 Main Event
Day: 3
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2017 Triton Super High Roller Series Montenegro
Buy-in
1,000,000 HKD
Entries
52
Level
24
Blinds
100,000 / 200,000
Ante
25,000
Paschalidis Doubles Through Loeser
The first big clash of hands took place when Antonios Paschalidis moved all-in from under-the-gun for 685,000 and Manig Loeser made a quick call from the hi-jack.
Antonios Paschalidis: 
Manig Loeser: 
Paschalidis paired his queen on the 
flop and the 
turn and the 
river saw the Greek player lock in the double and climb to 1.4 million.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
3,100,000 | -730,000 |
|
1,485,000 | 780,000 |
Easing into the Action
Play has been underway for a little over 15-minutes now and there have been no significant pots or clashes so far. Manig Loeser got to play the button twice, as with Wang Qiang’s elimination from the big blind on Day 2 there is just Peter Chan paying a single big blind for the first hand.
Loeser took down the first two pots pre-flop after raising from the button twice before the first flop of the final table was dealt on hand three.
It was a pretty uneventful hand though, with John Juanda limping from the small blind and Richard Yong checking his option in the big blind. Juanda checked the [tqh7d8s] flop over to Yong who took a stab for 50,000, which Juanda called.
The 
turn saw both players check and Juanda took down the pot with a 170,000 bet after the 
hit the river.
Loeser re-invested some of his stolen blinds and antes the next hand, opening to 110,000 from the hi-jack with Peter Chan (cutoff) and Chan Wai Leong (big blind) making the call taking the action three-way to a flop of 
which was checked all around.
Leong took down the pot on the 
turn with a 190,000 bet with both Loeser and Chan folding.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
3,830,000 | 115,000 |
|
1,860,000 | 100,000 |
|
1,725,000 | 260,000 |
Almost Game Time
The eight final tablists are just unbagging their chips and getting ready to pose for some classy final table pictures and cards will be in the air shortly. Fasten your seat belts and get ready to ride the high stakes poker roller coaster as we bring you all the action from the HK$1-million Triton SHR Montenegro Main Event.
Eight Remain in Triton Super High Roller 2017 Montenegro Main Event
The third and final day of the HK$1-million Triton SHR Series Montenegro has dawned and just eight players of the 52-strong field (including 25 re-entries) remain in contention to battle it out over the juicy HK$48,921,600 prize pool.
Some of the international poker circuit’s best and brightest made the trip over to the magnificent Montenegrin Maestral Resort and Casino with superstars such as two-time Triton High Roller champion Fedor Holz, 2016 Global Poker Index Player of the Year David Peters, defending champion Koray Aldemir and Daniel ‘jungleman’ Cates just some of those who fell short of the hallowed money spots.
The eight remaining players are all guaranteed a payday of at least HK$1,712,000 (~$219,256) but it is the HK$16,877,600 (~$2,161,520) first prize all will have their eye on.
The man best positioned to take that is Germany’s Manig Loeser, whose elimination of Day 1 chip leader Wang Qiang burst the bubble in spectacular fashion to conclude Day 2 and set up the eight-handed final table and you can read a full recap of all the Day 2 action here.
Loeser (3,715,000) begins play with a stack of over 1.6 million more than next closest rival Richard Yong (2,100,000) with old school poker stalwartJohn Juanda (1,760,000) rounding out the top three, with the rest of the final table stacking up as follows:
| Seat | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Manig Loeser | Germany | 3,715,000 |
| 1 | 3 | Peter Chan | Hong Kong | 1,250,000 |
| 1 | 4 | John Juanda | Indonesia | 1,760,000 |
| 1 | 5 | Richard Yong | Malaysia | 2,100,000 |
| 1 | 6 | Chan Wai Leong | Malaysia | 1,465,000 |
| 1 | 7 | Antonios Paschalidis | Greece | 705,000 |
| 1 | 8 | Steffen Sontheimer | Germany | 1,145,000 |
| 1 | 9 | Mikita Badziakouski | Belarus | 860,000 |
There are still 30-minutes remaining on the clock at level 18 with blinds starting at 25,000/50,000 with a 5,000 running ante and play recommences at 1pm CET.
The PokerNews live reporting team will be on the floor until a champion is crowned so stick around as we see who has what it takes to take the Triton Super High Roller 2017 Montenegro Main Event trophy, title and a great deal of cold, hard cash.
HK $1,000,000 Main Event
Day 3 Started