2017 Triton Super High Roller Series Montenegro

HK $1,000,000 Main Event
Day: 3
Event Info

2017 Triton Super High Roller Series Montenegro

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
2j
Prize
16,877,600 HKD
Event Info
Buy-in
1,000,000 HKD
Entries
52
Level Info
Level
24
Blinds
100,000 / 200,000
Ante
25,000

HK $1,000,000 Main Event

Day 3 Started

Eight Remain in Triton Super High Roller 2017 Montenegro Main Event

2017 Triton Poker Montenegro Main Event Final Table
2017 Triton Poker Montenegro Main Event Final Table

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:

SeatPlayerCountryChip CountBig Blinds
11Manig LoeserGermany3,715,000
13Peter ChanHong Kong1,250,000
14John JuandaIndonesia1,760,000
15Richard YongMalaysia2,100,000
16Chan Wai LeongMalaysia1,465,000
17Antonios PaschalidisGreece705,000
18Steffen SontheimerGermany1,145,000
19Mikita BadziakouskiBelarus860,000

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.

Tags: Antonios PaschalidisChan Wai LeongJohn JuandaManig LoeserMikita BadziakouskiPeter ChanRichard YongSteffen Sontheimer

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.

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 {10-Spades} turn saw both players check and Juanda took down the pot with a 170,000 bet after the {k-Diamonds} 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 {10-Diamonds}{2-Hearts}{8-Diamonds} which was checked all around.

Leong took down the pot on the {9-Clubs} turn with a 190,000 bet with both Loeser and Chan folding.

Player Chips Progress
Manig Loeser de
Manig Loeser
WSOP 2X Winner
EPT 1X Winner
3,830,000 115,000
John Juanda id
John Juanda
WSOP 5X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
EPT 1X Winner
1,860,000 100,000
Chan Wai Leong my
Chan Wai Leong
1,725,000 260,000

Tags: John JuandaChan Wai LeongManig Loeser

Paschalidis Doubles Through Loeser

Antonios Paschalidis
Antonios Paschalidis

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: {a-Spades}{q-Clubs}
Manig Loeser: {10-Spades}{10-Hearts}

Paschalidis paired his queen on the {k-Hearts}{k-Clubs}{q-Spades} flop and the {5-Diamonds} turn and the {8-Diamonds} river saw the Greek player lock in the double and climb to 1.4 million.

Player Chips Progress
Manig Loeser de
Manig Loeser
WSOP 2X Winner
EPT 1X Winner
3,100,000 -730,000
Antonios Paschalidis gr
Antonios Paschalidis
1,485,000 780,000

Tags: Antonios PaschalidisManig Loeser

Level: 19

Blinds: 30,000/60,000

Ante: 10,000

Mikita Badziakouski Eliminated in 8th (HK$1,712,000)

Level 19 : 30,000/60,000, 10,000 ante
Mikita Badziakouski
Mikita Badziakouski

Level 19 was just minutes old before the final table had its first casualty with Mikita Badziakouski the man to fall first, with Germany’s Manig Loeser sending the Belarusian player to the rail.

Badziakouski had dropped down to just over 700,000 in chips and moved all-in from the button with Loeser re-raising all-in to isolate from the small blind and the cards were turned over.

Mikita Badziakouski: {a-Diamonds}{7-Clubs}
Manig Loeser: {a-Spades}{q-Hearts}

The Belarusian was in bad shape and it did not get any better on the {6-Clubs}{9-Hearts}{9-Clubs} flop. Badziakouski kept calling for the {8-Clubs}, especially when the {10-Diamonds} hit the turn to give him an open-ended straight draw but the {q-Spades} river was of no help and Badziakouski headed for the exit, collecting the equivalent of $219,256 for his deep run while Loeser recouped his earlier loss against Paschalidis.

Player Chips Progress
Manig Loeser de
Manig Loeser
WSOP 2X Winner
EPT 1X Winner
3,800,000 700,000
Mikita Badziakouski by
Mikita Badziakouski
WSOP 1X Winner
Busted

Tags: Manig LoeserMikita Badziakouski

Strange Turn of Events

Level 19 : 30,000/60,000, 10,000 ante

There has been some blind and ante swapping with Richard Yong dropping a few chips as well as Manig Loeser, though the latter still holds the lead. Pokers being a zero sum game means the beneficiaries of these losses are Steffen Sontheimer and Chan Wai Leong.

An interesting hand played out between Leong and Antonius Paschalidis, but only because of the quirk of fate that occurred on the turn rather than for the result.

It all started with a limp, with Leong completing the small blind and Paschalidis checking his option in the big blind bringing the action two-way to a flop of {8-Hearts}{6-Clubs}{q-Spades}.

Leong bet the minimum and Paschalidis min-raised and the dealer accidently dealt the {10-Diamonds} before Leong had made the call. This meant it was shuffled back into the deck, Leong put in the call and the dealer burned and turned… the {10-Hearts} to chuckles from the rest of the table. Leong bombed for a full pot bet and Paschalidis folded immediately.

Player Chips Progress
Manig Loeser de
Manig Loeser
WSOP 2X Winner
EPT 1X Winner
3,100,000 -700,000
Chan Wai Leong my
Chan Wai Leong
2,320,000 595,000
Steffen Sontheimer de
Steffen Sontheimer
2,100,000 955,000
John Juanda id
John Juanda
WSOP 5X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
EPT 1X Winner
1,750,000 -110,000
Richard Yong my
Richard Yong
1,300,000 -800,000
Peter Chan hk
Peter Chan
1,150,000 -100,000
Antonios Paschalidis gr
Antonios Paschalidis
980,000 -505,000

Tags: Antonios PaschalidisChan Wai LeongManig LoeserPeter ChanRichard YongSteffen Sontheimer

Loeser Still Leads Coming into First Break

Level 19 : 30,000/60,000, 10,000 ante

While Manig Loeser has less chips than he started play with the German player still currently holds the chip lead and has just won two back-to-back hands to climb back up to close to what he started the day with.

Loeser made it 130,000 to go from the cutoff in the first hand, picking up two customers in the form of Peter Chan (button) and Richard Yong (big blind).

Yong checked the {j-Diamonds}{7-Clubs}{7-Spades} flop over to Loeser, who c-bet 90,000 and both Chan and Yong quickly folded. Loeser raised it up again the next hand and took down the blinds and antes.

Peter Chan won himself a small pot, making it 130,000 from the hi-jack with Antonios Paschalidis choosing to defend from the big blind. The Greek player checked the {3-Spades}{j-Hearts}{8-Clubs} flop over to Chan, who led out for 100,000 and that was enough to take down the hand.

There was an orbit of blind and ante stealing before the next flop was dealt with Loeser raising from the button and Chan making the call from the small blind.

However, that was it for the betting in the hand with both players checking all the way to the river with the community cards running out {8-Diamonds}{q-Hearts}{2-Diamonds}{7-Hearts}{6-Spades}.

Chan turned over {k-Spades}{j-Spades} but this was not enough to beat Manig Loeser’s {a-Clubs}{9-Spades} and the German player padded out his stack a little more before the break.

Player Chips Progress
Manig Loeser de
Manig Loeser
WSOP 2X Winner
EPT 1X Winner
3,950,000 850,000
Chan Wai Leong my
Chan Wai Leong
2,600,000 280,000
John Juanda id
John Juanda
WSOP 5X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
EPT 1X Winner
1,850,000 100,000
Steffen Sontheimer de
Steffen Sontheimer
1,500,000 -600,000
Peter Chan hk
Peter Chan
1,400,000 250,000
Richard Yong my
Richard Yong
1,200,000 -100,000
Antonios Paschalidis gr
Antonios Paschalidis
1,000,000 20,000

Tags: Antonios PaschalidisManig LoeserPeter ChanRichard Yong

Break

Level 19 : 30,000/60,000, 10,000 ante

The eight remaining final tablists are on a 10-minute break