2017 Triton Super High Roller Series Montenegro

HK $1,000,000 Main Event
Day: 2
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

Day 2 of the Triton Super High Roller Series 2017 Montenegro Main Event; The Road to the Final Table

Day 2 of the Triton Super High Roller Series 2017 Montenegro Main Event
Day 2 of the Triton Super High Roller Series 2017 Montenegro Main Event

The penultimate day of the HK$1,000,000 Triton Super High Roller Series 2017 Montenegro Main Event is set to start at 1pm CET. So far 25 players have locked up their Day 2 seat out of a starting field of 47, but with registration open until the end of level 10 at 2pm local time, this figure could well increase.

While there were only 27 unique entries the star-studded field was feeling flush with cash with nine of the field opted for a another bite of the cherry when the cards failed to fall their way. Two of these seven – Germany’s Dominik Nitsche and Triton co-founder Paul Phua – fired not twice but thrice to bring the total number of entries up to 47.

At present, it is the man they call Shanghai Wang – Wang Qiang – who is leading the charge after bagging up a massive 1,040,000 in chips, the only player to break the seven-figure chip mark.

Qiang’s next closest rival is Belarusian Mikita Badziakouski who finished the day on 843,000 after dominating much of the Day 1 early action, with Greece’s Antonios Paschalidis rounding out the top three with a stack of 830,000.

Other notables to make it through including Daniel ‘jungleman’ Cates (776,000), the United Kingdom’s Sam Trickett (710,000), German wunderkind Fedor Holz (386,000) and 2016 Global Poker Index Player of the Year David Peters (249,000) though the latter two had to fire twice to make it through.

Defending champion Koray Aldemir (146,000) and former champion Wai Kin Yong (247,000) are amongst the hopefuls that will return for Day 2 with the seat draw as follows:

Main Event Day 2 Seat Draw

TableSeatPlayerCountryChip Count
17David PetersUSA249,000
16Dominik BosnjakAustria85,000
15Antonios PaschalidisGreece830,000
14Wang QiangChina1,040,000
13Predrag LekovicMontenegro357,000
12Liang YuChina473,000
     
27Salman BehbehaniKuwait225,000
25Fedor HolzGermany386,000
24Dominik NitscheUK182,000
22Chan Wai LeongMalaysia688,000
21Alexandros KoloniasGreece289,000
     
37Mikita BadziakouskiBelarus813,000
36Steffen SondheimerAustria487,000
33Lucas GreenwoodCanada208,000
31Sam TrickettUK710,000
     
47Manig LoeserUK584,000
45Tony ChengHong Kong706,000
44Wai Kin YongMalaysia247,000
43Peter ChanHong Kong697,000
41Su HaoChina334,000
     
58Koray AldemirAustria146,000
57Richard YongMalaysia577,000
55Daniel CatesUSA776,000
53Steve O'DwyerIreland440,000
51Devan TangHong Kong214,000

The action re-commences at level 10 with blinds coming starting at 4,000/8,000 with a 1,000 running ante and will not stop until the official nine-handed final table is reached, though play will be eight-handed for the majority of the day.

As usual, the PokerNews live reporting team will be on hand to bring you all the action as it happens so watch this space as we see who’s got what it takes to successfully traverse the road to the final table.

Tags: Antonios PaschalidisChan Wai LeongDan CatesDavid PetersDominik NitscheFedor HolzKoray AldemirLiang YuManig LoeserMikita BadziakouskiPaul PhuaPeter ChanPredrag LekovicRichard YongSalman BehbehaniSam TrickettSteve O'DwyerWai Kin YongWang Qiang