Final Day of the 2017 Triton Super High Roller Series Montenegro 6-Max Set to Start; Wu Leads Star-studded Field
Day 1 of the 2017 Triton Super High Roller Montenegro 6-Max saw 25 players advance to Day 2 of the HK$250,000 (~$32,000) buy-in event, held at the magnificent Maestral Resort and Casino.
A total of 34 unique entries and four re-entries created a 38-strong field, though with registration remaining open until the event re-starts a 1pm CET on Monday 17 July, that number could still increase further.
China’s Zuo Wang, Canada’s Lucas Greenwood and Norway’s Marius Torbergsen were the only three players who chose to re-enter on Day 1 and while the first two managed to lock their Day 2 seat up – with Greenwood on his second bullet and Wang on his third – Torbergsen was not so fortunate.
However, with multiple re-entries allowed any player that failed to make the cut yesterday can opt to take a second (or third in Torbergsen’s case) shot at fortune and glory.
The man to catch at present is the USA’s Benjamin Wu, who bagged up an impressive 152,000 in chips at the close of play, closely followed by China’s Xuan Tan who ended Day 1 with a stack of 135,300, with high stakes crusher Steve O’Dwyer rounding out the top three with a stack of 129,100.
Other notables to make the cut in a field jam-packed with high rolling superstars included German’s Manig Loeser (114,400) and Fedor Holz (101,000), Daniel ‘Jungleman’ Cates (45,300), the UK’s Sam Trickett (45,000) and tournament poker stalwart John Juanda (38,200). Poker King President Winfred Yu (48,600) and Triton founder Richard Yong (45,700) are also still in the running.
With action recommencing at level 10 with blinds of 800/1,600 with a 200 running ante, the 50,000 starting stack still gives any last minute entrants a little over an extremely playable 31 big blinds.
Day 2 Seat Draw:
| Table | Seat | Player | Country | Chip Count |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Lucas Greewood | Canada | 64,600 |
| 1 | 2 | Liang Yu | China | 61,500 |
| 1 | 4 | Steve O’Dwyer | Ireland | 129,100 |
| 1 | 5 | Su Hao | China | 53,900 |
| 1 | 6 | Alan Sass | USA | 66,300 |
| 2 | 1 | Daniel Cates | USA | 45,300 |
| 2 | 2 | Predrag Lekovic | Montenegro | 122,800 |
| 2 | 3 | Chi Ming Lee | Hong Kong | 92,000 |
| 2 | 4 | Xi Luo | China | 35,200 |
| 2 | 6 | Gabe Patgorski | USA | 68,500 |
| 3 | 1 | Sam Trickett | UK | 45,000 |
| 3 | 2 | John Juanda | Indonesia | 38,200 |
| 3 | 3 | Devan Tang | Hong Kong | 59,700 |
| 3 | 5 | Cheok Ieng Cheong | China | 80,600 |
| 3 | 6 | Winfred Yu | Hong Kong | 48,600 |
| 4 | 1 | Richard Yong | Malaysia | 45,700 |
| 4 | 3 | Manig Loeser | Germany | 114,400 |
| 4 | 4 | Keith Gipson | USA | 82,900 |
| 4 | 5 | Salman Behbehani | USA | 84,000 |
| 4 | 6 | Fedor Holz | Germany | 101,000 |
| 5 | 1 | Mikita Badziakouski | Belarus | 43,500 |
| 5 | 2 | Xuan Tan | China | 135,300 |
| 5 | 3 | Zuo Wang | China | 78,200 |
| 5 | 5 | Alexandros Kolonias | Greece | 63,000 |
| 5 | 6 | Benjamin Wu | USA | 152,000 |
The tournament is scheduled to play down until a champion is crowned and prize pool information will be released as soon as the final numbers are in. 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 emerge triumphant.
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completed the hand.
for a flopped top pair and a rivered diamond flush.
when the action folded around to him and Hao made the call from the big blind.
and Wu checked the action over to Hao, who fired for 9,000. Yu made the call and the 
landed on the turn, prompting Yu to pull the trigger for his remaining chips. 
for a flopped two pair and with no ten, jack or club forthcoming on the 
river, Yu headed for the exit while Hao stacked up to 320,000 and seized the chip lead.
river could probably be considered a blank, and after thinking it over for a few seconds Hao checked the action over to Holz once again and the German player hit the think tank once more. After around 20 seconds or so Holz slid out two towers of yellow 5k chips for a bet of 180,000 in total, leaving himself 170,000 behind.
with Lekovic making top set on the 
river just to rub salt into the wound. That was the last hand of the level as well and Tan departed in 7th place to become the first paying casualty, taking home $49,464 while Lekovic stacked up to 360,000.
and Holz making the call with 
flop saw Holz check the action over to Hao, who thought things over for several minutes before firing out a bet of 86,000 into the 180,000 pot, with Holz making a quick call.
turn saw the German check to Hao once more and the Chinese player took several minutes before sliding out a huge bet of 218,000 in total, leaving himself 520,000 behind. Holz took a little longer this time around but made the call to grow the pot to 790,000.
river completed a possible spade flush and Holz quickly checked it over to Hao for a third time and the Chinese player quickly checked it back.
and he departed in third place for the equivalent of US$179,160 while Holz stacked up to 930,000.
river to bring the HK$250,000 Triton Super High Roller 6-Max to a close.