HK $250,000 6-Max Event
Day 1 Completed
2017 Triton Super High Roller Series Montenegro
HK $250,000 6-Max Event
Day: 1
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2017 Triton Super High Roller Series Montenegro
Buy-in
250,000 HKD
Prize Pool
9,643,200 HKD
Entries
41
Level
23
Blinds
15,000 / 30,000
Ante
5,000
Benjamin Wu Leads 2017 Triton Super High Roller Montenegro 6-Max
Level 9
: 600/1,200, 200 ante
The Triton Super High Roller Series has a habit of attracting some of the international poker circuit’s best and brightest and the Triton SHR Montenegro 6-Max Event was no exception.
The 6-Max event saw 38 entries (including re-entries) pony up the HK$250,000 ($32,000) buy-in, each receiving 50,000 in chips with which to battle it out at the baize, with 25 eager entrants successfully circumnavigating the tournament minefield to return for Day 2 on Monday 17 July.
After nine 40-minute levels, it was the USA’s Benjamin Wu who emerged on top, bagging up an impressive 152,000 in chips. Wu seized the lead toward the close of play after winning two sizable pots from Belarusian Mikita Badziakouski during the last two levels of the day.
Xuan Tan is the man hot on Wu’s heels with a stack of 135,300, dominating much of the Day 1 action and holding the chip lead for the majority of the day before losing two last minute pots to Germany’s Fedor Holz at the close of play.
The man rounding out the top three is none other than high rolling big hitter Steve O’Dwyer who bagged up a very respectable 129,100 in chips after busting the unfortunate Tony Cheng midway through the last level of the day.
O’Dwyer is currently sitting in seventh place on the Global Poker Index with Germany’s Fedor Holz the only other player in the GPI top 100 (Holz is sitting in 21st) still remaining in the field, with the German player returning for Day 2 with 101,000 in chips after closing out the day with a last minute burst of aggression to win three out of the last five hands.
Other notables to make Day 2 included Germany’s Manig Loeser (114,400), Canada’s Lucas Greenwood, the United Kingdom’s Sam Trickett (45,000) the USA’s Daniel Cates (45,300) and Indonesia’s John Juanda (38,200), though Greenwood had to fire two bullets to make it.
Another man who fired twice was Marius Torbergsen, though unfortunately this was not enough to lock up a seat on Day 2 and the Norwegian failed to make the cut. The only other man to re-enter was China's Zuo Wang who fired three bullets, eventually making it through to Day 2 with a stack of 78,200.
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 | United States | 66,300 |
| 2 | 1 | Daniel Cates | United States | 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 | United States | 68,500 |
| 3 | 1 | Sam Trickett | United Kingdom | 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 | United States | 82,900 |
| 4 | 5 | Salman Behbehani | United States | 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 | United States | 152,000 |
The remaining 25 players will return to the Maestral Casino’s poker room on Monday 17 July at 1pm CET with blinds starting for level 10 at 800-1,600 with a 200 running ante. The event is scheduled to play down to a winner and the PokerNews live reporting team will be there to provide all the updates so join us then as we see who’s got what it takes to become the 2017 Triton Super High Roller Montenegro 6-Max Champion.
End of Day Chip Counts
Level 9
: 600/1,200, 200 ante
The remaining 25 players have bagged up their chips and it is the USA's Benjamin Wu who has the chip lead after edging in front of China's Xuan Tan towards the end of the day's play. There will be a full end of day wrap to follow so stick around.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
152,000 | -5,000 |
|
135,300 | 17,300 |
|
129,100 | 4,100 |
|
122,800 | |
|
114,400 | 43,400 |
|
101,000 | 37,500 |
|
|
92,000 | -43,000 |
|
84,000 | 40,000 |
|
|
82,900 | |
|
|
80,600 | 55,600 |
|
78,200 | 41,200 |
|
68,500 | 35,500 |
|
66,300 | -12,700 |
|
64,600 | 14,600 |
|
63,000 | -7,000 |
|
61,500 | 16,500 |
|
59,700 | -56,300 |
|
53,900 | -9,100 |
|
48,600 | -4,400 |
|
45,700 | -14,300 |
|
45,300 | -700 |
|
45,000 | -36,000 |
|
43,500 | -2,500 |
|
38,200 | -11,800 |
|
|
35,200 | 1,700 |
Holz Wins Three of Five to Close Day 1
Level 9
: 600/1,200, 200 ante
While we missed two of the last five hands on Fedor Holz’s table after watching the prior two big pots unfold, as the German player’s table was the last to break for the day we caught the last three hands and Holz won all of them.
The first we caught on the river in a hand between Holz and one-time chip leader Xuan Tan with the board reading 
just as Tan turned over 
for the missed flush draw and Holz showed 
for ace-high and a missed gutshot meaning the pot was shipped the German’s way.
Holz was on the button the very next hand, coming over the top of a Zuo Wang cutoff raise of 2,700 to the tune of 7,700 in total. After both the blinds bowed out Wang shot Holz a sceptical stare and tossed in the call to take the action heads-up to a flop of 
, which the Chinese player checked over to Holz.
The German did not take long to fire out a c-bet of 7,800 and Wang mucked just as quickly leaving Holz free to rake in another and he made it three from three the next hand after making it 2,700 to go from the cut off.
Both small blind Devan Tang and big blind Xuan Tan made the call to take the action three-way to a flop of 
with both Tang and Tan checking the flop over to Holz, who fired for a two-thirds pot sized bet, which was enough to get both players to give it up and close out the action for the day.
There will be a full write up and the Day 2 seat draw to follow so watch this space.
Double for Behbehani, Shchemelev Busts to Cheong
Level 9
: 600/1,200, 200 ante
And to answer the previous rhetorical question – not all that crazy, though there were a couple of interesting hands, the first of which involved John Juanda and Salman Behbehani.
We came running when we heard Juanda’s cry of ‘Nooooo!’ and arrived in time to see both players on their feet and their hole cards face up on the felt in front of them with the community cards reading 
and the two players hole cards as follows:
John Juanda: 
Salman Behbehani: 
We are not sure when all the chips went in, but Behbehani had spiked a set and according to him all the chips went in on the flop and the stacks were being counted down as we arrived, with Juanda having Behbehani covered.
The US player’s all-in was for 26,900 in total so Behbehani doubled to 55,000 while Juanda took the hit stoically and dropped to 41,000.
The next big pot was a three-way one and we caught the action on a monochrome flop of 
just as Russia’s Vladimir Shchemelev, sitting in the small blind, moved all-in for his last 20,000.
Both opponents in the hand – Richard Yong (big blind) and Cheok Ieng Cheong (button) made the call but then proceeded to check the rest of the hand down with the 
turn and river completing the hand.
Shchemelev turned over 
for the missed nut flush draw and bottom pair, Yong mucked his hand and dropped down to 53,000 and Cheong turned over for the best hand and climbed to 80,000 while Shchemelev headed for the rail.
Last Five Hands
Level 9
: 600/1,200, 200 ante
There are 15 minutes left on the clock and the last five hands have just been called. This is usually when the carnage happens so stick around and we'll let you know how crazy it gets...
Level: 9
Blinds: 600/1,200
Ante: 200
Wu Wins From Badziakouski, O’Dwyer Busts Cheng
Level 8
: 500/1,000, 100 ante
It looks like all change at the top as we near the last level of the day. While Xuan Tan has been the chip leader for the majority of play so far that is no longer the case and he has shipped some chips the way of Deven Tang, dropping down to 118,000 while Tang has climbed to 118,000.
This has opened the door for Benjamin Wu to sneak into pole position after winning a few pots from Belarusian Mikita Badziakouski and while we missed the first sizable one of these, we did catch the second.
Wu and Badziakouski have been tangling quite a bit recently but it is Wu who seems to have had the best of it and this trend continued when the US player made it 2,500 to go from the button and Badziakouski made the call from the big blind.
The 
flop is one for a raiser if ever we saw one, and Badziakouski must have thought so too, checking the action over to Wu, who decided to fire out a continuation bet of 1,800, which after thinking it over for a few seconds the Belarusian player elected to call.
The 
turn paired the board and brought in a possible club flush draw in addition to the possible flopped straight and two pair/full house combos and now Badziakouski chose to lead out for 2,000.
Wu looked puzzled by this turn of events and thought things over for a good minute before deciding to test the waters with a raise to 8,500 in total. It was Badziakouski’s turn to tank, though he did not take long to find the fold leaving Wu to rake in a decent sized pot and climb to 157,000 while the Belarusian dropped to 46,000.
However, this is still more than Tony Cheng has as the Hong Kong player busted at the hands of Steve O’Dwyer shortly after the above hand between Badziakouski and Wu.
We caught the action on the turn in a heads-up pot between Cheng and O’Dwyer with the board reading 
with over 20,000 already in the pot.
Sitting in the big blind O’Dwyer had just dumped a huge tower of red 5k chips into the middle of the table, putting Cheng all-in for his last 25,000 or so. The Hong Kong player tanked long and hard as Winfred Yu and John Juanda exchanged some playful banter about how fast Winfred could lose all of his chips and how many buy-ins he could afford before the end of the day in a little under an hours time.
Eventually Cheng made the call for his tournament life but could only dejectedly slide his cards face down into the muck when O’Dwyer turned over 
for the turned diamond flush.
The turn paired the board but evidently did not help Cheng who got up and headed for the rail without showing down his hand while O’Dwyer climbed to 125,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
157,000 | 101,000 |
|
|
125,000 | 44,000 |
|
|
118,000 | -27,000 |
|
|
116,000 | 26,000 |
|
|
46,000 | -59,000 |
|
Busted |
Stacks as Yong and Juanda Enter and Greenwood Re-enters
Level 8
: 500/1,000, 100 ante
Richard Yong and John Juanda have joined the fray and Lucas Greenwood is now on his second bullet to bring the total number of entries up to 38 runners, 29 of whom still remain in contention so here's how the field is stacking up:
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
145,000 | -7,000 |
|
|
135,000 | 33,000 |
|
|
105,000 | 22,000 |
|
93,000 | -30,000 |
|
|
90,000 | 28,000 |
|
|
81,000 | -9,000 |
|
|
81,000 | 24,000 |
|
|
79,000 | 29,000 |
|
|
71,000 | 31,000 |
|
|
70,000 | 23,000 |
|
|
63,500 | 5,500 |
|
|
63,000 | -9,000 |
|
|
60,000 | |
|
|
53,000 | -9,000 |
|
52,000 | 52,000 |
|
51,000 | 26,000 |
|
|
50,000 | 50,000 |
|
|
50,000 | |
|
|
46,000 | |
|
|
46,000 | 18,000 |
|
|
45,000 | 24,000 |
|
|
44,000 | |
|
|
37,000 | 15,125 |
|
|
33,500 | -17,500 |
|
|
33,000 | 2,000 |
Level: 8
Blinds: 500/1,000
Ante: 100