Benjamin Wu Leads 2017 Triton Super High Roller Montenegro 6-Max
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.
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.
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.
with over 20,000 already in the pot. 
for the turned diamond flush.
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.
, which Tan checked over to Wang, who continuation bet another 2,000. After mulling it over Tan made the call once again and the dealer peeled off the 
turn, which brought checks from both players.
river saw Tan check for a third and final time and take down the pot with the mighty 
after Wang checked it back and then threw his hand into the muck when he saw Tan table and ace. Tan now has around 160,000 while Wang is on the other end of the chip spectrum and is looking a little short on 21,875.
just as Wu, sitting in the big blind, checked the action over to Badziakouski, who led for 7,000 into a pot of 10,000.
river, which brought checks from both players.
for bottom pair, but had just been rivered by Badziakouski, who despite missing his flush draw holding 
, had just paired his six to take the pot and bring the level to a close. Badziakouski climbed to 83,000 after the hand while Wu dropped to 56,000.
