HK $250,000 6-Max Event
Day 1 Started
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
Welcome to Day 1 of the 2017 Triton Super High Roller Series Montenegro 6-Max Event
Welcome poker fans, to the second stop in this year’s Triton Super High Roller Series, taking place at the idyllic Montenegrin-based Maestral Resort & Casino, located by the azure waters of the Adriatic Sea.
With previous Triton Series events attracting some of the biggest names on the international poker circuit and past winners including the likes of Fedor Holz, Daniel Cates, Daniel Colman, Wai Kin Yong and Koray Aldemir the stage looks to be set for a thrilling five days of high-octane big buy-in poker action.
It was Daniel Colman who emerged victorious in this same event in Manila back in February, winning a cool HK$3,641,600 (~US$473,408) in the process after defeating tournament stalwart Erik Seidel heads-up to take down the trophy and the title.
While it remains uncertain at present on whether Colman will be returning to defend his title several big names have already been spotted prowling the poker room.
These include high stakes specialist Steve O’Dwyer, SunCity Cup champion Daniel Cates and most interestingly of all, the infamous Tom ‘Durrrr’ Dwan looks to be making an Ali-like return to the ring and is also in attendance.
The subject of much conjecture and speculation, especially regarding the “Durrrr Challenge” against the aforementioned Cates and the loss of a US$20 million pot in a super high stakes Macau cash game (a fact Cates confirmed in an ‘Ask Me Anything’ thread), Dwan had been absent from the live tournament circuit until the recent Macau Billionaire’s Poker 2017 Spring Challenge at the Babylon Casino back in March.
Dwan announced his return with a bang, or rather a bink, when he finished runner-up to Belarusian Mikita Badziakouski for an HK$1.95 million (~US$252,153) payday – his first live tournament cash in over three years.
Whether Dwan will repeat or better that feat here in Montenegro remains to be seen, but with the HK$250,000 (~US$32,000) 6-Max No Limit Hold’em Event running on 16 July and the HK$1 million (~US$128,140) Main Event set to start on 18 July there is certainly going to be some great high stakes poker tournament action on display over the next few days.
The two-day HK$250,000 6-Max will be starting at 1pm CET and boasts multiple re-entry until the end of level 9, which will be the last level played on Day 1.
Players start with 50,000 in chips and will have 40-minute levels in which to use them and as previously mentioned play will conclude for the day at the end of level 9 with Day 2 resuming at 1pm CET on Monday 17 July. Of course the PokerNews live reporting team will be on hand to bring you all the tournament thrills and spills so watch this space.
Almost Game Time
The nine tournament tables are all set, the dealers are waiting patiently for the players to arrive, the trophy cabinet is being set up as we type this and the cards will be in the air shortly.
Level: 1
Blinds: 100/200
Ante: 0
Cards in the Air
Level 1
: 100/200, 0 ante
Cards are now in the air and so far there are seven runners with Mikita Badziakouski, Xi Luo, Cheok Ieng Cheong, Luke Greenwood, Steve O’Dwyer and Liang Yu all seated on one 6-handed table and Hong Kong’s Peter Chan sitting all by his lonesome waiting for the rest of the field to trickle in.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
50,000 | 50,000 |
|
50,000 | 50,000 |
|
|
50,000 | 50,000 |
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50,000 | 50,000 |
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50,000 | 50,000 |
|
50,000 | 50,000 |
|
50,000 | 50,000 |
Up to Nine
Level 1
: 100/200, 0 ante
There are now two tables on the go with the late arrival of Norway's Marius Torbergsen and the USA's Craig Hartman and there has been some player shuffling with Xi Luo, Peter Chan, Mikita Badziakouski and Hartman over on the one table and Tobergsen, Cheok Ieng Cheong, Luke Greenwood, Steve O'Dwyer and Liang Yu over on the other.
We expect more movement as the late arrivals trickle in, but it is still very much early days here and several late arrivals, including Alan Sass and Tony Cheng, are over at the registration desk but have yet to buy-in and take their seats.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
50,000 | 50,000 |
|
50,000 | 50,000 |
Level: 2
Blinds: 100/200
Ante: 25
Stealth Boat for Greenwood, Field Grows to 18
Level 2
: 100/200, 25 ante
We caught an interesting hand at the close of level one between Lucas Greenwood and Steve O’Dwyer, the latter of whom was the pre-flop aggressor after opening the action to 500 from under-the-gun with Greenwood (big blind) the only customer.
Greenwood checked the 
flop over to O’Dwyer, who chose to continuation bet 700 into the 1,000-pot with Greenwood tossing out a quick call.
The 
turn brought a second check from Greenwood and O’Dwyer checked it right back bringing both players to the 
river. The Canadian player now led, throwing out two red 1k chips for a bet of 2,000 into the 2,500 pot.
O’Dwyer looked pained over the decision but grudgingly threw in the call and looked as shocked as the rest of the table when Greenwood flipped over 
for a turned full house. Greenwood climbed to roughly 55,000 while O’Dwyer looked to have around 45,000 after the hand.
The field has now grown to three six-handed tables of 18 players in total with Alexandros Kolonias, Benjamin Wu, Su Hao, and Vlado Banicevic all taking their seats. We will endeavor to update the player list when we get a full copy later or as players sit down.
Field Grows to 23, Chan Takes From Wu
Level 2
: 100/200, 25 ante
The field has now grown to 23 players split over four 6-handed tables with Winfred Yu, Gabe Patgorski and Xuan Tan some more of the new arrivals.
We caught a hand developing over on Peter Chan’s table with Benjamin Wu the pre-flop aggressor, making it 500 to go on the button. Chan, sitting in the small blind, re-raised to 1,800 and after big blind Mikita Badziakouski got out of the way Wu made the call to take play heads-up to a flop of 
.
That was it for the betting in the hand with Chan and Wu seemingly content to check it down to the river with the 
landing on the turn and the river completing the hand. Chan rolled over 
, which was enough to take down the hand after Wu mucked.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
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55,000 | 5,000 |
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50,000 | 50,000 |
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50,000 | 50,000 |
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50,000 | 50,000 |
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50,000 | 50,000 |
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50,000 | 50,000 |
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45,000 | 45,000 |
Level: 3
Blinds: 150/300
Ante: 25