HK $250,000 6-Max Event Day 1 | 2017 Triton Super High Roller Series Montenegro

07-16-2017 17:14 UTC+2

Chip Counts

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Level 6 : 300/600, 75 ante

Here's how some of the field is stacking up:

Player	Chips	Progress
Xuan Tan	155,000 55,000	55,000
Chi Ming Lee	102,000 43,000	43,000
Vladimir Shchemelev	91,000
Steve O'Dwyer	90,000 20,000	20,000

Su Hao	72,000 -9,500	-9,500
Winfred Yu	62,000 2,000	2,000
Devan Tang	61,000 11,000	11,000
Fedor Holz	58,000 8,000	8,000

Sam Trickett	57,000 7,000	7,000
Xi Luo	51,000 -4,000	-4,000
Alexandros Kolonias	47,000 7,000	7,000

Manig Loeser	40,000

Gabe Patgorski	31,000 -9,000	-9,000
Lucas Greenwood	29,000 -12,600	-12,600
Tony Cheng	28,000 -21,500	-21,500
Liang Yu	21,000 -31,000	-31,000
Cheok Ieng Cheong	17,000 -53,000	-53,000

07-16-2017 17:27 UTC+2

Tan Still Leads, Badziakouski Wins from Wu

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Level 6 : 300/600, 75 ante

The field still remains at 28-strong with no new arrivals in the last level, though players have until the end of the day to register so the field could well grow more before it shrinks.

So far it is China’s Xuan Tan who is still leading the charge, and he has extended his lead still further at the expense of fellow countryman Zuo Wang.

Pre-flop the action folded around to Tan, who has been playing a wide range of hands which seems to have discouraged the table with tangling with his small blind, and he threw in the extra 300 before big blind Wang made it 2,000 to go in total.

Tan casually threw in the call and it was heads-up to a flop of , 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.

The 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.

Another player whose tournament appears to be going well at present is Mikita Badziakouski with the Belarusian player taking down a hand from the USA’s Benjamin Wu shortly before the break.

We caught the action on the turn with the board reading 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.

Wu thought it over for 20-seconds or so before throwing in the call and the dealer slid out the river, which brought checks from both players.

Wu turned over 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.

Player	Chips	Progress
Xuan Tan	160,000 5,000	5,000
Mikita Badziakouski	83,000 26,000	26,000

Benjamin Wu	56,000 9,200	9,200
Zuo Wang	21,875 -21,125	-21,125

07-16-2017 17:31 UTC+2

Break started

Break: 15 min.

Level: 7

Blinds: 400/800

Ante: 100

07-16-2017 18:10 UTC+2

Shchemelev Doubles Cheong, Tang Picks Off Tan, Cates Enters, Greenwood Exits

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Level 7 : 400/800, 100 ante

We missed two casualties before the break with Peter Chan and Vlado Banicevi chitting the rail to take the number of players down to 26, though with the arrival of Daniel Cates this has recently climbed back up to 27.

Play had not long resumed after the break before Cheok Ieng Cheong and two-time Russian WSOP bracelet winner Vladimir Shchemelev clashed in a hand that saw the former earn himself a double up at Shchemelev’s expense.

The hand started innocuously enough with a short-stacked Cheong completing the small blind and Shchemelev checking his option in the big blind to take play heads-up to a monochrome flop of , which Cheong checked over to Shchemelev.

The Russian wasted no time putting Cheong all-in for his last 8,500 with the Chinese player calling instantly and the cards were turned over.

Cheok Ieng Cheong:
Vladimir Shchemelev:

Unfortunately for Shchemelev his queen-high spade flush draw was already drawing dead against Cheong’s flopped nut flush and the Chinese player doubled to 17,500. Shchemelev however, still has plenty of chips and is sitting pretty on a stack of 123,000.

Spades were also good for Devan Tang, though not in the way you would imagine after the following hand played out between him and chip leader Xuan Tan.

Pre-flop the action folded around to Tang in the small blind, who threw in the extra 400 chips before Tan popped it up to 3,000 from the big blind. Tang shot Tan a suspicious stare and threw in the extras and the dealer spread a flop of which brought a check from Tang and a bet of 3,700 from Tan, which was called to keep the action heads-up.

That was it for the betting in this particular hand, with both players checking the turn and the river. Tang turned over for queen-high and a missed open ended straight draw, but this was enough to take the pot when Tang shot him a grin and threw his hand into the muck. Tang climbed to 62,000 while Tan dropped down to 152,000.

While we missed his exit Lucas Greenwood busted just as the dust was settling on this hand and walked straight past the table on his way to the exit as the dealer on the Canadian’s now 5-handed table called ‘player out’ to bring the field back down to 26.

Player	Chips	Progress
Xuan Tan	152,000 -8,000	-8,000
Vladimir Shchemelev	123,000 32,000	32,000
Devan Tang	62,000 1,000	1,000
Cheok Ieng Cheong	17,500 500	500
Lucas Greenwood	Busted
Peter Chan	Busted

Tags: Cheok Ieng Cheong Dan Cates Lucas Greenwood Vlado Banicevic Xuan Tan

Level: 8

Blinds: 500/1,000

Ante: 100

07-16-2017 18:48 UTC+2

Stacks as Yong and Juanda Enter and Greenwood Re-enters

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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
Xuan Tan	145,000 -7,000	-7,000
Chi Ming Lee	135,000 33,000	33,000
Mikita Badziakouski	105,000 22,000	22,000

Vladimir Shchemelev	93,000 -30,000	-30,000
Devan Tang	90,000 28,000	28,000
Steve O'Dwyer	81,000 -9,000	-9,000

Sam Trickett	81,000 24,000	24,000
Alan Sass	79,000 29,000	29,000
Manig Loeser	71,000 31,000	31,000

Alexandros Kolonias	70,000 23,000	23,000

Fedor Holz	63,500 5,500	5,500

Su Hao	63,000 -9,000	-9,000
Richard Yong	60,000
Winfred Yu	53,000 -9,000	-9,000
Marius Torbergsen	52,000 52,000	52,000
Arnaud Romain	51,000 26,000	26,000
Lucas Greenwood	50,000 50,000	50,000
John Juanda	50,000

Daniel Cates	46,000
Tony Cheng	46,000 18,000	18,000
Liang Yu	45,000 24,000	24,000
Salman Behbehani	44,000
Zuo Wang	37,000 15,125	15,125
Xi Luo	33,500 -17,500	-17,500
Gabe Patgorski	33,000 2,000	2,000

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Tags: John Juanda Lucas Greenwood Richard Yong

07-16-2017 19:01 UTC+2

Wu Wins From Badziakouski, O’Dwyer Busts Cheng

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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
Benjamin Wu	157,000 101,000	101,000
Steve O'Dwyer	125,000 44,000	44,000

Xuan Tan	118,000 -27,000	-27,000
Devan Tang	116,000 26,000	26,000
Mikita Badziakouski	46,000 -59,000	-59,000

Tony Cheng	Busted

Tags: Benjamin Wu John Juanda Mikita Badziakouski Steve O'Dwyer Tony Cheng Winfred Yu

Level: 9

Blinds: 600/1,200

Ante: 200

07-16-2017 19:30 UTC+2

Last Five Hands

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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...