Arnaud Tops Day 1 of HK$1 Million Triton Hold'em; Ivey Busts Twice
Day 1 of the HK$1,000,000 Triton Hold'em (Short Deck Ante-Only) event drew 41 entries and 16 players found their way through the first six 60-minute levels. Late registration will remain open through one more level so there might be some more players interested in joining or rejoining the action tomorrow.
So far, Romain Arnaud has managed to amass the most chips, having accumulated 1,580,000. Arnaud mostly increased his belongings in the last level. His pivotal surge came when he eliminated Gabe Patgorski with the nut flush. A couple of more additions to his stack helped Arnaud surpass Kenneth Kee in the overnight standings.
Kee was right at the top for a solid part of the day, having built a big stack in the early stages. Kee left his foot firmly on the pedal and kept piling up to eventually cross 1.5 million in chips, trailing only Arnaud.
Wai Kin Yong rounds out the top three with 1,284,000 in his bag. Yong's most significant moment came when he peeled pocket aces and held against Phil Ivey who put his second tournament life on the line with queen-ten suited. Ivey busted for the second time and took a break before play wrapped up for the day. He might have another shot at the title tomorrow when the action resumes.
While Ivey didn't find a bag tonight, some other North American stars were able to navigate their way into Day 2. Those include HK$1 Million Triton Hold'em Montenegro champion Jason Koon who was able to spin his stack up to 837,000, good for sixth place on the leaderboard. Koon sits behind Peter Jetten (1,169,000) and Alan Sass (1,130,000) who have participated in both previous Triton Hold'em events here in Jeju.
Andrew Robl made his debut today, taking to the felt for the first time at the festival and he finished in the middle of the pack with 610,000. The bottom half of the rankings features Tom Dwan (386,000) and Ben Lamb (315,000), among others.
Day 2 kicks off Sunday, July 29 at 2 p.m. local time with the 5,000 ante and 10,000 button-ante. Come back to follow PokerNews live updates as the 2018 Triton Super High Roller Series will crown the fourth champion tomorrow.
. Tom Dwan called in the cutoff with 
. Ivan Leow then called on the button with 
.
and Torbergsen put out a bet of 30,000. Dwan called, as did Leow. 
and Torbergsen moved all in with 268,000 and both of his opponents called, Dwan with top two pair and Leow with his double gutshot straight draw.
though and that would be the big pot for Torbergsen to chip up to 760,000 while Dwan was left with 254,000. Leow was officially eliminated from the tournament again and he'll have to re-enter if he wants to make a run.
of Alan Sass who picked up the high pair on the button. Sass had Leow covered and put him at risk.
on the turn to sweat a nine-ball but the 
locked it for Sass who increased his stack to 906,000. Leow fired a new bullet.
and Ivan Leow overlimped with 
and Marius Torbergesen checked with 
. 
put Robl in a sick spot as he turned an inferior flush. 
appeared on the river and he was forced to use a new bullet.
flop and Ivey called.
which didn’t help Chan much but the turn was the 
and the river was the 
giving him trips and allowing him to take out Phua, who was forced to use a bullet token.
