HK$1,000,000 Short Deck Ante-Only Day 1 | 2018 Triton Super High Roller Series Jeju

07-28-2018 19:40 UTC+9

Time For Badziakouski's Favorite Activity

MrCleverFox

Level 3 : 0/0, 2,000 ante

All the money went in preflop between Mikita Badziakouski and Wang "Shanghai Wong" Qiang. Badziakouski was the shorter of the two players and was all in for right around 80,000.

Mikita Badziakouski:
Wang Qiang:

The board ran out and Qiang made three jacks to send Badziakouski back to the registration desk.

"Rebuy Rebuy!" several members of the table teased at Badziakouski as he headed to register once more.

Player	Chips	Progress
Wang Qiang	180,000	-15,000
Mikita Badziakouski	Busted

Tags: Mikita Badziakouski Wang Qiang

07-28-2018 19:35 UTC+9

Patgorski Forces Bullets From Badziakouski and Tang

MrCleverFox

Level 3 : 0/0, 2,000 ante

Mikita Badziakouski moved all in from under the gun for about 100,000. Gabe Patgorski then called. Action folded to the button where Devan Tang moved all in for about 150,000 and action was back on Patgorski who called both shoves.

Devan Tang:
Mikita Badziakouski:
Gabe Patgorski:

The flop was kind to Patgorski when it fell giving him the nut straight and he held up on the turn and the river, forcing both Badziakouski and Tang to reload for another bullet. Meanwhile, Patgorski raked in the pot and he moved to almost 500,000 chips.

Player	Chips	Progress
Gabe Patgorski	470,000	255,000
Devan Tang	100,000	-15,000
Mikita Badziakouski	100,000

Tags: Devan Tang Gabe Patgorski Mikita Badziakouski

07-28-2018 19:32 UTC+9

Ivey Loses a Big Flip

Jan_Kores

Level 3 : 0/0, 2,000 ante

Phil Ivey was all in for 184,000 on the flop of and Chan Wai Leong made the call. They were essentially flipping as Ivey had while Chan turned up . Ivey failed to hit a seven, eight or a nine on the turn and river and Chan scooped the giant pot to force a new bullet from Ivey.

Player	Chips	Progress
Chan Wai Leong	582,000	191,000
Phil Ivey	100,000	-67,000

Tags: Phil Ivey Chan Wai Leong

07-28-2018 19:28 UTC+9

Koon Bluffs Against Straight

Jan_Kores

Level 3 : 0/0, 2,000 ante

Three-way limped pot saw Winfred Yu fire 12,000 in position on the flop with and Jason Koon called with , inviting Richard Yong to the turn with .

Yong hit a straight on the turn but Koon had great blockers and decided to lead 30,000. Yong, however, shoved his 111,000 and Koon laid his hand down.

Player	Chips	Progress
Richard Yong	191,000	-19,000
Jason Koon	91,000	7,000

Tags: Jason Koon Richard Yong

07-28-2018 19:25 UTC+9

Phua Runs Into Aces

MrCleverFox

Level 3 : 0/0, 2,000 ante

Wai Kin Yong limped in under the gun and Alan Sass raised to 20,000. Next to act, Paul Phau raised all in for roughly 45,000. Action folded back to Sass who immediately called.

Paul Phua:
Alan Sass:

"Why so many A A," Phau said, bemoaning his fate.

The board ran out and Phua would pair his jack, but it was no good and Sass would take down the pot, forcing Phua to use a bullet reload.

Player	Chips	Progress
Alan Sass	200,000
Paul Phua	100,000	-130,000

Tags: Alan Sass Paul Phua Wai Kin Yong

07-28-2018 19:20 UTC+9

Jetten Hits a Much Needed Ace-High Board

Jan_Kores

Level 3 : 0/0, 2,000 ante

Rui Cao opened to 16,000 from an early position and his neighbor Peter Jetten jammed for 148,000. Cao called to put Jetten at risk.

Cao:
Jetten:

Jetten trailed but he could spare a bullet after the board rolled out, giving him the winner and a big double.

Player	Chips	Progress
Peter Jetten	306,000	206,000
Rui Cao	59,000	-148,000

Tags: Peter Jetten Rui Cao

07-28-2018 19:18 UTC+9

Wai Kin Spikes a Jack to Double

Jan_Kores

Level 3 : 0/0, 2,000 ante

Wai Kin Yong was all in preflop for 102,000, racing against Elton Tsang. Yong had and stood up against . The flop wasn't what he was looking for but the turn pulled him ahead. He held on the river and locked the double while Tsang dropped to 57,000.

Player	Chips	Progress
Wai Kin Yong	212,000	92,000
Elton Tsang	57,000	-104,000

Tags: Elton Tsang Wai Kin Yong

07-28-2018 19:14 UTC+9

Ivey Coolered by Tan

Jan_Kores

Level 3 : 0/0, 2,000 ante

Chan Wai Leong limped under the gun with and Xuan Tan raised to 23,000 with in the next position. Phil Ivey cold-called on the button with and Chan got out of the way.

The flop hit both players hard and Tan shoved for 115,000. Ivey called to see he was heavily dominated.

The landed on the turn and Ivey called for an ace to split the pot. But the dealer didn't oblige and the river secured a double for Tan.

Player	Chips	Progress
Xuan Tan	284,000	184,000
Phil Ivey	167,000	-184,000

Tags: Phil Ivey Xuan Tan

07-28-2018 19:07 UTC+9

Chan Gets There on the Turn

Jan_Kores

Level 3 : 0/0, 2,000 ante

On the flop of , Chan Wai Leong and Xuan Tan ended up all in with Tan at risk for 122,000.

Tan:
Chan:

Unfortunately for Tan, Chan hit a straight right on the turn. Tan could still win should he finish with a full house but he bricked his outs on the and lost his bullet.

Player	Chips	Progress
Chan Wai Leong	391,000	193,000
Xuan Tan	100,000

Tags: Chan Wai Leong Xuan Tan

07-28-2018 19:05 UTC+9

"Ay ay ay ay ay!"

Jan_Kores

Level 3 : 0/0, 2,000 ante

With around 100,000 in the middle, Mikita Badziakouski (hijack) and Wang Qiang (cutoff) made it to the river of the board. Badziakouski checked and Qiang moved all in for 55,000. Badziakouski had only 39,000 and didn't like the move.

"Ay ay ay ay ay!" he said and shuffled his remaining chips several times.

Then he made the call and "Shanghai Wong" showed him for a full house.

"Ay ay ay ay ay!" Badziakouski said again and the table laughed. "Nice hand," Badziakouski said, adding: "Rebuy!"