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

07-28-2018 20:40 UTC+9

Updated Counts From the Outer Tables

MrCleverFox

Level 4 : 0/0, 2,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Kenneth Kee	910,000 230,000	230,000
Gabe Patgorski	455,000 35,000	35,000
Wai Kin Yong	452,000 2,000	2,000
Cary Katz	430,000 -10,000	-10,000
Romain Arnaud	348,000 -92,000	-92,000
Alan Sass	285,000
Elton Tsang	205,000 205,000	205,000
Ben Lamb	202,000 202,000	202,000

Paul Phua	178,000 78,000	78,000

Devan Tang	105,000 5,000	5,000
Mikita Badziakouski	Busted

07-28-2018 20:44 UTC+9

Ivey Busts and Re-Enters

Jan_Kores

Level 4 : 0/0, 2,000 ante

Phil Ivey raised all in under the gun, making it 71,000. Marius Torbergsen repushed in the hijack and Ivan Leow joined the action with a high pair on the button, having 82,000 in chips.

Ivey:
Torbergesen:
Leow:

Ivey was in bad shape and the board eliminated him as Leow finished with queens full.

Ivey re-entered and took a seat on one of the outer tables.

Player	Chips	Progress
Marius Torbergesen	356,000 -138,000	-138,000
Ivan Leow	239,000 231,000	231,000
Phil Ivey	100,000 23,000	23,000

Tags: Ivan Leow Phil Ivey Marius Torbergesen

07-28-2018 20:49 UTC+9

Chan Stacks Robl With Flush Over Flush

Jan_Kores

Level 4 : 0/0, 2,000 ante

Andrew Robl limped under the gun with and Ivan Leow overlimped with . Chan Wai Leong called with and Marius Torbergesen checked with .

They all checked the flop and the put Robl in a sick spot as he turned an inferior flush.

Robl checked, Leow fired 15,000 and Chan raised to 45,000. Robl then jammed his 132,000 and Chan called with the second nuts.

Robl could hope for a queen of diamonds to make a straight flush but the appeared on the river and he was forced to use a new bullet.

Player	Chips	Progress
Chan Wai Leong	801,000 219,000	219,000
Andrew Robl	100,000 -52,000	-52,000

Tags: Wai Leong Chan Andrew Robl Ivan Leow Marius Torbergesen

07-28-2018 20:52 UTC+9

Catching action on the turn with the board showing , Ben Lamb was first to act. He put out a bet of 35,000 and Gabe Patgorski, who was next to act, called. Everyone else folded and it was on to the river.

The river was the and Lamb put out another bet, making it 100,000. Patgorski thought for a long while, using one of his time bank chips even before he decided to call.

"King," Lamb said.

It was no good because Patgorski was holding for a better pair, and that would earn him the pot to chip him up to nearly 700,000.

Player	Chips	Progress
Gabe Patgorski	675,000 220,000	220,000
Ben Lamb	110,000 -92,000	-92,000

Tags: Ben Lamb Gabe Patgorski

07-28-2018 20:54 UTC+9

Eight-Ball for Ivey

Jan_Kores

Level 4 : 0/0, 2,000 ante

After four limps, Richard Yong made it 34,000 with on the button and the first limper Phil Ivey called with .

Ivey checked and Yong put him at risk for 66,000 effective. Ivey thought for a bit and then placed his chips in.

He binked the on the turn and Yong was drawing dead as he couldn't recover against Ivey's nut straight. The river was a formality and Ivey doubled to 216,000, sending Yong on a short stack.

Player	Chips	Progress
Phil Ivey	216,000 116,000	116,000

Richard Yong	58,000 -477,000	-477,000

Tags: Phil Ivey Richard Yong

Level: 5

Blinds: 0/0

Ante: 3,000

07-28-2018 21:15 UTC+9

Patgorski Stacks Tang to Move over 800,000

MrCleverFox

Level 5 : 0/0, 3,000 ante

Romain Arnaud limped in, as did Devan Tang, and Ben Lamb before Gabe Patgorski checked on the button.

The flop was and Arnaud led out for 20,000. Tang called while Lamb folded, but Patgorski called as well.

The turn was the and Arnaud checked. Tang moved all in for 73,000 and Patgorski asked for a count before calling. Arnaud folded and it was on to a showdown for Tang and Patgorski.

Devan Tang:
Gabe Patgorski:

Tang still had a few outs with flush cards as well as a king, but the river was the and that meant that Patgorski would stack Tang, moving over 800,000. Tang used his final rebuy bullet so that left him with 100,000 chips.

Player	Chips	Progress
Gabe Patgorski	810,000 135,000	135,000
Devan Tang	100,000

Tags: Ben Lamb Devan Tang Gabe Patgorski

07-28-2018 21:18 UTC+9

Robl Ousted by Chan

MrCleverFox

Level 5 : 0/0, 3,000 ante

Chan Wai Leong opened to 21,000 and he was called by Marius Tobergesen in the cutoff and Andrew Robl moved all in on the button for 99,000. Chan moved all in over the top and Torbergesen folded.

Andrew Robl:
Chan Wai Leong:

The board ran out and Chan made a striaght on the river to send Robl to the rail. He headed to the registration desk and quickly re-entered the tournament.

Player	Chips	Progress
Chan Wai Leong	891,000 90,000	90,000
Andrew Robl	Busted

Tags: Andrew Robl Chan Wai Leong

07-28-2018 21:22 UTC+9

Tom Dwan Joins the Field

MrCleverFox

Level 5 : 0/0, 3,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Tom Dwan	100,000

07-28-2018 21:28 UTC+9

More and More for Kenneth Kee

MrCleverFox

Level 5 : 0/0, 3,000 ante

Action was on Kenneth Kee on a board reading and he was in a huge pot against Elton Tsang. There was roughly 220,000 already in the pot and Kee decided to put out a bet of 150,000. Tsang thought for a bit but eventually decided to call the bet. Kee showed down and it was good for him to take down the pot, moving him well over a million chips. Tsang on the other hand was left with roughly 20,000.

Player	Chips	Progress
Kenneth Kee	1,120,000 210,000	210,000
Elton Tsang	20,000 -185,000	-185,000