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

07-28-2018 19:04 UTC+9

Ivey Unlucky to Chop

Jan_Kores

Level 3 : 0/0, 2,000 ante

Phil Ivey limped under the gun with , Marius Torbergesen joined with and Andrew Robl checked with .

Ivey flopped the Broadway on and he check-raised to 25,000 over Robl's bet of 7,000. Robl called and the turn rescued him as he scrambled for a chop. The chips went in and the river didn't matter.

Player	Chips	Progress
Phil Ivey	351,000
Andrew Robl	143,000

Tags: Andrew Robl Phil Ivey

Level: 3

Blinds: 0/0

Ante: 2,000

07-28-2018 18:58 UTC+9

Mikita Badziakouski opened the action with a limp, Wang Qiang overlimped and Romain Arnaud called as well. Devan Tang, however, raised to 14,000 on the button and he got rid of Badziakouski while both Qiang and Arnaud stuck around for the flop.

Qiang threw in his last 16,000 when the arrived and Tang snap-called with . Qiang was drawing almost dead with and the and runout forced him to use a new bullet.

Player	Chips	Progress
Devan Tang	115,000	15,000
Wang Qiang	100,000	11,000

Tags: Devan Tang Wang Qiang

07-28-2018 18:40 UTC+9

Patgorski Doubles Through Shanghai Wong

Jan_Kores

Level 2 : 0/0, 1,000 ante

We arrived when Wang "Shanghai Wong" Qiang had a bet of 16,000 out, sitting on the button. His left-hand Gabe Patgorski fired back with a shove of 104,000 and Qiang burned a timebank before making the call.

Patgorski:
Qiang:

The board of confirmed Patgorski's double only few minutes before the first break of the day.

Player	Chips	Progress
Gabe Patgorski	215,000	115,000
Wang Qiang	89,000	-11,000

Tags: Gabe Patgorski Wang Qiang

07-28-2018 18:39 UTC+9

Koon Doubles Through Cao

MrCleverFox

Level 2 : 0/0, 1,000 ante

Rui Cao opened to 10,000 from the hijack with and Jason Koon was on the button with . He called.

The fop was and Cao led out for 7,000. Koon moved all in for 31,000. Cao called.

Koon was behind but could catch an ace, or a six to catch up. The board completed with the and the and Koon would double with a full house to 84,000 leaving Cao with just over 200,000.

Player	Chips	Progress
Rui Cao	207,000	55,000
Jason Koon	84,000	39,000

Tags: Jason Koon Rui Cao

07-28-2018 18:29 UTC+9

Yong Makes Quads to Double Through Koon

MrCleverFox

Level 2 : 0/0, 1,000 ante

Richard Yong called under the gun with and Peter Jetten called in the hijack. Jason Koon raised in the cutoff with to 12,000. Yong then moved all in for 102,000. Jetten folded Koon tanked for a while, then called.

The board ran out and that gave Yong quads, allowing him to double up to 210,000 while Koon was left with a measly 45,000 but 2 bullets left behind.

Player	Chips	Progress
Richard Yong	210,000	110,000
Jason Koon	45,000	-55,000

Tags: Peter Jetten Jason Koon Richard Yong

07-28-2018 18:20 UTC+9

Phua's Bad Feeling Proves to Be Wrong

Jan_Kores

Level 2 : 0/0, 1,000 ante

Paul Phua and Gabe Patgorski tangled on a flop of with Patgorski sitting on the button. Phua checked, Patgorski bet 6,000 and Phua check-raised to 15,000. Patgorski wasn't done yet, he clicked back with a three-bet to 26,000, Phua raised again and they ended up all in.

Phua:
Patgorski:

"I have a feeling that you will win," Phua said. "Sorry for the suckout," Patgorski replied.

But the bad scenario Phua was expecting didn't materialize as the turn and river held his hand ahead. Phua vaulted to 230,000 and Patgorski continued with 100,000 after firing a new bullet.

Player	Chips	Progress
Paul Phua	230,000	130,000
Gabe Patgorski	100,000

Tags: Paul Phua Gabe Patgorski

07-28-2018 18:17 UTC+9

Koon Shoves on Cao and Jetten

MrCleverFox

Level 2 : 0/0, 1,000 ante

Rui Cao raised to 10,000 with from the hijack and Peter Jetten called in the cutoff with . Jason Koon then moved all in with from the button and Cao and Jetten both folded allowing Koon to take the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jason Koon	135,000	135,000

Tags: Jason Koon Peter Jetten Rui Cao

07-28-2018 18:08 UTC+9

Ivey Gets Max Value With Pretty Bad Hand

Jan_Kores

Level 2 : 0/0, 1,000 ante

Chan Wai Leong raised under the gun and only Phil Ivey called from the button. Chan continued for 15,000 on the flop and Ivey called.

Chan slowed down on the turn and checked. Ivey threw in a 40,000-bet and Chan paused before calling.

The river came and Chan checked again. Ivey took all of his chips and pushed them across the betting line. Chan fell into a tank-mode and eventually called.

Ivey smiled and showed , perhaps thinking that he was caught. But Chan mucked his to the surprise of the table. "Really?" Elton Tsang asked.

Just like that, Ivey managed to cross 400,000 in chips while Chan had to reload.

Player	Chips	Progress
Phil Ivey	405,000	305,000
Chai Wai Leong	100,000

Tags: Phil Ivey Chan Wai Leong

07-28-2018 18:08 UTC+9

Leow Takes One on the Turn

MrCleverFox

Level 2 : 0/0, 1,000 ante

Ivan Leow raised to 7,000 in the cutoff with and Mikita Badziakouski called on the button with .

The flop was and Leow led out with a bet of 8,000. Badziakouski called.

On the turn, Leow led out again with a bet of 20,000. Badziakouski folded and that allowed Leow to take down the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ivan Leow	140,000	40,000
Mikita Badziakouski	99,000	-32,000

Tags: Mikita Badziakouski Ivan Leow