HK$2,000,000 Main Event Day 2 | 2018 Triton Super High Roller Series Jeju

07-31-2018 14:52 UTC+9

Aido Doubles Through Leow

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Level 9 : 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

Ivan Leow made it 13,000 under the gun and Sergio Aido responded with a 55,000-reraise out of the big blind. Leow moved all in and Aido instantly called for his 261,000, showing . He was ahead of Leow who turned up and the flop pushed Aido close to the double.

The turn, however, gave Leow four outs to sweat but he failed to hit a straight as the hit the river. Aido improved to 531,000 while Leow dropped to 15 big blinds.

Player	Chips	Progress
Sergio Aido	531,000	214,000
Ivan Leow	90,000	-237,000

Tags: Ivan Leow Sergio Aido

07-31-2018 14:47 UTC+9

Peters Gets His Boat Paid

Jan_Kores

Level 9 : 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

Winfred Yu raised to 15,000 on the button with and David Peters called in the big blind with . Peters flopped top two on but Yu was able to check back.

Peters improved to full house on the turn and he led out 33,000, earning a call. The completed the board and Peters fired a big bet of 80,000 into 105,000. Yu was trying to catch Peters bluffing and made the call but he learnt that Peters had it this time.

Player	Chips	Progress
David Peters	873,000	131,000
Winfred Yu	114,000	-617,000

Tags: David Peters Winfred Yu

07-31-2018 14:42 UTC+9

Chen Falls to Juanda

Jan_Kores

Level 9 : 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

On the flop of , James Chen checked in the big blind and John Juanda fired 16,000 on the button. Chen check-raised to 75,000 and Juanda reraised to put Chen at risk. Chen called for the rest of his chips.

Chen:
Juanda:

Both players caught the top pair but Juanda had his opponent dominated with a better kicker. Chen couldn't improve on the turn and river and left the outer table early on Day 2. He stopped at the registration desk and jumped back in, firing a new bullet.

Player	Chips	Progress
John Juanda	540,000	211,000
James Chen	250,000	37,000

Tags: James Chen John Juanda

07-31-2018 14:40 UTC+9

Greenwood Bluffs Tan

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Xuan Tan opened from the hijack with a raise to 15,000. Sam Greenwood called on the button.

The flop came down and Tan led out with a bet of 20,000. Greenwood called to see the on the turn where both players checked.

On the river, Tan led out putting out a bet of 55,000. Greenwood tanked momentarily then raised, making it 275,000. Tan used his last two time extensions but couldn't talk his way into a call, eventually folding.

Greenwood smirked, then showed the before raking in the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Sam Greenwood	955,000
Xuan Tan	305,000

Tags: Sam Greenwood Xuan Tan

07-31-2018 14:37 UTC+9

New Shells

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Level 9 : 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante

JC Alvarado, Steve O'Dwyer, Paul Phua and Richard Yong all returned to the felt, firing a re-entry bullet after busting on Day 1.

Player	Chips	Progress
JC Alvarado	250,000	250,000
Steve O'Dwyer	250,000	250,000
Richard Yong	250,000
Paul Phua	250,000	250,000

Level: 9

Blinds: 3,000/6,000

Ante: 6,000

07-31-2018 13:57 UTC+9

Day 2 Seat Draw

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Table	Seat	Player	Country	Chip Count
1	2	Peter Jetten	Canada	613,000
1	4	Winfred Yu	Hong Kong	731,000
1	5	Stanley Choi	Hong Kong	128,000
1	6	David Peters	United States	742,000
1	8	Stephen Chidwick	United Kingdom	559,000

2	2	Nick Schulman	United States	407,000
2	3	Mikita Badziakouski	Belarus	707,000
2	4	Gabe Patgorski	United States	435,000
2	5	Bryn Kenney	United States	338,000
2	6	Phil Ivey	United States	330,000

3	1	John Juanda	Indonesia	329,000
3	2	Sergio Aido	Spain	317,000
3	3	James Chen	Taiwan	213,000
3	4	Ivan Leow	Malaysia	327,000
3	5	Chan Wai Leong	Malaysia	790,000
3	7	Patrik Antonius	Finland	577,000

4	1	Sam Greenwood	Canada	865,000
4	2	Dominik Nitsche	Germany	185,000
4	3	Cary Katz	United States	185,000
4	4	Jason Koon	United States	710,000
4	7	Xuan Tan	China	418,000
4	8	Luc Greenwood	Canada	599,000

07-31-2018 13:12 UTC+9

Welcome to Day 2 of Triton Super High Roller Series Jeju Main Event

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First eight hours of play are in the books for the HK$2,000,0000 ($255,000) Main Event at Triton Super High Roller Series in Jeju. Dozens of the most renowned poker players cruised through the opening stage and 22 of them bagged their advancing stacks to continue in pursuit of one of the biggest prizes that will be awarded this year. With 42 entries already made, the prize pool is guaranteed to exceed $10 million and the number is likely to be boosted further.

Late registration for late arrivals and re-entries will run for three more levels. Players receive 250,000 in chips in return for the high buy-in and the next round will be played at 3,000/6,000 blinds with a 6,000 ante. So the starting stack still has a value of more than 40 bigs and that's still a solid baseline for those who join before the buzzer.

Those who have already increased their belongings through successful campaigns on Day 1 surely hope to avoid the dilemma of whether to rejoin or not and if there is still enough room to get some wind in their sails when entering with a starting stack with the tournament average already twice as high.

The current top three features players who have already fired two shells. Day 1 chip leader Sam Greenwood (865,000), Chan Wai Leong (790,000) and David Peters (742,000) are all in for just over half a million dollars. They managed to turn their second attempts into a promising field position.

2018 Triton Montenegro Main Event champion Mikita Badziakouski was among those who were able to navigate to the top half of the rankings without stopping at the registration desk more than once. Badziakouski eliminated Steve O'Dwyer at the latter stage of the day, vaulting to the chip lead at the time. He eventually finished with 707,000, the sixth largest stack on the leaderboard.

According to Winfred Yu, it might be a good thing to attract a bigger turnout. Yu was Badziakouski's nearest challenger in the last level. Sitting on a neighboring table, Yu observed that he was tied with Badziakouski for the lead.

"If Mikita is the chip leader, nobody will enter tomorrow. If I'm the chip leader, people will be lining up to register!" Yu laughed. Neither of the two was able to secure the pole position but Yu won the virtual heads-up race, bagging 731,000.

Yu didn't offer an opinion on how would Sam Greenwood's name at the top impact the late registration. But we'll find the answer in the coming hours so tune back to PokerNews for continuous live updates. The action resumes at 2 p.m. local time (11 p.m. ET).

Tags: Chan Wai Leong David Peters Mikita Badziakouski Sam Greenwood Winfred Yu

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