Ivan Leow scored his biggest live tournament cash by winning the Triton Super High Roller Series Triton Hold 'Em Event for $1,079,209. He beat Rui Cao heads up and outlasted fellow final tablemates Jason Koon and Tom Dwan.
2018 Triton Poker Series Jeju
In a battle of blinds, Phil Ivey limped and Stephen Chidwick raised to 3,500. Ivey called and then called another 2,000 on the ![]()
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flop. Chidwick checked back the
turn and Ivey fired 5,000 on the
river. Chidwick threw his cards away and Ivey raked in the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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59,000
10,100
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10,100 |
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41,000
41,000
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41,000 |
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Sam Greenwood opened to 2,700 from the button with ![]()
and JC Alavarado called in the big blind with ![]()
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Both players checked on the ![]()
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flop and the
came on the turn. There, Alvarado put out a bet of 7,000 ad Greenwood just called.
On the
river, Greenwood filled up to a full house. Alvarado decided to put out a big bet of 42,000. Greenwood tanked for a bit, then moved all in for 58,000. Alvarado promptly folded and Greenwood took down the pot chipping up over 100,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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121,000
55,000
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55,000 |
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93,000
52,000
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52,000 |
With around 8,000 in the pot preflop, Phil Ivey checked from the big blind when the ![]()
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flop appeared. Stephen Chidwick (under the gun) also checked and Nick Schulman bet 2,700 on the button, prompting a fold from Ivey. Chidwick called.
The dealer pulled out the
turn card and Schulman dropped another shell, making it 4,000. Chidwick took all of his chips and moved them forward, shoving for about 27,000. Schulman quickly sent his cards to the muck.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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62,000
9,000
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9,000 |
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45,000
4,000
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4,000 |
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Luc Greenwood opened with a raise to 2,300 under the gun with ![]()
. Elton Tsang called in the big blind with ![]()
The flop was ![]()
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and Tsang checked. Greenwood put out a bet of 2,500 and Tsang called.
The turn was the
and Tsang checked again. Greenwood bet again, making it 8,000. Tsang called.
Tsang got there on the river though when the
hit. Tsang checked. Greenwood wisely checked behind though, putting in no chips behind.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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69,000
14,200
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14,200 |
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30,000
14,000
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14,000 |
With the action picked up on the ![]()
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, Nick Schulman checked in the big blind and Stephen Chidwick bet 2,000. Schulman called and the
arrived on the turn. Schulman checked again and Chidwick sized his second barrel at 8,000. Schulman tossed in calling chips.
The river was the
and Schulman checked for the final time. Chidwick grabbed all his chips and moved all in for 29,000. Schulman looked at his cards several times, tanking. He burned four timebanks before making the call.
Chidwick showed ![]()
for the top pair with top kicker and Schulman mucked his hand, leaving Chidwick with a big double.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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83,000
38,000
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38,000 |
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21,000
41,000
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41,000 |
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Sergio Aido completed with ![]()
and called when Elton Tsang made it 3,500 with ![]()
. They quickly checked the ![]()
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flop and Aido stabbed on the
turn, betting 6,000. Tsang paused for a moment and then called. The
river saw Aido check and Tsang fired 10,000, earning a fold from Aido.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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81,000
12,000
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12,000 |
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61,000
13,000
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13,000 |
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John Juanda raised on the button and Kok Weng Beh countered with a 7,000-reraise out of the big blind. Juanda called.
Beh fired 7,500 on the ![]()
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flop, Juanda called and they continued to the
turn. Beh paused and then tapped the felt, leaving the aggression to Juanda who didn't waste too long before throwing in 15,000. Beh, however, wasn't ready to give up just yet and called.
The
paired the board and Beh checked again. Juanda tossed in a bet of 32,000, finally convincing Beh to lay his hand down.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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116,000
35,000
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35,000 |
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97,500
3,500
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3,500 |
Dominik Nitsche raised the cutoff to 2,000 with ![]()
and Steve O'Dwyer found ![]()
in the big blind. He opted to call and see the flop, which fell ![]()
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. Nitsche bet 1,500 in position and O'Dwyer check-raised to 4,400. Nitsche called.
The
turn didn't help Nitsche but O'Dwyer had still just the bottom pair so he slowed down, checking. Nitsche checked back and bricked out on the
river. Both players checked and O'Dwyer claimed the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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105,000
39,000
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39,000 |
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13,000
9,400
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9,400 |
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Mikita Badziakouski completed in the small blind with ![]()
, trying to trap Dominik Nitsche who started with just 12 big blinds. Nitsche checked his ![]()
and flopped the bottom pair on ![]()
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. Badziakouski led out 3,000 and Nitsche jammed for 10,500. Badziakouski instantly called. Nitsche picked up a flush draw on the
turn but he couldn't get there on the
and lost his first entry.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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107,000
23,000
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23,000 |
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