HK$500,000 Short Deck Ante-Only
Day 2 Started
2018 Triton Super High Roller Series Jeju
HK$500,000 Short Deck Ante-Only
Day: 2
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2018 Triton Super High Roller Series Jeju
Buy-in
500,000 HKD
Entries
44
Level
15
Blinds
0 / 0
Ante
40,000
HK$500k Triton Hold'em Champion to Walk Away With Over $1 Million
Nick Schulman entered his first ever short deck event and topped the HK$100k edition yesterday for over $270,000. The stakes are now getting higher with the HK$500k Triton Hold'em (Short Deck Ante-Only) coming to the final day with $2.8 million in prize money. Created by 44 entries, the juicy prize pool will be shared among the top five finishers. A mammoth prize of more than $1 million awaits the champion (HK$8,470,000) so the Landing Casino is now only hours from crowning the first millionaire at Triton Super High Roller Series Jeju.
As Schulman showed yesterday, anything can happen in short deck when the cards sync with the boards."It's never over in this game," Ben Lamb said.
Lamb himself won't be among those competing on the final day. He was the last casualty of Day 1, falling in 10th place in the final level of the day. The remaining nine players finished the round of 10,000/20,000 ante and then bagged their respective belongings.
Payout structure:
| Place | Prize (HKD) | Prize (USD) |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | 8,470,000 | 1,079,586 |
| 2nd | 5,280,000 | 672,989 |
| 3rd | 3,630,000 | 462,680 |
| 4th | 2,640,000 | 336,494 |
| 5th | 1,980,000 | 252,371 |
It's a vintage lineup highlighted by none other than Tom Dwan, one of the most iconic players of all times. Dwan shook the poker world back in the day, hopping to the high stakes cash game scene as a fearless youngster who wasn't scared of playing gigantic pots with his trademark aggression. Dwan then stepped away from the spotlight for a few years but the Triton Series brought him back to the streamed felt. Dwan will turn 32 in a few days and surely would like to get himself an early present. He's closing on his first cash from a short deck event after making the final day fourth in chips.
While Dwan symbolizes mostly the previous era of high stakes superstars, the final day will also feature one of the most successful players of recent months: Jason Koon. Unlike Dwan, Koon has always been showcasing his talent in tournament fields. And he's now playing the best poker of his career, having crossed $20 million in lifetime earnings mainly thanks to his fantastic run in 2018. Koon notched three seven-figure results in May alone. That run included his personal-best score; a $3.5 million payday for a first place in the Triton Montenegro HK$1 million Short Deck.
So Koon already has an experience with closing out short deck events and there are some good arguments for him being the first man to do it again. He sits third in chips, trailing only Ivan Leow and Devan Tang. Leow min-cashed the first short deck event here in Jeju and he's in possession of 3,645,000, more than one-fourth of all chips in play. That puts him way ahead of his nearest competition.
However, the increasing limits can bring a lot of swings and Leow can be assured of one thing: it won't be a cakewalk. His fellow countryman Wai Kin Yong brought a similarly dominant chip-stack to the final day of the HK$100k event and Yong's beholdings ended up pulverized before the final table was set.
That gives a solid chance to anybody in the remaining field, including no-limit expert Mikita Badziakouski who will return to the shortest stack of 555,000. It will be good for more than 18 button-antes when the play resumes at 2 p.m. local time as the tournament continues in level 11 (15,000/30,000). PokerNews live reporting team will be on the ground once again to provide live updates from the final encounter so tune back to see who will take home the seven-figure top-prize.
Day 2 seating chart and chip counts:
| Table | Seat | Player | Country | Chips |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Tom Dwan | United States | 1,275,000 |
| 1 | 2 | Chan Wai Leong | Malaysia | 635,000 |
| 1 | 3 | Alan Sass | Montenegro | 800,000 |
| 1 | 4 | Gabe Patgorski | United States | 795,000 |
| 1 | 5 | Mikita Badziakouski | Belarus | 555,000 |
| 2 | 1 | Ivan Leow | Malaysia | 3,645,000 |
| 2 | 4 | Rui Cao | France | 1,245,000 |
| 2 | 5 | Devan Tang | Hong Kong | 2,430,000 |
| 2 | 6 | Jason Koon | United States | 1,720,000 |
Level: 11
Blinds: 0/0
Ante: 15,000
Chan Takes It on Flop
Level 11
: 0/0, 15,000 ante
After several hands that all ended preflop, the first community cards hit the felt on the secondary table when Gabe Patgorski limped under the gun, Tom Dwan overlimped in the hijack, inviting Chan Wai Leong to the pot. Alan Sass checked on the button and the flop came down 
. Chan fired what looked like a bet of 80,000 and all of his opponents gave up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
700,000 | 65,000 |
Tang Shoves on Koon
Level 11
: 0/0, 15,000 ante
Jason Koon and Devan Tang were in for 200,000 apiece, both holding jack-ten suited.
Tang had the preflop aggression and the better position. He continued on the 
flop, betting 330,000 and Koon check-called.
The 
turn brought a flush draw for Tang who held the 
. He jammed and forced Koon of a potential chop as Koon folded his 
.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
3,000,000 | 570,000 |
|
1,100,000 | -620,000 |
Patgorski and Durrrr Tangle
Level 11
: 0/0, 15,000 ante
Tom Dwan opened under the gun with a raise to 115,000. Gabe Patgorski called in the cutoff.
The flop was 
and Dwan checked to Patgorski who put out a bet of 80,000. Dwan called.
On the turn, both players checked to see the 
on the river. There, Dwan checked and Patgorski dropped into the tank, thinking for some time before he checked it back.
Dwan showed 
for a straight and it was good to take down the pot.
"Almost?" Dwan asked, wondering if Patgorski almost bet. "It looked like almost."
"Nah, I was just tanking to waste your time," Patgorski responded with a smile.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,300,000 | 25,000 |
|
675,000 | -120,000 |
Chan's Kings Hold Against Patgorski
Level 11
: 0/0, 15,000 ante
Chan Wai Leong was all in preflop for 635,000, facing off against Gabe Patgorski who had him covered by a few button-antes.
Chan: 
Patgorski: 
Patgorski called his hand a "bad beat hand" but the 
flop wasn't the one he was looking for. The 
sealed it for Chan and he received a full double after the 
completed the board.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,330,000 | 630,000 |
|
|
80,000 | -595,000 |
Patgorski Squeaks Out a Double
Level 11
: 0/0, 15,000 ante
Alan Sass limped in under the gun and Gabe Patgorski followed suit next to act. Tom Dwan called as well and Chan Wai Leong checked his option.
The flop was 
and all four players checked to see the on the turn. There, action checked to Patgorski who moved all in for 65,000. Everyone folded around back to Sass who tanked for a bit.
"Do we got a hero?" Patgorski asked. "We got a hero!"
Sass called and the hands were turned up.
Gabe Patgorski: 
Alan Sass:
The river was the 
and that would seal it for Patgorski, allowing him to double with two pair.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
720,000 | -80,000 |
|
|
225,000 | 145,000 |
Another Double for Patgorski
Level 11
: 0/0, 15,000 ante
Gabe Patgorski open-shoved in the cutoff for 220,000 and Mikita Badziakouski was visibly displeased with his hand. He got the count confirmed and then figured out that he had to call.
Patgorski:
Badziakouski:
Badziakouski trailed but the 
gave him a gut shot.
The turn fell and Badziakouski smiled: "So close!"
Patgorski prevailed on the river and doubled up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
485,000 | 260,000 |
|
350,000 | -205,000 |
Bad River Forces Leow to Pay Cao
Level 11
: 0/0, 15,000 ante
Ivan Leow and Rui Cao tangled in a sizeable pot with the board reading 
. Leow rivered a straight with but he was in bad spot as Cao also binked the river, hitting a boat with . Leow paid 300,000 and Cao improved to 1.9 million.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
3,500,000 | -145,000 |
|
1,900,000 | 655,000 |