Final Table 2018 Triton Super High Roller Series Montenegro HKD $1,000,000 Short Deck Ante-Only
Level 13
: 0/0, 20,000 ante
2018 Triton Super High Roller Series Montenegro
HKD $1,000,000 Short Deck Ante-Only
Day: 2
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2018 Triton Super High Roller Series Montenegro
Buy-in
1,000,000 HKD
Prize Pool
96,902,400 HKD
Entries
103
Level
20
Blinds
0 / 0
Ante
100,000
Redraw of the Unofficial Final Table
Level 13
: 0/0, 20,000 ante
There are some 26 minutes left in the level and Jason Koon will enter the unofficial final table with almost 500 antes. It may be a very long night ahead before the champion is crowned, as a massive payday of $3.5 million is up for grabs.
| Seat | Player | Country | Chip Count | Antes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jason Koon | United States | 9,910,000 | 496 |
| 2 | Xuan Tan | China | 1,740,000 | 87 |
| 3 | Winfred Yu | Hong Kong | 3,655,000 | 183 |
| 4 | Sean Dempsey | United States | 1,235,000 | 62 |
| 5 | Peter Jetten | Canada | 985,000 | 49 |
| 6 | Rui Cao | France | 5,595,000 | 280 |
| 7 | Phil Ivey | United States | 7,785,000 | 389 |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
9,910,000
-490,000
|
-490,000 |
|
||
|
7,785,000
685,000
|
685,000 |
|
||
|
5,595,000
-5,000
|
-5,000 |
|
3,655,000
555,000
|
555,000 |
|
1,740,000
40,000
|
40,000 |
|
1,235,000
-591,000
|
-591,000 |
|
|
||
|
985,000
-215,000
|
-215,000 |
Paul Phua Eliminated in 8th Place (HKD3,295,000/$419,750)
Level 13
: 0/0, 20,000 ante
Paul Phua moved all in for just 245,000 with the 
and Xuan Tan reshoved in the cutoff with the 
. The board came 
and both players chopped it up.
Phua then moved all in for 275,000 with the 
and Rui Cao reshoved for 5.3 million with 
. The board of 
reduced the field to the last seven hopefuls and they will now redraw to the unofficial final table.
Phua was eliminated in 8th place for HKD3,295,000 ($419,750).
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
5,600,000
200,000
|
200,000 |
|
Busted | |
|
|
||
Phua Even Shorter
Level 13
: 0/0, 20,000 ante
Xuan Tan raised to 145,000 with the 
and Rui Cao came along with the 
, Paul Phua called with 
. The trio checked the 
flop and the came on the turn. Cao bet and won the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
5,400,000
400,000
|
400,000 |
|
|
1,700,000 | |
|
|
300,000
-338,000
|
-338,000 |
|
|
||
Phua Gets Short on Feature Table
Level 13
: 0/0, 20,000 ante
The stack of Paul Phua has taken several hits over on the feature table and in one of the most recent hands he folded queen-ten to a bigger bet on the 
flop. In fact it was a decent fold, as Tan had for the full house.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,700,000
200,000
|
200,000 |
|
|
638,000
-2,073,000
|
-2,073,000 |
|
|
||
Devan Tang Eliminated in 9th Place (HKD3,295,000/$419,750)
Level 13
: 0/0, 20,000 ante
Over on the outer table, Phil Ivey limped in from the hijack and Devan Tang on the button raised to 215,000. Ivey moved all in and Tang called for just over a million in chips.
Devan Tang:
Phil Ivey:
Tang took the lead on the 
flop and the turn changed nothing. Tang asked the dealer to slowly turn over the river card, and his request was granted ... only to reveal the cruel that improved Ivey to a straight.
Tang was eliminated in 9th place for HKD3,295,000 ($419,750) and after the next elimination, the redraw for the unofficial final table will take place.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
7,100,000
800,000
|
800,000 |
|
|
||
|
Busted | |
|
||
Quads for Cao
Level 13
: 0/0, 20,000 ante
In a limped pot on the 
flop, Rui Cao bet 200,000 with the and Xuan Tan called with the . On the turn both players checked and Cao spiked the on the river for quads.
Cao bet 250,000 and Tan just called with the nut flush to win a pot that could have become much bigger.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
5,000,000
700,000
|
700,000 |
|
|
1,500,000
492,000
|
492,000 |
Wai Leong Chan Eliminated in 10th Place (HKD2,519,000/$320,895)
Level 13
: 0/0, 20,000 ante
Over on the feature table Wai Leong Chan was all in with the and Rui Cao reshoved with 
to force out Sean Dempsey with pocket queens.
The board came 
and Chan was eliminated in 10th place for HKD2,519,000 ($320,895)
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
4,300,000
1,950,000
|
1,950,000 |
|
Busted |
Tang Loses Some; Jams After
Level 13
: 0/0, 20,000 ante
Devan Tang lost a portion of his stack after the double up on the feature table when Phil Ivey made a straight with 
on the board of 
.
Right after, Jason Koon raised to 150,000 and Peter Jetten called in the cutoff. Tang shoved for 1,055,000 on the button and both opponents folded, Jetten did so after using one time bank extension.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
10,400,000
-200,000
|
-200,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
6,300,000
300,000
|
300,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
1,425,000
450,000
|
450,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
1,200,000 | |
Level: 13
Blinds: 0/0
Ante: 20,000