2018 Triton Poker Series Montenegro

HKD $1,000,000 Short Deck Ante-Only
Day: 1
12
Event Info
2018 Triton Poker Series Montenegro
Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
kq
Prize
28,102,000 HKD
Event Info
Buy-in
1,000,000 HKD
Prize Pool
96,902,400 HKD
Total Entries
103
Level Info
Level
20
Blinds
0 / 0
Ante
100,000
Players Left 1 / 103

Arnaud Enters, Smirnov Re-enters, Patgorski and Wang Chop

Level 2 : 0/0, 1,000 ante
Romain Arnaud
Romain Arnaud

There are now 18 entries in the Short Deck Ante Only with France's Arnaud Romain entering the fray, though only 17 of these remain in action with Mikhail Smirnov busting and re-entering and chips are changing hands with a very high frequency.

Following a limp from Yueqine Zhou in middle position, we caught Arnaud in action and all-in for the first 100,000 of his initial first bullet from the button, with the newly re-entered Smirnov also coming along from the small blind and Zhou also making the call.

Romain Arnaud: {q-Hearts}{q-Spades}
Mikhail Smirnov: {j-Spades}{10-Diamonds}
Yueqine Zhou: {10-Spades}{10-Hearts}

The board ran out {8-Hearts}{6-Spades}{6-Diamonds}{9-Spades}{a-Hearts} to see Arnaud win the main pot, Zhou win the side pot and Smirnov lose the first bullet of his second buy-in.

A big pot played out shortly after this on table one, but it resulted in an anti-climatic chop, though this was a good thing for Gabe Patgorski, who found himself trailing in a hand to Zuo Wang.

It was Yong Gang Guo opening the action for 7,000 from mid-position with Wang re-popping to 40,000 from the button.

"Let's go!" said Patgorski, chucking in the call from the big blind and Guo called as well to take the action three-way to a flop of {k-Hearts}{9-Hearts}{8-Clubs}.

"Boom!" said a gleeful Patgorski, moving all-in immediately for close to 475,000 and while Guo bowed out Wang was going nowhere and made a speedy call.

Zuo Wang: {j-Hearts}{10-Hearts}
Gabe Patgorski: {9-Spades}{10-Clubs}

"Can I even win?" asked Patgorski.

"I don't think so," said tablemate Jaime Kaplin. Patgorski could still chop though, and that's exactly what happened when the {q-Spades} turn and {j-Spades} river completed the hand and saw the pair chop the pot.

Tags: Mikhail SmirnovRomain ArnaudYueqine Zhou