HKD $1,000,000 Short Deck Ante-Only Day 1 | 2018 Triton Super High Roller Series Montenegro

05-17-2018 20:22 UTC

Ivey and Chan Double

Christian Zetzsche

Level 5 : 0/0, 3,000 ante

Phil Ivey departed from the feature table previously and was just all in for 170,000 with the on the outer tables. Wang Qiang called with the . The board came and Ivey doubled.

Hau Lim Chan was all in for 275,000 on the flop of and turned over the for two pair. Paul Phua had an up and down straight draw with the and the turn and river were of no help.

Player	Chips	Progress
Hau Lim Chan	680,000	380,000
Phil Ivey	340,000	340,000
Wang Qiang	285,000	-278,000
Paul Phua	275,000	-310,000

Tags: Paul Phua Phil Ivey Wang Qiang

05-17-2018 20:13 UTC

Chan Bluffs Rakhimov; Doubles Through Koon

Christian Zetzsche

Level 5 : 0/0, 3,000 ante

Over on the feature table, a four-way flop of emerged, Furkat Rakhimov bet 30,000 with the for trips jacks and Wai Leong Chan called with the . The appeared on the turn and Chan bet 60,000, Rakhimov called.

The river completed the board and Chan moved all in for 160,000. Rakhimov was deep into the think tank and eventually folded the best hand.

The next four-way flop came and Rakhimov got his stack in with the , Jason Koon looked him up with the for the straight. The turn and the river improved Rakhimov to a full house and he doubled.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jason Koon	1,700,000	-500,000
Furkat Rakhimov	517,000	197,000
Wai Leong Chan	426,000	66,000

Tags: Furkat Rakhimov Wai Leong Chan Jason Koon

05-17-2018 20:13 UTC

The Lie of the Land

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Level 5 : 0/0, 3,000 ante

There are 18 players left out of the 42 entries and here's how they are stacking up:

Player	Chips	Progress
Jason Koon	2,200,000	600,000
Devan Tang	1,950,000	70,000
Jaime Kaplan	600,000	-30,000
Paul Phua	585,000	-75,000
Wang Qiang	563,000	-97,000
Wai Kin Yong	550,000	450,000
Elton Tsang	500,000	355,000
Xuan Tan	450,000	340,000
Gabe Patgorski	410,000	260,000
Romain Arnaud	400,000	50,000
Dan Cates	380,000	255,000
Wai Leong Chan	360,000	-66,000
Peter Jetten	340,000	-2,000
Furkat Rakhimov	320,000	72,000
Alan Sass	310,000	130,000
Hau Lim Chan	300,000	-200,000
Rui Cao	170,000	-60,000
Andrew Robl	160,000	60,000

05-17-2018 20:10 UTC

The Chips Are Flying on the Feature Table

Christian Zetzsche

Level 5 : 0/0, 3,000 ante

Marius Torbergsen raised to 40,000 with the and Jason Koon called with . On the flop, Koon jammed for more than 1.6 million and Torbergsen called off his shorter stack. The turn gave Torbergsen top pair, but the river improved Koon to a straight.

Then, Ivey shoved for 59,000 with the first to act and Koon called with . Alan Sass moved all in for 97,000 with the , Koon called and joked "I think Phil is gonna win this one" before the showdown proceeded.

Ivey indeed flopped trips on , but the turn gave Sass a full house. The on the river didn't provide the one outer and Ivey busted on his last bullet for now.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jason Koon	1,900,000	300,000
Alan Sass	259,000	79,000
Phil Ivey	Busted
Marius Torbergsen	Busted

Tags: Jason Koon Marius Torbergsen Peter Sass Phil Ivey

05-17-2018 19:48 UTC

Yong and Patgorski Chop, Lim Doubles as Jetten Wins Side Pot, Robl Enters

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Level 5 : 0/0, 3,000 ante

The action picked up right where it left off before the break, with the players getting a lot of chips into the middle.
We'll pick up with Wai Kin Yong, whom we concluded the action with before the break with Yong opening the action to 24,000 from middle position and Gabe Patgorski defending from the big blind.

The flop came down with Patgorski calling Yong's 35,000 continuation-bet, the hit the turn, Patgorski shoved and Yong made the call. Both players held king-queen and the pot was chopped.

There was a three-way all-in on the next table over with Paul Phua (cutoff), Peter Jetten (small blind) and Hau Lim Chan (big blind) getting all the chips in pre-flop. We arrived with the flop spread with Jetten holding , Chan holding and Phua with .

The turn and river completed the hand, and saw Chan triple, Jetten win the side pot and Phua pass both players some chips.

The newly arrived Andrew Robl padded out Chan's stack to the tune of 100,000 the very next hand with the two getting all the chips in pre-flop.

Andrew Robl:
Hau Lim Chan:

Robl was in bad shape but flopped a gutshot draw on the flop. The turn did not change anything, and the river gave Chan a flush for good measure to chip him up further, while Robl loaded up another bullet.

Marius Torbergsen busted the feature table not long afterward to thin the field by one, with Ivey busting not long afterward.

Player	Chips	Progress
Paul Phua	660,000	-340,000
Hau Lim Chan	500,000	300,000
Peter Jetten	342,000	82,000
Andrew Robl	100,000	100,000
Marius Torbergsen	Busted
Phil Ivey	Busted

Tags: Andrew Robl Gabe Patgorski Hau Lim Chan Marius Torbergsen Phil Ivey Wai Kin Yong

05-17-2018 19:35 UTC

Game Time, Live Stream Starting Soon

RazorSharpPro

Level 5 : 0/0, 3,000 ante

The 20 Short Deck Ante Only players are back in action and Jason Koon, Furkat Rakhimov, Marius Torbergsen, Wai Leong Chan, Devan Tang and Phil Ivey have all been moved to the feature table, which will be streamed live shortly. You can check out some of the crazy action first hand (with a 30-minute delay) in the 'Live Stream' tab at the top of the page.

Level: 5

Blinds: 0/0

Ante: 3,000

05-17-2018 19:20 UTC

Wai Kin Yong Doubles Through Qiang Before Break

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Level 4 : 0/0, 2,000 ante

Wang Qiang opened the action from under-the-gun with a raise to 27,000 and was called by a newly re-entered Gabe Patgorski before Wai Kin Yong moved all in for 160,000 from the cutoff. Wang called, Patgorski folded and the cards were turned over.

Wai Kin Yong:
Wang Qiang:

Qiang uttered an expletive is his native language when the came down, before erupting into Bond-villain-like laughter when the hit the turn to see him take the lead in the hand. It was Yong's turn to laugh when the came in on the river to give the Malaysian the nut straight and he doubled to 350,000 while Qiang dropped to 660,000.

The Short Deck Ante Only players are on a 10-minute break and here's how the field stacking up:

Player	Chips	Progress
Devan Tang	1,880,000	-70,000
Jason Koon	1,600,000	-250,000
Paul Phua	1,000,000	400,000
Wang Qiang	660,000	660,000
Jaime Kaplan	630,000	445,000
Wai Leong Chan	360,000	60,000
Phil Ivey	300,000	155,000
Marius Torbergsen	275,000
Peter Jetten	260,000	260,000
Rui Cao	230,000	130,000
Furkat Rakhimov	180,000	94,000
Alan Sass	180,000	62,000
Gabe Patgorski	150,000	150,000
Elton Tsang	145,000	45,000
Yan Pan Chan	130,000	-180,000
Dan Cates	125,000	25,000
Xuan Tan	110,000	25,000

05-17-2018 19:03 UTC

Yu In and Out, Qiang In, Torbergsen Takes One

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Level 4 : 0/0, 2,000 ante

There was a two arrivals with 'Shanghai' Qiang Wang and Xiaochuan Yu entering, though Yu busted less than 15-minutes after taking her seat.

Over on the action table (Koon and Tang's) we picked up the action in a four-way pot between Jason Koon (early position), Marius Torbergsen (middle position), Wai Leong Chan (cutoff) and Devan Tang (button) on a flop of just as Koon checked the action over to Torbergsen.

There was close to 28,000 in the pot and Torbergsen fired for 14,000, which deterred no-one and the Norwegian was called in every spot. The turn paired the board and saw Koon check again, with Torbergsen firing a second barrel, this one a slightly more hefty 50,000. That was enough to fold out the rest of the players in the hand and Torbergsen raked in the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Devan Tang	1,950,000	-200,000
Jason Koon	1,850,000	550,000
Wai Leong Chan	300,000	120,000
Marius Torbergsen	275,000	145,000

Tags: Devan Tang Jason Koon Marius Torbergsen Wai Leong Chan

05-17-2018 18:48 UTC

Quadruple for Phua, Exit for Patgorski

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Level 4 : 0/0, 2,000 ante

Players are moving around so much and busting and re-entering at such a rapid pace it is tough to keep tabs on all the action. Phil Ivey has been moved over to Devan Tang and Jason Koon's table and looks to be sitting on 500,000 and Furkat Rakhimov has busted and re-entered and has recently been sat at the same table.

Dan Cates and Elton Tsang have been moved over to Alan Sass and Richard Yong's table and on the next table over Gabe Patgorski has just busted to Paul Phua and does not look to be coming back in, at least for now at any rate.

Patgorski's bust-out has been a typical example of the action witnessed so far today, with Paul Phua instigating things by moving all-in from under-the-gun. Neighbor Hau Lim Chan slammed down the call, as did Patgorski and the recently arrived Rui Cao, fresh from his Main Event final table appearance, also decided to come along for the ride.

Paul Phua:
Hau Lim Chan:
Gabe Patgorski:
Rui Cao:

The flop brought something for everyone but Patgorski, though Phua was still leading and this remained the case all the way through the turn and river to see the Malaysian quadrupled to 550,000 or so, Chan drop to 200,000, Patgorski hit the rail, and Cao bust his first bullet of his initial buy-in.

"Thanks for coming Rui!" said a chuckling Phua as he reached over to swipe Cao's stack from under his nose as Cao called for another bullet.