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

05-17-2018 16:23 UTC

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

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Level 2 : 0/0, 1,000 ante

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:
Mikhail Smirnov:
Yueqine Zhou:

The board ran out 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 .

"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:
Gabe Patgorski:

"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 turn and river completed the hand and saw the pair chop the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Gabe Patgorski	475,000 175,000	175,000
Yaqi Sun	350,000 175,000	175,000
Yueqine Zhou	330,000 230,000	230,000
Devan Tang	320,000 230,000	230,000

Jaime Kaplan	270,000 170,000	170,000
Yan Pan Chan	265,000 65,000	65,000
Paul Phua	255,000 45,000	45,000

Romain Arnaud	250,000 250,000	250,000
Xuan Tan	250,000 30,000	30,000
Zuo Wang	165,000 110,000	110,000
Alan Sass	145,000 45,000	45,000
Furkat Rakhimov	120,000 20,000	20,000
Marius Torbergsen	110,000 10,000	10,000
Mikhail Smirnov	100,000
Yong Gang Guo	70,000 -30,000	-30,000

Tags: Mikhail Smirnov Romain Arnaud Yueqine Zhou

05-17-2018 16:43 UTC

Ivey and Koon In, Zhou Up

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Level 2 : 0/0, 1,000 ante

Fresh from their escapades in yesterday's Million Euro Cash Game both Jason Koon and Phil Ivey have entered to bring the total number of entries up to 20.

Ivey had evidently been busy as was on his second bullet of his first buy-in when we walked past his table, and was down to 83,000 of that. We loitered by his table hoping to catch Ivey in action and while he folded the first hand we watched, he played the second.

Devan Tang won the first hand by instigating things with a limp from the small blind, before Furkay Rakhimov juiced the action up to 11,000 in the big blind. Romain Arnaud called from the hi-jack and Mikhail Smirnov called the button and Tang also called.

The flop saw checks from all four players. The turn saw Tang lead for 30,000 and that was enough to take it down.

Rakhimov folded the next hand from the small blind and Ivey entered the next pot with a limp. China's Yueqine Zhou called, as did Romain Arnaud before Mikhail Smirnov raised to 12,000 from the button.

Ivey and Arnaud folded but Zhou made the call to take the action heads-up to a flop of with Zhou check-calling a Smirnov c-bet. The turn saw the Chinese player check again and Smirnov bet out 30,000 but folded immediately when Zhou check-raised all-in.

Player	Chips	Progress
Yueqine Zhou	490,000 160,000	160,000
Devan Tang	350,000 30,000	30,000

Romain Arnaud	220,000 -30,000	-30,000
Jason Koon	100,000 100,000	100,000

Phil Ivey	83,000 83,000	83,000

Tags: Devan Tang Jason Koon Mikhail Smirnov Phil Ivey Romain Arnaud

05-17-2018 16:59 UTC

Carnage Before First Break

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Level 2 : 0/0, 1,000 ante

The number of entries has grown to 21, 15 of whom still remain in contention and these 15 are now on their first 15-minute break of the day.

However, just before they headed off we caught a huge pot that played out between Jason Koon and Gabe Patgorski the saw the former decimate the latter's stack.

We picked up the action on a flop of with 86,000 already in the pot just as Koon (big blind) led out for 65,000. Patgorski shoved from the button and Koon called immediately.

Jason Koon:
Gabe Patgorski:

Unfortunately for Patgorski the turn gave Koon the nut straight, with the river completing the hand. When stacks were counted down Patgorski discovered he still had chips, just not that many and dropped to 20,000 while Koon climbed to 750,000.

Player	Chips	Progress
Devan Tang	950,000 600,000	600,000

Jason Koon	750,000 650,000	650,000

Paul Phua	500,000 245,000	245,000

Yueqine Zhou	410,000 -80,000	-80,000
Yan Pan Chan	360,000 95,000	95,000
Zuo Wang	245,000 80,000	80,000
Alan Sass	220,000 75,000	75,000
Romain Arnaud	220,000
Jaime Kaplan	200,000 -70,000	-70,000
Xuan Tan	85,000 -165,000	-165,000
Marius Torbergen	80,000 80,000	80,000
Furkat Rakhimov	65,000 -55,000	-55,000
Phil Ivey	25,000 -58,000	-58,000

Gabe Patgorski	20,000 -455,000	-455,000

Tags: Gabe PAtgorski Jason Koon

Level: 3

Blinds: 0/0

Ante: 2,000

05-17-2018 17:31 UTC

Patgorski, Torbergsen and Ivey Double

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Level 3 : 0/0, 2,000 ante

There are now 23 entries in the HKD $1-million Short Deck Ante Only Event, with the latest new arrival China's Fu Lin Sun, plus a re-entry, though the action is moving at such a rapid pace we are unsure of who this maybe.

Gabe Patgorski dusted off his last 20,000 and called for his third bullet of his first buy-in, and promptly doubled this up courtesy of Alan Sass. It was Patgorski the man driving the action, moving all in from the cutoff and being looked up by Sass on the button.

Gabe Patgorski:
Alan Sass:

The flop brought something for everyone, with Patgorski flopping the straight and Sass the nut flush draw. The turn and river saw Sass improve to trips, but this was still not enough to best Patgorski's straight and he doubled while Sass took the hit good-naturedly.

"You gotta love short deck," exclaimed Patgorski as he raked in the pot.

Over on table three there were two back-to-back all-ins, though we only arrived during the aftermath of the first as stacks were in the process of being counted down. It was Marius Torbergsen who had earned a double holding with the community cards spread . While we do not know when all the chips went in, we do know that Torbergsen's opponent, Yueqine Zhou, had ace-jack. Zhou dropped to 306,000 and Torbergsen climbed to 230,000.

Phil Ivey was all-in from under-the-gun the next hand for 14,000 with Furkat Rakhimov making the call from the big blind.

Phil Ivey:
Furkat Rakhimov:

The board ran out to see Ivey double to 35,000 and Rakhimov drop some chips, but not all that many and the Russian still has 60,000.

Player	Chips	Progress
Yueqine Zhou	306,000 -104,000	-104,000
Marius Torbergsen	230,000 120,000	120,000
Gabe Patgorski	200,000 180,000	180,000
Alan Sass	118,000 -102,000	-102,000
Fu Lin Sun	100,000 100,000	100,000
Furkat Rakhimov	60,000 -5,000	-5,000
Phil Ivey	35,000 10,000	10,000

Tags: Alan Sass Furkat Rakhimov Gabe Patgorski Marius Torbergsen Phil Ivey

05-17-2018 17:41 UTC

The New High Stakes Craze from China - This is Short Deck Poker

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Level 3 : 0/0, 2,000 ante

The high stakes elite cash game players like Phil Ivey, Tom Dwan and Daniel "Jungleman" Cates have all been playing a new form of poker for the last two years. Here, along with other pros they talk about the game derived from China that's taken hold of them, how to play it and how its different from texas holdem.
To watch the live stream, please go to https://www.twitch.tv/tritonpoker

Tags: Triton Super High Roller Series Jason Koon Short Deck Ante Only Jungleman Daniel Cates Montenegro phil ivey kane kalas patrik antonius

05-17-2018 17:48 UTC

Koon Leading, Patgorski Climbing Again

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Level 3 : 0/0, 2,000 ante

Stacks are rising and falling at a rapid pace, we came running when we heard shouting from the freshly moved Gabe Patgorski's table with the US pro winning a four-way all-in with a straight flush to climb back up to 500,000.

"Hey Jase, I'm catching back up!" shouted Patgorski gleefully as he counted up his new chips. Koon looks to be the early frontrunner with a stack of 1.3 million, so Patgorski still has some catching up to do.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jason Koon	1,300,000 550,000	550,000

Devan Tang	860,000 -90,000	-90,000

Mikhail Smirnov	390,000 290,000	290,000
Yan Pan Chan	310,000 -50,000	-50,000
Marius Torbergsen	295,000 65,000	65,000
Paul Phua	255,000 -245,000	-245,000

Fu Lin Sun	190,000 90,000	90,000
Jaime Kaplan	185,000 -15,000	-15,000
Phil Ivey	165,000 130,000	130,000

Yueqine Zhou	155,000 -151,000	-151,000
Zuo Wang	100,000 -145,000	-145,000
Furkat Rakhimov	86,000 26,000	26,000
Romain Arnaud	85,000 -135,000	-135,000

Tags: Gabe PAtgorski Jason Koon

05-17-2018 17:58 UTC

Patgorski Rides Rollercoaster, Tang Takes Lead, Arnaud Busts Zhou and Takes from Ivey

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Level 3 : 0/0, 2,000 ante

An absolutely huge hand went down between Gabe Patgorski and Devan Tang that saw the former's newly won chips find their way over to Tang's stack. We arrived in the aftermath but Patgorski was kind enough to give us all the gory details.

With 16,000 in the pot and the flop spread all the chips went in and the cards were turned over. Patgorski had flopped the full house and Tang was drawing live with for the straight flush draw - with flushes beating a boat in this crazy game - and while the turn was not the spade the Hong Kong player needed the was.

Tang climbed to over 2.2 million while Patgorski reloaded and fired for 100,000 the very next hand,but got no customers.

While this was going on there was another big pot playing out over on Phil Ivey's table with all the chips going in, in a three-way pot between Ivey, Romain Arnaud and Yueqine Zhou.

Phil Ivey:
Romain Arnaud:
Yueqine Zhou:

The board ran out to see Zhou bust, Ivey drop to 145,000 and Arnaud climbed to 350,000.

Player	Chips	Progress
Devan Tang	2,200,000 1,340,000	1,340,000

Romain Arnaud	350,000 265,000	265,000
Phil Ivey	145,000 -20,000	-20,000

Gabe Patgorski	100,000 -100,000	-100,000
Yueqine Zhou	Busted

Tags: Devan Tang Gabe Patgorski Phil Ivey Romain Arnaud Yueqine Zhou

05-17-2018 18:10 UTC

Cates, Chan, Yong and Tsang In, Smirnov Out

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Level 3 : 0/0, 2,000 ante

The number of entries has climbed to 30, but the number of players left in the field has shrunk to 16. New arrivals include Elton Tsang, Dan Cates, Wai Kin Yong (for the second time), and Hau Lim Chan, while a recent elimination is Russia's Mikhail Smirnov.

Cates clashed with Romain Arnaud to dust of the first 100,000 bullet of his initial entry, with the pair getting all the chips in pre-flop.

Dan Cates:
Romain Arnaud:

Cates was narrowly ahead until the flop with the turn locking up the hand for the Frenchman. The river was merely a formality and Cates called for chips while Arnaud climbed to 500,000. Phil Ivey is climbing up the counts and is sitting on a much-increased stack of 460,000.