HKD $250,000 Short Deck Ante-Only Day 1 | 2018 Triton Super High Roller Series Montenegro

05-12-2018 19:53 UTC

Cao Loses To Queens; Wins With Queens

Christian Zetzsche

Level 10 : 0/0, 10,000 ante

Marius Torbergsen doubled Lim Chin Wei and the lost the remainder of his short stack with against the pocket jacks of Furkat Rakhimov to become the latest casualty.

Then, Ivan Leow doubled through Rui Cao quen queens full on a king-high board to jump above the average. Cao took out Hing Yang Chow after that when his held up in the showdown against , the board came .

When the dust had settled, there were only 16 players remaining.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ivan Leow	1,700,000	1,700,000
Rui Cao	975,000	-525,000
Lim Chin Wei	620,000	320,000
Furkat Rakhimov	500,000	100,000
Marius Torbergsen	Busted
Hing Yang Chow	Busted

Tags: Furkat Rakhimov Hing Yang Chow Ivan Leow Lim Chin Wei Marius Torbergsen Rui Cao

05-12-2018 19:43 UTC

Phua Busts to Torbergsen

Christian Zetzsche

Level 10 : 0/0, 10,000 ante

Marius Torbergsen more than doubled after being left short in the previous showdown with Paul Phua and then took revenge by sending Phua to the rail. Both had very similar stacks and Torbergsen was the one that covered with around 220,000.

Paul Phua:
Marius Torbergsen:

The board came and Phua failed to improve.

At almost the same time, Richard Yong busted from the other outer table while Dan Cates climbed above one million in chips.

Player	Chips	Progress
Dan Cates	1,175,000	615,000
Marius Torbergsen	410,000	340,000
Paul Phua	Busted
Richard Yong	Busted

Tags: Marius Torbergsen Paul Phua Dan Cates

05-12-2018 19:36 UTC

Registration Closed With 61 Entries

Christian Zetzsche

Level 10 : 0/0, 10,000 ante

When the action resumed after the dinner break, there were 21 players remaining out of 61 entries as Jason Koon and Lim Chin Wei entered at the last minute. Hing Yang Chow had busted before the dinner break and Sean Dempsey was ousted after dinner to reduce the field to 20 only.

Throning atop of the counts over on the feature table is Russia's Mikhail Smirnov with a stunning stack of 3.5 million.

On the outer tables, Paul Phua was all in for 100,000 and Marius Torbergsen reshoved for more to head into the showdown with . Phua had the and the board of ensured the double up for Phua.

Player	Chips	Progress
Mikhail Smirnov	3,500,000	800,000
Lim Chin Wei	300,000	300,000
Jason Koon	300,000	300,000
Paul Phua	240,000	140,000
Marius Torbergsen	70,000	-330,000
Hing Yang Chow	Busted
Sean Dempsey	Busted

Tags: Hing Yang Chow Jason Koon Lim Chin Wei Marius Torbergsen Mikhail Smirnov Paul Phua Sean Dempsey

Level: 10

Blinds: 0/0

Ante: 10,000

05-12-2018 19:25 UTC

Yu On Last Bullet

Christian Zetzsche

Level 9 : 0/0, 8,000 ante

After losing an all in showdown against Peter Jetten, Winfred Yu was then all in with the against Alan Sass' and the board came to reduce Yu to his last 100,000 bullet on the feature table prior to the dinner break.

Player	Chips	Progress
Alan Sass	1,200,000	50,000
Winfred Yu	100,000	-400,000

Tags: Winfred Yu Alan Sass Peter Jetten

05-12-2018 19:05 UTC

Off to Catch Some Dinner

Christian Zetzsche

Level 9 : 0/0, 8,000 ante

After being left short previously, Furkat Rakhimov bumped his stack up to 450,000 and then raised to 58,000 first to act in the last hand before the dinner break. Paul Phua called with very few chips behind and Wai Kin Yong moved all in. Jason Koon called all in, Rakhimov folded and Phua called it off with one bullet behind.

Paul Phua:
Jason Koon:
Wai Kin Yong:

The board ran out and Yong busted both opponents. Phua will return from the dinner break with just one bullet worth 100,000 while Koon can re-enter before the cards get back in the air again with a full stack of 300,000. All unused bullets will be redeemed during the dinner break as the registration closes at the start of level 10. So far there are 59 entries with some 20 players remaining.

Player	Chips	Progress
Wai Kin Yong	1,150,000	630,000
Furkat Rakhimov	400,000	270,000
Paul Phua	100,000	-100,000
Jason Koon	Busted

Tags: Paul Phua Wai Kin Yong Jason Koon Furkat Rakhimov

05-12-2018 19:02 UTC

The Chips Keep on Flying

Christian Zetzsche

Level 9 : 0/0, 8,000 ante

Over on the feature table, Tom Dwan was all in for 92,000 on his third entry with the and Dan Cates looked him up with the . The board came and Cates took a bullet off Dwan. In the meanwhile, Alan Sass has grinded up his stack after picking up several short stacks including Dwan with versus when improving to a full house on .

Player	Chips	Progress
Alan Sass	1,150,000	450,000
Dan Cates	560,000	90,000
Tom Dwan	100,000

Tags: Alan Sass Dan Cates Daniel Cates Tom Dwan

05-12-2018 18:55 UTC

Up And Down all the Way

Christian Zetzsche

Level 9 : 0/0, 8,000 ante

Mikita Badziakouski limped in the cutoff and called the shove of Furkat Rakhimov for 116,000 in total with the . Rakhimov had the and saw the board run out to trigger his last bullet.

Then a three-way all in saw Jason Koon all in with the , Paul Phua was in with the and Wai Kin Yong had the . The board of chopped up Koon's first bullet.

Phua was then all in after a three-way turn of and Wai Kin Yong called, Badziakouski folded. Phua showed and Yong had the straight with , a blank river completed the board.

Last but not least, Koon got his second bullet in with versus and Rakhimov held up on a board of .

Player	Chips	Progress
Mikita Badziakouski	900,000	25,000
Furkat Rakhimov	300,000	170,000
Jason Koon	100,000	20,000
Paul Phua	100,000	-100,000

Tags: Furkat Rakhimov Jason Koon Mikita Badziakouski Paul Phua

05-12-2018 18:51 UTC

Poker Presenter Tatjana Pasalic has new job working on a farm

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Level 9 : 0/0, 8,000 ante

Croatian-born Tatjana Pasalic is the live stream host for the Triton Super High Roller Series in Montenegro 2018. Currently residing in the United States with her husband poker pro Mclean Karr and their dog, she chats to Laura Cornelius about her new life and her new job, working on a farm with cows. She also explains how excited she is to be back in the poker circuit, mixing with Super High Rollers, like Phil Ivey, Daniel "Jungleman" Cates and Tom Dwan, who are also playing at the Triton Super High Roller Series in Montenegro.

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05-12-2018 18:45 UTC

Torbergsen Doubles Twice

Christian Zetzsche

Level 9 : 0/0, 8,000 ante

Marius Torbergsen doubled his bullet through Paul Phua when his held up against of Paul Phua on a roller coaster board of .

Then, Torbergsen got it in for 232,000 with the and Furkat Rakhimov called in the cutoff with the . The board of gave the Norwegian trips on the flop and a straight on the river.

Torbergsen lost a few chips after that while Phua jammed up his stack without showdown.