2018 Triton Super High Roller Series Montenegro

HKD $250,000 Short Deck Ante-Only
Day: 1
Event Info

2018 Triton Super High Roller Series Montenegro

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
qj
Prize
4,749,200 HKD
Event Info
Buy-in
250,000 HKD
Prize Pool
14,347,200 HKD
Entries
61
Level Info
Level
20
Blinds
0 / 0
Ante
100,000

Up to 56 Entries

Level 9 : 0/0, 8,000 ante

Tom Dwan has already entered for a third time, and Marius Torbergsen followed suit after having busted on the feature table not long ago which runs on a delay of 30 minutes on the Triton Poker Twitch channel.

Sean Dempsey was among the latest players to join on his first entry and the WSOP bracelet winner from 2014 sat down on a table with Gabe Patgorski, Dwan, Jamie Kaplan and the one and only Phil Ivey.

Player Chips Progress
Phil Ivey us
Phil Ivey
WSOP 10X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
WPT 1X Winner
1,550,000 -100,000
Mikita Badziakouski by
Mikita Badziakouski
WSOP 1X Winner
875,000 -275,000
Gabe Patgorski us
Gabe Patgorski
700,000 50,000
Sean Dempsey us
Sean Dempsey
WSOP 1X Winner
100,000 100,000
Marius Torbergsen no
Marius Torbergsen
100,000
Jason Koon us
Jason Koon
100,000 -130,000
Tom Dwan us
Tom Dwan
100,000
Quang Wang cn
Quang Wang
Busted

Tags: Gabe PatgorskiJamie KaplanMarius TorbergsenPhil IveySean DempseyTom Dwan

Torbergsen Sent on Final Bullet

Level 9 : 0/0, 8,000 ante

Over on the feature table Winfred Yu was all in with the {A-Clubs}{K-Hearts} and faced two pocket pairs in the {J-Clubs}{J-Hearts} of Marius Torbergsen and the {Q-Clubs}{Q-Spades} of Alan Sass. Yu tripled up thanks to a board of {A-Diamonds}{10-Hearts}{9-Spades}{7-Diamonds}{9-Hearts} while Torbergsen was covered by Sass to use his last bullet.

Player Chips Progress
Alan Sass me
Alan Sass
Day 1 Chip Leader
700,000 215,000
Winfred Yu hk
Winfred Yu
500,000 500,000
Marius Torbergsen no
Marius Torbergsen
100,000

Tags: Alan SassMarius TorbergsenWinfred Yu

Level: 9

Blinds: 0/0

Ante: 8,000

Smirnov Takes All from Leong

Level 8 : 0/0, 6,000 ante
Mikhail Smirnov
Mikhail Smirnov

There's a new chip leader in town as Mikhail Smirnov just won an enormous pot against Chan Wai Leong. Preflop it was just a raise and a call before the flop fell {9-Spades}{8-Spades}{7-Spades}. Leong bet, Smirnov raised and called the shove of Leong.

Chan Wai Leong: {10-Spades}{10-Clubs}
Mikhail Smirnov: {K-Spades}{Q-Spades}

The {A-Spades} turn and {6-Clubs} river completed the board and Smirnov sent Leong all the way back to his 100,000 bullet.

Player Chips Progress
Mikhail Smirnov ru
Mikhail Smirnov
2,700,000 750,000
Chan Wai Leong my
Chan Wai Leong
100,000 -650,000

Tags: Chan Wai LeongMikhail Smirnov

More Aggressive Moves Going Forward

Level 8 : 0/0, 6,000 ante

Mikhail Smirnov had to ship over 349,000 to Paul Phua when the latter made back door trips with the {10-Diamonds}{9-Diamonds} on a board of {A-Spades}{Q-Hearts}{8-Hearts}{10-Spades}{10-Hearts}. Smirnov took revenge by sending Phua to the rail and jumped up all the way to 1.9 million.

Tom Dwan lost his second bullet with ace-jack against the {A-Diamonds}{A-Clubs} of Peter Jetten on a board of {Q-Diamonds}{7-Hearts}{6-Spades}{7-Diamonds}{J-Clubs}. Furkat Rakhimov bought back in and Lim Chin Wei was eliminated.

Last but not least, the latest entry of Rui Cao may very well turn out to be a charm after the Frenchman bumped up his stack to 1.5 million.

Player Chips Progress
Mikhail Smirnov ru
Mikhail Smirnov
1,950,000 850,000
Rui Cao fr
Rui Cao
1,500,000 700,000
Chan Wai Leong my
Chan Wai Leong
750,000 -700,000
Richard Yong my
Richard Yong
130,000 130,000
Furkat Rakhimov ru
Furkat Rakhimov
100,000 100,000
Tom Dwan us
Tom Dwan
100,000
Lim Chin Wei my
Lim Chin Wei
Busted
Paul Phua my
Paul Phua
WSOP 1X Winner
Busted

Tags: Chan Wai LeongFurkat RakhimovLim Chin WeiMikhail SmirnovPaul PhuaRichard YongRui CaoTom Dwan

Just a Casual Four-Way All In

Level 8 : 0/0, 6,000 ante
Wai Kin Yong
Wai Kin Yong

Mikita Badziakouski and Wai Kin Yong chopped with ace-king versus ace-king against the already mucked cards of Hing Yang Chow before an even bigger pot was brewing soon after. Badziakouski ahd limped in and Furkat Rakhimov moved all in for more than 330,000, prompting Ivan Leow to call all in from the cutoff. Wai Kin Yong on the button moved all in over the top and that got Badziakouski thinking.

"I would have folded against the first all in, and the second, but now ... " he said and eventually called all in for 309,000 as second-shortest stack in the four-way bonanza.

Ivan Leow: {A-Spades}{Q-Clubs}
Mikita Badziakouski: {9-Clubs}{7-Clubs}
Furkat Rakhimov: {K-Hearts}{K-Spades}
Wai Kin Yong: {A-Clubs}{A-Diamonds}

The {10-Diamonds}{8-Hearts}{6-Clubs} flop gave Badziakouski the nut straight, while he {10-Spades} turn opened some outs to a full house. A blank {6-Diamonds} river changed nothing and Rakhimov busted, Leow was sent into his final bullet which be lost soon after as well.

Player Chips Progress
Mikita Badziakouski by
Mikita Badziakouski
WSOP 1X Winner
1,150,000 520,000
Wai Kin Yong my
Wai Kin Yong
520,000 120,000
Hing Yang Chow my
Hing Yang Chow
130,000 -320,000
Ivan Leow my
Ivan Leow
Busted
Furkat Rakhimov ru
Furkat Rakhimov
Busted

Tags: Furkat RakhimovHing Yang ChowIvan LeowMikita BadziakouskiWai Kin Yong

Ivey Takes the Lead; Dwan Sits Down

Level 8 : 0/0, 6,000 ante

Phil Ivey sent Kin Wah Ng to the rail and took over the lead while Tom Dwan sat down and got his first bullet in with the {Q-Spades}{10-Clubs} against Gabe Patgorski, who held {A-Spades}{10-Hearts}. The board came {J-Hearts}{J-Clubs}{6-Clubs}{A-Diamonds}{9-Clubs} and Dwan busted the first of three bullets on the first entry.

Player Chips Progress
Phil Ivey us
Phil Ivey
WSOP 10X Winner
Poker Hall of Famer
WPT 1X Winner
1,650,000 550,000
Gabe Patgorski us
Gabe Patgorski
650,000 70,000
Tom Dwan us
Tom Dwan
100,000 100,000
Kin Wah Ng hk
Kin Wah Ng
Busted

Tags: Gabe PatgorskiKin Wah NgPhil IveyTom Dwan

Cates Doubles Through Wei

Level 8 : 0/0, 6,000 ante

Jason Koon's roller coaster ride over on the feature table saw him drop back below the full starting stack while Dan Cates scored a double through Lim Chin Wei when he got it in with the {A-Hearts}{Q-Diamonds}. Wei looked him up with the {J-Spades}{10-Spades} and turned a straight only for Cates to river a full house on the board of {A-Clubs}{Q-Hearts}{9-Diamonds}{K-Clubs}{A-Spades}.

Player Chips Progress
Dan Cates us
Dan Cates
WSOP 2X Winner
470,000 300,000
Lim Chin Wei my
Lim Chin Wei
240,000 115,000
Jason Koon us
Jason Koon
230,000 -310,000

Tags: Dan CatesJason KoonLim Chin Wei

Level: 8

Blinds: 0/0

Ante: 6,000

The Action Gears Up Again

Level 7 : 0/0, 5,000 ante

The all in showdowns continue to take place pretty much every second hand and among those involved massively was Ivan Leow, who has subsequently re-entered once more.

First however it was Devan Tang, who shipped over his stack of more than half a million to Chan Wai Leong when he got it in with the {A-Spades}{8-Spades} against Leong's {Q-Spades}{Q-Clubs}. The board came {K-Clubs}{6-Diamonds}{6-Clubs}{7-Diamonds}{J-Diamonds} failed to improve Tang despite picking up a straight draw on the turn. Tang used his last bullet of the entry and busted soon after.

Rui Cao doubled for 369,000 with the {K-Diamonds}{Q-Diamonds}, after holding up against Wai Kin Yong with the {J-Spades}{10-Clubs}. Yong was left with all but an "how can you call?" after the board had run out {K-Hearts}{9-Clubs}{7-Clubs}{J-Clubs}{6-Hearts}.

Rakhimov busted on his second bullet when he got it in with {A-Diamonds}{J-Clubs} against Yong with {A-Clubs}{Q-Diamonds}, he could not get a runner runner straight on the board of {Q-Clubs}{7-Hearts}{6-Hearts}{K-Diamonds}{K-Clubs}.

Last but not least, Rakhimov tripled up for 100,000 on his last bullet of the entry with {A-Hearts}{7-Hearts} against Leow's {J-Diamonds}{10-Spades} and the {J-Hearts}{9-Spades} of Hing Yang Chow. The board came {Q-Spades}{8-Clubs}{7-Spades}{Q-Clubs}{6-Clubs} and Leow took down the small side pot for 20,000 with jack-ten high.

Player Chips Progress
Chan Wai Leong my
Chan Wai Leong
1,450,000 600,000
Rui Cao fr
Rui Cao
800,000 410,000
Hing Yang Chow my
Hing Yang Chow
450,000 450,000
Wai Kin Yong my
Wai Kin Yong
400,000 -460,000
Furkat Rakhimov ru
Furkat Rakhimov
300,000 38,000
Ivan Leow my
Ivan Leow
80,000 -130,000
Devan Tang hk
Devan Tang
Busted

Tags: Chan Wai LeongDevan TangFurkat RakhimovHing Yang ChowIvan LeowRui CaoWai Kin Yong