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

05-12-2018 13:55 UTC

Leong Leads The Pack

Christian Zetzsche

Level 3 : 0/0, 2,000 ante

Chan Wai Leong has two bullets remaining and already tripled up the full starting stack after sending Qiang Wang to the rail. The latter had been all in with the and Leong looked him up with the . The board came and the jack on the turn was no good anymore for Wang, as the ace on the river gave Leung the better hand.

Player	Chips	Progress
Chan Wai Leong	950,000 950,000	950,000
Qiang Wang	Busted

Tags: Chan Wei Leong Qiang Wang

05-12-2018 13:46 UTC

Yu Triples With Aces

Christian Zetzsche

Level 3 : 0/0, 2,000 ante

Richard Yong and Winfred Yu were spotted standing up from their seats while the cards were about to be turned over on yet another crazy three-way all in. Yu was the player at immediate risk for his last 66,000 and had the best of it with the . Yong had him covered by some and showed the , while Kaplan turned over the .

The board ran out and Yu tripled up with a straight, as per Short Deck rule the aces also plays as a five. Yong's two pair left him with a double up through Kaplan for 42,000 while Kaplan took a hit to his early big stack.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jamie Kaplan	470,000 -130,000	-130,000
Winfred Yu	200,000 200,000	200,000
Richard Yong	84,000 84,000	84,000

Tags: Jamie Kaplan Richard Yong Winfred Yu

05-12-2018 13:37 UTC

Three-Way All In Sends Teng to the Rail

Christian Zetzsche

Level 3 : 0/0, 2,000 ante

Cheong Cheok Leng and Peter Jetten got their stacks in preflop and both were covered by Paul Phua in a frantic period at the outer tables.

Peter Jetten:
Cheong Cheok Leng:
Paul Phua:

The board of left both short stacks drawing dead on the turn, and Jetten headed to the registration desk. Mikhail Smirnov had already been there, making it two players to re-enter mid-way through level three.

Player	Chips	Progress
Paul Phua	260,000 260,000	260,000

Peter Jetten	100,000
Mikhail Smirnov	100,000 100,000	100,000
Cheong Cheok Leng	Busted

Tags: Cheong Cheok Leng Mikhail Smirnov Paul Phua Peter Jetten

Level: 3

Blinds: 0/0

Ante: 2,000

05-12-2018 13:25 UTC

Xuan Busts One Bullet to Arnaud

Christian Zetzsche

Level 2 : 0/0, 1,000 ante

On a heads-up flop of , Tan Xuan got his first of three bullets in with the for top set and he was called by Romain Arnaud with for the nut flush. Both the turn and river were blanks and Xuan left the table for a short moment, then returned to redeem his second bullet.

Over on the feature table, Mikhail Smirnov has become the first player to bust after sending the remainder of his stack over to Devan Tang. Prior to that, Rui Cao had more than doubled up through him and not sits above the starting stack, and Phil Ivey used all three of his bullets to top up the stack.

Smirnov is expected to join the action again shortly.

Player	Chips	Progress
Rui Cao	330,000 305,000	305,000
Phil Ivey	300,000 200,000	200,000

Romain Arnaud	270,000 90,000	90,000
Devan Tang	230,000 230,000	230,000
Xuan Tan	100,000
Mikhail Smirnov	Busted

Tags: Devan Tang Mikhail Smirnov Phil Ivey Romain Arnaud Rui Cao Tan Xuan

05-12-2018 13:20 UTC

Phil Ivey Joins the Field

Christian Zetzsche

Level 2 : 0/0, 1,000 ante

The long-awaited return of poker superstar Phil Ivey has kicked off as the American joined the feature table, while Kin Wah Ng and Qiang Wang have taken a seat over on the outer tables.

Player	Chips	Progress
Phil Ivey	100,000 100,000	100,000

Kin Wah Ng	100,000 100,000	100,000
Quang Wang	100,000 100,000	100,000

Tags: Kin Wah Ng Phil Ivey Qiang Wang

05-12-2018 13:10 UTC

Jetten's Set No Good

Christian Zetzsche

Level 2 : 0/0, 1,000 ante

Peter Jetten has to use his final bullet on the first entry after a three-way all in took place on the flop.

Marius Torbergsen:
Peter Jetten:
Romain Arnaud:

"Pair the board," Jetten demanded, but the turn and river were both blanks. Jetten was left empty-handed and used the third and final bullet on the first attempt.

Player	Chips	Progress
Romain Arnaud	180,000 80,000	80,000
Marius Torbergsen	155,000 155,000	155,000
Peter Jetten	100,000

Tags: Marius Torbergsen Peter Jetten Romain Arnaud

05-12-2018 13:05 UTC

Table Move Good For Kaplan

RazorSharpPro

Level 2 : 0/0, 1,000 ante

The field has increased to 15 players on two tables with Cheong Cheok Leng and Jamie Kaplan being moved to balance the second table. The pair are joining new arrivals Peter Jetten, Marius Torbergsen, Lim Chin 'Webster' Wei and Romain Arnaud.

The first hand we caught on the second table was a doozy as well, and it all started with a Kaplin early position limp. Lim and Arnaud all limped before Cheong Cheok Leng pumped it up to 16,000 which was the spark needed to set up an explosion of action.

Peter Jetten jammed from the cutoff for close to 175,000, Kaplan re-shoved and Leng came along for the ride for a three-way all-in.

Jamie Kaplan:
Cheong Cheok Leng:
Peter Jetten:

While Kaplan said he liked Leng's suited queen-jack more, the board ran out a very aces friendly that saw Kaplan scoop the monster pot to climb to close to 600,000, Leng come in for his third 100k bullet of his initial buy-in and Jetten come in for his second.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jamie Kaplan	600,000 250,000	250,000
Cheong Cheok Leng	100,000 -75,000	-75,000
Peter Jetten	100,000 -45,000	-45,000

Tags: Cheong Cheok Leng Jamie Kaplan Peter Jetten

05-12-2018 12:45 UTC

Jetten Takes from Leng

Christian Zetzsche

Level 2 : 0/0, 1,000 ante

Picking up the action on the turn, Cheong Cheok Leng bet 10,000 and was called by Peter Jetten from one seat over on the outer table. The river completed the board and Leng checked. Jetten made it 16,000 to go and was called to roll over the for a flopped full house in order to rake in the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Cheong Cheok Leng	175,000 75,000	75,000
Peter Jetten	145,000 45,000	45,000

Tags: Cheong Cheok Leng Peter Jetten

Level: 2

Blinds: 0/0

Ante: 1,000