HKD $1,000,000 Main Event Day 1 | 2018 Triton Super High Roller Series Montenegro

05-15-2018 22:05 UTC

Fast Takes from Ivey

Christian Zetzsche

Level 7 : 2,000/4,000, 500 ante

Over on the feature table Dietrich Fast opened to 9,000 in the cutoff with the and Phil Ivey three-bet on the button to 35,000 with the . Fast called to see a flop of .

Ivey made it 40,000 to go and Fast check-called, the turn and the river was then checked down and Fast scooped the pot with his set of tens.

Player	Chips	Progress
Dietrich Fast	540,000	305,000
Phil Ivey	188,000	-82,000

Tags: Dietrich Fast Phil Ivey

05-15-2018 21:56 UTC

Sass Jams Up Stack

Christian Zetzsche

Level 7 : 2,000/4,000, 500 ante

Mikhail Smirnov was eliminated and Orpen Kisacikoglu saw Patrik Antonius chip up at his expense. The next bigger pot on their table saw a four-way flop of and Paul Phua had bet 15,000 in the cutoff. Kisacikoglu folded in the big blind and Alan Sass jammed from under the gun.

Julian Thomas asked for a count on the jam, which was for 98,500, and folded. Phua gave it some more thought and folded as well.

Player	Chips	Progress
Patrik Antonius	490,000	195,000
Paul Phua	480,000	-122,800
Orpen Kisacikoglu	280,000	-250,000
Alan Sass	155,000	5,000
Mikhail Smirnov	Busted

Tags: Alan Sass Julian Thomas Mikhail Smirnov Orpen Kisacikoglu Patrik Antonius Paul Phua

05-15-2018 21:45 UTC

Yong Doubles Through Smirnov

Christian Zetzsche

Level 7 : 2,000/4,000, 500 ante

Mikhail Smirnov faced a raise to 9,000 by Steffen Sontheimer and a three-bet to 24,000 by Wai Kin Yong. The Russian four-bet all in to fold out Sontheimer and Yong instantly called for his last 133,000.

Wai Kin Yong:
Mikhail Smirnov:

The board came and Smirnov was left with just four big blinds.

Player	Chips	Progress
Wai Kin Yong	280,000	110,000
Mikhail Smirnov	16,000	-174,000

Tags: Mikhail Smirnov Steffen Sontheimer Wai Kin Yong

05-15-2018 21:44 UTC

One Hand on Bullet Number Two for Aldemir

Christian Zetzsche

Level 7 : 2,000/4,000, 500 ante

Xuan Tan made it 9,000 to go first to act and Koray Aldemir, who had just re-entered, called. Dominik Nitsche came along from the small blind and Chan Wai Leong three-bet to 44,500 in the big blind. Tan called and Aldemir moved all in for the starting stack minus the ante.

That forced out Nitsche, while Leong moved all in over the top, which also got rid of Tan.

Koray Aldemir:
Chan Wai Leong:

The same two players had clashed before the break with Aldemir losing a flip with ace-king versus queens, and he would do so again on a blank board of to join the rail for a second time.

Player	Chips	Progress
Wai Leong Chan	775,000	321,300
Koray Aldemir	Busted

Tags: Chan Wai Leong Dominik Nitsche Koray Aldemir Xuan Tan

Level: 7

Blinds: 2,000/4,000

Ante: 500

05-15-2018 21:32 UTC

High Stakes Cash Player Rui Cao is a Man of the World

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Level 6 : 1,500/3,000, 500 ante

French poker player Rui Cao was the last player to buy in to the 1m HKD Main Event at the Triton Super High Roller Series and the first one to bust out. He chats to PokerNews' Laura Cornelius about the crazy end of his first bullet, busting to Richard Yong, his "small" last longer with Paul Phua and where he travels to play the best cash games in the world.

Tags: Triton Super High Roller Series Rui Cao Short Deck Ante Only High Stakes cash Macau Montenegro Richard Yong Paul Phua

05-15-2018 21:23 UTC

Double for Aldemir

RazorSharpPro

Level 7 : 2,000/4,000, 500 ante

Xuan Tan opened the action with a raise to 6,500 from the button and Koray Aldermir jammed from the small bind for 58,200. Tan made the call and the cards were turned over.

Koray Aldemir:
Xuan Tan:

The board ran out to see Aldemir climb to 122,400, while Tan dropped some to 316,000.

Player	Chips	Progress
Xuan Tan	316,000	-59,100
Koray Aldemir	122,400	51,400

Tags: Koray Aldemir Xuan Tan

05-15-2018 21:20 UTC

Last Break of the Night

Christian Zetzsche

Level 6 : 1,500/3,000, 500 ante

The field size has increased to 36 entries thanks to the re-entries of Jason Koon and Peter Jetten, the latter in fact received the very same seat he had previously busted from.

Once the level came to an end, the remaining players were sent into a 15-minute break in which the black T,100 chips will be raced off.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jason Koon	250,000	200,000
Peter Jetten	250,000	250,000

Tags: Jason Koon Peter Jetten

05-15-2018 21:12 UTC

O'Dwyer Flips Well Against Jetten

Christian Zetzsche

Level 6 : 1,500/3,000, 500 ante

A preflop raising war saw Peter Jetten all in and at risk out of the small blind with the and Steve O'Dwyer held the superior stack and the . While the flop improved Jetten to top two pair, the turn and river gave O'Dwyer a four-card flush and Jetten was eliminated.

Player	Chips	Progress
Steve O'Dwyer	435,000	185,000
Peter Jetten	Busted

Tags: Peter Jetten Steve O'Dwyer

05-15-2018 21:05 UTC

Tan Gets Arnaud

RazorSharpPro

Level 7 : 2,000/4,000, 500 ante

Over on the feature table a short-stacked Romain Arnaud raiseed to 34,000 from the hi-jack and big blind Xuan Tan made the call to put the Frenchman at-risk.

Romain Arnaud:
Xuan Tan:

The flop was a good one for Arnaud’s jacks and the turn kept him in front until calamity came in with the river and Arnaud hits the rail while Tan climbed to 375100.

Player	Chips	Progress
Xuan Tan	375,100	58,100
Romain Arnaud	Busted

Tags: Xuan Tan Romain Arnaud