2019 Triton Poker Series London
In a three-bet pot, the flop came down ![]()
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and Igor Kurganov bet 90,000 from the small blind with ![]()
. Dan Smith, under the gun, called with ![]()
and Alfred DeCarolis swiftly overcalled with ![]()
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The turn brought the
and Kurganov checked. Smith bet 260,000, DeCarolis again called quickly, and Kurganov folded.
The river was the
and Smith now bet 500,000. DeCarolis gave it some thought before folding the same hand as Smith.
Vivek Rajkumar opened with a raise to 23,000 from early position, Christoph Vogelsang and Paul Phua called from the blinds. The dealer fanned out ![]()
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and all three players checked to the
turn card.
All three checked again and the
fell on the river. Action checked to Rajkumar, he threw in 35,000 and found one caller in Phua. Rajkumar tabled ![]()
for a straight and Phua mucked his hand, sending the pot to Rajkumar.
The turned board showed ![]()
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and Hing Yang Chow threw in a bet of 100,000. Daniel Cates moved all in for just 10,000 more and Chow called.
The dealer flipped over the
as a river card and Chow showed ![]()
for a turned straight. Cates mucked his hand and was eliminated from the tournament.
Elton Tsang, winner of the €1,000,000 Big One for One Drop in Monte Carlo in 2016, raised to 25,000 in middle position and Chin Wei Lim defended the big blind. Lim check-called 30,000 on the ![]()
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flop and the
turn and
river enticed no further betting action. Lim showed ![]()
to win the hand.
Shortly after, Tsang shoved all in from the small blind into Paul Phua's big blind, who called it off for fewer than ten big blinds.
Elton Tsang: ![]()
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Paul Phua: ![]()
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Phua once again doubled his few crumbs on a ![]()
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board but still remains very short.
Benjamin Wu looked down at ![]()
and opened to 25,000 from early position, Nick Petrangelo pushed in an 87,000 three-bet with ![]()
. Wu called and the dealer fanned out ![]()
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as a flop.
Wu check-called a bet of 50,000 from Petrangelo and an
fell on the turn, giving Wu a set of snowmen. Both players checked the turn and a
hit the felt, giving Petrangelo the nut flush.
Wu led out for 150,000 and Petrangelo pushed in a raise for 560,000 total. Wu thought for several minutes with his set but in the end made the right decision as he folded, sending the pot to Petrangelo.
In a battle of the blinds between Hing Yang Chow and Mikita Badziakouski, it was Chow who bet 55,000 on the turn with a ![]()
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board, and 85,000 on the
river. Badziakouski called twice and knew right away he was good.
"Ooh, sh*t," Chow jokingly roared in delight, indicating he didn't have much.
"I bluff you, you bluff me," Badziakouski grinned and he tabled ![]()
to win.
The completed board had ![]()
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face up and there was around 300,000 in the pot. Stanley Choi checked to Stephen Chidwick who bet 235,000.
Choi used a time extension in the process of weighing out his options and in the end, he elected to call the bet. Chidwick tabled ![]()
for the nut straight and Choi quickly threw his cards into the muck, sending the pot to Chidwick.
Qiang Wang raised to 27,000 with ![]()
in the cutoff and Michael Soyza defended his big blind with ![]()
. The flop was ![]()
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and Soyza check-called 25,000 from Wang.
The turn brought the
and Wang fired a second shell worth 76,000 with ten-high. Soyza stuck around with his ace.
The river was the
and Soyza checked. Wang emptied the clip with a bet of 110,000 but Soyza beat him to the pot with a call to win the hand.
Play has resumed in the Triton Million with a full redraw, mixing up the professionals and recreational players for the first time. Tables 3 & 5 will be featured on the live stream.