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The Triton ONE North Cyprus action continues today at the Merit Royal Hotel & Spa, and everything points to a day of superb poker.
At 12:00 p.m. local time, Day 3 of the $8,000 Triton ONE North Cyprus Main Event bursts into action. Only 24 of the 1,006 starters remain in contention for what is a $1,320,000 top prize plus the all-important winner's trophy.
China's Yiwen Yuan (24,450,000) finds herself in pole position at the start of play and has a legitimate chance of securing her first six-figure live score. Yuan will have to reach at least eighth place for that to happen.
Mauritania's Mohamed El-Wely (22,800,000) is only six big blinds behind Yuan, while German Mahmoud Bedoui (22,275,000) is a couple of big blinds behind him.
Also in the hunt on Day 3 are the likes of two-time WSOP bracelet winner Alex Anton (13,250,000), Paulius Vaitiekunas (10,025,000), Danilo Velasevic (9,300,000), Jon Vallinas Santos (5,750,000), and high-stakes guru Mikita Badziakouski (1,4500,000) although the latter needs plenty of help from the deck if he is to mount a challenge for his third Triton Main Event victory.
Start of Day 3 Top Ten Chip Counts
| Rank | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yiwen Yuan | China | 24,450,000 | 82 |
| 2 | Mohamed El-Wely | Mauritania | 22,800,000 | 76 |
| 3 | Mahmoud Bedoui | Germany | 22,275,000 | 74 |
| 4 | Nikita Kuznetsov | Russian Federation | 17,150,000 | 57 |
| 5 | Ken Tong | Hong Kong | 15,100,000 | 50 |
| 6 | Mehmet Samsa | Turkey | 13,800,000 | 46 |
| 7 | Alex Anton | United States | 13,250,000 | 44 |
| 8 | Zhuoqun Zhang | China | 11,700,000 | 39 |
| 8 | Jingyao Yan | China | 11,700,000 | 39 |
| 10 | Anatolii Savin | Russian Federation | 11,000,000 | 37 |
PokerNews' live reporting team is on the tournament floor, bringing you all of the action from Day 3 of the $8,000 Triton ONE North Cyprus Main Event. Follow those live updates here, and don't forget about the Triton Poker Plus App either.
Day 1b of the $15,000 High Roller Shuffles Up and Deals at Noon
Also getting underway at 12:00 p.m. local time is the second and final flight in the $15,000 Triton ONE High Roller. Expect another bumper crowd to enter on Day 1b.
Yesterday, 219 entries were processed, but only 37 of those starters advanced to Day 2. Montenegro's Dejan Kaladjurdjevic (2,595,000) bagged the chip lead; his stack is worth 104 big blinds. Malaysian superstar Wai Kiat Lee (2,530,000) occupies second place, while China's Xu Yang (2,330,000) rounds off the podium places.
As you would expect from a $15,000 buy-in tournament, plenty of big names litter the chip counts. Danny Tang (2,165,000), Armin Rezaei (1,430,000), Bernhard Binder (1,220,000), Arsenii Karmatckii, (1,095,000), Thomas Eychenne (970,000), Pedro Padilha (775,000), Benjamin Heath (670,000), Aleksejs Ponakovs (605,000), Adrian Mateos (565,000), and Sergio Aido (530,000) are just some of those stellar names through to Day 2.
Day 1a Top 10 Chip Counts
| Rank | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dejan Kaladjurdjevic | Montenegro | 2,595,000 | 104 |
| 2 | Wai Kiat Lee | Malaysia | 2,530,000 | 101 |
| 3 | Xu Yang | China | 2,330,000 | 93 |
| 4 | Thi Xoa Nguyen | France | 2,195,000 | 88 |
| 5 | Danny Tang | Hong Kong | 2,165,000 | 87 |
| 6 | Roman Stoika | Russia | 1,835,000 | 73 |
| 7 | Tom Fuchs | Germany | 1,795,000 | 72 |
| 8 | Jamil Wakil | Canada | 1,710,000 | 68 |
| 9 | Seunghyuk Jung | South Korea | 1,670,000 | 67 |
| 10 | Ghassan Bitar | Lebanon | 1,665,000 | 67 |
A Late Start for the $5,000 One Night Bounty Quattro
The third and final tournament taking place on November 14 is the $5,000 Triton ONE One Night NLH Bounty Quattro. Cards are in the air from 10:00 p.m. local time, with late registration open until 12:15 a.m..