Cards are back in the air.
Cards are back in the air.
| Table | Seat | Player | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Red | 1 | Jean-Noel Thorel | 3,370,000 | 56 |
| Red | 2 | Manuel Fritz | 2,575,000 | 43 |
| Red | 3 | Alexander Zubov | 1,920,000 | 32 |
| Red | 4 | Alex Kulev | 1,890,000 | 32 |
| Red | 5 | Jason Koon | 1,885,000 | 31 |
| Red | 6 | Ye Wang | 1,500,000 | 25 |
| Red | 7 | Chino Rheem | 1,240,000 | 21 |
| Red | 8 | Jamil Wakil | 945,000 | 16 |
| Blue | 1 | Aleksejs Ponakovs | 7,855,000 | 131 |
| Blue | 2 | Wai Kiat Lee | 3,210,000 | 54 |
| Blue | 3 | Kelvin Kerber | 3,090,000 | 52 |
| Blue | 4 | Adrian Mateos | 2,965,000 | 49 |
| Blue | 5 | Stephen Chidwick | 2,670,000 | 45 |
| Blue | 6 | Yang Wang | 1,735,000 | 29 |
| Blue | 7 | Gabriel Tavares | 1,410,000 | 24 |
| Blue | 8 | David Coleman | 555,000 | 9 |
| Gold | 1 | Pedro Padilha | 4,965,000 | 83 |
| Gold | 2 | Ben Heath | 3,795,000 | 63 |
| Gold | 3 | Jun Obara | 3,045,000 | 51 |
| Gold | 4 | Eelis Parssinen | 2,385,000 | 40 |
| Gold | 5 | Lucas Greenwood | 2,165,000 | 36 |
| Gold | 6 | Masato Yokosawa | 1,640,000 | 27 |
| Gold | 7 | Klemens Roiter | 1,465,000 | 24 |
| Gold | 8 | Hannes Jeschka | 935,000 | 16 |
The clock has been paused while the three table redraw takes place.
Manuel Fritz opened to 150,000 from early position. Shannon Shorr made it 340,000 from the big blind, leaving 15,000 behind. Fritz four-bet and Shorr put in his last few chips.
Shannon Shorr: J♥J♠
Manuel Fritz: K♥10♠
Shorr's jacks were out in front after the A♥10♣9♣ flop and 3♠ turn. However, the 10♥ river gave Fritz trip tens to bring the Triton Main Event to its final 24 players.
Jason Koon raised to 130,00 from the cutoff, and when it folded to Javid Ismayilov in the small blind, he three-bet to 625,000. Then Aleksejs Ponakovs in the big blind four-bet all in as the covering stack, which got Koon to fold, and Ismayilov made the call, for his stack of 2,600,000.
Javid Ismayilov: A♣K♥
Aleksejs Ponakovs: 10♠10♥
It was a massive flip, and Ismayilov would need to improve to stay alive. But the 4♠J♥J♣4♣9♠ runout couldn't connect for Ismayilov, sending him to the rail and giving Ponakovs a massive chip lead.
In a limped pot between the blinds, Masato Yokosawa and Eelis Parssinen checked the 9♦8♠6♣ flop through to the 10♥ turn.
Yokosawa check-called for 150,000 and did the same for 330,000 on the A♥ river.
Parssinen tabled []kh7c which was good for the straight, and Yokosawa mucked.
Hannes Jeschka moved all in for 530,000 from under the gun. Ye Wang called from the big blind.
Hannes Jeschka: K♦J♣
Ye Wang: A♥J♠
Wang was miles ahead, and remained so after the 9♦3♦2♠ flop. However, Jeschka found his three-outer on the K♣ turn and collected the pot after the 9♠ river.
Hannes Jeschka raised to 120,000 from the cutoff, and was called by Lucas Greenwood in the big blind.
The flop came 6♠7♠K♣ and Greenwood check-raised the 100,000 bet from Jeschka, to 260,000. Jeschka then three-bet to put Greenwood all in for 720,000, which he called.
Lucas Greenwood: K♦9♠
Hannes Jeschka: 8♠8♦
Jeschka three-bet with just a pair of eights, and he was unable to improve after the 5♠A♦ runout, giving Greenwood the double with his two pair.
Stephen Chidwick opened to 120,000 from the cutoff and called when Sergio Aido jammed for 1,100,000 from the big blind.
Sergio Aido: 5♦5♣
Stephen Chidwick: A♣9♣
Chidwick found an ace on the A♠J♠7♦ flop to became the favorite. Aido couldn't find his two-outer and was eliminated after the 4♣ turn and 8♦ river.
Adrian Mateos, in the small blind. put Felipe Boianovsky all-in for his last 670,000. The Brazilian called for his tournament life from the big blind.
Felipe Boianovsky: A♥10♥
Adrian Mateos: Q♠9♠
Mateos paired up on the Q♦6♠5♠ flop, and held out for another bust out after the K♥ turn and 2♥ river completed the runout.