Level: 11
Blinds: 1,000/2,000
Ante: 300
2017 Triton Super High Roller Series Montenegro
HK $250,000 6-Max Event
Day: 2
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2017 Triton Super High Roller Series Montenegro
Buy-in
250,000 HKD
Prize Pool
9,643,200 HKD
Entries
41
Level
23
Blinds
15,000 / 30,000
Ante
5,000
Level 10
: 800/1,600, 200 ante
First blood has gone to Montenegro’s Predrag Lekovic who has busted the short stacked Xi Luo with all the chips going in pre-flop.
Luo had the dominated hand once again, holding 
against the 
of Lekovic but this time there was no chop as the flop fell king-high and Luo found no help on the turn or river and headed for the rail.
There was another cry of ‘player out’ shortly afterward from the same table with Daniel Cates following Luo to the exit but unfortunately, we missed his exit hand and the field is now down to 26.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
155,000
32,200
|
32,200 |
|
Busted | |
|
Busted |
Level 10
: 800/1,600, 200 ante
We caught Sam Trickett in action in a hand against Cheok Ieng Cheong on a flop of 
with over 20,000 already in the pot. We are not sure what the pre-flop action was but Trickett, sitting in the small blind, checked the action over to Cheong, sitting in middle position, who took his time over the decision but chose to check it back.
The 
turn saw Trickett reach for two yellow 5k chips and announce a bet of 8,500, sending Cheong deep into the think tank where he remained for a good few minutes before eventually deciding to give it up to drop down to 70,000 while Trickett climbed up to a little over 55,000.
“Good fold,” the British pro said, flashing Cheong 
for a flopped top set.
Some of the other players are wasting no time getting into the thick of things and we have witnessed two all-ins so far. Unfortunately, both of these have resulted in anti-climatic chops.
The first was between Lucas Greenwood and the recently arrived Paul Phua and we arrived on the river on a board reading 
with over 50,000 already in the pot.
Greenwood had put Phua to the test just as we arrived and had moved all-in. Phua thought it over and called for his tournament life with 
for the full house and Greenwood chuckled and turned over 
for the chop.
“Phew, that was lucky,” chuckled Phua as the pot was divvied up. Both players were left sitting on around 53,000 after the chop.
Daniel Cates and Xi Luo got all the chips in pre-flop with Luo the at risk player with the dominated hand.
Xi Luo: 
Daniel Cates: 
The flop came down 
and while Luo picked up a flush draw when the 
hit the turn the 
river saw another chop.
“Awesome,” said Cates dryly as the pot was chopped. Still, a chop is always better than a loss. Both players made a princely 1,800 chips a piece there in blinds and antes.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
70,000
-10,600
|
-10,600 |
|
55,000
10,000
|
10,000 |
|
53,000
3,000
|
3,000 |
|
||
|
53,000
-11,600
|
-11,600 |
|
||
|
|
47,100
1,800
|
1,800 |
|
|
37,000
1,800
|
1,800 |
Level 10
: 800/1,600, 200 ante
The USA’s Jamie Kaplan has re-entered and both David Peters and Triton’s Paul Phua have entered for the first time to bring the total number of entries up to 41, of which 28 now remain in contention. The button is starting on seat number two and cards are in the air.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
50,000
50,000
|
50,000 |
|
|
50,000
50,000
|
50,000 |
|
|
||
|
50,000 | |
|
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Level: 10
Blinds: 800/1,600
Ante: 200
Day 1 of the 2017 Triton Super High Roller Montenegro 6-Max saw 25 players advance to Day 2 of the HK$250,000 (~$32,000) buy-in event, held at the magnificent Maestral Resort and Casino.
A total of 34 unique entries and four re-entries created a 38-strong field, though with registration remaining open until the event re-starts a 1pm CET on Monday 17 July, that number could still increase further.
China’s Zuo Wang, Canada’s Lucas Greenwood and Norway’s Marius Torbergsen were the only three players who chose to re-enter on Day 1 and while the first two managed to lock their Day 2 seat up – with Greenwood on his second bullet and Wang on his third – Torbergsen was not so fortunate.
However, with multiple re-entries allowed any player that failed to make the cut yesterday can opt to take a second (or third in Torbergsen’s case) shot at fortune and glory.
The man to catch at present is the USA’s Benjamin Wu, who bagged up an impressive 152,000 in chips at the close of play, closely followed by China’s Xuan Tan who ended Day 1 with a stack of 135,300, with high stakes crusher Steve O’Dwyer rounding out the top three with a stack of 129,100.
Other notables to make the cut in a field jam-packed with high rolling superstars included German’s Manig Loeser (114,400) and Fedor Holz (101,000), Daniel ‘Jungleman’ Cates (45,300), the UK’s Sam Trickett (45,000) and tournament poker stalwart John Juanda (38,200). Poker King President Winfred Yu (48,600) and Triton founder Richard Yong (45,700) are also still in the running.
With action recommencing at level 10 with blinds of 800/1,600 with a 200 running ante, the 50,000 starting stack still gives any last minute entrants a little over an extremely playable 31 big blinds.
Day 2 Seat Draw:
| Table | Seat | Player | Country | Chip Count |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Lucas Greewood | Canada | 64,600 |
| 1 | 2 | Liang Yu | China | 61,500 |
| 1 | 4 | Steve O’Dwyer | Ireland | 129,100 |
| 1 | 5 | Su Hao | China | 53,900 |
| 1 | 6 | Alan Sass | USA | 66,300 |
| 2 | 1 | Daniel Cates | USA | 45,300 |
| 2 | 2 | Predrag Lekovic | Montenegro | 122,800 |
| 2 | 3 | Chi Ming Lee | Hong Kong | 92,000 |
| 2 | 4 | Xi Luo | China | 35,200 |
| 2 | 6 | Gabe Patgorski | USA | 68,500 |
| 3 | 1 | Sam Trickett | UK | 45,000 |
| 3 | 2 | John Juanda | Indonesia | 38,200 |
| 3 | 3 | Devan Tang | Hong Kong | 59,700 |
| 3 | 5 | Cheok Ieng Cheong | China | 80,600 |
| 3 | 6 | Winfred Yu | Hong Kong | 48,600 |
| 4 | 1 | Richard Yong | Malaysia | 45,700 |
| 4 | 3 | Manig Loeser | Germany | 114,400 |
| 4 | 4 | Keith Gipson | USA | 82,900 |
| 4 | 5 | Salman Behbehani | USA | 84,000 |
| 4 | 6 | Fedor Holz | Germany | 101,000 |
| 5 | 1 | Mikita Badziakouski | Belarus | 43,500 |
| 5 | 2 | Xuan Tan | China | 135,300 |
| 5 | 3 | Zuo Wang | China | 78,200 |
| 5 | 5 | Alexandros Kolonias | Greece | 63,000 |
| 5 | 6 | Benjamin Wu | USA | 152,000 |
The tournament is scheduled to play down until a champion is crowned and prize pool information will be released as soon as the final numbers are in. As usual, the PokerNews live reporting team will be on hand to bring you all the action as it happens so watch this space as we see who’s got what it takes to emerge triumphant.
HK $250,000 6-Max Event
Day 2 Started