The action has wrapped up at the Galaxy Macau Hotel on Day 1 of the 2017 Triton Super High Roller Series HK $250,000 6-Max event. A field of 70 entries gathered throughout the day with Ben Lamb leading a pack of 50 survivors after nine levels of play.
A who's who of the best Hold'em players in the world funneled into the poker room of the Galaxy Macau Hotel in Taipa, Macau Monday afternoon. This was the first stop at Asia's largest gaming destination for the Triton Super High Roller Series. Play kicked off at 4 PM local time and the field grew right up until the final moments of Day 1.
Lamb bagged a stack of 184,300 to claim the top spot. Lamb finished the day with quite a distance from his closest competitor, Stephen Chidwick, who used the most out of a second bullet to close out with 129,300. Michael Addamo (128,900), Christoph Vogelsang (124,500), and Mikita Badziakouski (116,400) round out the top five stacks.
Recent Poker Masters champion Steffen Sontheimer just missed out on a top five spot ending the night with 114,800 while the likes of Dietrich Fast (112,800) and Li Bjorn (106,400) who both led at different parts of the day are also moving on.
Day 2 will kick off at 1 PM Tuesday afternoon and play will continue until a champion is crowned. The end has not come for anyone though as late registration and unlimited re-entry will remain open until after Level 10 on Day 2 (approx. 1:40 PM).
Anyone unfortunate enough to not make a deep run on Day 2 will at least be able to rest up for the Main Event. The highlight and headlining event of the series is set for 1 PM on Wednesday afternoon. The Main Event takes center stage and the buy-in raises to HK $1,000,000 (approx. US $128,000).
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Bjorn Li has made the most of his second bullet so far.
Li shoved on the turn of a board putting Wai Yong to the test. The shove was for 36,000 which was over two-thirds of Yong's stack. After a couple moments, Yong tossed in calling chips and saw the bad news.
Li:
Yong:
Li had flopped a set of sevens and had Yong drawing slim. The secured the double for Li leaving Yong pretty short.
A huge pot was piled up and a completed board reading lay in the middle. Dietrich Fast was all-in and action was on his heads-up opponent Gabe Patgorski who had less.
Patgorski would end up making the call for his tournament life and Fast announced "Quads," tabling . Patgorski turned over as his cards slid into the muck and he slid out of his seat.
Patgorski headed straight for the registration desk and has since found a new seat with a fresh stack.
After Adrain Mateos opened to 800 from middle position, Alan Sass three-bet to 2,700 and called a four-bet jam from the player in the big blind for about 24,000.
Opponent:
Sass:
A classic race was underway and the dealer fanned out a board. Sass channeled his inner Barry Greenstein and spiked an ace on the river to eliminate his opponent and drag in a sizeable pot.
The swirling winds of a threatening typhoon won’t stop the 2017 Triton Super High Roller Series from entering Asia’s largest gaming destination for the first time this afternoon. The Galaxy Macau Hotel in Taipa, Macau will host two prestigious events this week with the first kicking off at 4:00 p.m. local time on Monday.
Getting the cards in the air first will be an HK $250,000 (approx. US $32,000) 6-Max event that will play out over the course of the next two days. The unlimited re-entry event features 40-minute blind levels and a starting stack of 50,000 chips.
The third Triton Super High Roller Series of 2017 will see some of the best and brightest minds in poker face off against wealthy amateurs ready and waiting for the challenge.
In February of this year, Dan Colman captured the title of the 6-Max event in Manila defeating Erik Seidel heads-up in a 43-entry field for HK $3,641,600. A few months later in Montenegro, Fedor Holz emerged victorious in the 6-Max event. Holz topped a field of 41 entries and banked a first place prize of HK $3,472,200.
The event will go ahead as scheduled after the possibility of pushing things ahead due to a typhoon that ravaged the waters around Macau on Sunday forcing flights, ferries, and buses to be suspended for the day. The skies have cleared up and transportation is back to normal.
When Day 1 of the 6-Max gets underway at 4 PM on Monday afternoon, play will continue until the end of Level 9. Day 2 will pick up the action at 1 PM on Tuesday and play down to a winner.
The highlight and headlining event of the series is set for 1 PM on Wednesday afternoon. The Main Event takes center stage and the buy-in raises to HK $1,000,000 (approx. US $128,000).
Keep it locked to the blog as PokerNews will be on the floor throughout the series providing live-updates and coverage of both events. Follow @pokernews on Twitter for live updates and more. Also, follow PokerNews on Facebook and Instagram.
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board putting Wai Yong to the test. The shove was for 36,000 which was over two-thirds of Yong's stack. After a couple moments, Yong tossed in calling chips and saw the bad news.
secured the double for Li leaving Yong pretty short.
lay in the middle. Dietrich Fast was all-in and action was on his heads-up opponent Gabe Patgorski who had less. 
as his cards slid into the muck and he slid out of his seat.
board. Sass channeled his inner Barry Greenstein and spiked an ace on the river to eliminate his opponent and drag in a sizeable pot.
board.
