Légèrement en tête en début de head's up, 6,7 contre 6,5 millions, Loeser a été dépassé par le fondateur de cet événement avant de reprendre le contrôle. L'ultime coup clé voit Yong 3-bet de grosse blinde puis shove 5,3 millions dans un pot de 2,3 millions avec une paire de sur un board hauteur . Avec en main et deux paires, Loeser trouve un call facile pour faire tomber son adversaire à deux antes. Sur la main suivante, Loeser encaisse un chèque de 16,877,600 millions de dollars de Hong Kong soit environ 2,1 millions de dollars !
Le Main Event à environ 112 112€ a cumulé 41 entrants dont Steve O'Dwyer, Tom Dwan, Sam Trickett, David Peters ou encore Benjamin Wu. Ces joueurs ont contribué au prizepool à l'inverse de John Juanda (4e pour environ 595000$), Stef Sontheimer (6e pour environ 313000$) ou encore Mikita Badziakouski (8e pour environ 219000$).
C'est le premier titre majeur de Manig Loeser qui dépasse désormais Benjamin Spindler à la All Time Money List allemande. Avec 4 millions de dollars amassés en live, Loeser s'est déclaré "très très heureux". "C'est un gros buy-in donc la pression était très forte, je suis très fier de l'avoir emporté", a-t-il conclu après une deuxième victoire allemande en trois jours...
Le classement du Main Event Triton Super High Roller Series Montenegro
Manig Loeser battled back to even stack and with both players sitting on 32 big blinds it looked like the heads-up battle might become an epic one before a massive pot played out between the two players that saw the German snatch the chip lead.
Loeser opened the action from the button with a raise to 450,000 and Yong re-raised to 1,125,000. Loeser took his time over the decision but made the call, swelling the pot to over 2.3 million.
The flop saw Yong pull the trigger immediately and Loeser called so fast his chips left skid marks on the table and when the cards were revealed it was easy to see why.
Richard Yong:
Manig Loeser:
The German had hit the flop hard, spiking top two pair to overtake Yong’s pair of sevens and the Triton co-founder would need a great deal of help to win the hand.
Both players were on their feet and the rail crowded around sensing that the end may be near. The turn brought Yong no help and neither did the river and Loeser let out a huge sigh and a quiet under-the-breath ‘yes!’
Stacks were counted down and Yong found himself with chips left, but only two and dropped down to 50,000.
This was all in the middle the very next hand with Yong, holding , needed to win this hand and the next several to make a Lazarus-like return from the dead.
Loeser was holding and paired his jack when the flop fell . The turn was not the ace Yong needed to survive and the river saw the German earn his first major title and almost double his career tournament earnings in one fell swoop.
Yong will be unhappy at not being able to go the distance, but will not be too unhappy at making the equivalent of $1,440,806 for his runner up finish. Full write up to follow so watch this space.
Manig Loeser moved all-in for 3 million from the small blind and Peter Chan looked down at his cards and made a quick call.
Peter Chan:
Manig Loeser:
The two found themselves racing for close to 50% of the chips in play and the flop kept Loeser’s nose in front. The turn and river saw Loeser lock in the double and climb to 6 million while Chan was left crippled with just 100,000 in chips.
Despite doubling up the next hand from the small blind Chan could not do so again after moving all-in from the button for his last 200,000 the hand after.
Both Richard Yong and Manig Loeser made the call and checked it down the whole way with the board running out .
Chan showed , Loeser turned over and Yong mucked. Chan headed for the rail with the equivalent of $877,026 and we are now heads-up for the trophy and the title.
The casualties are coming thick and fast now and less than a minute after Chan Wai Leong hit the rail there was another all-in confrontation with John Juanda and Richard Yong getting all the chips in pre-flop.
Juanda was the man to pull the trigger first, moving all-in from the button for 1.7 million and Yong made an extremely quick call and the cards were turned over.
John Juanda:
Richard Yong:
Juanda was racing for his tournament life but fell behind as soon as the dealer spread the flop.
The turn was close to a five, but not close enough and the river completed the hand, and Juanda’s tournament and the Indonesian player hit the rail in fourth place for a $595,037 payday.
That late card rush shot Yong into the chip lead and he stacked up to 5.4 million.
The action is coming to the boil now and a huge hand played out between the final table’s two remaining Malaysian players Richard Yong and Chan Wai Leong that saw the latter’s tournament come to a close in a rather brutal fashion.
It was Leong who was the initial aggressor, making it 250,000 to go from under-the-gun and Yong made the call from the big blind to take both players to the flop.
Yong check-called Leong’s 250,000 c-bet and the hit the turn, bringing another check from Yong and a second barrel from Leong, this one a slightly larger 450,000.
Yong quickly announced he was all-in and Leong rocked back in his chair looking puzzled. However, he decided to make the call for his tournament life and the cards were turned over.
Chan Wai Leong:
Richard Yong:
While Leong held the lead with two pair Yong had a straight draw which hit when the landed on the river to bring Loeng’s deep run in the Main Event to an end and he departed with $407,101 while Yong stacked up t0 3.7 million.
While Steffen Sontheimer may have scalped the last player, the Germans fortune has waned over the last 20 minutes and he lost all of his newly won chips to fellow countryman Manig Loeser after the two battled it out in the blinds and Loeser made four to a flush with when the board ran out .
Sontheimer had been playing bottom pair aggressively but Loeser got there on the river to whittle Songheimer down to 1-million in chips.
Richard Yong then opened the action with a raise to 210,000 from early position and Sontheimer peeked down at his cards and decided to take a stand, moving all-in for just under 1-million. Yong called immediately and the cards were turned over.
Steffen Sontheimer:
Richard Yong:
Sontheimer was not in good shape and stayed behind the whole way when the board ran out to hit the rail in sixth place, taking home the equivalent of $313,168.
Antonius Paschalidis moved all-in and stole the blinds and antes to survive one more orbit but the writing was on the wall and it was getting to boom or bust time.
Unfortunately for the Greek player it was bust and the next orbit John Juanda raised to 180,000 from middle position and down to his last 550,000 Paschalidis moved all-in from the small blind.
Steffen Sontheimer peeked down at his cards in the big blind and re-shoved for 1.5 million and Juanda quickly folded.
Antonios Paschalidis:
Steffen Sontheimer:
Paschalidis got to his feet as his fate was decided by the poker gods with the flop falling to give the Greek player a pair of nines and an additional two outs. However, the turn was not one of them and while there was some paint on the river it was the and Paschalidis hit the rail in 7th taking home $250,554.
Level 19 was just minutes old before the final table had its first casualty with Mikita Badziakouski the man to fall first, with Germany’s Manig Loeser sending the Belarusian player to the rail.
Badziakouski had dropped down to just over 700,000 in chips and moved all-in from the button with Loeser re-raising all-in to isolate from the small blind and the cards were turned over.
Mikita Badziakouski:
Manig Loeser:
The Belarusian was in bad shape and it did not get any better on the flop. Badziakouski kept calling for the , especially when the hit the turn to give him an open-ended straight draw but the river was of no help and Badziakouski headed for the exit, collecting the equivalent of $219,256 for his deep run while Loeser recouped his earlier loss against Paschalidis.
2017 Triton Poker Montenegro Main Event Final Table
The third and final day of the HK$1-million Triton SHR Series Montenegro has dawned and just eight players of the 52-strong field (including 25 re-entries) remain in contention to battle it out over the juicy HK$48,921,600 prize pool.
Some of the international poker circuit’s best and brightest made the trip over to the magnificent Montenegrin Maestral Resort and Casino with superstars such as two-time Triton High Roller champion Fedor Holz, 2016 Global Poker Index Player of the Year David Peters, defending champion Koray Aldemir and Daniel ‘jungleman’ Cates just some of those who fell short of the hallowed money spots.
The eight remaining players are all guaranteed a payday of at least HK$1,712,000 (~$219,256) but it is the HK$16,877,600 (~$2,161,520) first prize all will have their eye on.
The man best positioned to take that is Germany’s Manig Loeser, whose elimination of Day 1 chip leader Wang Qiang burst the bubble in spectacular fashion to conclude Day 2 and set up the eight-handed final table and you can read a full recap of all the Day 2 action here.
Loeser (3,715,000) begins play with a stack of over 1.6 million more than next closest rival Richard Yong (2,100,000) with old school poker stalwartJohn Juanda (1,760,000) rounding out the top three, with the rest of the final table stacking up as follows:
Seat
Player
Country
Chip Count
Big Blinds
1
1
Manig Loeser
Germany
3,715,000
1
3
Peter Chan
Hong Kong
1,250,000
1
4
John Juanda
Indonesia
1,760,000
1
5
Richard Yong
Malaysia
2,100,000
1
6
Chan Wai Leong
Malaysia
1,465,000
1
7
Antonios Paschalidis
Greece
705,000
1
8
Steffen Sontheimer
Germany
1,145,000
1
9
Mikita Badziakouski
Belarus
860,000
There are still 30-minutes remaining on the clock at level 18 with blinds starting at 25,000/50,000 with a 5,000 running ante and play recommences at 1pm CET.
The PokerNews live reporting team will be on the floor until a champion is crowned so stick around as we see who has what it takes to take the Triton Super High Roller 2017 Montenegro Main Event trophy, title and a great deal of cold, hard cash.
. Avec 
en main et deux paires, Loeser trouve un call facile pour faire tomber son adversaire à deux antes. Sur la main suivante, Loeser encaisse un chèque de 16,877,600 millions de dollars de Hong Kong soit environ 2,1 millions de dollars !
flop saw Yong pull the trigger immediately and Loeser called so fast his chips left skid marks on the table and when the cards were revealed it was easy to see why.
river and Loeser let out a huge sigh and a quiet under-the-breath ‘yes!’
, needed to win this hand and the next several to make a Lazarus-like return from the dead.
. The 
turn was not the ace Yong needed to survive and the
river saw the German earn his first major title and almost double his career tournament earnings in one fell swoop.
flop kept Loeser’s nose in front. The 
turn and 
river saw Loeser lock in the double and climb to 6 million while Chan was left crippled with just 100,000 in chips.
, Loeser turned over 
and Yong mucked. Chan headed for the rail with the equivalent of $877,026 and we are now heads-up for the trophy and the title.
flop.
landed on the river to bring Loeng’s deep run in the Main Event to an end and he departed with $407,101 while Yong stacked up t0 3.7 million.
to hit the rail in sixth place, taking home the equivalent of $313,168.
to give the Greek player a pair of nines and an additional two outs. However, the 
