HK $1,000,000 Main Event Jour 1 | 2017 Triton Super High Roller Series Montenegro

2017-07-18 17:16 UTC+2

Leong Takes From Holz, More New Arrivals

Niveau 4 : 1,000/2,000, 300 ante

We were going to write a post about how Fedor Holz was running away with the chip lead, but that is no longer true and while we missed all of the action we passed by Holz table in time to see the German player reordering his much-reduced stack as a monster pot is shipped Chan Wai Leong’s way.

Holz had close to 500,000 not so long ago but that is not the case now and he looked to have around 90,000 while Leong has a massive 827,000 stack.

There have been some more new arrivals with defending champion Koray Aldemir entering the fray in addition to Lauren Roberts and Marius Torbergen to bring the total number of entries up to 28, with 25 of those still in the running.

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Chan Wai Leong	827,000 357,000	357,000
Koray Aldemir	250,000 250,000	250,000

Lauren Roberts	250,000 250,000	250,000
Marius Torbergsen	250,000 250,000	250,000
Fedor Holz	90,000 -305,000	-305,000

Tags: Chan Wai Leong Fedor Holz Koray Aldemir Lauren Roberts Marius Torbergsen

2017-07-18 17:17 UTC+2

La Pause a débuté

Pause : 10 min.

2017-07-18 17:31 UTC+2

Paul Phua Gives Welcome Speech

Niveau 4

Paul Phua - Fedor Holz - Richard Yong - Christos Tsemperas

The break has been extended slightly as Triton founder Paul Phua gave all the Main Event entrants a rousing welcome speech, which earned a loud round of applause from the watching players before the Triton Super High Roller Montenegro 2017 6-Max Champion Fedor Holz was officially awarded his latest piece of silverware.

Niveau: 5

Blinds: 1,200/2,400

Ante: 400

2017-07-18 17:56 UTC+2

Post-break Chip Counts

Niveau 5 : 1,200/2,400, 400 ante

There have been some more late comers with Dominik Bosnjak and Timofey ‘Trueteller’ Kuznetsov buying in and Liang Yu buying in for the second time with the rest of the field stacking up as follows:

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Chan Wai Leong	755,200 -71,800	-71,800
Steffen Sontheimer	447,000 84,800	84,800
Rui Cao	365,000 52,000	52,000
Dominik Nitsche	310,000 3,000	3,000

Richard Yong	300,000 50,000	50,000
Su Hao	296,000 41,000	41,000
Andrew Robl	290,000 40,000	40,000
Paul Phua	276,000 8,000	8,000

Predrag Lekovic	275,000 51,000	51,000
Koray Aldemir	265,000 15,000	15,000

Lucas Greenwood	260,000 -3,000	-3,000
John Juanda	256,000 6,000	6,000

Dominik Bosnjak	250,000
Liang Yu	250,000 250,000	250,000
Timofey Kuznetsov	250,000
Manig Loeser	247,000 11,000	11,000

Wai Kin Yong	245,000 -5,000	-5,000
Steve O'Dwyer	244,000 11,000	11,000

Lauren Roberts	215,000 -35,000	-35,000
Tony Cheng	206,000 -28,000	-28,000
Alexandros Kolonias	192,000 43,000	43,000

Daniel Cates	191,000 -59,000	-59,000
Keith Gipson	180,000 -101,300	-101,300
Marius Torbergsen	165,000 -85,000	-85,000
David Peters	134,500 11,400	11,400

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2017-07-18 18:20 UTC+2

Badziakouski Back in Front, Wang, Romain, Trickett and Paschalidis Enter

Niveau 5 : 1,200/2,400, 400 ante

A chunky pot has recently played out between Mikita Badziakouski and Chan Wai Leong that saw the chip lead change hands.

We picked up the action on the turn with over 100,000 in blinds and antes already in the pot with the board reading just as Leong (big blind] led out for a 60,000 bet.

Sitting under-the-gun-plus-one Badziakouski, wearing his trademark sunglasses, turned to face Leong and while we couldn’t see exactly what he was looking at we are guessing that it was his Malaysian opponent.

Eventually Badziakouski made the call to swell the pot to over 200,000 and the dealer peeled off the to complete the hand, but not the betting.

After thinking things over Leong now chose to check and Badziakouski mulled over his options before reaching for the turquoise 25k chips and sliding out a hefty 140,000 bet, leaving himself around 307,000 behind.

This sent Leong deep into the tank, where he remained for a good five minutes. With 615,000 in chips behind the Malaysian player could afford the call, but it would be for a significant portion of his chips. Eventually Leong decided to give it up and the monster pot was shipped Badziakouski’s way with the Belarusian climbing to 768,000 after the hand.

The recent arrival of the UK’s Sam Trickett, Greece’s Antonios Paschalidis, China's Zuo Wang and France's Arnaud Romain has see the field increase once more and we are now up to 35 entries, 33 of whom are still in the running.

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Mikita Badziakouski	768,000 256,000	256,000

Chan Wai Leong	630,000 -125,200	-125,200
Antonios Paschalidis	250,000 250,000	250,000
Sam Trickett	250,000 250,000	250,000
Arnaud Romain	250,000
Zuo Wang	250,000

Tags: Antonios Paschalidis Chan Wai Leong Mikita Badziakouski Sam Trickett

2017-07-18 18:36 UTC+2

La Pause a débuté

Pause : 20 min.

Niveau: 6

Blinds: 1,500/3,000

Ante: 500

2017-07-18 19:15 UTC+2

Phua Busts and Loses Bet to Cao Who Doubles, O’Dwyer Wins From Cheng

Niveau 6 : 1,500/3,000, 500 ante

With the late arrival of Salman Behbehani, the field increased to 38 entries, though this decreased by a player with the elimination of Paul Phua at the hands of Steffen Sontheimer.

Down to 100,000 before the hand, Phua got the last of his chips in pre-flop from the big blind after a Sontheimer late position raise and the cards were turned over.

Paul Phua:
Steffen Sontheimer:

Unfortunately for Phua, his ducks were gunned down by Sontheimer’s cowboys when the board ran out and Phua headed straight for the cash desk to re-enter while Sontheimer stacked up to 614,000.

Interestingly this hand occurred at the same time Rui Cao and Richard Yong got all the chips in pre-flop as Cao (who was the at risk player) had a last longer bet with Phua. While we do not know how much this was for we do know that Cao, holding the mighty spiked his four on an board to not only out last Phua but double through Yong as well.

We did not catch Yong’s hand but we do know that he was left with 60,000 after the dust settled on the hand while Cao climbed to over 410,000.

Another player whose tournament is going in the right direction is Steve O’Dwyer, who won a decent sized pot from Hong Kong’s Tony Cheng shortly after the Phua versus Sontheimer/Cao versus Yong hand played out.

We caught the action on the flop in a three-way hand involving Peter Chan (small blind), O’Dwyer (big blind) and Cheng, who was sitting in late position.

There was a little over 20,000 in blinds and antes in the pot with the flop reading and we arrived just as O’Dwyer fired out a bet of 8,000. Cheng made the call and Chen folded to take play heads-up to the turn, which saw O’Dwyer fire a second barrel of 19,000.

Although he took slightly longer about it this time around Cheng made the call once more to bring both players to the river. O’Dwyer did not take long to fire once again, this time for 50,000. Cheng hit the think tank for a minute but chose to fold, leaving O’Dwyer to scoop the pot and climb to 325,000 while Cheng dropped 255,000.

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Rui Cao	410,000 45,000	45,000
Steve O'Dwyer	325,000 81,000	81,000

Tony Cheng	255,000 49,000	49,000
Salman Behbehani	250,000 250,000	250,000
Richard Yong	60,000 -240,000	-240,000
Paul Phua	Eliminé

Tags: Paul Phua Richard Yong Rui Cao Steve O'Dwyer Yat Wai Cheng

2017-07-18 19:50 UTC+2

Sontheimer Leads

Niveau 6 : 1,500/3,000, 500 ante

It appears as though Steffen Sontheimer has edged into the chip lead, although Mikita Badziakouski and Chan Wai Leong are still up there while the second bullet does not seem to be working out all that well for Paul Phua, who is looking a little short with the rest of the field stacking up as follows:

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Steffen Sontheimer	690,000 243,000	243,000
Mikita Badziakouski	650,000 -118,000	-118,000

Chan Wai Leong	542,000 -88,000	-88,000
John Juanda	515,000 259,000	259,000

Sam Trickett	500,000 250,000	250,000
Salman Behbehani	430,000 180,000	180,000
Rui Cao	415,000 5,000	5,000
Dominik Bosnjak	380,000 130,000	130,000
Peter Chan	350,000 241,000	241,000
Tony Cheng	320,000 65,000	65,000
Steve O'Dwyer	300,000 -25,000	-25,000

Koray Aldemir	265,000

Lucas Greenwood	254,000 -6,000	-6,000
Daniel Cates	235,000 44,000	44,000
Manig Loeser	235,000 -12,000	-12,000

Alexandros Kolonias	230,000 38,000	38,000

Timofey Kuznetsov	215,000 -35,000	-35,000
Dominik Nitsche	215,000 -95,000	-95,000

Su Hao	205,000 -91,000	-91,000
Predrag Lekovic	205,000 -70,000	-70,000
Arnaud Romain	202,500 -47,500	-47,500
Antonios Paschalidis	201,500 -48,500	-48,500
Zuo Wang	176,000 -74,000	-74,000
Liang Yu	168,000 -82,000	-82,000
Lauren Roberts	140,000 -75,000	-75,000

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Tags: Steffen Sontheimer Mikita Badziakouski Chan Wai Leong