Tony G, Leon Tsoukernik Bag Big in €25,300 Triton Short Deck
It’s hard to imagine that the turnout for the Triton Short Deck event at the partypoker LIVE MILLIONS Europe could have been any more lively, entertaining and star-studded. At the end of Day 1, 27 total entries were whittled down to the final table of seven players in the €25,300 buy-in event at the King's Resort in Rozvadov.
Those seven will come back Wednesday afternoon to play down to the five money spots and eventually crown a champion. Day 2 will restart at noon local time, at Level 13 with the ante and button ante at 20,000 and 40,000.
Tony G (2,305,000) and King's Resort owner Leon Tsoukernik (1,700,000) bagged the biggest stacks at the end of Day 1, closely followed by Yake Wu (1,685,000).
Those players will be joined by Cary Katz (1,025,000), Liang Yu (525,000), Triton co-founder Paul Phua (453,000) and Choon Tong Siow (405,000), and those seven players will battle it out for the championship and top prize of €237,250.
Day 1 was a wild day of all-ins, multiple entries and fascinating interaction among some of poker's biggest and boldest personalities. Some of the participants not making it through to Day 2 included Phil Ivey and Richard Yong, both of whom fired multiple bullets but couldn't survive the craziness of the action-packed day.
Play was originally scheduled for six 40-minute levels on Day 1, but after a change in starting time and agreements among players, the decision was made to go with 30-minute levels. That format will continue Wednesday, as the final table plays down to a champion.
Follow along with the PokerNews live reporting team as the Triton Short Deck event plays down to a winner.
