Level: 11
Blinds: 1,000/2,000
Ante: 300
2017 Triton Super High Roller Series Manila
HK $250,000 6-Max Event
Day: 2
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2017 Triton Super High Roller Series Manila
Buy-in
250,000 HKD
Prize Pool
10,113,600 HKD
Entries
43
Level
24
Blinds
20,000 / 40,000
Ante
5,000
Level 10
: 800/1,600, 200 ante
Dan Colman opened the action with a raise and called the three-bet shove of short stack Dan Cates from one seat over for less than 20 big blinds. It was a classic flip, as Cates had 
and Colman the 
. The flop of 
was bad news for Cates, and he was eliminated once the 
turn and 
river completed the board.
Cates and Bryn Kenney had a few more words, picking up on their previous table talk, and the next hand then got underway. Colman opened to 3,600 from the cutoff and Kenney moved all in for 38,000 from the small blind, Colman called.
Bryn Kenney: 
Dan Colman: 
The board came 
and Kenney rivered a set to stay in and swap stacks with Colman.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
80,000
39,000
|
39,000 |
|
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|
46,000
-10,600
|
-10,600 |
|
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|
Busted | |
|
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Level 10
: 800/1,600, 200 ante
After John Juanda had walked over to talk with Dan Cates soon after being eliminated, Bryn Kenney and Dario Sammartino started talking about buying action in poker tournaments and Dan Cates chimed in. What followed was a serious table talk between Kenney and Cates, the arguments flying left and right.
Next up, Sammartino opened from the hijack and Kenney three-bet the cutoff to 11,000. Sammartino moved all in and Kenney folded after some consideration.
The very next hand, Koray Aldemir raised from the cutoff to 3,600 and Cates defended the big blind. Sammartino and Kenney were not in the hand, and started some friendly table talk again, ended up laughing and shaking off the previous encounter. In the meanwhile, the flop fell 
and Cates checked, Aldemir checked behind.
Cates then bet the 
turn for 8,000 and Aldemir called before the 
river went check, check. Cates showed and Aldemir raked in the pot with 
, leaving Cates short in chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
155,000
10,000
|
10,000 |
|
|
||
|
95,000
1,100
|
1,100 |
|
||
|
|
41,000
-9,000
|
-9,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
27,000
-25,100
|
-25,100 |
|
|
||
Level 10
: 800/1,600, 200 ante
After a button raise by David Peters, John Juanda got his short stack of around 33,000 in from the small blind. Paul Phua folded in the big blind and Peters quickly called to put Juanda at risk of elimination.
John Juanda: 
David Peters:
The board came up blank for Juanda, running out 
, and Peters even made a set of aces to eliminate Juanda. "Good luck guys," Juanda said with a smile on the face.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
128,000
44,600
|
44,600 |
|
|
||
|
Busted | |
|
||
Level 10
: 800/1,600, 200 ante
While Wai Kin Yong has not shown up yet, his father and Founder of Triton Richard Yong just took a decent chunk off Erik Seidel. In a battle button versus small blind, the duo headed to the river of a 
and Yong bet 20,000. Seidel called and quickly mucked when Yong rolled over 
for aces and jacks.
Dario Sammartino opened to 4,000 from early position and Marius Torbergsen three-bet to 11,700 on the button. Sammartino asked to see the stack of his opponent and called. The duo checked the 
flop and the 
turn. Sammartino then bet the river for 11,400 and Torbergsen folded.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
145,000
15,800
|
15,800 |
|
|
||
|
125,000
51,000
|
51,000 |
|
90,000
-65,000
|
-65,000 |
|
||
|
70,000
-2,600
|
-2,600 |
Level 10
: 800/1,600, 200 ante
In one of the first hands of the day, a battle of the blinds saw the departure of Cheok Leng Cheong. Out of the small blind, he raised to 4,800 and Erik Seidel in the big blind three-bet to 14,500, Cheong called. On the flop of 
, Cheong check-called a bet worth 12,000 before checking again the turn.
Seidel now bet 28,000 and Cheong check-raised all in. Seidel called instantly and the cards were tabled.
Cheok Leng Cheong:
Erik Seidel: 
Cheong was already drawing dead, making the river a formality.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
155,000
78,500
|
78,500 |
|
|
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|
Busted | |
Level 10
: 800/1,600, 200 ante
As expected, Bryn Kenney and Mustapha Kanit bought back in and that has bumped the field up to 35 unique entries and eight re-entries, a total of 43 entries. The registration is closed and the prize pool information will be finalized soon.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
50,000
50,000
|
50,000 |
|
|
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|
50,000
50,000
|
50,000 |
|
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Level: 10
Blinds: 800/1,600
Ante: 200
After nine levels of 45 minutes each, the 2017 Triton Super High Roller Series Manila 6-Max Event saw 24 players bag up chips and advance to day two of the HK$ 250,000 (approximately $32,200) buy-in at the stunning Solaire Resort and Casino. There were 35 unique entries and six re-entries to create a 41-entry strong field, but that number may still change with the registration being open until the start of Day 2 in one hour from now at 1 p.m. local time.
All players that busted on their first bullet yesterday are allowed to re-enter again, while four players already did so on Day 1 and failed to make Day 2. Among those was Phil Ivey, and the poker superstar is expected to be back in action for Day 1 of the HK$ 1,000,000 Main Event as of Sunday, Feb 19. Bryn Kenney and Mustapha Kanit were eliminated late on Day 1 and are among the candidates to take another shot at the juicy prize pool.
Timofey "Trueteller" Kuznetsov went on a hot run and claimed a massive lead going into Day 2 with 342,200, more than two times the stack of second-placed Sergio Aido (139,100) and third-placed Mikita Badziakouski (134,800) combined. Other notables and big stacks in a field of high-stakes experts are Dario Sammartino (129,200), Rainer Kempe (116,500), David Peters (83,400) and Pratyush Buddiga (77,800).
Erik Seidel (76,500), Founder of Triton Richard Yong (74,000), Dan Colman (56,600) and Dan Cates (52,100) also made it through, while defending Triton Super High Roller Main Event champion Wai Kin Yong (32,500), President of Poker King Club Winfred Yu (29,700) and Paul Phua (26,800) are among the short stacks coming back.
The action will recommence with level 10 and blinds of 800-1,600 with a running ante of 200. All new entries will receive 50,000 in chips and the tournament is scheduled to play down to a winner today. The prize pool information will be released as soon as the registration closes. As usual, the PokerNews live reporting team will be on the floor to provide all the action.
| Table | Seat | Player | Country | Chip Count |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Timofey Kuznetsov | Russia | 342,200 |
| 1 | 2 | Stanley Choi | Hong Kong | 50,100 |
| 1 | 3 | Jack Salter | United Kingdom | 39,100 |
| 1 | 4 | Devan Tang | Hong Kong | 85,500 |
| 1 | 5 | Sergio Aido | Spain | 139,100 |
| 2 | 1 | Pratyush Buddiga | USA | 77,800 |
| 2 | 2 | Wai Kin Yong | Malaysia | 32,500 |
| 2 | 3 | Winfred Yu | Hong Kong | 29,700 |
| 2 | 4 | Mikita Badziakouski | Belarus | 134,800 |
| 2 | 5 | Yu Liang | China | 117,000 |
| 3 | 1 | David Peters | USA | 83,400 |
| 3 | 2 | John Juanda | Singapore | 35,300 |
| 3 | 3 | Paul Phua | Malaysia | 26,800 |
| 3 | 4 | Marcus Yi Lim | Singapore | 64,600 |
| 3 | 5 | Rainer Kempe | United Kingdom | 116,500 |
| 4 | 1 | Koray Aldemir | Germany | 93,900 |
| 4 | 2 | Marius Torbergsen | Norway | 72,600 |
| 4 | 3 | Dan Colman | USA | 56,600 |
| 4 | 4 | Dan Cates | USA | 52,100 |
| 4 | 5 | Dario Sammartino | Italy | 129,200 |
| 5 | 1 | Adam Sanders | USA | 48,600 |
| 5 | 2 | Cheok Leng Cheong | Philippines | 73,000 |
| 5 | 3 | Erik Seidel | USA | 76,500 |
| 5 | 4 | Richard Yong | Malaysia | 74,000 |