Level 13
: 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante
The remaininf 12 players have been sent into a 10-minute break.
2017 Triton Super High Roller Series Manila
HK $1,000,000 Main Event
Day: 2
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2017 Triton Super High Roller Series Manila
Buy-in
1,000,000 HKD
Prize Pool
37,073,400 HKD
Entries
39
Level
21
Blinds
50,000 / 10,000
Ante
15,000
Level 13
: 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante
Dan Cates recovered by winning a bigger pot off Koray Aldemir towards the end of the level when betting the river of a board 
for 120,000 out of the small blind. Koray Aldemir in the big blind folded and dropped to around 1.1 million.
Over on table two, Elton tsang raised to 38,000 and Wai Kin Yong defended the big blind. On the 
flop the duo checked. On the 
turn, Yong bet 43,000 and that won the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,100,000
-300,000
|
-300,000 |
|
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|
710,000
300,000
|
300,000 |
|
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|
600,000 | |
|
500,000
110,000
|
110,000 |
Level 13
: 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante
Paul Phua started the day as one of the big stacks, but the chips kept disappearing until just 150,000 remained. He then faced a raise to 35,000 by Sergio Aido and Phua moved all in from the big blind, picking up a snap-call by the dominating chip leader.
Paul Phua: 
Sergio Aido: 
The board of 
ensured that the kicker played and Aido sent the second player to the rail in a row, further boosting his already massive stack.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
2,400,000
200,000
|
200,000 |
|
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|
Busted | |
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Level 13
: 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante
Sergio Aido raised to 35,000 from the cutoff and Elton Tsang called on the button. David Peters in the small blind three-bet to 145,000 with around 300,000 behind and the action folded back to Aido. The Spaniard gave it some thought and then announced all in, sliding forward a tower of chips that had Peters covered.
Tsang folded with the words "I was gonna go all in if you didn't" and Peters quickly called.
David Peters: 
Sergio Aido: 
The flop of 
was safe for Peters, but Aido picked up a straight draw on the 
turn. Sure enough, the fell on the river to complete the jack-high straight and Peters was eliminated.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
2,200,000
600,000
|
600,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
600,000
-255,000
|
-255,000 |
|
Busted | |
|
|
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Level 13
: 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante
Pratyush Buddiga opened the action with a raise to 35,000 and Dan Cates three-bet to 110,000 in the cutoff. On the button, Wai Kin Yong moved all in and Buddiga folded. Cates' raise was pulled in and Yong was all in for another 116,000. Cates gave it plenty of thought and folded with a disgusted look on the face.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
630,000
50,000
|
50,000 |
|
|
410,000
-200,000
|
-200,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
390,000
160,000
|
160,000 |
Level 13
: 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante
After folding the next two hands, Yu Liang was then all in for his last 12,000, less than a big blind, in the hijack. Phil Ivey min-raised to 32,000 from the button and the blinds folded.
Yu Liang:
Phil Ivey:
The flop of 
left Liang in desperate shape needing running sevens for quads. It was not meant to be, as the turn and river completed the board.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
690,000
-60,000
|
-60,000 |
|
||
|
Busted | |
Level 13
: 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante
Yu Liang open-shoved from the small blind and Devan Tang called all in from the big blind with the slightly inferior stack.
Devan Tang: 
Yu Liang:
The roller coaster board of 
saw Liang improve on the flop only for Tang to regain the lead on the river. Tang doubled for 139,000 and Liang was left with just over one big blind.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
280,000
130,000
|
130,000 |
|
|
24,000
-216,000
|
-216,000 |
Level 13
: 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante
Peter Chan got his last 240,000 in from the cutoff and found a caller in Sergio Aido from one seat over on the button.
Peter Chan: 
Sergio Aido: 
After a board of 
, Chan was eliminated and Aido took the lead.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,600,000
500,000
|
500,000 |
|
|
||
|
Busted | |
Level 13
: 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante
Devan Tang raised to 24,000 and Koray Aldemir defended the big blind to see a flop of 
. Aldemir checked, Tang continued for 30,000 and called the check-raise of Aldemir to 98,000. On the turn, Aldemir checked again and Tang now bet 150,000.
This prompted the check-raise all in of Aldemir and Tang called.
Koray Aldemir: 
Devan Tang: 
Tang couldn't win the hand anymore, making the river a formality. Aldemir doubled up for 560,000 and soon after also took down a three-bet pot against Dan Cates to join the chip leaders.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,400,000
758,000
|
758,000 |
|
|
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|
|
150,000
-670,000
|
-670,000 |
Level 13
: 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante
The action folded all the way around to Dan Cates in the small blind and he pushed into short stack Wai Kin Yong. The defending champion of this very event from November 2016 checked his cards face up, showing 
, and Cates joked "you can still fold."
Yong obviously called and Cates turned over his 
.
The board came 
and Yong found a double.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
610,000
-345,000
|
-345,000 |
|
|
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|
|
230,000
120,000
|
120,000 |