Day 1b of HKD 100k Short Deck Ante-Only Kicks Off Today at 4 p.m.
2018 Triton Super High Roller Series Jeju kicked off yesterday in the Landing Casino with 19 registrations made to the opening flight of the HKD 100k Short Deck Ante-Only event. Nine levels of play saw four players survive as Chow Hing Yaung, Alan Sass, Gabe Patgorski and Kenneth Kee have all punched their tickets for Day 2.
Today will see more players join them as Day 1b gets underway at 4 p.m. local time. Players such as Ben Lamb, Stephen Chidwick, Mikita Badziakouski or Wai Yong will have another opportunity to pursue their first short deck success after falling short yesterday.
But the gates remain open for anyone, be it players who just arrived in Jeju or those who have already made it through to try to amass a bigger stack. It's hard to expect Chow and Sass return to the felt as they've already sealed almost 2 million in their bags. But Patgorski told PokerNews yesterday that he's considering to fire another entry to see whether he could improve his position ahead of Day 2.
"I might also play tomorrow," Patgorski said.
With deuces, treys, fours and fives removed from the deck, the game creates situations that are yet to be thoroughly explored and solved by the no-limit wizards. The short deck rules generally encourage an aggressive approach and the format implemented here in the HKD 100k event even emphasizes the fast-paced, high-variance action. All players receive three stacks of 100,000 apiece and each bullet can be added to a stack before any given hand.
The player on the button posts a double ante and acts last on each betting round. With nine 30-minute levels and a 30-second shot clock installed for Day 1, the action proved to have a brilliant game-flow in the first starting flight. We're about to find out what Day 1b has in store for the high stakes poker fans around the world, so come back to PokerNews to follow the live updates from the second starting flight.