Level: 15
Blinds: 2,500/5,000
Ante: 5,000
Level: 15
Blinds: 2,500/5,000
Ante: 5,000
Randy Lew, known as "Nanonoko" on Twitch, has been the go to commentator for the new poker varietal "Triton Hold 'Em" (also known as "short deck poker.") PokerNews catches up with Lew in Jeju, South Korea for the Triton Super High Roller Series. He explains basic Triton Hold 'Em strategy as well as how the game has evolved since the tournament series in Montenegro last May.
Bryn Kenney completed with and Steve O'Dwyer raised the price to 16,000 with . Kenney called and then they checked it to the turn where Kenney led out 9,000. O'Dwyer called and filled his open-ender when the river arrived. Kenney checked, O'Dwyer fired 33,000 and Kenney paused for a moment. Then he went for a bluff-catch but O'Dwyer showed him the goods and vaulted over 500,000 in chips.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Steve O'Dwyer |
531,000
14,000
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14,000 |
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Bryn Kenney |
158,000
-44,000
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-44,000 |
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With around 50,000 in the middle on the board reading , big blind Luc Greenwood checked to Sergio Aido who used a time extension before making his move. Then he slid forward a huge bet of 80,000. Greenwood couldn't pay the overbet and Aido raked in the pot without showing his hole cards.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Sergio Aido |
217,000
42,000
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42,000 |
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Luc Greenwood
|
193,000
-23,000
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-23,000 |
Steve O’Dwyer opened with a raise to 9,000 on the button and Ying Jinghui three-bet to 35,000 from the small blind with . David Peters was in the big blind and he moved all in for 242,000 with . O’Dwyer folded quickly and Ying postured a bit before folding as well.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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David Peters |
288,000
42,000
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42,000 |
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Ying Jinghui
|
105,000
-35,000
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-35,000 |
David Peters opened with a raise to 10,000 with from the button. Bryn Kenney was in the small blind and he three-bet to 34,000 with Action folded back to Peters and he moved all in. Kenney promptly folded and Peters took down the pot.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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David Peters |
246,000
61,000
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61,000 |
|
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Bryn Kenney |
202,000
-8,000
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-8,000 |
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Luc Greenwood opened the button to 10,000 and Sergio Aido three-bet to 38,000 in the small blind. Greenwood called and they continued to the flop. Aido checked and Greenwood burned one timebank before firing 38,000. Aido folded rather quickly.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Luc Greenwood
|
216,000
48,000
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48,000 |
Sergio Aido | 175,000 | |
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Lim Chin Wei moved all in from under the gun and Sergio Aido was in the small blind. He put out a raise of what looked like 30,000 and everyone folded so it was heads up.
Lim Chin Wei:
Sergio Aido:
The board ran out and Aido faded Lim's outs to send him to the rail and to collect the pot to move to about 175,000.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Sergio Aido |
175,000
53,000
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53,000 |
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Lim Chin Wei | Busted |
Lim Chin Wei opened to 9,000 from the button and Luc Greenwood jammed all in for 81,500 from the small blind. Action folded back to Lim and he called.
Lim Chin Wei:
Luc Greenwood:
The board ran out and Greenwood spiked his ace on the flop to double up over 150,000 while Lim was left with just about 15,000 chips.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Luc Greenwood
|
168,000
73,000
|
73,000 |
Lim Chin Wei |
15,000
-95,000
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-95,000 |
Steve O’Dwyer opened with a raise to 9,000 from under the gun with . Bryn Kenney called in the big blind with .
The flop was and Kenney checked. O’Dwyer checked it back.
On the turn, Kenney checked again. O’Dwyer put out a bet of 10,000 which Kenney called.
The river was the and Kenney checked for a third time. O’Dwyer put forward a bet of 18,000. Kenny tanked for a bit, then folded.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Steve O'Dwyer |
517,000
27,000
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27,000 |
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Bryn Kenney |
210,000
-20,000
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-20,000 |
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