The 2017 edition of the Triton Super High Roller Series kicked off on February 17th at the Solaire Resort & Casino in Manila, to end on February 21st with the closure of the HKD 1 Million No-Limit Hold’em Main Event.
Two events were featured by this year’s edition of the Triton Super High Roller Series – a HKD 250,000 No-Limit Hold’em and the series’ Main Event, which featured a buy-in of $128,850. The HKD 1-million Main Event gathered a total players field of 39 entrants, who accounted for a guaranteed prize pool of $4,815,570. There were 29 unique players who participated in the competition, and 10 player entered for a second time.
Yesterday, the Main Event crowned its 2017 winner, with the 26-year-old Koray Aldemir celebrating his first major title. The young German had a very productive summer in 2016, participating in a number of glamorous tournaments and ranking within the top three players. What is more, he started 2017 with a successful performance at this year’s edition of Aussie Millions Main Event, ranking at the tenth position. Now, at the 2017 Triton Super High Roller Series he managed to scoop a massive $1,292,653 prize which marked the second-best live tournament winning in his career so far.
The Main Event took place in two days, with the final table formed by 6 contestants only. A number of world-famous poker pros, including Phil Ivey, Elton Tsang and Daniel Colman also participated in the competition, but surprisingly, neither of them was able to reach the final table of six.
At the time when the final day of the event started, it was Sergio Aido who held the chip lead and who was still to be challenged by Koray Aldemir in a heads-up battle for the Triton Super High Roller Series Main Event trophy. When three players only were left around the final table, the contestants’ stacks were almost equal. So, they decided to discuss an eventual three-way deal. Dan Cates did not agree on the conditions offered, and soon lost about half of his chip stack. Then, the three players held talks once again. This time, they managed to agree on the terms.
After Cates left the final table at the third position, Sergio Aido and Koray Aldemir were the two last standing opponents. Aldemir managed to reduce the massive chip lead held by Aido at the beginning of the heads-up battle and after a few big blinds it was him who claimed the title and was crowned as the event’s winner.
With Koray Aldemir occupying the first position in the ranking, taking home a prize pool portion of $1,292,653 after a three-way deal, Sergio Aido from Spain remained at the runner-up position scooping a prize of $1,337,186. The US player Dan Cates took the third place in the ranking, getting a prize of $1,000,490.
Another American, Bryn Kenney, remained fourth, followed by Devan Tang from China. The Malaysian Wai Kin Yong took the sixth place at the final table ranking, scooping a prize estimated to $289,120.
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Harry Evans
