This two-day treat for poker enthusiasts kicked off on Tuesday, March 19. Out of 67 entries, which included names like Ivey, Haxton, Greenwood and Jason Koon, 11 players made it to the payout seats.

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The last not to make it into this elite grouping was Sam Greenwood, who got all his chips in the middle of the table with a hand of K K, against Phil Ivey, who put him all in with A T . Due to shordeck rules, it was on the flop 9 J Q Almost a 50-50 coinflip. Turn 8 brings Ivey a straight, and after an inconsequential river, it is Greenwood who leaves the tournament in the most unpopular spot.

During the bubble, however, Tan Xuan was able to extract the maximum number of chips with his aggressive play and so the elimination phase could begin, even with the prize money, without ICM pressure. After the elimination of Phil Ivey in 11th place ($84,000), Lun Loon ($84,000), P. Aorigele ($95,000) and S. Chidwick ($125,000), a 7-place final table was formed.

It was Tan Xuan who performed best in this lineup, never taking his foot off the gas and taking home a win of nearly 1 million.

Event 18: $100,000 SHORT DECK ANTE-ONLY

The next event on the schedule is once again the popular $100,000 buy-in short deck format. This tournament has so far (the late-reg phase ends with the start of Day 2) managed to produce 34 entries, of which 10 players have successfully qualified for Day 2. The Day 1 chipleader is China's Sun Ya Qi. The elite line-up of players is shown in the table below:

Source : Triton-series, TritonPokerPlus