It’s July, 2017.
Manig Loeser is one of 52 entrants in the HKD 100,000 (USD 12,700) buy-in No-Limit Hold’em Triton Poker Series Main Event in Montenegro. Two days later, and he is the last man seated, banking USD 2,162,644 in prize money, and the high stakes scene welcomed its newest incumbent.
Since that hazy night, Loeser has recorded a further ten six-figure scores, including, most recently, a runner-up spot in the €25,750 buy-in Super High Roller as part of Poker EM at the Casinos Austria in Velden, earning $304,143 after losing to Leon Tsoukernik, heads-up.
And he’s at it again.
Day 1 of the R 6,000,000 (USD 94,000) buy-in Triton Poker Super High Roller at the partypoker MILLIONS Russia live series in Sochi is in the books, and it’s Loeser who tops the field with nine players left from a starting field of 14 entrants.
The day began slowly, as they do in these big buy-in events, with five levels passing into the ether before a dealer threw a card in frustration.
Then.
Bingo.
Johannes Becker doubled through Wai Kin Yong when the pair got it in pre-flop with Becker holding two red aces against AKss, and the two-time Triton Poker Champ busted not long after, losing a flip AQ44 and then lost the lot to Loeser 77
End of Day Chip Counts
1. Manig Loeser – 782,000
2. Timothy Adams – 558,000
3. Phil Ivey – 517,500
4. Chin Wei Lim – 378,000
5. Abraham Passat – 337,000
6. Niall Farrell – 316,000
7. Johannes Becker – 276,000
8. Seng Ying Tang – 186,000
9. Leong Chan Wai – 158,000
Play resumes at 1 pm (local time) Thursday 9 August where they play down to a winner. Late registration remains open until 3:30 pm.