Author: Triton Poker

Some are relishing the competition; others have an ironclad resolve to win, and there are a few who don’t know what they’ve let themselves in for.

The beauty of Triton Million is the eclectic mix of cultures, backgrounds, and personalities.

Hedge fund managers.

Investment bankers.

Poker players.

It’s a tournament that has united a community, broken records, and challenged the ceiling of our capabilities. You may not be here to witness it, but we’ll make sure you don’t miss a single hand.

Triton Million exists because you know about it. We’ve put together a seriously strong team to make sure you continue to know about it – event by event, level by level, hand by hand.

English Broadcast Options

Lex’ RaSZi’ Veldhuis returns to accompany Randy’ nanonoko’ Lew with Nick Schulman, Ali Nejad and Jeff Gross adding even more quality.

Here are your viewing options:

PokerGO – £1m buy-in Triton Million only, and free to stream.
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Norwegian Broadcast Options

Kjetil Flåten and Erik Bjørdal will take command of the mic.

Sumo / TV2 – https://www.tv2.no/sport/

Danish Broadcast Options

Rasmus Nielsen will be narrating the tales.

Youtube – DanskeSpilPoker
Facebook – DanskeSpilPoker
Twitch – DanskeSpil Poker

Russian Broadcast Options

The Russian audience will spend their time with Mikhail Semin.

Twitch – TritonPoker_ru

Chinese Broadcast Options

Commentating for the Chinese stream are Chen An Lin, Allen Wang Haoxiang, and MuMu

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The action begins at 1 pm on Wednesday, July 31, with the £25,000 No-Limit Hold ’em 6-Handed Turbo. The three-day £1,050,000 buy-in Triton Million starts at 1 pm on Thursday, August 1.

Here is the full schedule of events.

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The first of ten winners at The Triton Poker Super High Roller Series Montenegro 2019 has signed the camera lens, and it’s the familiar squiggle of a man who has won more than $27m playing the toughest live multi-table tournaments (MTTs) in the world. 

Steve O’Dwyer collected HK$3,708,784 after a heads-up deal that saw his good friend and mentor, Isaac Haxton, pick up HK$2,901,216 for his runner-up finish. O’Dwyer typically keeps his emotions in check but allowed a little love to flow, holding a birthday placard for his mother as the camera lens’ cracked into life at the end.

Day 2 of Event #1: HK$250,000 No-Limit Hold’em Turbo 8-Handed began with seven players prepared for an eyebrow-raising four buy-in bubble that would greet the final six players. 

Here is the state of play at the beginning of the day.

Final Table Chip Counts

1. Sam Greenwood – 2,100,000
2. Linus Loeliger – 1,755,000
3. Beh Kok Weng – 1,475,000
4. Dietrich Fast – 1,160,000
5. Isaac Haxton – 890,000
6. Steve O’Dwyer – 820,000
7. Wei Lim Chin – 805,000

And the treasure. 

Payouts

1 – HK$ 4,020,000
2 – HK$ 2,590,000
3 – HK$ 1,720,000
4 – HK$ 1,240,000
5 – HK$ 1,005,000

O’Dwyer came into the event as the second lowest stack after what he described as a nightmare ending to Day 1. The only player with fewer chips than O’Dwyer was Wei Lim Chin, and as so happens in these situations, he was the first to hit the rail. 

With blinds at 25k/50k/50k, Beh Kok Weng min-raised to 100,000 holding pocket eights, and called after Lim moved all-in holding pocket sevens. The flop handed Weng a set, and the turn improved his hand to quads. Lim was out in seventh place.

O’Dwyer and Haxton Rise During Crazy Bubble Period

The elimination of Lim led to the official money bubble, and as previously stated, it was a monster. The stakes were HK$1,020,000 (USD 130,000) or nothing, and it turned out to be the most exciting period of action over the past two days. 

With blinds at 25k/50k/50k, the action folded to Dietrich Fast in the small blind, and he looked down to see . Haxton sat in the big blind. Fast, who had him covered, moved all-in, and Haxton woke up with pocket kings. The board held no salvation for Fast, and just like that, the German had less than a single big blind; Haxton became one of the chip leaders.

With everyone expecting Fast to wither away at the speed his name implies, O’Dwyer woke up with pocket jacks, under the gun, and opened to 700,000. The action folded to Weng, seated in the cutoff, and the Malaysian star made the call holding . Fast, folded the button and crossed his fingers.

The flop fell , O’Dwyer checked, Weng moved all-in, and O’Dwyer, who was at risk of elimination, made the call, much to the delight of Fast. The board ran out , and suddenly O’Dwyer was a significant threat.

As the camera panned to Fast, you could tell by the demoralised look on his face that his chance had gone.

And then he got another one.

Steve O’Dwyer looked down to see pocket queens, in late position and opened with a raise. Sam Greenwood, who had the chip lead, looked down to see and moved all-in. O’Dwyer, with Fast still on less than a big blind, made the call and vaulted into the chip lead after flopping a set.

There wouldn’t be a third opportunity for Fast.

With blinds at 30k/60k/60k, and Fast forced to play his big blind, Haxton created a family pot that involved O’Dwyer and Weng, and Haxton took the eventual hand holding on , and Fast, and his slippers, exited in the worst position possible after his low hanging trash hand connected with nothing.

“Some people just want to lose their money,” Fast told the Triton Series Reporter after his loss, referring to the moves that saw O’Dwyer take the chip lead at such a crucial time. 

With Fast gone, everyone was guaranteed HK$1,020,000, and that’s the exact amount that Greenwood banked after leaving the contest in the fifth position. With blinds at 30k/60k/60k, Haxton opened the betting from the cutoff holding , O’Dwyer called in the small blind with two scarlet sixes, Greenwood moved all-in for 870,000 in the big blind holding , and only O’Dwyer called. The sixes held, and Greenwood was out.

Four quickly became three when we lost Beh Kok Weng. 

With blinds at 30k/60k/60k, O’Dwyer opened to 120,000 from under the gun holding , Weng moved all-in for 865,000 on the button with , and Linus Loeliger also moved all-in for 1,390,000 holding pocket queens to shift O’Dwyer out of the equation. The flop of handed Loeliger a set, and Weng was drawing dead after the smacked the river.

The two old friends would tussle in heads-up action after Loeliger departed in the third spot. O’Dwyer opened to 160,000 on the button holding , and Loeliger defended his big blind with . The flop of gave each of them a pair and a gutshot, and Loeliger called a 125,000 O’Dwyer bet. The turn was the , handing Loeliger two-pairs, but giving O’Dwyer the straight. Loeliger checked, O’Dwyer moved all-in for 1,700,000, and Loeliger made the call. The was a brick for young ‘LLinusLlove’, and he hopped straight into the Six-Max.

O’Dwyer Beats Haxton Heads-Up For the Title

O’Dwyer began heads-up with more than a 2:1 chip lead, and the pair agreed to a chop that looked like this:

O’Dwyer – HK$ 3,458,784

Haxton – HK$ 2,901,216

It left HK$250,000 to play for, and all the early action went the way of Haxton including a nifty river raise that moved a confused O’Dwyer off the best hand. Then as the gap began to close, there was no gap. With blinds at 50k/100k/100k, Haxton limped-shoved with , and O’Dwyer called holding the dominating .

O’Dwyer flopped a second queen, and Haxton’s hand never found the assistance it needed to keep up the partypoker Ambassador’s momentum. Haxton was out, leaving O’Dwyer to take all the plaudits. 

“It worked out exactly how I hoped it would,” O’Dwyer told the Triton Poker Reporter after his win, before waltzing over to the cash desk to compete in the Event #2: HK$500,000 No-Limit Hold’em Six-Max. 

And the Triton wheels keep on turning.

ITM Results

1 – Steve O’Dwyer HK$3,708,784*
2 – Isaac Haxton – HK$2,901,216*
3 – Linus Loeliger – HK$ 1,720,000
4 – Beh Kok Weng – HK$ 1,240,000
5 – Sam Greenwood – HK$ 1,005,000
* Indicates a heads-up deal

Photography by Joe Giron/Poker Photo Archive.

Written by Lee Davy

Introduction

Pot-Limit Omaha, or PLO for short, is the second most common form of poker behind No-Limit Hold’em (NLHE). The game has existed in brick and mortar cardrooms and casinos for decades but rose in popularity through the increase and exposure of high stakes cash game battles across Full Tilt Poker in the mid-2000s featuring the likes of Tom Dwan, Viktor Blom, Patrik Antonius, Phil Ivey, and Phil Galfond.

Variants

In it’s rawest form, Omaha is a game played with four hole cards, although versions with five and six cards have also caught on. In this guide, we will focus on the four-hole card version.

There are also different forms of Omaha.

Variants include No-Limit Omaha, and also Hi/Lo versions. Omaha is also a mainstay in any Mixed Game, and mixed No-Limit Hold’em/Omaha games have become increasingly popular over the years. For this guide, we will focus on Pot-Limit Omaha (PLO).

Finally, Omaha is a game that transfers well to both cash games and tournaments. While it’s more prevalent in cash games, all of the major live and online operators have Omaha games in their schedules, including The Triton Poker Series. 

Define ‘Pot-Limit’?

The term “Pot-Limit” restricts betting to the size of the pot, so you can’t overbet the pot, or move ‘All-In’ as you can in No-Limit games. The “Pot-Limit’ restriction is typically added to games to lower the variance of bankroll swings where you are more likely to flop strong made hands or draws, such as Omaha.

Calculating Pot Size

The game is $1/$2 PLO, meaning the Small Blind (SB) has placed $1 into the pot, and $2 for the Big Blind (BB). The next player to act calls for $2, and you want to raise the maximum. 

What would be the size of your raise?

We calculate the size of the pot as thus: $1 from the SB, $2 for the BB, and $2 for the caller = $5. You can also call, for $2, making the pot $7, so theoretically you can raise an additional $7 – so your maximum bet in this spot is $9 ($2 for the call, and $7 for the raise).

The Rules

The DNA of the game plays similar to No-Limit Hold’em, with some notable exceptions.

The dealer hands each player four hole cards, and you can use any two to make the best five card hand using three community cards. The community cards arrive in the same was as NLHE with a pre-betting round, a flop, a turn, and a river with more betting rounds available after dealing each street.

An Example Hand:

The Board: AdQdTh5c3d

Hero: 7s6c4d2d

Villain: AhAcKdKh

In this hand, the Hero wins with an ace high flush, using the {4d} and {2d} in their hand, and the {Ad} {Qd] [3d] from the board. The Villain’s best hand is Trip Aces using {Ah} {Ac} in their hand, and {Ad} {Qd} {Th} from the board.

Now let’s look at a common mistake:

The Board: AdQdTd5c3d

Hero: 7s6c4d2d

Villain: AhAcKdKh

In this hand, the Hero wins with the ace high flush, using the {4d} and {2d} in their hand, and the {Ad} {Qd] [Td] from the board. The Villain’s best hand is still Trip Aces using {Ah} {Ac} in their hand, and {Ad} {Qd} {Td} from the board, but you may erroneously think the Villain also has a flush, as there are four diamonds on the board, and one in the Villains hand, but remember, you have to use two of your hole cards to make a five-card hand.

NLHE to PLO: The Transition

PLO is popular because it provides the player with more opportunity to play given you have more hole-cards leading to more starting hand computations – and this leads to the most common mistake shifting from NLHE to PLO – playing too many hands. 

Developing a strong starting hand strategy is crucial when starting in the PLO games because you are going to be up against the nuts or hands that draw to the nuts more commonly than in NHLE. With this in mind, a key focus for you when learning PLO is to start with hands that can flop the nuts or draws to the nuts. 

Starting Hands

When choosing starting hands in PLO, one factor you should look out for is to have double-suited hands whenever possible as this increases the variety of ways you can win the hand. 

Here are the Top 30 starting hands in PLO (double-suited).

As you can see, it’s still precious to hold big pairs, as in NLHE, with the exception that as you have four hole-cards, redraw possibilities are also extremely important. It’s for this reason that AAJT (double-suited) ranks as the #2 best starting hand as you have the power of a pair of aces versus Broadway straight and nut flush potential. 

April 2019 – Triton Poker is pleased to announce 12BET as the Official Betting Partner of the Triton Poker Super High Roller Series Montenegro 2019.

12BET is an online betting company specialising in sports betting and casino products. 12Bet became operational in 2007, quickly becoming one of the most popular online betting options throughout Europe and the Asia-Pacific region.

The deal with the Triton Poker Series is the first time 12BET has partnered with a poker company, but they have a rich history of successful sponsorship deals including a presence in the fields of snooker, badminton, pool, taekwondo and table tennis, although football has always been their primary focus.

12BET entered the sponsorship market in 2009 after becoming the shirt sponsor of La Liga side Sevilla. 12Bet has also been the Official Betting Partner of English Premier League (EPL) sides Swansea and Leicester City, the latter in the wake of their stunning 2015/16 triumph and currently hold official betting partners title for Arsenal F.C.(2016-19) in Asia.

The Triton Poker Super High Roller Series Montenegro 2019 will be the most ambitious Triton event to date, with ten events spread between May 5 – 17, including the €110,000 buy-in Triton Poker Series No-Limit, Hold’em Main Event, and the €110,000 buy-in Short-Deck Main Event.

Here is a full schedule of events.

About Triton Poker

Triton Poker was founded in 2015 by the Malaysian businessman, philanthropist and poker lover, Richard Yong, who felt there was a gap in the market for an exclusive tournament series for affluent businesspeople and high-end professional poker players set in some of the most luxurious locations in the world all in the name of charity. Funds from Triton Poker events have helped charitable organisations such as Project Pink and the Red Cross.

Previous winners of Triton Poker events include Fedor Holz, Daniel ‘Jungleman’ Cates, Justin Bonomo, Timothy Adams, John Juanda, Dan Colman, Jason Koon, Phil Ivey, and Mikita Badziakouski. For further information on the Triton Poker head to www.triton-series.com or contact info@triton-series.com. If you need any information on tournament info or buy-in details email vip@triton-series.com.

2019年5月—全球最热的扑克豪客赛战火重燃，规模更大，体验更佳。5月5日—17日，传奇扑克超
级豪客系列赛重回黑山迈胜度假娱乐城，赛程首次突破十场赛事。

“规模更大”意味着“更多”，而无限德扑赛事、短牌急速赛和底池限注奥马哈赛事首次在豪客赛
中同台竞技。

黑山站是Jason Koon在传奇扑克“发迹”的舞台，这位线下短牌赛事盈利最高的玩家是这个游戏的
绝对拥趸，他已经迫不及待想回到黑山这个一切开始的地方。

“我可能会有些偏爱这个站点，因为我上次在这里打出了很好的成绩，但不管怎么说，相对于全球
其他举办地，黑山其实算是我最中意的一个比赛地点，”传奇扑克代言人Jason Koon如是说：“大海
离我的房间只有15英尺，我每天会起早一些，比赛前会走到海边游一圈再去参赛。”

“房间和扑克室距离很近是真的很方便，这里什么都很便利，最重要的是它拥有其他地方所没有的
原始美丽，我很期待再回到黑山参赛。”

这次比赛的买入介于11,000欧元—110,000欧元不等，短牌和无限德扑皆会举办一场主赛。

传奇扑克黑山站无限德扑主赛于5月8日星期三开赛，5月10日星期五结束，买入110,000欧元。传奇
扑克黑山站短牌主赛买入110,000欧元，始于5月15日周三，止于5月17日周五。

2017年，传奇扑克超豪系列赛黑山站的比赛成了德国玩家的秀场，买入25万港币的6人桌无限德扑
赛事累计41份报名，444,893美元的头奖被Fedor Holz收入囊中；而52份报名的100万港币买入黑山站主
赛冠军则被Manig Loeser斩获，奖金2,162,644美元。

去年系列赛的规模较之以往大了一倍，并举办了首场线下短牌赛事。

在买入25万港币的前注短牌赛中，报名数累计61人，604,992美元的头奖被Phil Ivey拿下。随后在25
万港币买入的35人报名的6人桌无限德扑赛事中，传奇扑克创始人Richard Yong夺冠并拿下388,024美
元奖金。Jason Koon是报名数103人买入100万港币的前注短牌赛冠军，奖金3,579,836美元。在买入
100万港币报名数63人的短牌主赛中，Mikita Badziakouski登顶冠军并斩获2,499,184美元奖金。

传奇扑克简介

2015年，马来西亚商人/慈善家/扑克发烧友Richard Yong创办了传奇扑克这个品牌，在这个品牌创
立之前，这个市场缺乏一个可让商人玩家和顶级牌手在高雅环境中以慈善之名切磋牌艺的舞台，于是
Richard创建了传奇扑克来填补这片空白。传奇扑克通过旗下赛事所筹集的善款曾帮助过包括粉红项目
及红十字会在内的各慈善组织。

曾在传奇扑克系列赛中夺冠的玩家包括： Fedor Holz、Daniel ‘Jungleman’ Cates、 Justin
Bonomo、Timothy Adams、 John Juanda、 Dan Colman、Jason Koon、 Phil Ivey和 Mikita Badziakouski。

如需了解更多关于传奇扑克的信息，可登录 www.triton-series.com或发邮件至info@triton-series.com。
如果想要知道关于比赛和买入的信息，可发邮件至 vip@triton-series.com详询。