Five Big Hands from Episode #2 of the £1,050,000 Triton Million Charity Event
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In 2019, 27 amateurs and 27 of the world’s best pros competed in the biggest buy-in event in history. Now, the Triton Million - A Helping Hand for Charity poker tournament is being released as a 10-episode series on Triton Poker's .
A total of 54 players stumped up the seven-figure entry fee with £50,000 of each buy-in going to benefit 15 different charities. As a result, this saw £2.7 million going to a plethora of good causes as well as generating a staggering £54 million ($73,993,800) pound prize pool.
Here's a look at five of either the biggest or most interesting hands from the second episode, which can be viewed in full below.
Hand #1: Ivan Leow Doing What Leow Does Best
With blinds at 3,000/6,000/6,000, Ivan Leow opened up the action with a raise to 15,000, holding the 10♣7♣ in early position with a starting stack of 1.3m, Chin Wei Lim three-bet to 46,000 from a stack of 634,000 from the cutoff, and Leow called.
The dealer placed K♥6♠4♦ on the flop, and Leow check-raised to 85,000 with the airball, which Lim called. The turn was the 8♥ and Leow continued his aggression with a bet of 110,000, which Lim also called.
The 7♥ floated down the river, leaving Lim with the best hand, but that didn’t deter Leow, who bet 260,000. It did the trick as Lim folded.
Hand #2: Chin Wei Lim Doubles
After missing out on a value bet in the previous hand versus Leow, Haralabos Voulgaris looked down to see the A♠K♣ from the first position and raised to 13,000. Sitting to his immediate left was Lim, who three-bet to 40,000 with the A♦J♣. After everyone else folded, Voulgaris made the call.
The flop was terrible news for Lim when it landed A♥9♥2♣. Voulgaris check-raised to 90,000 after Lim bet 28,000 and Lim called. The J♥ landed on the fourth street and Voulgaris went into defense mode, check-calling a 135,000 Lim bet. On the J♦ river, Voulgaris made a crying call after Lim moved all in for 155,000 for the boat.
Hand #3: “I Can Only Beat a Bluff” - Cary Katz
Cary Katz opened the action with a 13,000 raise from under the gun holding the K♠10♠, and Lim called in the big blind having the inferior K♦5♥. The flop of K♥5♠3♣ catapulted Lim into the lead with two pair, and he checked-raised to 46,000 after Katz bet 15,000. Katz made the call.
The 10♥ landed on the turn to give Katz the dominant two-pair hand, but he only called after Lim bet 105,000. The 3♦ was the final card on the board and Lim moved all in for 685,000.
“Sure feels like a set of fives,” said a pained Katz, who was the shorter stack. “I can only beat a bluff.”
Despite having the best hand, Katz folded, and Lim picked up a big pot with the worse hand.
Hand #4: The Battle of the Casino Owners
Dusk till Dawn owner Rob Yong opened to 25,000 from first position holding the A♦Q♦, and then shifted enough chips across the line to put the King’s Casino owner Leon Tsoukernik all in after he had three-bet to 80,000 holding a pair of black queens.
Tsoukernik was a single card away from a double up on a J♥10♣7♣6♠ run out until the A♠ hit the river to send Tsoukernik packing. Yong ended the day as the chip leader of the non-pro side of the draw with more than 2 million chips.
Hand #5: Figure This One Out?
Ok, what was going on in the mind of Liang Yu in this one?
Yu limped into the action from the button holding Q♥10♣, Wai Kin Yong did likewise with Q♦10♥ from the small blind, and Leow made it a threesome with his 6♥4♠ in the big blind.
The flop of J♠3♣2♥ missed everyone, but Leow tried to pick it up with a 10,000 bet. Yu stuck around with the call after Yong folded.
Leow continued to try and pinch it when betting 22,000 on a 7♦ turn, but Yu again called with his queen-high. The final card was the 9♥, Leow waved the white flag with a check, and with the whole world expecting a Yu bet, he checked behind to take it down with queen-high.
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