Tang upstaged Dwan to lead after Day 1
The third day of the Triton Series Madrid festival will only ever be remembered for one thing: Paul Phua’s incredible victory in Event #2, which had been six years in the making.
But the third tournament, of 13 in this festival, also got started today, and it brought short deck to Madrid for the first time.
Where there’s short deck, there’s always action, and there were 62 entries to the €20,000 buy-in event, meaning a prize pool of €1.24 million, to be shared among the last eight. Full payout structure is below.
Devan Tang bagged the most of the 14 overnight survivors, with his stack of 2.765 million (138 antes) marginally bigger than Chris Brewer’s 2.31 million (116 antes). Rob Yong (2.15 million; 108 antes), Choon Tong Siow (1.725 million; 86 antes) and Seth Davies (1.6 million; 80 antes) round out the top five.
Another few stragglers showed up to play for the first time today, including someone named Tom Dwan. The Triton Ambassador ended the day in 12th overall, with 545,000 (27 antes) and will have a lot of work to do tomorrow, but suffice to say, durrrr is finally here.
The full stacks of the last 14 are as follows. We’ll pick it up tomorrow.
Devan Tang, Hong Kong – 2,765,000
Chris Brewer, USA – 2,310,000
Rob Yong, UK – 2,150,000
Choon Tong Siow, Malaysia – 1,725,000
Seth Davies – 1,600,000
Chin Wei Lim, Malaysia – 1,175,000
Winfred Yu, Hong Kong – 1,175,000
Michael Watson, Canada – 1,035,000
Mikita Badziakouski, Belarus – 910,000
Arthur Yap, Malysia – 735,000
Christopher Wong, UK – 720,000
Tom Dwan, USA – 545,000
Kenneth Kee, Singapore – 390,000
Max Silver – Ireland – 163,000
The short deck has come out
Triton Madrid – Event 3 €20,000 Short Deck Ante-Only
Dates: May 15-16, 2022
Entries: 62 (inc. 26 re-entries)
Prize pool: €1,240,000
1 – €372,000
2 – €269,100
3 – €173,600
4 – €131,500
5 – €101,700
6 – €79,300
7 – €63,200
8 – €49,600
