Have yourself a week, Wai Kin Yong. The Asian high roller shipped the £100,000 Triton No-Limit Hold’em Main Event for £2.44 million on August 6. That was enough to prove his skills, apparently. He enters Thursday’s £100,000 Short Deck Main Event final table with the chip lead, playing for a shot at another £2.67 million.
The series concludes with the short deck final table, and what a memorable poker series it has been. You can catch the final day of action from London at Triton-Series.com. CardsChat’s Jeff Gross is among the commentators. He will be joined by Randy “nanonoko” Lew and Twitch streamer Lex Veldhuis.
Making Millions in a Day
Most work an entire lifetime to earn a combined seven figures. Wai Kin Yong has a shot at surpassing the £5 million mark in a matter of 24 hours.
He first defeated Paul Phua, the Triton poker co-founder, heads-up to take down the £100,000 No-Limit Hold’em Main Event. That was good for £2.44 million. Just 24 hours later and he finds himself with a commanding chip lead in the £100,000 Short Deck Main Event with seven players remaining.
The 28-year-old Malaysian poker player will have his work cut out for him. He’ll be facing a tough final table that includes Justin Bonomo who is attempting to close the gap on Bryn Kenney for the all-time winningest live tournament player.
Kenney won the £1.05 million Triton Million last week for $20.5 million US dollars. With that massive score – the largest in poker history – he surpassed Bonomo for the all-time earnings lead at $55.5 million. Bonomo is at just over $45 million but could earn as much as $3.25 million at the short deck final table.
Phua also deserves some props. After coming up just short of the title in the no-limit hold’em main event, he is back at another final table with Yong.
Triton Short Deck Main Event Final Table Chip Counts
- Wai Kin Yong (Malaysia) 7,595,000
- Justin Bonomo (United States) 5,910,000
- Rui Cao (France) 4,375,000
- Paul Phua (Malaysia) 3,905,000
- Liang Xu (China) 3,585,000
- Ming Zhong Liu (Hong Kong) 3,530,000
- Isaac Haxton (United States) 3,510,000
‘Durrrr’ and Other Familiar Faces Cash
The Triton London series hasn’t been kind to Tom “durrrr” Dwan. He busted the £1.05 Triton Million in about an hour. But he picked up a cash in the short deck main event – 12th place out of 108 entries for £191,900.
Dwan wasn’t the only big name pro to earn some cash in this high roller event. Stephen Chidwick (9th for £269,600), Jason Koon (10th for £217,700), Cary Katz (13th for £191,900), and Triton co-founder Richard Yong (15th for £177,000), all made the money.
