Ivan Leow Wins 2018 Triton Super High Roller Series Jeju $500,000 HKD Short Deck Event

Ivan Leow overcame a field of 44 total entries in the 2018 Triton Poker Super High Roller Series Jeju $500,000 HKD ($70,331 USD) short deck ante-only event. The Malaysian amateur poker player defeated a final table that included American high-stakes superstars Tom “durrrr” Dwan and Jason Koon, capturing the title and the first-place prize of $8,470,000 HKD ($1,101,100 USD).

For those who don’t yet know, short-deck no-limit hold’em is a new format, also known as six-plus poke, that is quickly growing in popularity in high-stakes cash games in Asia. The game is played with a 36-card deck, with the deuces through fives removed and a couple of resulting rule changes. Flushes beat full houses, and aces can play both as the highest card and as a five in order to complete a nine-high straight.

Leow knocked out Dwan in fifth place, calling a short-stacked shove from the American with the 109 and outrunning Dwan’s KJ when the board came down 8669Q. Dwan earned $257,400 USD

Koon earned his largest ever live tournament score earlier this year by winning the $1,000,000 short-deck event at the Triton Poker Super High Roller Series Montenegro in May, taking home more than $3.6 million USD as the champion in that event. He sent Devan Tang to the rail in fourth place ($343,200), only to find himself knocked out not long afterward.

Koon got all-in on a J108 flop with the 1010, but was in trouble against Leow’s JJ. Neither player improved from there and Koon was eliminated in third place ($471,900).

Leow took roughly a 3-to-1 lead into heads-up play against Rui Cao. Cao ultimatly got the last of his chips in on a KQ10 board holding the J9 fora straight. Leow had moved all-in with the AQ. The turn brought the 6 and the river the 9, giving Leow a backdoor club flush to securethe pot and the title. Cao took home $686,400 as the runner-up. Check video of the final hand below:

♣️♣️ A Runner-Runner Flush gifts Ivan Leow the HKD 500k #TritonHoldEm Ante Only title!

Don't go anywhere, the action continues now with the HKD 500k 6-Max No Limit Hold'em event pic.twitter.com/HZvliA68WD

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Here is a look at the payout and POY points awarded in this event: