The £100k buy-in Triton Poker Main Event ended in a Yong-Phua 1-2 this week, but it was Wai Kin Yong, rather than his Triton co-founder father Richard, who lifted the title and £2,591,69.
🏆 Big Congratulations to Wai Kin Yong 🇲🇾 , winner of the #TritonLondon2019 £100k NLH Main Event and collecting his THIRD #TritonPoker title! Paul Phua🇲🇾 is unlucky once again as he finishes second 🥈
🗒 Full Recap: https://t.co/JosbpOu8r9pic.twitter.com/Nko3yQ8noM
— Triton Poker (@tritonpoker) August 6, 2019
The full deck format Main Event saw 130 entries, including 52 re-entries at London’s Park Lane Hotel, producing a prize pool of £12.2million. The min. cash would be £192,000, and the top 17 were destined to be in the money.
The planned two days ran into three due to the massive turnout, and by the time they had reached the final table of nine, the likes of Justin Bonomo and Isaac Haxton were already out. Jungleman Dan Cates, however, was on fire…
🤯 Another Amazing Call! @junglemandan🇺🇸 makes the call with just KING HIGH in the £100k NLH Main Event. Even @paulphuapoker was shocked 😱
⏯ Continue watching here: https://t.co/Mkn8e8L3Mspic.twitter.com/eVoTctvewe
— Triton Poker (@tritonpoker) August 5, 2019
His final table appearance would be short-lived, however, as both he and many people’s favorite, England’s Stephen Chidwick, ran into Michael Soyza…
💥Double KO by @MichaelSoyza🇲🇾 , whose AQ holds against Jungleman’s 🇺🇸 A3 and Chidwick’s 🇬🇧 A7. What a sweat that was though!
⏯ Watch the FINAL TABLE of the £100k NLH Main Event here: https://t.co/Mkn8e8L3Mspic.twitter.com/B4HPNrvwYP
— Triton Poker (@tritonpoker) August 6, 2019
Soyza would eventually fall in 4th spot, the first player to take over £1million from the Main Event prize fund, leaving England’s Ben Heath to tackle the Malaysian duo of Yong junior and Macau high stakes legend Paul Phua.
What a time to pick up kings was the first thought when Heath found himself all-in against Phua’s ace-king. There was the distinct possibility that Heath might add a Triton title to his summer WSOP bracelet, but then this happened…
💥 We are HEADS UP! Benjamin Heath 🇬🇧 is eliminated in the #TritonLondon2019 £100k NLH Main Event. It’s between Wai Kin Yong 🇲🇾 and @PaulPhuaPoker🇲🇾, who has the chance to finally win his first title.
⏯ Watch the matchup: https://t.co/Mkn8e8L3Mspic.twitter.com/IFYV9rm5P7
— Triton Poker (@tritonpoker) August 6, 2019
Quite possibly the flop of the series and Heath had to settle for 3rd place and £1.35million, leaving Phua to discuss a deal with his young rival. That produced a chop slightly in favor of the elder statesman of Asian poker, but there was £150k and the trophy still to play for.
The title was decided with a typically Triton nerve-wracking final hand, Phua well ahead and only the river outs to dodge for a double-up…
🥇 We have the #TritonLondon2019 £100k NLH Main Event winner! Congratulations Wai King Yong 🇲🇾 , beating Paul Phua🇲🇾 to collect his third #TritonPoker trophy. Here is the winning hand ⬇
✨ Now we switch to the other event!
⏯ Watch here: https://t.co/Mkn8e8L3Mspic.twitter.com/Stmacjj5O2— Triton Poker (@tritonpoker) August 6, 2019
“It feels really great, especially that I could go heads up with Paul,” said Wai Kin Yong as he lifted the biggest win of his career, and father Richard was quick to congratulate his ‘beloved son’…
🏆我亲爱的儿子 , My Beloved Son Champions #TritonLondon2019冠军 £100k NLH Main Event, 收集 £2.44m 也这他的第三个#传奇扑克称号. pic.twitter.com/ajPy9SoEtW
— Dato’ Richard Yong (@Richard_Yong1) August 6, 2019
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