Triton Poker Vietnam 2023: 100,000 No Limit Hold'Em Main Event Day 1 leaderboard, payouts, prizemoney

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Daniel Smiljkovic leads the 100,000 No Limit Hold'Em Main Event after Day 1 at the Triton Poker High Roller Series in Vietnam. Smiljkovic chipped up steadily — he was among the biggest stacks after picking off a three-barrel bluff from Aleksejs Ponakovs with pocket aces midway through the day and never looked back. 

With 119 entrants ponying up the biggest entry fee of the series and more to come before registration closes early into Day Two, the prize pool is shaping up to be the biggest of the series thus far. 

Phil Nagy was an early star of the feature table, using unconventional overbets with both strong and weak hands to steamroll his way to a big stack. 

Brian Kim made one of the biggest laydowns of the day, flopping top set with his pocket aces and folding to a single river bet when a straight came in. Unfortunately for Kim, he folded the best hand. His opponent, Seth Gottlieb, was betting with two pair. That setback didn't stop Kim from ending the day third in chips. 

Fan favorite Karl Chappe-Gatien had a rough day, buying in four times. Chappe-Gatien couldn't garner any momentum on his first buy-in. His second buy-in was almost immediately lost on the biggest cooler of the day, a flopped underset. 

Several stars, including Michael Addamo, Wai Kin Yong, Tim Adams, Linus Loeliger, Steve O'Dwyer, and Bryn Kenney, have already busted before the money.

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100,000 No Limit Hold'Em Main Event Live leaderboard after Day 1 

Field remaining: 62/135

Places paid: 20

Average stack: 474,000 (59BBs)

Blind level at end of day: 4k/8k/8k

Place Name/Country Chips BBs
1. Daniel Smiljkovic (Germany) 1,644,000 206
2. Sam Grafton (United Kingdom) 1,496,000 187
3. Brian Kim (USA) 1,140,000 143
4. Punnat Punsri (Thailand) 1,131,000 141
5. Talal Shakerchi (United Kingdom) 1,106,000 138
6. Michael Watson (Canada) 901,000 113
7. Adrian Mateos (Spain) 884,000 111
8. Sebastian Gaehl (Germany) 876,000 110
9. Artur Martirosian (Russian Federation) 768,000 96
10. David Yan (New Zealand) 754,000 94

Other notable stacks

Place Name/Country Chips BBs
13. Fedor Holz (Germany) 668,000 84
15. Justin Bonomo (USA) 640,000 80
19. Phil Nagy (USA) 542,000 68
21. Sam Greenwood (Canada) 980,000 33
20. Stephen Chidwick (United Kingdom) 510,000 64
30. Daniel Cates (USA) 372,000 47
36. Erik Seidel (USA) 341,000 43

Notable eliminated players

Finish position Name/Country Prizemoney
65. Steve O'Dwyer (Ireland) 0
66.  Linus Loeger (Switzerland) 0
80. Nick Petrangelo (USA) 0
82. Michael Addamo (Australia) 0

Payouts for 100,000 No Limit Hold'Em Main Event 

Total prizepool: 13,500,000

Position Prizemoney
Champion 3,250,000
2nd 2,207,000
3rd 1,450,000
4th 1,201,000
5th 965,000
6th 756,000
7th 566,800
8th 418,400
9th 324,000
10th 270,000
11th 270,000
12th 237,000
13th 237,000
14th 216,000
15th 216,000
16th 195,400
17th 195,400
18th 175,000
19th 175,000
20th 175,000

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Stephen Noh is an NBA writer for The Sporting News.
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