Triton Poker Vietnam 2023: 50,000 No Limit Hold'Em Eight-Handed results, champion, leaderboard, prizemoney

03-06-2023
6 min read
Joe Giron

Vietnam has a Triton winner after Dao Minh Phu scooped the 50,000 No Limit Hold'Em Eight-Handed event at the Super High Roller Series in Hoi An.

Minh Phu collected 1,670,000 after defeating China's Biao Ding in heads-up despite going into the final duel with a huge chip disadvantage.

A champion wasn't found until 2am local time with the final table lasting several hours as some of the world's best duked it out on the felt.

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A cooler saw Sam Greenwood eliminated first at the final table when his open jam with ace-queen unfortunately ran into Benjamin Heath's pocket aces.

The bad luck rolled over to Linus Loeliger, who had been around the top of the leaderboard most of the day, when he flopped a set with pocket queens but Dan Smith's ace-king also flopped a king, and then hit runner-runner ace to have a better full house.

UK pro Benjamin Heath was then out in seventh when he called Biao Ding's ace-queen open jam with pocket jacks and a queen rolled out on the flop.

Karl Chappe-Gatien saw his tournament ended in sixth after his open jam with jack-ten suited walked into the pocket aces of Ding.

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Veteran Patrick Antonius held on for dear life through much of the final table but was out fifth after his king-jack failed to improve against Dao Minh Phu's pocket sixes.

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With Dan Smith down to vapours, the American managed to ladder into third after Viacheslav Buldygin's pocket kings were beaten by Ding's queen-jack, which turned a straight.

A virtual all-in by Smith soon after was jammed on by Ding's ace-ten suited, which binked a ten on the turn to eliminate the American in third - leaving Ding and Minh Phu to duke it out in heads up with the former enjoying a two-to-one chip lead.

In an epic, lengthy heads up, the chip lead exchanged on a number of occasions before Ding was left crippled when he called Minh Phu's ace-jack jam with ace-eight and failed to improve.

After doubling up from a few blinds, Ding was then finished off by Minh Phu with king-queen suited out drawn by the Vietnamese player's ace-ten suited, with a flush coming on the river.

Russia's Viktor Kudinov was the unfortunate player out on the bubble when he called Lun Loon's pocket queens jam with pocket nines and didn't improve to miss the money.

Several stars missed out on the money including Isaac Haxton, Adrian Mateos, Jonathan Jaffe, Jan Arends, Justin Bonomo, Fedor Holz, Jason Koon and Michael Addamo.

50,000 No Limit Hold'Em Eight-Handed final results, champion, prizemoney

Total field: 139

Total prize pool: 6,950,000

Places paid: 20

Tournament structure: Click here

Finish Name/Country Prizemoney
Champion Dao Minh Phu (Vietnam) 1,670,000
2. Biao Ding (China) 1,135,000
3. Dan Smith (USA) 750,500
4. Viacheslav Buldygin (Russia) 618,000
5. Patrik Antonius (Finland) 497,000
6. Karl Chappe-Gatien (France) 389,000
7. Benjamin Heath (UK) 291,800
8. Linus Loeliger (Switzerland) 215,500
9. Sam Greenwood (Canada) 166,800
10. Tommy Kim (South Korea) 139,000
11. Lun Loon (Malaysia) 139,000
12. Nick Petrangelo (USA) 121,600
13. Bryn Kenney (USA) 121,600
14. Mario Mosbock (Austria) 111,200
15. Chris Brewer (USA) 111,200
16. Stephen Chidwick (UK) 100,800
17. Henrik Hecklin (Denmark) 100,800
18. Johannes Straver (Netherlands) 90,400
19. Moonho Seo (South Korea) 90,400
20. Steve O'Dwyer (Ireland) 90,400

Notable eliminated players

Finish position Name/Country Prizemoney
21. (bubble) Viktor Kudinov (Russia) Nil
22. Isaac Haxton (USA) Nil
23. Adrian Mateos (Spain) Nil
24. Jonathan Jaffe (USA) Nil
25. Philip Nagy (USA) Nil
30. Jans Arends (Netherlands) Nil
33.  Joao Vieira (Portugal) Nil
36.  Justin Bonomo (USA) Nil
37. Paul Phua (Malaysia) Nil
38. Fedor Holz (Germany) Nil
41. Michael Watson (Canada) Nil
42. Daniel Dvoress (Canada) Nil
46. Timothy Adams (Canada) Nil
47. Jason Koon (USA) Nil
52. Mikita Badziakouski (Belarus) Nil
54. Michael Rocco (USA) Nil
59. Michael Addamo (Australia) Nil
64. David Peters (USA) Nil
66. Seth Davies (USA) Nil
71. Wiktor Malinowski (Poland) Nil
74. Sam Grafton (UK) Nil
83. Sorel Mizzi (Canada) Nil
86. Ana Marquez (Spain) Nil
87. Nacho Barbero (Argentina) Nil