1. Triton Short Deck 2019
2. Triton Short Deck Part 1
3. Four Of A Kind

Yu Liang came out on top of a field of 52 entries in the 2019 Triton Poker Super High Roller Series London £50,000 ($62,950 USD) buy-in short deck event. The Marshall Islands resident overcame a tough final table to secure the title and the top prize of £777,000 ($947,940 USD).

Date Country City Event Buy-in Entries Winner Winning Hand Prize (In $): Czech Republic: Rozvadov: Short Deck Ante-Only: € 25,000: 27: Antanas Guoga: 264,308. 🔱 Extended highlights of Event 2 HKD 500k Triton Hold'em Ante Only during the Triton Poker Super High Roller Series Jeju 2018. 📢 Commentators: Lex Veldhu. Short Deck Poker comes in two versions: Six plus Holdem and a Triton variant, popularized by the ultra-high stakes Triton Series, which hosts live events several times a year around the world.

This was the final event of the Triton London series, and it capped off a week of incredible high-stakes tournament action. The solid turnout for the closer built a prize pool of £2,465,000 ($3,007,300 USD), which was supposed to be awarded to the top seven finishers. In the end, a simultaneous elimination on the money bubble at two separate tables lead Mike Watson and Choon Tong Siow to chop seventh-place money. They each received $78,995 USD for their deep runs.

With that the final table of six was set. The first player to be eliminated was current 2019 Card Player Player of the Year race leader 'Stephen Chidwick. ':https://www.cardplayer.com/poker-players/77845-stephen-chidwick His AK lost out to the A8 of Richard Yong, who made a flush to send Chidwick to the rail with $195,444 USD. This was the British poker pro’s fourth cash at the Triton London series, bringing his total for the festival to $6,568,236. Nearly $5.4 million of that came for Chidwick’s fourth-place showing in the Triton Million event.

Chidwick earned 170 POY points for his latest deep run. With 13 final tables and 3 titles won this year, Chidwick has extended his lead in the 2019 POY race sponsored by Global Poker.

Yong also knocked out the fifth-place finisher, Arnaud Romain ($255,590 USD). David Benefield was fresh off of a win in the £25,000 buy-in short deck event at this series and held the chip lead as play got short-handed in this event. He furthered his advantage by eliminating Chin Wei Lim in fourth place ($330,986 USD), with his pocket tens making a full house to secure the pot.

Yu Liang and Yong clashed in the next major pot of the day. Yong got all-in with Q10 and was up against the KQ of Liang. Both players flopped a queen, and by the river Liang’s king kicker was enough to earn him the pot. Yong was awarded $435,540 USD for his third-place showing.

Benefield started heads-up play with the larger stack, but his two pair failed to hold up against Liang’s straight draw in a crucial all-in spot. With that win, Liang overtook the lead. The final hand saw Liang flop trips against top pair for Benefield, and all of the chips got in the middle. Liang’s hand held and Benefield was knocked out in second place ($683,810 USD).

Here is a look at the payouts and POY points awarded at the final table:

Winner photo credit: Joe Giron / Triton Poker.

Justin Bonomo has added a second Triton Short Deck title to his resume.

The Virginia native captured the 2019 Triton Super High Roller Series London £100,000 Short Deck Main Event for a whopping £2,670,000 ($3,240,886), after coming out on top of a field of 108 entrants, comprised of some of the best high-stakes players in the world.

Bonomo began the final day just second in chips but things quickly went in his favour after limp-raising several pots during the initial stages of play. The 33-year-old regularly plays No-Limit Hold’em and started to develop interest in Short Deck last year, entering events in the action-filled variant. Despite winning in these tournaments, Bonomo admitted he isn’t really into crazy all-ins as he finds them incredibly stressful.

Triton Short Deck 2019

Bonomo was recently overtaken by Bryn Kenney as the leader of Hendon Mob’s All-Time Money List after the latter finished as runner up in the Triton Million – A Helping Hand for Charity, the biggest event in poker history, for an astonishing $20,563,324. Bonomo said his future plans include playing less poker, and that means he may never regain the top spot. This was something that he was totally fine with considering that being No. 1 on the All-Time Money List was never his goal.

Bonomo climbed his way to the top of the All Time Money list after an excellent run last year where he earned more than $25 million in tournament winnings. He was able to surpass long-time leader Daniel Negreanu after capturing the 2018 $1,000,000 Big One for One Drop event for $10 million. Bonomo said he is completely satisfied with how things turned out career-wise, adding that he has nothing left to prove to anyone and is considering retirement.

Triton Short Deck Part 1

Final Table Action

There was no shortage of action on the final day of the event with so much money at stake. Some of the players that made it to the final table included Ming Zhong Liu of Hong Kong, American Isaac Haxton and France’s Rui Cao. The final four players left at the table were Triton co-founder Paul Phua, Justin Bonomo, China’s Liang Xu and Wai Kin Yong who won the Triton London Main Event last week.

Paul Phua had to settle for fourth place and took home £974,500 ($1,183,257). It took more than six hours of play before the next elimination occurred, and it was China’s Liang Xu who took third place for £1,202,500 ($1,460,186). Yong and Bonomo started heads-up play even in chips, with Yong taking the first few swings and gaining a significant lead.

Four Of A Kind

Bonomo fought back and won subsequent hands which ultimately led him to victory. Yong finished as runner-up taking home £1,835,000 ($2,228,222).