Chidwick, who is the most successful British player of all-time in ranking tournaments, took home $1,245,000 for his runner-up result.Įlsewhere in the event, with 11 players of the 85 cashing, there were small returns on their entry fee for Adrian Mateos (11 th for $159,000) and Michael Soyza (182,500), who again paid off his PokerStake investors handsomely, finishing ninth for a score worth almost double his and PokerStake players investments. The British-based player won heads-up against Britain’s finest, with Stephen Chidwick falling just short. The price hike took a few entries out of the equation, with 85 players taking part in this event, creating a prizepool of over $6.3 million that saw a top prize of $1.75 million won by Turkish player Orpen Kisacikoglu. The wins kept coming for the big names in the next event as the buy-in was ramped up to $75,000.

Triton Poker Series Vietnam Event #6 Final Table Results: It was the Vietnamese player Dao who claimed the crown and top prize of over $1.6 million, pleasing the home country crowd. In the top three places, Dan ‘Cowboy’ Smith was shot down in third place, banking $750,500 but leaving Biao Ding to take on Minh Phus Dao. In the last eight, Ben Heath bagged another good finish, coming seventh for $291,800, while Finnish poker legend Patrik Antonius came fifth for $497,000. With 20 players getting paid, superstars of the felt such as Steve O’Dwyer and Stephen Chidwick min-cashed for $90,400, while others such as Chris Brewer (15 th for $111,200) and Sam Greenwood (9 th for $166,800) made profit but fell short of the final table. With a total of 139 entries, that meant a prizepool just shy of $7 million and seven-figure scores for whoever came first and second. The sixth event saw its final table start very soon after the conclusion of the previous event and there was excitement in the air for the $50,000 buy-in 8-max NLHE Event #6.

If you’re yet to read all about the opening events in the 2023 Triton Poker Series Vietnam, head to our round up of the action in Events #1 – #5 to find out who took away trophies. Elsewhere, there were victories for Jason Koon and Orpen Kisacikoglu among others.Ĭowboy Goes Close in Event #6 as Dao Does It

The Triton Poker Series gathered pace in the middle stages, with the $100,000-entry Main Event at the Hoiana Resort & Golf venue awarding the biggest prize of the winner’s poker career – $3.25 million.

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