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Richard Yong leads 2019 Triton Jeju Main Event Day 1

The Triton SHR Series began its first stop for 2019 in the iconic Landing Casino in Jeju, South Korea. The event began on 2^nd March and will end on 9^th March, tomorrow. The event already saw its first few winners declared in Justin Bonomo, Devan Tang, Michael Soyza, Jason Koon, who won the first 4 events respectively.

The HKD 2 million Main Event began yesterday and saw its Day 1 wrapped up. Total 45 entries were made through the opening 10 levels and registration will remain open till 2 pm local time today so more high-stakes grinders are expected.

Day 1’s field of 45 whittled down to 17 players and leading them was Triton co-founder Richard Yong bagging up 1,190,000 chips at the end of the day. Trailing behind him are US pro Dan Smith at 2^nd with 1,098,000 chips and Canada’s Peter Jetten, runner-up of Event #2, with 1,020,000.

The field is a tough one as every player in it has a staggering record behind him. Some of them include David Peters (15^th), 2019 Aussie Millions ME Champion Bryn Kenney (11^th), Austria’s Matthias Eibinger (9^th), Justin Bonomo (5^th), Germany’s Dominik Nitsche (4^th), among others.

Both the Triton co-founders themselves are doing great in this series as Paul Phua finished 2^nd in Event #5 against Koon and both are in the mix for Day 2 of the Main Event, Yong being the leader. Coming to the chip leader, Yong has over $11 million in live cashes and is 1^st on Malaysia’s All Time Money List. He earned his best live cash of $2.1 million in 2018 Triton SHR Series ME in Jeju for coming 3^rd. He has also won a Triton title in the 2018 Montenegro edition.

Top 10 Chip Counts of Day 1 –

1. Richard Yong – 1,190,000
2. Dan Smith – 1,098,000
3. Peter Jetten – 1,020,000
4. Dominik Nitsche – 974,000
5. Justin Bonomo – 884,000
6. Timothy Adams – 883,000
7. Seth Davies – 832,000
8. Luc Greenwood – 808,000
9. Matthias Eibinger – 688,000
10. Jules Dickerson – 580,000

The final 17 players will most likely be joined by a few extra late registration players on Day 2 today. The day will begin with a starting stack of 250k with the blinds at 5k/10k. Keep reading GutshotMagazine.com for more such tournament results, roundups and for general poker news from around the world.

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