Nguyen’s victory got here on Worldwide Girls’s Day in an occasion that featured two girls on the ultimate desk. And there are additionally two girls’s solely occasions in a while the schedule.
It was nice to see the Triton Tremendous Excessive Curler Sequence doing its half to develop the sport by providing a extra pleasant surroundings to girls in poker as they start their journey.
Nguyen couldn’t have picked a greater day for his success on the LES A On line casino, at Shinhwa World, Jeju, South Korea. The ambiance was palpable throughout all the occasions as we proceed to construct as much as the principle Triton Jeju sequence the place the massive hitters will present us the way it’s finished.
The $3,000 QQPK Genesis noticed loads of high quality, although, and it attracted a powerful 1,236 entries to the three-day occasion.
The Triton One debut sequence final September additionally noticed Nguyen making his debut and it’s honest to say issues went nicely when he cashed in the identical $3,000 occasion that he’s simply received.
The grinder from Vietnam couldn’t have been happier after getting the job finished, saying:
“I really feel very comfortable as a result of it was a very lengthy event, and I received the trophy. I’m so comfortable. This month is his birthday, so I need to give this trophy to him.”
Nguyen Huu Dung rises from a record-breaking area to win Occasion #1: $3K Triton ONE @QQPK_Official Genesis for $586,000.
He outlasted 1,236 entries, the biggest opening occasion in Triton ONE historical past.
Congratulations, Nguyen! pic.twitter.com/ZsLWnalGyf
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He was additionally respectful of his opponents because the occasion closed out, significantly in direction of runner-up Zhou Yinan who banked $338,000.
“It made me really feel comfy, however each participant is so good, so powerful, I wanted to watch out and play my finest recreation. He’s very, very incredible participant. However at the moment is my day.”
Motion Recap
By the point registration closed, we had identified with nearly certainty for some time that the occasion would as soon as once more break the file for the biggest Triton area in historical past after this similar event pulled off the identical achievement final September.
The 1,236 entries constructed a prize pool of $3,311,244 which might take an additional day to struggle over because the organisers didn’t count on a lot assist.
The ultimate desk was as follows:
PlacePlayerCountryChipsBig Blinds1Nguyen Huu DungVietnam 82,300,00082 BBs2Takashi KawauchiJapan 57,400,00057 BBs3Zhou YinanChina 55,100,00055 BBs4Chuang ZhengChina46,900,00047 BBs5Chunnuan XuChina20,300,00020 BBs6Lu ZepingChina 18,100,00018 BBs7Mengdian PengChina15,000,00015 BBs8Nguyen Thi XoaVietnam 8,200,0008 BBs9Nguyen Nang QuangVietnam5,500,0006 BBs
The organisers had been compliant sufficient to even roll the blinds again a degree to permit for extra subtle play, however there have been nonetheless 4 stacks with lower than 20 large blinds.
Nguyen Huu Dung didn’t take lengthy earlier than utilizing his stack to begin the thinning of the sphere, Nguyen Nang Quang being the primary casualty of the ultimate desk when his Okay♦ 10♥ couldn’t beat A♦ 10♣.
China’s Lu Zeping was subsequent to depart having made one other deep impression on the gang following an equally good efficiency within the inaugural Triton One occasion.
Nguyen Thi Xoa was nearly a winner in September’s $10K Thriller Bounty occasion, and she or he will need to have been happy about making one other deep run, however it wasn’t to be for the long-time skilled.
Having already laddered up a few pay jumps, her A♦ 10♣ shove with six large blinds was snapped off by Chuang Zheng within the large blind with Okay♦ J♠. Prime pair on the flop was sufficient to see the sphere down to 6 gamers.
Mengdian Peng was the final of the quick stacks hanging on, however he had a catastrophe with A♣ Okay♣ and A♦ Okay♥ to exit in sixth for a maiden Triton money of $105,344.
Chunnuan Xu did the women proud when she busted subsequent in fifth place for $138,500. After which Chuang Zheng made it three in a row for Chinese language gamers to bust out when he tangled with Nguyen Huu Dung within the largest pot of the event to date.
Three-handed, Nguyen began to make his presence felt with the massive stack, profitable many pots with none resistance. That was till Zhou Yinan doubled by way of him with A♦ 2♦ in opposition to Okay♣ Q♠ adopted by Takashi Kawauchi getting paid with pocket kings versus A♠ 8♠.
It didn’t make any actual distinction, although, as a result of Nguyen stored his lead and continued to increase it.
Kawauchi ran Okay♥ 5♦ Nguyen’s pocket sixes and received no assist to depart him gathering $237,000 for third.
The heads-up battle began with Nguyen’s 48 blinds to Zhou’s 14 and the motion went precisely as anticipated after a brief interval of the pair exchanging pots. 5 hours into the additional day, Nguyen Huu Dung was a Triton One champion.
$3,000 Triton One QQPK Genesis Last Desk Outcomes
PlacePlayerCountryPrize (USD)1Nguyen Huu DungVietnam $586,0002Zhou YinanChina $338,0003Takashi KawauchiJapan $237,0004Chuang ZhengChina$176,0005Chunnuan XuChina $138,5006Mengdian PengChina $105,3447Nguyen Thi XoaVietnam $79,0008Lu ZepingChina $57,0009Nguyen Nang QuangVietnam$44,000
