The latest tweets from @Samtrickett1.
Therewas a time when Sam Trickett was to live tournament players what otters are tocrabs. But then Trickett packed his bags, headed off to the realm of the livecash games, and the tournament world rarely heard from him again.
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Well afew days ago, Trickett turned back time to win the 58-entrant Event #2: $25,000No-Limit Hold’em (NLHE) event at the partypoker MILLIONS Super High RollerSeries in Sochi, Russia.
It’sTrickett’s first live tournament victory since 2013 when he earned £10,000 forwinning a partypoker event at Old Trafford, Manchester (Trickett donated theentirety of his winnings to charity), and his all-time live tournamentswinnings edge closer to the $22m mark.
Chalkand cheese.
Let’ssee how he took it down. Top games to earn money.
The Nutshell Results
Final Table Seat Draw
Seat 1: Chin Wei Lim – 295,000
Seat 2: Timothy Adams – 480,000
Seat 3: Adrian Mateos – 750,000
Seat 4: Ivan Leow – 2,830,000
Seat 5: Paul Phua – 405,000
Seat 6: Phil Ivey – 475,000
Seat 7: Sam Trickett – 1,250,000
Seat 8: Artur Martirosyan – 705,000
Seat 9: Matthias Eibinger – 435,000
Theaction on this vivacious looking table was immediate and effective for theprodigious talents of Matthias Eibinger. The Austrian doubled through ArturMartirosyan when his pocket nines outpaced the AsQs of the Russian.
ChinWei Lim was the first player pushed into a quagmire from which he neverreturned. Phil Ivey did the pushing when he called a shove from Lim and AJo,holding KsQs. Ivey rivered the nut straight.
Then welost the recently crowned Global Poker Awards (GPA) Industry Person of theYear.
Eibingeropened to 70,000 from the hijack seat, and both blinds made the call with IvanLeow in the little with KsJh, and Paul Phua in the large with Jd3d. Proving thedealer wasn’t a librarian, the action-filled flop of Jc9h7d hit the felt, andLeow called when Phua moved all-in (Eibinger folded), and his king-kicker madeall the difference.
AdrianMateos doubled through chip leader, Leow, when pocket tens beat AK.
ThenIvey hit the rail.
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Theone-time undisputed master of poker opened with queens, and then called whenEibinger moved all-in holding KdTd. A ten on the flop improved Eibinger’s hand,and a king on the turn improved it even further. Ivey found zero solaces on theriver and left the competition with the only saving grace; he didn’t have totake a winner’s photo.
Theonly Russian at the final table exited next.
Martirosyangot his final 180,000 into the middle holding JcTc, and Sam Trickett called andwon with Ad4h. Ace-high, good.
TimothyAdams doubled when pocket tens dodged kings, sevens, and diamonds to beat theKd7d of Leow. Then Leow exacted revenge of the worst kind when he opened with6c5c, and Adams defended his big blind with Kd7s. The flop of Ks8d6s fell outof the deck to give Adams top pair, and Leow bottom pair. Both players checked.Then Leow turned two-pairs when the 5d hit the turn, by which time all of thechips went into the middle, and Adams never saw them again.
Then welost the incredible talents of Adrian Mateos.
TheSpaniard first doubled through Eibinger when AQ beat jack-trash and then handedall of those chips to Trickett when he defended his big blind against aTrickett raised, hit top pair with king-trash only to run into a pair ofaces.
Trickettwould take a 4,030,000 v 3,225,000 chip lead into heads-up against Leow aftereliminating Eibinger in the third position. It was a blind on blind battle withTrickett holding JhTh and Eibinger with Kh4h. Eibinger maintained his lead whenthey both flopped top pair, but the ace on the turn and queen on the river gaveTrickett a straight.
Theheads-up play saw Leow take the lead before Trickett snatched it back.
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Thenthis happened.
Withblinds at 40,000/80,000, Leow opened to 250,000, on the button holding AhQh,and then called when Trickett ripped it in with Ad4s. Bad shape for Trickett,but he caught up quickly adding a flush draw to his arsenal with two cards tocome. The Td didn’t help Trickett, but the 6s did, and Trickett, not Leow,earned the Event #2 title.
ITM Results
- Sam Trickett – $435,000
- Ivan Leow – $290,000
- Matthias Eibinger – $203,000
- Adrian Mateos – $145,000
- Timothy Adams – $116,000
- Artur Martirosyan – $87,000
- Phil Ivey – $72,500
- Paul Phua – $58,000
- Chin Wei Lim – $43,500
The Triton Million did not only produce the largest buy-in in poker history along with the biggest first prize, but it also created some amazing banter on Twitter! As Day 1 has wrapped up, here’s a look at some of the best gems that Twitter produced.
Watch the Triton Million Day 2 for free on PokerGO starting at 8:00 a.m. ET with a winner set to be crowned on Saturday night in London. Commentary and break desk analysis are provided by Ali Nejad, Nick Schulman, Lex Veldhuis, Marle Cordeiro, Jeff Gross, and Liv Boeree.
The Germans Love Trickett!
Sam Trickett pulled off a sick bluff against both Bryn Kenney and Stephen Chidwick and the Germans were very impressed! Watch the full hand here.
I've just turned on the @tritonpoker stream and guys… This @Samtrickett1 for sure has a new fanboy. Rooting for him so hard now!!#beastmode
Glorious bingo. — Steffen Sontheimer (@RunGo0seRun) August 1, 2019
One of the sickest hands ever. Great analytical thinking by @BrynKenney , Stephen Chidwick and @Samtrickett1 !!
So good!
Fun feature table on @PokerGO
Good commentating, too.
A request: right after a hand like that, turn up the table talk!! There’s gold there. #TritonMillion
— Jan Heitmann (@JanHeitmann) August 1, 2019
Vogel-swag!
Christoph Vogelsang is usually criticized for his turtleneck cover-up job but for the Triton Million he broke up the full suit look. Vogelsang sported some Nike sunglasses along with his look to create a unique combo that surely impressed Timex!
You versus the guy she told you not to worry about pic.twitter.com/YTqLU7KLJ0
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— Mike McDonald (@MikeMcDonald89) August 1, 2019
Bonologic?
Decide for yourself, did Justin Bonomo make the right play here?
Discipline or Stupidity:
We're on dinner break in the million and I get invited to sit at a table full of playboy models. They're blown away by how big the buyin is. After 2 minutes of chatting, I leave to go study alone in my hotel room.
Relevant – I'm newly single
— Bonologic (@JustinBonomo) August 1, 2019
Yong’s Draw From Hell
To nobody’s surprise, some of the Triton Million table draws were absolutely stacked after the pros and recs were mixed together. Rob Yong definitely drew the short straw as you can see in this video. Yong ultimately survived the day with 1.6 million chips.
WTF @tritonpoker you give me Table Draw from HELL! #TritonLondon2019pic.twitter.com/5Mu7WHkuaP
— Rob Yong (@rob_yong_) August 1, 2019
A Day in the Life of Boris Becker
Tennis legend Boris Becker is playing some of the Triton side events and along the way, he’s providing some mental game coaching for Tony G who bagged up 1.4 million chips after Day 1. Oh, and Becker photo bombed the Chinese language live stream break desk action as well as posing for a selfie with WSOP Main Event winner Hossein Ensan.
— Boris Becker (@TheBorisBecker) August 1, 2019
Hands down the best photo/video bomb in poker coverage. Tennis legend Boris Becker pot committed to crashing our Chinese coverage. #TritonLondon2019@tritonpokerpic.twitter.com/hxdAZKMdK4
— Marianela (@MarianelaTV) August 1, 2019
Two German World Champions! Hossein Ensan + @TheBorisBecker – one of them is @TonyGuoga elite sports and mind coach – which one? @partypokerlive@tritonpokerpic.twitter.com/FFC1NcXUjU
— Warren Lush (@warrenlush) August 1, 2019
Negreanu Won’t Miss This One Again!
Daniel Negreanu took some time off from the game after an extremely hectic World Series of Poker but he’s already regretting that decision!
Biggest mistake of the year for me was not going to London to play @tritonpoker
It won’t happen again.
I didn’t think the FOMO would be this bad, but it’s bad.
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— Daniel Negreanu (@RealKidPoker) August 1, 2019
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Tune in for more Triton Million action at 8:00 a.m. ET on Friday for Day 2 coverage for free on PokerGO.