ShareTriton Poker’s Special Edition Cyprus Series came to an end with Winfred Yu scooping the $1,010,000 top prize in event 5, the second and final $75k Short Deck...
Yu, president of the prominent Poker King club in Macau, was among 41 entries for the closing tournament at the Merit Royal Hotel and Casino.
Event 3 winner, Phil Ivey, was looking for back-to-back 36-card wins, while Mike Watson, Jason Koon and Cary Katz were others among the North American contingent.
With Triton being a Macau-led entity, there were numerous highstakes pros from the former Portuguese colony and surrounding nations, with Malaysian players much to the fore.
One of those, Triton Poker co-founder Paul Phua, bubbled the paid spots in hand with fellow, Malay pro Wei Hsiang Yeu....
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Paul Phua: A♣ K♥
Wei Hsiang Yeu: A♠10♥
Flop: 10♠7♠7♣
Turn: 8♥
River: Q♥
That left seven players in the money, each guaranteed $208,500, and only Daniel Dvoress was representing the Occident, falling in 5th spot for $268,000 after KO’ing Indonesia’s Ferdinand Putra in 6th place.
Elton Tsang burst through the $1million winnings for the week with his 4th place, a remarkable four cashes from four tournaments taking him to more than $14million in lifetime tournament earnings.
Fellow Hong Kong pro, Danny Tang, had to bow out in 3rd spot for $447,000 after he ran into Ivan Seng Leow’s pocket kings, leaving Leow heads-up with Yu for the title and the $million payday.
The denouement didn’t take long to arrive, Leow jamming his ladies and Yu calling with AQ...
Ivan Leow: Q♠♥
Winfred Yu: A♣ Q♦
Flop: J♠10♥ 9♣
Turn: J♥
River: A♥
The deadly river meant Yu had just won $1million plus $10k in pocket change, with Leow’s runner-up place worth $699,500, bringing another highstakes Triton Series to a thrilling end.
Final results
| 1 | Winfred Yu | $1,010,000 |
| 2 | Ivan Leow | $699,500 |
| 3 | Danny Tang | $447,000 |
| 4 | Elton Tsang | $343,000 |
| 5 | Daniel Dvoress | $268,000 |
| 6 | Ferdinand Putra | $208,500 |
