Danny Tang Wins Fourth Triton Title of 2023

Danny Tang got here into 2023 with zero Triton Poker titles to his identify. The World Series of Poker bracelet winner from Hong Kong had come shut a pair of instances, together with a runner-up end in 2019 and one other second-place displaying in 2022. He lastly broke via and secured his first win on the high-stakes-centric tour in March, taking down a $25,000 quick deck occasion on the Triton Vietnam cease. It appears this breakthrough opened the floodgates, as Tang was gone on to earn three extra Triton titles since then.

On Tuesday, Aug. 8 he secured his fourth win of the 12 months, rising victorious within the
2023 Triton Poker Super High Roller Series London $60,000 eight-max no-limit maintain’em occasion for $1.6 million. Tang is now tied with Phil Ivey and Mikita Badziakouski for second place on the Triton titles leaderboard, trailing solely eight-time champion Jason Koon.

Tang now has almost $18.7 million in lifetime event earnings, with almost $10 million of that coming from his 21 in-the-money finishes in Triton occasions. In between his debut title in March and this current victory, he took down a $50,000 no-limit maintain’em turbo occasion and the $50,000 quick deck essential occasion on the Triton Cyprus competition for $1.3 million in mixed prize cash.

“I don’t know what to say, I really don’t know what to say,” Tang mentioned in his post-victory interview with Triton commentator Ali Nejad. “I think I’ve played pretty much the same. I’ve maybe improved a bit, playing with these guys every day you’re going to improve. But I wouldn’t say my skill level has improved dramatically compared to six months ago.”

This occasion attracted 106 whole entries, making a closing prize pool of $6,360,000 that was awarded to the highest 17 finishers. Heavy hitters like Steve O’Dwyer (seventeenth), two-time bracelet winner Nick Petrangelo (sixteenth), two-time Triton champion Webster Lim (14th), Cary Katz (thirteenth), three-time bracelet winner Yuri Dzivielevski (twelfth), bracelet winner Ben Heath (eleventh), current Triton London essential occasion winner Timothy Adams (tenth), and 2017 WSOP $50,000 Poker Players Championship winner Elior Sion (ninth) cashed, however fell quick of the official closing desk.

Lewis Spencer ran A-4 into the A-Okay of two-time Triton winner Matthias Eibinger to complete eighth ($213,000). Badziakouski quickly adopted, along with his pocket kings being cracked by the A-Okay of Tang. The four-time champion on this tour earned $283,000 for his efforts, rising his profession earnings to simply shy of $45.5 million.

Sean Winter’s run on this occasion concluded when his previous couple of blinds went in with Q-10, which was unable to outrun the Okay-9 of Eibinger. Winter took dwelling $370,200 because the sixth-place finisher. Chun Keat Liu received all-in with A-9 suited dealing with the Q-10 of tang, who had shoved from the button. Tang made journey tens to win the pot, busting Chun in fifth place ($469,000).

Koon had been hanging round on a brief stack for some time earlier than ultimately getting his final 11 huge blinds in with A8 from the small blind. Tang awoke with AOkay within the huge blind and referred to as. An AQ4Q2 runout knocked Koon out a couple of spots shy of a record-extending ninth Triton title. The American poker professional earned $582,000 to deliver his lifetime earnings to simply shy of $50 million. He stays the fifth-ranked participant on poker’s all-time cash checklist.

Tang was approach out in entrance as three-handed play started. Bruno Volkmann closed the hole a bit when his Q6 bested the AOkay of Eibinger, making a straight to ship the Austrian packing in third place ($703,000).

Tang nonetheless held greater than a 3:1 chip lead. It didn’t take lengthy for the ultimate hand of the event to come up. Tang limped in from the button with A5 and Volkmann checked holding 52. The board got here down 733 and each gamers checked. The 4 on the flip and Volkmann guess simply over a 3rd pot. Tang referred to as and the two accomplished the board. Volkmann checked and Tang made an overbet of 1,350,000 million into the pot of 1,300,000. Volkmann went into the tank earlier than check-raising all-in for five,175,000. Tang thought it over earlier than making the decision along with his five-high straight. Volkmann confirmed the bluff and was eradicated in second place, incomes his first reside seven-figure payout ($1,080,000) for his runner-up displaying on this occasion.

Here is a have a look at the payouts awarded a the ultimate desk:

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