Webster Lim Wins Third Career Triton Poker Title

The closing no-limit maintain’em occasion of the 2023 Triton Super High Roller Series Monte Carlo was the $25,000 buy-in GG MILLION$ Live eight-max occasion. The event drew a subject of 187 complete entries to create a closing prize pool of $4,675,000. After two days of motion contained in the Salle des Etoiles at Monte-Carlo Sporting, it was none aside from Webster Lim who emerged victorious with the title and the highest prize of $899,893.

This was the third time that Lim has come away with the trophy in a Triton Poker occasion, having beforehand received the Triton Vietman model of this similar occasion for $965,000 earlier this yr and a €50,000 brief deck occasion at Triton Madrid again in 2022 for one more $897,750.

Lim, who additionally took down a World Series of Poker bracelet again in 2019, now has greater than $12.8 million in profession event earnings, with over $6 million of that coming from his 18 cashes in Triton tournaments.

By the time the unofficial closing desk of 9 was set, Malaysia’s Hing Yang Chow was within the lead, with Triton co-founder Paul Phua in second chip place and Lim not far behind.

After Ferdinand Putra hit the rail in ninth place, Yulian Bogdanov was the primary to fall on the official eight-handed closing desk. Ren Lin knocked out each Putra and Bogdanov and had overtaken the lead heading into seven-handed play. He prolonged his benefit even additional when his high pair with a king kicker bested the highest pair and decrease kicker of Ding Biao, with the chips getting in on the flop. Lin held by the river to ship Ding dwelling with $166,600 for his seventeenth final-table end of the yr. With 5,007 Card Player Player of the Year factors earned throughout these scores, Ding is now ranked sixteenth within the 2023 POY race standings offered by Global Poker.

At this level Lim started his surge up the chip counts. He opened from underneath the gun with pocket aces and referred to as a three-bet shove from Phua, who had A-J within the huge blind. Phua couldn’t come from behind and was despatched the rail in sixth place ($228,000), bringing his profession earnigns to almost $28.9 million with this newest deep run.

The hand that adopted Phua’s elimination noticed Igor Yaroshevskyy transfer all-in from underneath the gun with Okay-9. Lim referred to as once more, this time with A-7 suited from the large blind. Lim flopped an ace and held from there to slim the sector to 4. Yaroshevskyy was awarded $301,000 for his fifth-place end.

Bracelet winner Ben Heath was the subsequent to fall. The British poker professional acquired the final of his very brief stack in with 9-6 going through the A-Q of Chow, which made journey queens by the river to safe the pot. Heath’s $380,000 payday because the fourth-place finisher was sufficient to develop his lifetime earnigns to simply shy of $19.5 million.

The subsequent huge conflict pitted Lim in opposition to Lin. Lim min-raised to 1,000,000 from the button with A8 and Lin referred to as with Okay10 within the huge blind. The flop got here down AJ8 and Lin check-called a continuation guess of 600,000 from Lim, who had flopped two pair. The Q on the flip accomplished Lin’s gutshot straight draw. He checked once more and Lim guess 2,800,000 into the pot of three,950,000. Lin raised to five,600,000 with broadway. Lim referred to as to develop the pot to fifteen,150,000, whereas Lim had simply 6,300,000 remaining. The A on the tip improved Lim to a full home. Lin moved all-in and Lim rapidly referred to as to double into a large lead.

Lin was quickly all-in with 109 preflop going through the OkayQ of Chow. The QJ3 flop improved Chow to high pair whereas giving Lin a flush draw and open-ended straight draw. The 5 flip and a pair of river have been each blanks for Lin, although, and he was eradicated in third place ($468,000).

This was the twenty third final-table end of the yr for Lin, with two titles received. His 8,205 complete POY factors are good for sixth on the 2023 leaderboard heading into the ultimate stretch.

Lim held a 2:1 chip lead over Chow when heads-up play started. The two hashed out a deal that locked up $760,107 for Chow and $859,893 for Lim. That left the title and $40,000 to play for. By the time the ultimate hand arose, Lim had pulled even additional forward. He limped from the button for 800,000 complete with Okay7 and Chow raised to three,000,000 with 77. Lim referred to as and the flop got here down Okay98. Chow check-called a guess of two,000,000 and the 8 paired the board on the flip. He checked once more and Lim guess 3,300,000 into the pot of 10,800,000. Chow referred to as, leaving himself with simply 7,000,000 whereas the pot ballooned to 17,400,000. The A on the tip drew one other examine from Chow. Lim thought it over earlier than he moved all-in. Chow made the decision along with his pocket pair and was eradicated in second place, incomes $760,107 because the runner-up. He now has practically $1.7 million in recorded cashes to his title.

Here is a take a look at the payouts and POY factors awarded on the closing desk:

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