Triton Poker Vietnam 2023: 100,000 Short Deck Main Event results, champion, leaderboard, prizemoney

Aaron Zang has won his second Triton Poker title as he clinched the 100,000 buy-in Short Deck main event at the Super High Roller Series in Vietnam.

Zang defeated fellow short deck phenom Michael Zhang, in a cat-and-mouse heads-up match, with both players excelling at the event format.

The Chinese star collected a mammoth 1.544 million for his victory to accompany his title at the Triton Million in London back in '19.

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Jason Koon was the first eliminated at the seven-player final table after an ambitious bluff with ten-high was correctly picked off by Michael Zhang's full house, with only four combos of hands possibly beating the Brit when he was effectively jammed on. Koon was forced to go all-in shortly over and saw his tournament come to an end.

Triton founder, Paul Phua, secured another cash in finishing sixth but would have been disappointed as he got it in ahead with ace-queen against Zhang's queen-ten, but a second ten rolled off on the turn to send the Malaysian packing.

After hanging on with a short stock throughout the final table, Mikita Badziakouski finished in fifth when his pocket queens were outdrawn by Zhang's ace-seven, which flopped a straight.

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On his second consecutive short deck final table, Phil Chiu was out in fourth when Aaron Zang's ten-nine offsuit ran down his jammed pocket kings as a straight rolled off on the river.

Malaysia's Kiat Lee - on his fourth final table of the Vietnam stop - got knocked out in third when his ace-nine was defeated by Zhang's king-ten - leaving Zhang and Zang to duke it out in heads-up.

Zhang had a slight lead over Zang at the start of the final table with 159 antes to 135, with the contest evenly poised between the two most active players of the tournament.

The chip lead changed on several occasions in a tight match before Zang got on top but looked in trouble with his ace-jack all in against Zhang's ace-king.

But the ace-jack held for Zang, giving him his second Triton title alongside the 16,000,000 he won for scooping the Triton Million in London in 2019.

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Experienced pro Daniel Dvoress was the unlucky player out on the money bubble in eighth, which also doubled as the money bubble.

The likes of Stephen Chidwick, Michael Watson, Sam Greenwood, Isaac Haxton, and Seth Davies failed to cash.

Payouts for 100,000 Short Deck Main Event

Total prize pool: 4,900,000