Triton Poker Vietnam 2023: 100,000 Short Deck Main Event Day 1 leaderboard, payouts, prizemoney

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The 100,000 Short Deck Ante-Only Main Event at the Triton Super High Roller series in Vietnam saw Michael Zhang as the chip leader after Day 1. It's been an impressive run for Zhang, who was the Day One chip leader in the 50,000 short deck event as well. He came to Vietnam after the hold'em portion of events was over, and he's proving that he may be one of the best short deck tournament players on the planet. 

Aaron Zang is second in chips, with a 208 ante stack. He got a big chip-up when he limp-overcalled the all-ins of Isaac Haxton and Kiat Lee preflop with his jack-ten offsuit, which is a more powerful hand in short deck than long deck. The board ran out with two eights and two tens, and Zang's full house scooped the pot. 

Michael Watson late registered for the event – he was busy winning the 50,000 short deck that was happening simultaneously. He continued his torrid play, finishing Day One of the 100,000 Main Event sixth in chips.

Zhang, Chiu, and Watson all went from Sunday afternoon's final table right into the top of the leaderboards in the Main Event.

There is still plenty of play left for Monday. Rebuys will be allowed until the start of the first level on Day Two, and payouts will be finalized at that point as well. 

The remaining contestants will resume play on Monday at 1 p.m. local time, playing down to a winner.

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100,000 Short Deck Ante-Only leaderboard after Day 1 

Field remaining: 17/45

Places paid: TBD

Average stack: 793,000 (132 antes)

Ante level at end of day: 6k/12k

Place Name/Country Chips Antes
1. Michael Zhang (United Kingdom)  1,839,000 307
2. Aaron Zang (China) 1,250,000 208
3. Phil Chiu (Hong Kong) 1,051,000 175
4. Mikita Badziakouski (Belarus) 950,000 158
5. Karl Chappe-Gatien (France) 877,000 146
6. Michael Watson (Canada) 805,000 134
7. Sam Greenwood (Canada) 783,000 131
8. Seth Davies (USA) 781,000 130
9. Daniel Dvoress (Canada) 760,000 127
10. Elton Tsang (Hong Kong) 754,000 126

Other notable stacks

Place Name/Country Chips Antes
11. Jason Koon (USA) 716,000 119
14. Rob Yong (United Kingdom) 490,000 82
16. Isaac Haxton (USA) 353,000 59


Payouts for 100,000 Short Deck Ante-Only Event 

Total prizepool: TBD

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Stephen Noh is an NBA writer for The Sporting News.