Right after the World Poker Tour (WPT) National Thailand which was held from Dec. 22-28, 2016 at Holiday Palace Resort in Poipet, Cambodia, the WPT National Cambodia took off.
Held from January 6-11 at the Queenco Hotel & Casino in Sihanoukville, Cambodia, the WPT National Cambodia Main Event had recently ended with Benjamin Gonzva from France outlasting a total field of 100 entries.
![WPT_National_Cambodia_Benjamin_Gonzva[1]__1484194085_97967](http://somuchpoker.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/WPT_National_Cambodia_Benjamin_Gonzva1__1484194085_97967.jpg "Benjamin Gonzva claims victory in the WPT Cambodia Main Event 13")
Main Event Final Table Results
1st: Benjamin Gonzva – $36,487
2nd: Nguyen Chi Thinh – $25,544
3rd: Le Ngoc Khanh – $16,420
4th: Nitin Jain – $12,170
5th: Yonnas W Jahren – $9,123
6th: Manoj Pentakota – $7,296
7th: Kalyan Chakravarthy – $6,078
8th: Tran Hong Hai – $4,860
9th: Zhang Lei – $3,654
Side events Winners
Denis Gervais claimed two trophies in the side events. Final results of the side events will be updated at the end of the festival (Jan 13th)
| Event | Buy IN (USD) | Winner | Prize (USD) |
| Queenco Cup Warm Up Event (Flight B) | 275 | Denis Gervais | 3,890 |
| Open Face Chinese Poker Pineapple | 550 | Pham Ngoc Quoc Bao | 3,840 |
| NLHE Big Ante Event | 165 | Denis Gervais | 1,728 |
| Ladies Warm Up Event | 110 | Rebecca Louise Rahsden | 480 |
| NLHE Knockout ($100/bounty) | 440 | Wong Wai Yew | 3,803 |
| NLHE Turbo | 220 | Leson Andres Richard | 2,413 |
| NLHE Rebuy/Add-on | 220 | Rolands Norietis | 5,149 |
| Pot Limit Omaha Deepstack | 550 | Sumit Sapra | 5,530 |
| NLHE Win-the-Button Turbo | 220 | Mitsuru Sano | 2,690 |
| NLHE Super Knockout $250/bounty | 550 | Raina Deepak | 3,360 |
| Heads Up Championship | 1,100 | Jouni Alho | 3,840 |
| NLHE 8-max Deepstack | 550 | Jerome Bradpiece | 6,337 |
| Pot Limit Omaha Turbo | 330 | Rolands Norietis | 1,900 |
| NLHE 6-MAX | 660 | Cheekuri Kalyan Chakravarthy | 6,635 |
| Ante Up for Charity Event | 100 | Vi Khoa Duong | 1,216 |
Article by Gabrielle Barredo
Louis Hartwell
Graduated in Media Communication at the University of Lausanne, Louis Hartman is a co-founder of somuchpoker.com. He began his career in Cambodia as freelance journalist. In same time he was making his living by playing poker every night at that time. Intense learner, he read dozens of poker strategy books to improve his skills during many years. With a strong interest about poker "behind the scene" in Asia and his communication skills, Louis launched Somuchpoker in 2014.
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