WPT Prime Cambodia: Vietnam’s Huyen Duc Luu seizes first side trophy; Alok Birewar, Shen-Syu Ho top stacks at Millions and Freezeout

 

The first side event champion of WPT Prime Cambodia was awarded today to Vietnam’s Huyen Duc Luu at the NagaWorld Superstack 50K. Huyen halted the bulldozing Chi Ling Tsang to seize his first ever international title. He now leads the Player of the Festival race. In a brief chat with the champ,

“I am so happy! This is my first international tournament. The field was good, tough, I had difficulty on choosing my action. But I got lucky, I got big hands and they hit.”

The day also saw a large crowd turn up for Day 1B of the NagaWorld Millions $150K guaranteed and for the Deepstack NLH Freezeout. We’ve got all those results for you down below.

WPT Prime Cambodia – Festival Results

Huyen Duc Luu wins NagaWorld Superstack 50K; leads POF leaderboard

Opening day crowd favorite, NagaWorld Supertsack 50K, drew 202 entries at $300 each for a prize pool of $53,884. Day 1 bagged up at ITM of 26 players led by the lone Japanese player remaining, Kosuke Hanzawa. 

On Day 2, it was action from the get-go with short stacks quickly knocked out. By the close of the first hour, Chi Ling Tsang’s went on a winning spree that denied Xianbing Zhang a spot at the final table with dominating .

Entering the final table as chip leader, Tsang lost a portion of his stack on a three-way that tripled up Adrien Franck Berger. He made up for it by winning the next four showdowns that led to the end of Vineet Kumar (7th) and Berger (6th). Huyen Duc Luu cleaned out Hanzawa next for his first final table casualty.

The next two fell to Tsang, Dhanesh Chainani  in 4th place and Kiale Matthews outdrawn into 3rd place by two pair on a board . This brought about heads up with Tsang ahead 69 BB to 10 BB.

Despite the lead, Tsang could not close it out. Instead, Huyen doubled up twice, first with quads-Queens then spiking the King to survive Tsang’s . From there the chip lead bounced until his banked a big pot on a board against . Tsang was down to crumbs and despite winning two double ups he was still behind. The final hand was Huyen straight beating pair on a board .

Due to a heads up deal, Huyen pocketed $11,227 which was just one dollar more than runner up Tsang.

Buy in: US$ 300
Entries: 202 (168 unique, 34 re-entry)
Prize pool: US$ 53,884
ITM: 26 places

Payouts

1	Huyen Duc Luu	Vietnam	$11,227*
2	Chi Ling Tsang	Canada	$11,226*
3	Kiale Matthews	Australia	$5,523
4	Chainani Dhanesh	Singapore	$3,360
5	Kosuke Hanzawa	Japan	$2,594
6	Adrien Franck Berger	France	$2,150
7	Vineet Kumar	India	$1,832
8	Amir Abbas	New Zealand	$1,579
9	Kevin Clemot	France	$1,326
10	Xianbing Zhang	China	$1,153
11	Richard Sheils	UK	$1,153
12	Qi Dong	China	$1,153
13	Lucas Tae	USA	$981
14	He Zhou	China	$981
15	Jongmin Won	Korea	$981
16	Yoke Wei Woon	Malaysia	$808
17	Shen-Syu Ho	Taiwan	$808
18	Jeremy Jehanne	France	$808
19	Han Yee Seow	Singapore	$647
20	William Bolton	Australia	$647
21	Eike Soren Strub	Germany	$647
22	Stephen Nathan	UK	$498
23	Krzysztof Wierzbicki	Poland	$498
24	Gregory Kuhnast	Germany	$498
25	Jasven Saigal	India	$403
26	Men Nguyen	Vietnam	$403

Event 2: WPT Prime Cambodia NagaWorld Millions Day 1B

A much healthier field for Day 1B of the WPT Prime Cambodia NagaWorld Millions with 182 turning up for a chance at the $150,000 guarantee. This was significantly more than the 33 Day 1A turnout. Among the participants were decorated WPT Main Event champions Vincent Chauve, Dhaval Mudgal, Marc Inizan, David Erquiaga, and Zarvan Tumboli. Only Tumboli found chips to bag. 

Just past the twelfth hour, the bubble burst on Shardul Parthasarathi whose could not fade Eike Soren Strub’s . The remaining 19 players secured their seat to Day 2. Taiwan’s Shen-Syu Ho earned the chip lead with a stack nearly double that of Day 1A leader Xu Jing Je. 

Buy in: US$ 550
Guarantee: US$ 150,000

Day 1A: 33 entries / 4 ITM (recap)
Day 1B: 182 entries / 19 ITM

NagaWorld Millions – Day 2 Chip Counts

End of Day 1B – 19 players

Shen Syu Ho	Taiwan	541,000
He Zhou	China	484,500
Zarvan Tumboli	India	473,000
Eike Soren Strub	Germany	439,500
Xianbing Zhang	China	364,000
Xiao Qing Lu	China	341,000
Kien Duc Tran	Vietnam	234,000
Geun The Kim	Korea	211,500
Adam Kaufman	Canada	187,000
Gaurav Sood	India	174,500
Michael O’Neill	Ireland	169,000
Mark Kline	USA	167,500
Florent Remi	Malta	156,000
Lian Ting Hao	Singapore	154,000
Maggie Chien Chih Weng	Taiwan	145,000
Abijith Cheruku	India	112,000
Arun Sriram	India	101,500
Martin Ng Zheng Wei	Singapore	88,000
Yu Sheng Lin	Taiwan	77,000

NagaWorld Millions – Day 2 Chip Counts

With two starting days completed, the event has drawn a combined 215 entries. 23 players advanced and are guaranteed a minimum payout of $1,100. There are two starting flights remaining, both taking place on Saturday, March 11. Day 1C begins at 1pm with blinds increasing every 40 minutes then is followed by the Day 1D (Turbo) at 7pm with blinds increasing every 25 minutes.

The NagaWorld Millions is a new addition to the WPT Prime Cambodia roster. It offers better payouts with ITM at 10% of the field. Players with multiple stacks into Day 2 will also get paid well for their extras, $1,500 for the second stack and $2,000 for the third one onwards.

Event 3: Deepstack NLH Freezeout

The third trophy event was also tabled with 97 players taking on the Deepstack NLH Freezeout. It only took 6.5 hours for Day 1 to end with Min Won Jong denying Stephen Nathan a cut of the US$ 25,404 prize pool . The remaining 13 players return on Saturday, March 11 at 1pm for the race to the top. India’s Alok Birewar leads in the pack with a towering 60 bb.

Buy in: US$ 300
Entries: $97
Prize pool: US$ 25,404
ITM: 13 places

Alok Birewar	India	483,000	97
Tran Thi Xuan Ha	Vietnam	279,000	56
Min Won Jong	Korea	236,000	47
Mai Bien	Vietnam	169,000	34
Sevvy Steenman	UK	156,000	31
Tyler Warken	Canada	145,000	29
Tang Cheap Ty	Switzerland	143,000	29
Sameer Agarwal	India	74,000	15
Jason Wong	Singapore	72,000	14
Vincent Ferrafiat	France	65,000	13
Jonathan Looi	Malaysia	60,000	12
William Bolton	Australia	46,000	9
Jung Hoon Choi	Korea	13,000	3

Player of the Festival – update

At the completion of Event 1: NagaWorld Superstack 50K, the top 16 players earned points towards the Player of the Festival leaderboard. Huyen Duc Luu leads with 400 points. We will have the official board for you once it has been made available.

The player with the most points accrued at the end of the festival will receive a WPT Passport worth $5K to any WPT Main Tour of Season XXI.

On WPT Prime Cambodia

WPT Prime Cambodia, in partnership with Connaissance Management, runs from March 9 to 21 at NagaWorld Integrated Resorts. A total of 30 tournaments are scheduled and US$ 1 Million in guarantees.

Last year, the Main Event set new heights for the brand with 1,050 turning up. At the time, it was the largest WPT Main Event for an open tournament. In prize money, it guaranteed half a million dollars which doubled up, closing at US$ 1,018,500. This year, the Main Event returns with the same guarantee with the goal of surpassing its previous turnout and possibly even set another new record.

WPT Prime Cambodia – Player Guide
Breakdwon of WPT Prime Cambodia schedule
WPT Prime Cambodia – Festival Results

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