WPT Prime Cambodia: I-Chun Chiu leads Main Event Final 9! Chi-Cong Chao, Paul Judge win trophies, 56 survive HR 3K Day 1, reg still open; 17 remaining at Bounty

 

After three starting days followed by intense Day 2 competition, the Final 9 players of the Main Event was established! It was decided at the fall of China’s Yunsheng Sun in 10th place to France’s Matthieu Lamagnere with unable to improve against .

The WPT Prime Cambodia Season XXI – MAIN EVENT – resumes on Monday, March 20 at 1pm. Everyone is guaranteed a payout of US$ 16,280 however what they will be hunting for is the US$ 173,130 top prize (inclusive of WPT World Championship entry worth US$ 10,400 with airfare and accommodations). Unfortunately there will be no livestream, instead, players can track the action via the Live Updates in the WPT.com website.

At the top of the pecking order is Taiwan’s I-Chun Chiu aka Charlie Chiu with 82 bb. This is Chiu’s second final table having placed 8th at the Mystery Bounty. Chiu has a fairly comfortable lead over second ranked Matthieu Lamagnere with 62 bb. In third rank is Bien Mai, the only Vietnamese player left in the running and the only player with a series side event title. Mai is on his third final table.

Buy in: US$ 1,100
Guarantee: US$ 500,000
Entries: 529
Prize pool: US$ 980,670
ITM: 128 players

Chips in play: 30,330,000
Average stack: 3,370,000
Final Table opening blinds: 40K-80K, 80K ante (22:05 time remaining)

Seat	Player	Flagq	Stack	BB
6	I-Chun Chiu	Taiwan	6,585,000	82
2	Matthieu Lamagnere	France	4,945,000	62
4	Bien Mai	Vietnam	4,560,000	57
8	Nicholas Ragot	France	3,850,000	48
5	Lewis Michael Cowell	England	3,225,000	40
7	Reiji Kono	Japan	2,755,000	34
3	Chua Feng Ji	Singapore	1,850,000	23
1	Jose Catela	Portugal	1,300,000	16
9	Sho Katsura	Japan	1,245,000	16

FULL PAYOUTS

Remaining Payouts and POF points

1	$173,130	800
2	$108,540	600
3	$80,150	500
4	$59,820	400
5	$45,120	300
6	$34,400	250
7	$26,510	200
8	$20,660	150
9	$16,280	125

Event 23: High Roller 3K – $250K GTD

Swell turnout at Day 1 of the High Roller 3K with 99 signing up to easily breach the US$ 250K guarantee. After 11 levels of 40-minute blinds, 56 bagged up with Russia’s Timur Khamidullin amassing 132 bb. Khamidullin earned a majority of his chips on a double up through WPT decorated champion Vincent Chauve.

Earning second rank was India’s Pratibh Saluja who shipped a monster pile on a failed bluff by Gary Lin. Thailand’s Kannapong Thanarattrakul finished with the third largest stack. You can read up on the action via the Live Updates – High Roller 3K Day 1. 

For those looking to get in on the action, you have one final chance to do so. Game resumes at 1pm local time on Monday, March 20 at Level 12. Registration closes at 1:45pm, at the start of Level 13.

Buy in: US$ 3,000
Guarantee: US$ 250,000
Day 1 entries: 99
End of Day 1 players: 56
Opening Day 2 blinds: Level 12: 2K-4K, 4K ante

Rank	Player	Stack	BB
1	Timur Khamidullin	528,000	132
2	Pratibh Saluja	509,000	127
3	Kannapong Thanarattrakul	497,000	124
4	Seyed Javad Sedigh	374,000	94
5	Dylan Wayne Foster	313,500	78
6	Ting-Yi Tsai	311,000	78
7	Max Menzel	300,000	75
8	Terry Gonzaga	289,500	72
9	David Chiv	276,000	69
10	Manuel Braunhofer	272,000	68

HIGH ROLLER 3K – END OF DAY 1 CHIP COUNTS

Event 23: Bounty Event $150 bounty – Final 17 players

Big turnout at the Bounty Event with 252 on record for a prize pool of US$ 109,998. It was a grind to the end of Day 1. Estonia’s Roland Kivi delivered the bubble then the game played on until the end of Level 20. Seventeen players bagged up with Raju Jaruplavanath as leader sitting on 56 bb. Returning for a second attempt at a trophy is Lucas Tae however he has his work cut out with 7 bb in his arsenal.

The players return at 12pm on Monday, March 20. Each one is guaranteed US$ 1,018 with the eventual winner banking US$ 16,588. Second place will also score a five figure US$ 11,657.

Buy in: US$ 500
Entries: 252
Prize pool: US$ 72,198
Bounty pool: US$ 37,800
ITM: 32 places

Rank	Player	Flagq	Stack	BB
1	Raju Jaruplavanath	India	1,125,000	56
2	Kaipern Heng	Malaysia	780,000	39
3	Amir Abbas	Australia	600,000	30
4	Stanislav Kovalenko	Russia	585,000	29
5	Nguyen Tuan Anh	Vietnam	565,000	28
6	Chi Ling Tsang	Canada	535,000	27
7	Minkyu Kim	Korea	450,000	23
8	Seongmin Lee	Korea	345,000	17
9	Firat Basbaydar	England	295,000	15
10	Romit Advani	India	285,000	14
11	Roland Kivi	Estonia	240,000	12
12	Lee Jong Kyung	Korea	225,000	11
13	Gabriel Carter	UK	225,000	11
14	Jaehoon Lee	Korea	215,000	11
15	Woojin Kim	Korea	185,000	9
16	Lucas Tae	USA	135,000	7
17	Gunisha Sinha	India	75,000	4

Chi-Cong Chao wins the NLH Turbo Freezeout

The NLH Turbo Freezeout bolted through Sunday night in high speed with the event completing in seven hours. Taiwan’s Chi-Cong Chao outdueled France’s David Koy at heads up to claim the win and his first ever WPT trophy.

During bubble time, with 18 remaining and average at just 10 bb, big stacked Thomas Lind aka Totti railed Deep Raina (4 bb) with dusting .

With the money intact, players raced to reach a final table seat. Lind finished in 4th place, falling to Koy with Ace-Ten outdrawn by King-Jack, King on the board. Dongyun Jo fell next leaving Koy and Chao battling for the win. After several hands, both players opted to split the money down the middle. Chao went on to win it with full house on a board against Koy’s .

Buy in: US$ 300
Entries: 135
Prize pool: US$ 35,357
ITM: 17 places

*Heads up deal

1	Chi-Cong Chao	Taiwan	$8,154*
2	David Koy	France	$8,153*
3	Dongyun Jo	Korea	$3,748
4	Thomas Lind	Sweden	$2,298
5	Erik Rozhynskyi	Ukraine	$1,750
6	Hyunjoon Cho	Korea	$1,485
7	Theerapol Thavon	Thailand	$1,291
8	Yuji Kawata	Japan	$1,131
9	Micheal O’Neill	Ireland	$999
10	Chun-Yen Lin	Taiwan	$884
11	Krit Skulgunbundit	Thailand	$884
12	Pheeratham Lerdthammatavee	Thailand	$884
13	Chi-Ting Chao	Taiwan	$778
14	Chongmin Park	Korea	$778
15	Kamran Suriya	Pakistan	$778
16	Jaecheol Song	Korea	$681
17	Joris Michl	Netherlands	$681

Paul Judge wins the Supersonic NLH / Liar’s Dice Championship

Exciting from start to finish at the Supersonic NLH / Liar’s Dice Championship. UK’s Paul Judge emerged the first winner in Cambodia to take home one of the WPT side event trophies and US$ 929. Player of the Festival race leader Kiale Matthews also reached ITM to add 175 points to his tally and build a wider gap between him and second rank.

Buy in: US$ 50
Entries: 60 max
Prize pool: US$ 2,619
ITM: 6 places

1	Paul Judge	UK	$929
2	Saransh Garg	India	$620
3	Evgenii Chernyi	Russian Federation	$410
4	Kiale Matthews	Australia	$290
5	Guillaume Francois Lecointre	France	$210
6	Patikorn Wong	Singapore	$160

Season XXI WPT Prime Cambodia

WPT Prime Cambodia, in partnership with Connaissance Management, runs from March 9 to 21 at NagaWorld Integrated Resorts in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. To date, twenty players have walked away victorious. Only 10 trophies left on the mantle including the coveted Main Event trophy which will find its champion on Monday, March 20. Cards in the air at 1pm local time.

WPT Prime Cambodia – Player Guide
Breakdown of WPT Prime Cambodia schedule
WPT Prime Cambodia – Festival Payouts
WPT Prime Cambodia – Main Event Chip Counts

For added enjoyment, there are ample cash games running daily and the Cash Game Bonanza.

Reminders:

• NO TAX on winnings
• Event photos can be found in the Somuchpoker Facebook page and in Somuchpoker IG page. 

Stay tuned to Somuchpoker as we bring you updates of WPT Prime Cambodia from start to finish