Andres Korn triumphs in first ever WPT National Thailand

The very first WPT National Thailand held from Dec. 22-28, 2016 at Holiday Palace Resort in Poipet, Cambodia, has recently ended.

The number of entries totaled 57 players. Organizers attribute the turnout to the fact that the event happened during Christmas time when most people spend time with their families; and with the unfamiliarity to the location.  They expect a larger crowd at the WPT National Cambodia which begins on January 2-13, 2017 at the Queenco Casino Sihanoukeville.

The buyin for the Main Event was 34,000 THB + 3,400 (approx. US$1,000) for a prize pool of 1,860,480 THB (approx. $ 51,089).  The winner of the Main Event was Andres Korn from Argentina for 632,680 THB (approx. US$17,000). Korn plays the Latin American circuits and has been victorious in the Latin American Poker Tour (LAPT) Events. At 2^nd place was Vincent Chauve, an online grinder based in Thailand and a familiar face in Asian live circuits.

The final table payouts are as follows: 

Place	Name	Prize	Country
1	Andres Korn	632,680	Argentina
2	Vincent Chauve	427,900	French
3	Siarhei Chudapal	279,000	Belarus
4	Jerry Chee Hoong Lai	223,300	Malaysia
5	Patrick Mahoney	167,400	USA
6	Ong Boon Han	130,200	Malaysia

Side Event winners are as follows:

Event #	Title	Champion	Nationality	Prize
Dec. 22
1	NLH Rebuy/Addon	Rolands Norietis	Latvia	172,800
2	Late Night PL Omaha	Sim Kok Wai	Malaysia	53,000
Dec. 23
3	NLH K.O Bounty	Edijs Latvijas	Latvia	80,600
Dec. 24
4	Open Face Chinese Poker	Chen Chang Ting (Peggy)	Chinese	115,200
Dec. 25
6	NLH Christmas Special Event	Siarhei Chudapal	Belarus	276,500
8	NLH Deepstack Turbo	Lee Boon Han	Malaysia	86,400
Dec. 26
10	PL Omaha Deepstack	Michael Falcon	Denmark	172,800
11	NLH Deepstack	Michael Falcon	Denmark	193,600
Dec.27
12	NLH Turbo Event	Pham Ngoc Quoc Bao	Vietnam	138,200
13	Open Face Chinese Poker	Huang Qi Yuan	Chinese	74,900
Dec. 28
14	NLH 6 Max	Michael Falcon	Denmark	162,500
15	PL Omaha Turbo	Andres Korn	Argentina	121,000