200K ante

After just fifteen minutes of heads up grind with no big changes in stack sizes, Kong Fung shoves with A♥ J♣ , Richard Marquez snap calls with the nuts hole cards A♦ A♠ . The board runs 9♠ 9♦ 5♥ K♣ T♥ . Fung is out in 2nd place.

Mystery Bounty Final Day

After eleven hours of play, Richard Marquez clinched the WPT Prime Cambodia Mystery Bounty! Marquez became the first player from the Philippines to lift a trophy in the series. He pocketed the US$ 33,835 top prize and 11 bounty rewards to add to his winnings.

Congratulations to the champ!

Final Table Payouts (bounties not included)

200K ante

After a break, heads up is underway with Richard Marquez ahead 16,400,000 to Kong Fung’s 5,600,000.

Remaining payouts

200K ante

On a flop 3♦ T♥ 4♥ , Kiale Matthews is all in with 9♥ 7♥ draw and has to improve against Richard Marquez’s T♦ 3♠ two pair. The turn 6♣ and river J♠ were not the outs he needed to fall in 3rd place.

150K ante

Richard Marquez has built a good lead over his two opponents, and did so in two hands. The first one saw Kiale Matthews limp from the button, Marquez raised to 800,000 from the small blind, Matthews called. At the flop 6♦ 9♠ Q♠ , Marquez check-called a 500,000 bet. No bets on the turn T♦ and the river was 2♠ . Marquez fired 1,200,000, Matthews folded.

Next hand, Marquez raises to 450,000 from the button, big blind Matthews calls. The flop 4♦ A♠ J♥ sees Marquez c-bet 500,000 and take the pot.

150K ante

Small blind Kong Fung limps in, big blind Kiale Matthews checks, the flop comes K♠ 2♣ 3♥ , Fung bets 200,000, Matthews calls. On the turn T♠ , Fung checks, Matthews bets 375,000, Fung calls. Both check the river A♣ . Fung shows Q♠ 2♠ bottom pair, Matthews wins the pot with K♦ 8♠ .

150K ante

For the first time all day, Kong Fung has found his way to the top of the counts. The hand opened with Richard Marquez raising ton 500,000, small blind Fung and big blind Kiale Matthews call it. All three check to the turn 6♦ T♣ 4♠ 3♦ , Fung bets 600,000, only Matthews continues. On the river 2♥ , Fung slides out a tower of blues amounting to 2,000,000, Matthews folds.

150K ante

Richard Marquez raises to 450,000 from the button, big blind Kiale Matthews calls. At the flop T♦ 7♥ J♣ , Matthews check-calls 300,000. The turn 5♦ , same action with Matthews check-calling 700,000. On the river 9♠ , both players check. Matthews shows A♣ T♣ , Marquez wins it with 7♣ 7♦ set.

150K ante

Kong Fung is not going to be left behind here. He just scored two sizable pots to rise to second in chips and send Kiale Matthews down to bottom rank. The first hand Matthews raised from the button to 350,000 and Fung defended on the big blind. At the flop 6♥ J♦ K♣ , both players checked. On the turn 7♥ , Fung check-called Matthews 375,000 bet, then both checked the river 2♥ . Fung shows K♠ 9♠ , Matthews mucks.

Next winning hand, Fung is all in with A♦ T♥ , Matthew ahead with A♣ Q♦ . The board runs A♥ A♠ K♦ 4♠ T♠ for two pair to Fung and a double up.

150K ante

Button player Richard Marquez raises to 350,000, big blind Kiale Matthews calls, the flop is A♦ 6♠ 7♠ . Matthews check-calls 200,000. On the turn A♠ both check to bring the river J♣ . Marquez bets 700,000, Matthews check-folds.

150K ante

Remaining payouts

150K ante

India’s last hope for a trophy in this event has vanished with Jasven Saigal following Sameer Agarwal to the rail. Saigal shoved from the big blind and button Kiale Matthews snap called after limping. Saigal had 8♣ 8♦ , Matthews with a commanding A♦ A♥ , the board ran J♥ 3♥ 3♦ 9♦ 7♠ .

150K ante

From under the gun Sameer Agarwal shoves for 1,650,000, big blind Kiale Matthews calls to put him at risk. Agarwal is ahead A♥ K♠ , Matthews has live cards Q♦ J♦ . The board runs J♠ 2♣ 3♥ 5♦ J♣ for trips to Matthews. Agarwal finishes in 5th place.

150K ante

Under the gun Kiale Matthews raises to 350,000, button Richard Marquez calls, the flop is 8♠ 9♣ T♥ . Matthews checks, Marquez bets 450,000 and wins the pot then and there.

125K ante

The five remaining players are on a break. Here are the estimated chip counts.

Next blinds are 75K-150K, 150K ante.

Remaining payouts

125K ante

From under the gun Kiale Matthews raises to 275,000 and big blind Kong Fung calls. They go see the flop 5♣ 7♣ J♠ , Matthews c-bets 175,000 and Fung check-calls. On the turn K♥ and river 5♥ no bets land. Fung wins it with 9♦ 9♥ .

125K ante

Piet Pape looking to double up with A♠ A♥ but runs into Kong Fung’s T♦ T♥ . With the board running 6♠ 2♠ 2♦ 9♦ 7♠ , Pape finishes in 6th place.

125K ante

All in preflop with Jasven Saigal way ahead with A♣ A♠ to Sameer Agarwal’s Ace-Queen. The board comes 5♣ 4♠ 7♣ Q♣ K♦ for a double up to Saigal.

100K

Selim Souissi all in preflop with 4♦ 4♥ and is flipping with Sameer Agarwal holding K♦ Q♠ . The board favors the overcards as it runs Q♦ T♠ Q♣ 2♠ K♠ . Agarwal ships it and Souissi finishes in 7th place.

100K

After eliminating I-Chun Chiu, Kiale Matthews has taken command of the table. He picks up two huge pots to bring his stack close to 10,000.000. To give you an idea how large that is, total chips in play is 22,000,000.

The first pot sees a flop 3♥ J♣ 3♦ , button Piet Pape bets 125,000, big blind Matthews check-calls. On the turn 7♠ Matthews leads out 460,000 and Pape calls. Same action on the river with Matthews firing a 525,000 bet and is called. Matthews has 6♠ 3♣ trips, Pape mucks.

Next hand small blind Matthews raises to 200,000, big blind Sameer Agarwal defends. At the flop 2♠ J♦ 4♠ , Matthews check-calls a 200,000 bet. On the 5♦ turn, Agarwal sends out 375,000, this time Matthews check-raises to 850,000, Agarwal calls. The river T♠ , Matthews announces all in, Agarwal quickly folds.

100K

All in preflop with at risk player I-Chun Chiu holding K♥ K♣ and Kiale Matthews looking to eliminate with A♦ J♠ . The board runs 3♦ J♥ 2♦ 5♥ J♣ for trips on the river for Matthews to knock out Chiu in 8th place.

100K

From mid-position, Richard Marquez raises to 250,000, big blind Piet Pape defends, the flop comes 3♥ A♥ 5♠ . Marquez c-bets 125,000, Pape check-calls. On the turn T♥ and river 4♥ , both check. Pape shows 3♠ 3♦ set, Marquez claims the pot with 9♠ 9♥ flush.

100K

All in on a flop J♥ 5♣ 7♦ , at-risk player Kong Fung is ahead with 5♠ 5♥ set against Sameer Agarwal’s K♥ K♣ . With the turn T♦ and river 2♣ , Fung doubles up.

80K ante

From the button, Jasven Saigal shoves with A♥ 4♥ , big blind Selim Souissi wakes up with A♣ A♠ and snap calls. The board runs Q♠ T♣ 8♣ 6♥ 2♦ for an easy double up.

80K ante

All in on the flop Q♦ 5♦ 2♦ , Sameer Agarwal has Zaldo Catela on the ropes with K♦ 6♦ flush over Q♣ J♥ top pair. The turn A♥ is no help to Catela and he is drawing dead.

80K ante

Button player, Sameer Agarwal raises to 170,000, big blind Jasven Saigal defends, the flop is A♠ 3♦ K♥ . Saigal check-calls a 100,000 bet. Both players chec the turn 8♦ , and the river is 5♠ . Again a check from Saigal, Agarwal bets 450,000, Saigal calls then mucks to Agarwal’s A♦ A♥ .

80K ante

From under the gun +1, Zaldo Catela raises to 260,00 leaving himself 200,000 behind. Action folds to the big blind Richard Marquez who calls. On the flop 5♣ 9♦ 5♦ , Marquez shoves, Catela calls for his tournament life and is ahead with K♦ T♠ against Marquez’s 8♣ 7♠ . With the turn 8♠ , Marquez takes the lead but it switches back on the T♦ river for a double up to Catela.

60K ante

Massive pot of 2.3 million brewed and a board showing J♥ 9♦ 5♠ K♣ 4♣ , Richard Marquez shoves 2,455,000 on the small blind and Sameer Agarwal with 2,900,000 behind, tanks for over ten minutes. Agarwal folds, Marquez wins the pot. The table urges him to show and he does, T♦ 9♥ for a pair.

60K ante

From mid position, Jasven Saigal raises to 130,000 and finds two callers in mp+1 Zaldo Catela and big blind Kiale Matthews. Everyone checks the flop and turn 6♠ 5♣ 9♦ 8♠ , then on the river 2♥ , Matthews leads out 285,000, Catela calls. Matthews shows 8♥ 5♠ for two pair, Catela mucks.

60K ante

Big pot in the middle with three players in the hand, the board shows Q♠ 3♠ T♠ T♥ K♥ . Everyone checks. Jasven Saigal wins it with A♠ A♣ , I-Chun Chiu mucks, Selim Souissi shows K♦ Q♦ . Saigal says “I forgot to bet”.

60K ante

On a raised pot preflop, the cards show {ks|} 9♦ 7♦ . Big blind Richard Marquez checks, mid-position I-Chun Chiu bets 85,000, Marquez calls. Both players check the turn 8♥ , and the river comes 4♦ . Marquez checks again, Chiu bets 450,000, Marquez calls then mucks to Chiu’s A♦ J♦ nut flush.

50K ante

50K ante

All in preflop and it’s a flip. Wipat Udomkanjananan has Q♣ Q♥ , chip leader Richard Marquez with A♥ K♦ , the board runs K♥ 8♥ 8♠ J♥ 9♥ for the nut flush to Marquez.

50K ante

Frank Lillis raises from hijack with A♦ J♠ , Sameer Agarwal defends the big blind with A♠ 9♣ . The flop runs J♣ T♣ 8♦ , Agarwal checks, Lillis bets 200,000, Agarwal shoves, Lillis calls for his tournament life. Lillis is ahead and stays that way on the turn, but the river 7x is a straight for Agarwal to clean out Lillis in 11th place.

Despite the fall, Lillis walks away very rich. He adds $2,790 to his numerous bounties that includes the highest reward of $18,000.

50K ante

Chip leader Richard Marquez and Jasven Saigal go head-to-head that sees the board complete 3♦ 6♥ 9♠ J♠ J♣ and 570,000 in the pot. Marquez bets 300,000, Saigal snap-calls. Marquez opens 4♥ 7♠ bluff, Saigal wins it with A♦ 9♦ .

50K ante

40K ante

Frank Lillis had a friend pull his two secret bounties and she first drew $500 but on the second pull, it was $18,000!

ante

At the second break of the day, a line of players hunted down the biggest mystery bounty prize of $18,000 which is still in the box. No finders however Selim Souissi did pull a large one of $3,000. There are 18 players remaining. Big stacks are:

ante

Three way all in with Jasven Saigal sitting on the nuts hole cards A♠ A♥ which holds against a player’s A♦ 8♠ and Shravan Singh’s 6♦ 6♥ . With the board running Q♥ 8♦ 2♦ K♠ J♣ , Saigal scoops it while railing a player in the process.

ante

Catching the action only as the dealer was sending the chips to Shravan Singh, he rivered a full house 7♣ 7♠ on a board 7♦ 6♥ 3♠ 8♥ 3♦ to double through Anton Widjaya. We didn’t get Widjaya’s hand but it must have been a straight as a player was overheard saying to Singh, “the river saved you.”

ante

Another three-way kicks off with Wipat Udomkanjananan raising to 75,000, Sameer Agarwal shoves, Shardul P joins with a shorter stack, and Udomkanjananan calls.

Udomkanjananan A♠ Q♦ Shardul J♣ J♠ Agarwal K♠ K♥

The board runs T♣ 3♣ Q♠ 3♦ K♣ for a full house to Agarwal to ship the huge pot.

ante

Three way showdown with Nguyen Manh Trung the shortest holding T♦ T♥ , Zarvan Tumboli with A♥ J♠ , and largest stacked Piet Pape A♠ Q♦ . With the board running 8♥ K♥ 9♦ 9♣ 3♦ , it is a triple up for Nguyen as Tumboli gets the boot from Pape.

25K ante

Lucky catch for Kong Fung with 7♦ 7♣ landing the two-outer on a board 7♠ 4♥ 4♦ T♠ T♦ to overtake Seokjun Lee’s Q♦ Q♣ for a double up.

A few hands after, Lee falls with K♦ J♥ straight on the turn burned by Saransh Garg’s with 7♥ 7♦ full house on the river on a board Q♣ 7♣ T♠ A♦ 2♠ .

25K ante

Kiale Matthews and Richard Marquez continue to lead the field with over 2M in chips each. There are 24 players remaining with average at 916,666. Matthews has already knocked out four players while Marquez has claimed three.

25K ante

All in preflop, it’s a flip between Anton Widjaya J♦ J♣ and Patrick Liang A♦ K♥ . The board runs low 4♠ 3♣ 4♦ 4♥ 8♦ for a double up to Widjaya.

20K ante

Three way all in with Romit Advani A♥ Q♠ falling to Selim Souissi’s 6♥ 6♠ set on the river and Richard Marquez Four-Five offsuit losing a small portion of his enormous stack.

15K ante

First break of the day, 45 players remaining. Players drew for bounty rewards. The biggest winners were Jae Kyung Sim aka Simba who drew $5,000 and Richard Mari who drew two rewards of $1,000 each. The big one of $18,000 is still in the box.

15K ante

On a board 6♣ Q♦ T♣ J♦ and 86,000 in the pot, Raju Jaruplavath shoves his 207,000 stack to send Jehonathan Kozniak tanking. Kozniak opts to fold.

15K ante

Immediately after booting Goindi, Zarvan Tumboli picks up another pot. On a board showing 4♠ Q♥ 6♠ , hijack Kyle Bao Diep bets 25,000, cutoff Tumboli calls. On the turn 8♥ , Diep sends out 58,000, and Tumboli sticks with him. The river J♣ both players check. Diep has T♥ T♣ , Tumboli wins the pot with K♥ Q♦ .

15K ante

Catching the action with lots of chips out front, massive stacked Kiale Matthews is contemplating calling two players all in - Zarvan Tumboli and Abhishek Goindi. Matthews eventually folds and shows T♠ 7♠ . Tumboli opens A♦ 9♦ , Goindi ahead with A♣ Q♥ , lots of diamond on the board K♦ 3♦ 3♣ 7♦ 6♦ for Tumboli to ship it and Goindi to ship out.

15K ante

Round 2 between Wipat Udomkanjananan and Vincent Ferrafiat and again it goes to the Thailander. Ferrafiat three-bet shoves his 131,000 with Q♣ T♥ , Udomkanjananan calls with A♦ T♦ , the board runs A♥ 4♣ 9♥ K♦ 2♠ .

15K ante

Short stacked Yu Sheng Lin enjoyed a brief rise in chips with Q♠ 7♠ improving to trips on a board Q♣ 2♥ Q♦ K♠ 3♠ for a double through Frank Lillis K♥ 9♦ .

On the next hand, Lin entered a three-way with 9♠ 9♥ . He was up against Terence Lim 9♣ 7♥ and Lillis’ A♥ K♣ . The board ran K♦ 4♦ 8♠ 6♦ T♠ for a straight to Lim and the exit for Lin.

12K ante

Another big double up here with Mangkone Sanaphanith’s A♠ 6♦ both pairing up to get the max from I-Chun Chiu with A♣ 4♥ on a board A♥ 3♠ 6♠ K♠ T♦ .

12K ante

Earlier at the table Vincent Ferrafiat eliminated short stacked Akshay Kapoor to boost his stack to 550,000, however, he just lost a chunk of it on a huge double up to Wipat Udomkanjananan. It was a cooler with A♦ A♠ dominating J♦ J♥ on a board 2♦ 8♥ 4♦ 8♣ K♠ .

12K ante

Cards in the air for Day 2 of the Mystery Bounty! 69 players are back on the hunt for the biggest bounty of US$ 18,000 and of course the title and top prize US$ 33,835. We will bring you updates and highlights of the action right here.

Within the first fifteen minutes, numerous short stacks have gone by the wayside. The first one was Gavin Best who fell to Richard Mari. Mari chips up to 485,000. Also busting were Le Ngoc Khanh, Pham Bao, Akshay Kapoor, Lucas Tae, and Lee Kun Han.