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)

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

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.

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.

50K ante

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: