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World Poker Tour

Richard Marquez

Philippines

Final Day

Mystery Bounty Final Day

Richard Marquez wins the Mystery Bounty!

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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)

Payouts 10 -69 (bounties not included)

Payouts

Place	Player
1	RM Richard Marquez
2	KF Kong Fung
3	KM Kiale Matthews
4	JS Jasven Saigal
5	SA Sameer Agarwal
6	PP Piet Pape
7	SS Selim Souissi
8	IC I-Chun Chiu
9	ZC Zaldo Catela

Chip Counts

Player	Chips	Progress
WU Wipat Udomkanjananan	2,790	-1,597,210
FJ Frank James Lillis	2,790	2,790
BM Bien Mai	2,790	2,790
AW Anton Widjaya	2,235	-782,765
SG Saransh Garg	2,235	-1,297,765
SK Shravan Kumar Singh	2,235	2,235
SM Sandro Marco Burkhard	1,865	1,865
KB Kyle Bao Quoc an Diep	1,865	1,865
TM Tien- Min Liang	1,865	1,865
IF Ilya Firstov	1,575	1,575
KK Kimsour Kong	1,575	1,575
MT Manh Trung Nguyen	1,575	1,575
SP Shardul P	1,310	1,310
SL Seokjun Lee	1,310	1,310
ZT Zurvan Tumboli	1,310	1,310
SZ Shengchao Zhu	1,120	1,120
JK Jehonatan Kozniak	1,120	-284,880
BM Benjmin Mun Quang Wei	1,120	1,120
KC Kok Chun Chua	930	930
JK Jae Kyung Sim	930	930
RA Richard Amaranto Mari	930	930
RA Romit Advani	930	930
MC Mcston Chau	930	930
RJ Raju Jaruplavath	930	-292,070
MI Marc Inizan	930	930
MH Min Ho Cho	930	930
RM Rahul Marwaha	930	930
AS Arun Sriram	810	810
FC Feng-Wen Chen	810	810
NP Nikolay Ponomarenko	810	810
LS Lim Siew Jian Curtis	810	810
ZX Zi Xuan Tan	810	810
HB Harsh Bubna	810	810
CN Cuong Ngoc Huynh	810	810
AK Ankit Kumar Jajodia	810	810
TW Terence Wei Jie Lim	810	810
AS Abhishek Singh Goindi	710	710
LS Loo Soon Yung Ben	710	710
YL Yu-Sheng Lin	710	710
VP Vincent Pierre Olivier Ferrafiat	710	710
AR Alexis Reyes Lim	710	710
AY Aladin Youri Reskallah	710	710
XW Xiao Wang	710	710
DM Darren Moves	710	710
MT Myat Thwe Chu	710	710
TB Thai Bao Vu	635	635
KL Khanh Linh Ta	635	635
DK Donghyup Kim	635	635
SH Sungheon Hong	635	635
AK Akshay Kapoor	635	635
NQ Ngoc Quoc Bao Pham	635	635
LT Lucas Tae	635	635
YY Yasir Yaqoob	635	635
NK Ngoc Khanh Le	635	635
SM Sevvy Martinus Cornelius Steenman	565	565
KL Kun-Han Lee	565	565
MW Melvin Wei Zong Ng	565	565
MS Mangkone Sanaphanith	565	-389,435
CB Cyril Bickel	565	565
GW Gavin William Best	565	565

TriciaTricia

3/14/2023, 11:25:00 PM

Kiale Matthews eliminated in 3rd place - US$ 15,250

Level 31: 100 / 200

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.

Chip Counts

Player	Chips	Progress
RM Richard Marquez	16,400,000(82000 BB)	6,625,000

TriciaTricia

3/14/2023, 11:15:00 PM

Richard Marquez distancing himself

Level 30: 75 / 150

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.

Chip Counts

Player	Chips	Progress
RM Richard Marquez	9,775,000(65167 BB)	2,875,000
KM Kiale Matthews	5,975,000(39833 BB)	-1,425,000

TriciaTricia

3/14/2023, 11:00:00 PM

Kong Fung takes the lead

Level 30: 75 / 150

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.

Chip Counts

Player	Chips	Progress
KF Kong Fung	8,200,000(54667 BB)	500,000
KM Kiale Matthews	6,900,000(46000 BB)	3,100,000
RM Richard Marquez	6,900,000(46000 BB)	-3,800,000

TriciaTricia

3/14/2023, 10:50:00 PM

Kiale Matthews loses a big pot to Marquez

Level 30: 75 / 150

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.

Chip Counts

Player	Chips	Progress
RM Richard Marquez	10,700,000(71333 BB)	2,500,000
KM Kiale Matthews	3,800,000(25333 BB)	-1,950,000

TriciaTricia

3/14/2023, 10:40:00 PM

Kong Fung rivers it to survive

Level 30: 75 / 150

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.

Chip Counts

Player	Chips	Progress
RM Richard Marquez	8,200,000(54667 BB)	-1,150,000
KF Kong Fung	7,700,000(51333 BB)	3,300,000
KM Kiale Matthews	5,750,000(38333 BB)	-4,125,000

TriciaTricia

3/14/2023, 10:30:00 PM

Richard Marquez closing in on Matthews

Level 30: 75 / 150

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.

Chip Counts

Player	Chips	Progress
KM Kiale Matthews	9,875,000(65833 BB)	-2,225,000
RM Richard Marquez	9,350,000(62333 BB)	3,850,000

TriciaTricia

3/14/2023, 10:15:00 PM

Chip count update, 3 players remaining

Level 30: 75 / 150

150K ante

Remaining payouts

Chip Counts

Player	Chips	Progress
KM Kiale Matthews	12,100,000(80667 BB)
RM Richard Marquez	5,500,000(36667 BB)	500,000
KF Kong Fung	4,400,000(29333 BB)	-600,000

TriciaTricia

3/14/2023, 9:55:00 PM

Richard Marquez versus Kiale Matthews

Level 30: 75 / 150

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.

Chip Counts

Player	Chips	Progress
KM Kiale Matthews	8,700,000(58000 BB)	700,000
RM Richard Marquez	5,000,000(33333 BB)	700,000

TriciaTricia

3/14/2023, 9:45:00 PM

Break time, chip count update

Level 29: 75 / 125

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

Chip Counts

Player	Chips	Progress
KM Kiale Matthews	8,000,000(64000 BB)	-1,830,000
KF Kong Fung	5,000,000(40000 BB)	800,000
RM Richard Marquez	4,300,000(34400 BB)	1,350,000
JS Jasven Saigal	2,515,000(20120 BB)	-1,655,000
SA Sameer Agarwal	1,960,000(15680 BB)	735,000

TriciaTricia

3/14/2023, 8:30:00 PM

Richard Marquez with the flush

Level 28: 50 / 100

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.

Chip Counts

Player	Chips	Progress
RM Richard Marquez	2,950,000(29500 BB)	-1,050,000
PP Piet Pape	2,300,000(23000 BB)	850,000

TriciaTricia

3/14/2023, 8:00:00 PM

Zaldo Catela doubles through Marquez

Level 27: 40 / 80

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.

Chip Counts

Player	Chips	Progress
RM Richard Marquez	4,000,000(50000 BB)	530,000
ZC Zaldo Catela	1,040,000(13000 BB)	540,000

TriciaTricia

3/14/2023, 7:00:00 PM

I-Chun Chiu claims a chunk from Marquez

Level 26: 30 / 60

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.

Chip Counts

Player	Chips	Progress
RM Richard Marquez	3,470,000(57833 BB)	-830,000
IC I-Chun Chiu	1,600,000(26667 BB)	500,000

TriciaTricia

3/14/2023, 6:10:00 PM

Jasven Saigal exposes Marquez’s bluff

Level 25: 25 / 50

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♦ .

Chip Counts

Player	Chips	Progress
RM Richard Marquez	4,300,000(86000 BB)	-1,200,000
JS Jasven Saigal	2,600,000(52000 BB)	865,000

TriciaTricia

3/14/2023, 6:00:00 PM

Chip count update, 11 players left

Level 25: 25 / 50

50K ante

Chip Counts

Player	Chips	Progress
RM Richard Marquez	5,500,000(110000 BB)	3,420,000
KM Kiale Matthews	2,500,000(50000 BB)	500,000
SA Sameer Agarwal	2,300,000(46000 BB)	1,200,000
KF Kong Fung	2,085,000(41700 BB)	210,000
JS Jasven Saigal	1,735,000(34700 BB)	425,000
WU Wipat Udomkanjananan	1,600,000(32000 BB)	150,000
SS Selim Souissi	1,580,000(31600 BB)	-495,000
PP Piet Pape	1,450,000(29000 BB)	-1,750,000
IC I-Chun Chiu	1,100,000(22000 BB)	885,000
FL Frank Lillis	800,000(16000 BB)	308,000

TriciaTricia

3/14/2023, 4:45:00 PM

-17:00: Break time, 18 remaining, more bounties drawn

Level 23: 15 / 30

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:

Chip Counts

Player	Chips	Progress
PP Piet Pape	3,200,000(106667 BB)	1,120,000
RM Richard Marquez	2,080,000(69333 BB)	2,080,000
SS Selim Souissi	2,075,000(69167 BB)	1,125,000
KM Kiale Matthews	2,000,000(66667 BB)	2,000,000
KF Kong Fung	1,875,000(62500 BB)	965,000
WU Wipat Udomkanjananan	1,450,000(48333 BB)
JS Jasven Saigal	1,310,000(43667 BB)
ZC Zaldo Catela	1,300,000(43333 BB)	1,300,000