WPT Cambodia Passport to World Championship

Day 1C is done and dusted! From a field of 426 entries only 70 players survived the fourteen rounds with India's Pradeep Nudurumati claiming the top spot. We will have the chip counts up shortly along with a recap. Stay tuned!

Sok Meng Hun three-bets all in from the small blind with K♠ J♥ and proceeds to fall to Akshat Verma's K♣ K♦ .

From mid-position Quang Huy Nguyen opens 10,000 and big blind David Spitar defends for flop 2♣ A♥ 5♣ . Spatar check-calls another 10,000 from Nguyen. Both check the turn 3♥ . Then more chips land on the river Q♦ with Spatar betting 25,000 and calling Nguyen's 50,000 raise.

Both players were all in on a board 6♣ 5♣ 6♠ 7♣ with Jesus Sanchez ahead with K♣ J♣ flush against Park Se Han's 8♣ 8♥ . Park had six outs which found the river with 8♦ turning up. Sanchez was eliminated.

Jiazhi Zhong min-raises, button Quan Qiu three-bets 22,000, big blind Manh Trung Nguyen four-bets all in for 182,000, Zhong folds while Qiu tanks for several minutes then folds.

Somashekar Nahadeva opens for 9000, Amir Abbas calls, Sean Keeton three-bets 39,000, and both players join him to the flop 8♣ J♥ 6♦ . Nahadeva bets 20,000, Keeton folds, Abbas calls. Both players check the turn J♣ and river 4♦ . Abbas shows 6♥ 6♣ full house and wins it. Nahadeva shows the 8♠ .

From utg+2, Vishal Ojha min-raises, lojack Dmytro Lytvynov three-bets 24,000, hijack Michael Lindstrom calls, back to Ojha who makes it a three-way to the flop Q♥ Q♣ 3♣ . Lytvynov continues for 16,000, Lindstrom calls, Ojha gets out of the way. Lytvynov bets 22,000 on the turn Q♠ and 62,000 on the river 2♠ . Lindstrom calls both.

Richard Gene is all in with 3♠ 3♥ and Ngo Linh Duong with slightly more chips calls with Q♥ Q♠ . The board runs 7♣ 6♣ 6♦ 7♠ K♥ , Ngo ships it.

Anton Johnson continues to chip up and is well over 300K. Facing a min-raise from Gagandeep Malik, Johnson re-raises to 16,000 and Malik calls. At the flop 9♣ A♦ 7♦ , Johnson c-bets 12,000 and wins the pot uncontested.

Mr Fendy opens 6000, lojack calls, button Jiazhi Zhong three-bets 19,000, both players call and see a flop 7♠ 8♦ 4♦ . Action checks to Zhong who continues for 27,000, Mr. Fendy shoves 114,500, lojack folds, Zhong goes deep in the tank.

After a couple of minutes, Zhong tosses in the call.

The turn 9♣ and river 6♣ are no help to Mr. Fendy to pack up and go.

Very lucky river for Amir Abbas who nearly goes broke. Action open with Raju Jaruplavath raising 6500 and Abbas calls. The flop comes T♠ K♠ 4♠, Abbas calls 15,000. The turn 8♥ Jaruplavath bets 40,000, this time Abbas shoves, and Jaruplavath calls.

Jaruplavath has the flush and is looking like the end for Abbas when the river comes 4♦ for the full house.

Michael Haddad calls Wilson Tan's short stack with K♥ Q♣ slightly behind A♠ 8♣ . With the board running J♥ Q♥ A♥ A♦ 2♦ , Tan gets a double through.

Will Kwok is already sitting on a very healthy stack when he rails Paul Iglesias with J♣ J♠ over T♠ T♥ on a board A♣ 3♠ A♠ Q♠ 5♦ .

Tien Loon Ling was on his way out with a short stack and Q♣ Q♦ behind the caller's A♣ A♠ . To his luck, the board runs K♦ Q♥ 8♦ T♠ 2♠ for a double up.

Mingcheng Zhang opens and finds three caller to the flop 7♠ 3♣ 6♣ . Big blind Dmytro Lytvynov open-jams 36,000, Michael Lindstrom folds, Mingcheng Zhang tank-calls, Khayal Abbasov tosses his last 500 in the pot.

Facing a raise from Shaohua Luo, Jeongyeol Yu flats then all the chips go in on the flop 5♣ 6♠ 8♠ 9♣ A♣ .

All in preflop with Quang Huy Nguyen at risk with the lowest chips. His T♣ T♦ rivers the full house 5♠ Q♦ 9♦ 5♦ T♦ to stick around.

Cutoff Map Chea opens and is called by the blinds. They head to the flop 5♠ 5♥ 9♥ , big blind Sok Meng Hun bets 8000, Chea jams, Johnson check-calls and Hun gets out of the way.

The turn A♥ and river 6♣ ends Chea's run.

Following a min-raise, Duc Thanh Nguyen three-bets 15,000, small blind Raju Jaruplavath calls and off to the flop A♠ 9♦ 7♦ . Nguyen continues for 12,000, Jaruplavath check-raises all in. Nguyen calls for his tournament life.

At the runout, Nguyen's kicker plays for a double up.

Catching the action as the dealer is sending the chips to Quan Qiu, the board shows 7♠ 5♥ 8♠ 2♣ A♥ . Quan Qiu with 7♣ 8♣ , Frank Lillis walks out with K♣ K♥ .

At the start of the day, Anton Johnson plunged to just 2 bb after his flush lost to the nut flush. Since then, Johnson has been grinding and now has 200,000 on a winning pot against Sukmeng Hun.

Hand opens with action folding to the blinds, Johnson limps and Hun checks for a flop T♥ 2♣ 6♠ . Both check to the turn T♠ . Johnson bets 4500, Hun calls. Same on the river 2♥ with Hun calling Johnson's 7500 bet. Johnson shows 6♦ 4♥ , Hun mucks.

Hinrichsen calls for the Ace and it comes on the flop then holds for a double up.

Takashi Yagura opens 4500 and the blinds call for a flop K♣ Q♥ 5♥ . Small blind Map Chea bets 3500, big blind fold, Yagura calls and the turn is 7♣ . Another 10,000 from Chea is called. The river T♦ , Chea triple barrels 15,000, Yagura folds.

Danh Tuan Luu three-bets 11,000 from the button and initial raiser Jiazhi Zhong calls. Both check the flop and turn to see the board complete 9♦ 3♠ T♣ A♣ J♦ . Zhong checks, Luu bets 17,500, Zhong shoves 100,000, Luu has less and tanks. The clock is finally called and Luu times ou.

Player shove with 29,500 behind, Michael Lindstrom calls and is ahead K♦ K♥ over K♠ T♠ . The board runs Q♥ 6♦ 5♦ J♠ 3♥ , Lindstrom ships it.

Guan Leong Yap opens and big blind Marcus Tan defends for a flop 7♠ 5♠ J♠ . Tan proceeds to check-call Yap's 4500 bet and the same on the turn J♦ with a 9500 check-called. On the river J♣ , Tan leads out 15,000, Yap flats, Tan has A♠ 3♥ , Yap wins the pot with Q♠ Q♥ full house.

Following a utg 5000 raise, hijack Seungwan Lee three-bets 10,000, small blind Keng Tan four-bets 35,000, utg folds, Lee calls with 59,500 total.

All in preflop with Wing Kei Chan at risk in chips but with the better had Q♣ Q♦ against caller Sean Keeton T♥ T♠ . No bad beat on the board for a double up.

From utg+1 Joseph Sandaev makes it 5000 and is called by late position Gagandeep Malik. Both check the flop A♦ 4♠ Q♠ . Malik bets the turn K♠ and Sandaev calls. The river 6♥ , Malik is all in for 48,000, Sandaev tanks then reluctantly makes the call.

Jatin Sablani has been sitting on a short stack all day and shoves a few times and getting no callers. This time around he is called and is behind 3♦ 3♠ against a player's 7♣ 7♠ . Needing some help, it arrives 8♥ 3♣ 8♦ 6♥ 2♦ for a double up.

The prize pool has been announced and is up on the screens. With 913 entries total players that reach ITM of 115 places will earn a piece of the $1,040,592 prize pool.

The champion will collect the largest amount $175,542 plus a package worth $12,230 to the WPT World Championship this December.

The WPT Cambodia Championship registration closed with 426 entries for Day 1C. Combined with Day 1A (175) and Day 1B (312), the total entries was 913 to bring the prize pool to USD 1,040,592. Just announced, 115 players will be in the money sometime in Day 2.

Day 1C continues until the end of Level 14. Blinds now increase every 609 minutes. Good luck to the remaining players.

Hijack opens big for 56000 and goes to the flop 9♥ 4♥ 7♠ with two callers. Big blind Yongdae Kim leads out 7500, only hijack continues. Kim sends out 15,000 on the turn 2♦ and is called again. On the river 3♠ , Kim pushes , hijack is way covered, tanks then risks it. Kim ships it.

Raise pot preflop, dealer spreads 8♣ 7♥ T♥ , big blind Se Han Park bets 3500 and is called by utg+1 Kosei Fujiwara and hijack Meherzad Munsaf. All three check the turn 3♦ . Park bets 6000 on the river 3♥ , no callers this time.

On a board showing K♥ A♠ K♣ , late position bets 2500, big blind Amir Abbas and utg both check-call. The turn 3♣ and river 5♠ is checked down, Abbas shows 9♦ 9♥ and wins the 20,000+ pot.

From utg+1 Zhihao Chen min-raises and goes to the flop J♥ 6♠ T♥ with three callers. After two checks, lojack bets 2000, cutoff Chansit Sangrungkongka calls, Chen check-raises 12,000, two folds follow, and Chansit calls. This brings the turn Q♣ , Chen leads out 25,000 and Chansit calls with less behind.

Xiaohui Tan opens 2500, Hieu Ngo three-bets 9000, back to Tan who four-bets 57,500, Ngo folds.

Huu Minh Tri Pham is seen mucking in back to back hands. The first hand sees 7,300 preflop and cards running 8♠ J♠ 4♦ . No bets and the turn is 8♥ . Small blind Pham bets 4000, button Lukasz Jankowski calls, they go to the river 9♥ . Both go back to checking. Pham mucks. Jankowski claims the pot and doesn't show.

Next hand has four players tossing in 2500 for a flop9c 7♥ J♥ . Button Pham bets 5000 and finds one check-caller in Travis Endersby. Both check the turn Q♦ , then Endersby bets 1200 on the river T♣ , Pham makes it 10,000 to continue Endersby calls, Pham quickly mucks.

Facing a raise, Sofia Sousa jams then falls to Wei Liang Marcus Tan's kings.

By the time we got to the hand, the pot was 64,700 and the board showed 6♣ J♣ 5♦ 7♥ 6♥ . Hai Nam Hoang had 30,500 out front and Shaohua Luo tank-folded.

Three players build a pot of 7500 preflop, dealer lays out the flop 7♦ 4♥ Q♠ , everyone checks. On the turn T♥ , Button Somashekar Nahadeva bets 3000, Curtis Jian check-calls, one player folds. The river A♣ sees Nahadeva send out 4000 and Jian calls.

Aaron Lim four-bets it all and Amit Kaushik calls to put the Aussie at risk. At the showdown, they're flipping.

Haitao Luan calls big blind Victor Chong's three-bet and head to the flop T♣ 7♣ 2♥ . Both check to the turn 9♦ .Chong bets 5000, Haitao raises 25,000, Chong shoves his big stack and is called.

Utg+2 Adrien Berger opens, button Jizhi Zhong three-bets 4600, big blind Tien Sang Phi four-bets 11,500, Berger folds, Zhong calls.

At the flop 5♦ Q♦ Q♥ , Tien c-bets 10,000, Zhong calls. On the turn T♣ , Tein jams, Zhong gives up his stake on the pot. Tien shows his cards A♣ 5♣ .

Jung Hyun An opens 1600 and the blinds call for a flop T♣ J♣ 4♥ . Blinds check, Jung c-bets 2600, only big blind Chak Hei Chan continues to the turn K♠ . Jung fires 5200 which is enough to win the pot.

Hijack Slav Rypinski opens then calls button Erik Rozhynskyi's 3000 re-raise. Both players check the flop 7♣ K♥ 7♥ . Rozhynskyi bets 3500 on the turn T♦ , gets called. Rozhynskyi bets 23,200 on the river K♣ , this time no challenge from Rypinski.

Utg+1 Mr. Suhendra opens 1600 and goes to the flop J♥ J♠ 7♣ with two callers. Everyone checks to the turn T♦ , Mei San Ang bets 3000, only Suhendra check-calls. The river 4♦ , Ang sends out 5000, again Suhendra check-calls then mucks to Ang's A♠ J♦ .

On a board showing 9♣ 2♣ 2♠ 7♦ with 13,500 in the pot, Cao Ngoc Anh bets 8,500, Somashekar Nahadeva raises 19,500, Cao answers with a shove, quick call by Nahadeva.

On a board showing 8♥ 3♦ 4♣ J♣ with 26,000 brewed, Andrew Helfman shoves 35,200 sending Philip Nguyen tanking. Nguyen seemingly doesn't want to let go of his hand but does so eventually saying he had 30%.

Manh Huong Chu is sitting on a massive stack that didn't see much of a dent when Dmitrii Ippolitov won a pot against him. The hand opens with a raise by Chu that's called by Ippolitov on the big blind. On the flop J♣ 9♠ A♥ Ippolitov check-calls 4000 then both check the turn 7♠ . On the river K♥ , Chu bets 11,000, Ippolitov check-calls and wins the pot with a better kicker.

Utg opens 1100, two players call before big blind Nguyen Nam Duong three-bets 6000. Everyone folds except the small blind Nopparat Kongjai. At the flop T♠ J♥ 2♥ , Nguyen continues for 4200, Kongjai check-calls. On the turn 5♠ Nguyen fires 25,000, Kongjai is covered and risks it.

From mid-position, Goken Okawa raises 1300, hijack Chee Hoong Yeoh three-bets 4000, Okawa calls and they head to the flop 2♥ J♥ 5♣ . Yeoh continues for 6000, Okawa check-raises all in, Yeoh gives it up.

Gathercole spikes the two-outer to crack aces and eliminate Ceret.

On a board showing 5♦ T♠ T♣ 2♣ with 4500 in the pot, one player bets 2000, two players call, Kulma Yokorn makes it a large 18,000 to go, no takers.

Early position Amir Abbas opens 1000, cutoff Willy Portier three-bets 3100, finds one customer in the button while Abbas folds. At the flop 6♠ 3♣ T♣ , Portier continues for 6000 and wins the pot.

Quang Huy Nguyen is all in on the turn board A♥ 6♥ 8♣ A♠ with A♣ J♣ trips and is ahead of Peter Fanthome's K♥ K♠ . The river 7♣ changes nothing for a double up to Nguyen.

From mid position, Shanhui Li opens 1000 and is called by two players then all check the flop to head to a turn board 5♥ J♥ 6♥ 3♠. Small blind Richard Gene leads out 2500, Li raises to 6000, only Gene continues. The river 7♠ seesa 12,000 bet from Gene, Li calls.

Scheld's higher two pair wins it to boot out Chen.

Slav Rypinski opens and is joined by five callers to the flop 9♣ 4♦ 6♥ . Kyle Bao Diep bets 2500, loses only one player to the turn 9♥ . Diep bets 6000, small blind folds, big blind Sorawit Suriyakarn check-raises 14,000, Rypinski folds, Diep flats. The river J♣ , Suiryakarn folds to Diep's shove.

From utg, Dohwan Won opens 3000, gets raised to 7,000, big blind calls, Won four-bets 18,000, no callers.

Eric Ceret opens 600, finds one caller, then button Nick Malte Ctrom three-bets 2,500. Small blind Nathan Gathercole calls the rest fold, the flop comes 2♠ 3♣ 3♥ . Gathercole quickly announces all in for 34,300, Ctrom calls with slightly less behind.

Three players build a pot of 11,500 and see a flop 4♥ 9♥ 6♦ . Following two checks, button Sacha Bozo bets 5000, hijack Antoine Cao calls, cutoff Igor Makarenko check-raises all in, Bozo folds and Cao calls with less behind.

Utg Shane Saito raises big to 3000 and finds one caller in Greg Isaacson for a flop 8♠ 5♠ 4♣ . Saito bets 10,000 and is called to the turn 6♥ . Saito jams 24,100, Isaacson tanks then calls with slightly more chips.

Dieu Phuong Linh Nguyen was seen dragging in a pile of chips with 5♣ 5♠ over her opponent's Q♦ Q♠ on a board J♠ 5♥ A♥ 6♠ K♠ .

New level underway, field is now up to 100 players. Registration stays open until the start of Level 10 at 6pm.

Jungsup Yun opens 500 from utg and is raised to 1500 by cutoff Jongkook Kim who won a trophy last night. Yun calls and head to the flop 7♠ 5♣ 7♥ . Kim continues for 2300, Yun check-calls. Both opt to check the turn 2♥ . Then Yun bets 8000 on the river J♦ and wins it then and there.

Anton Johnson opens and Meherzad Munsaf calls to the eight-high flop with two diamonds. Both check to the 7♦ turn, Johnson bets, Munsaf raises, Johnson three-bets, Munsaf jams and is called.

With the field now quickly at 40 players, among them are Megastack Freezeout champion Jongkook Kim, Amit Kaushik, Dmytryo Lytvynov, and Travis Endersby.