WPT Cambodia Passport to World Championship ($1,300)

It's all over! Sha Chengchun pushes with Q♠ J♦ and Xiaosheng Zheng calls for his tournament life with 2♣ 2♠ . The board runs 5♠ J♣ 8♠ 8♣ J♠ . Sha emerges as WPT Cambodia Championship winner. Sha pockets the $175,542 top prize and a package valued at $12,230 to the WPT World Championship in Las Vegas.

For runner-up Zheng, he also earned six figures of $117,030 plus a seat to the WPT World Prime Championship worth $1,100.

Congratulations to the winner! Standby for the recap.

Xiaosheng Zheng is staging a comeback with two fast double ups to rise to 10 bb. On the big blind, Zheng goes calls all in with 8♦ 3♥ against Sha Chengchun's T♣ 2♥ then pairs up the eight-card.

Next hand Zheng is all in with K♠ 2♥ and stays ahead of Sha's J♥ 8♣ on a board 5♦ K♣ Q♣ 7♦ K♦ . He rises to 12 bb.

With Sha landing the two-outer, Zheng drops to 4 bb and Zhang is eliminated in 3rd place for $86,360 and also wins a seat to the WPT World Prime Championship valued at $1,100.

Xiaosheng Zheng regains control after picking up two pots. The first one opens with button Sha Chengchun raising 800,000, called by small blind Zheng and big blind Zhang Cheng. Sha continues on the flop 5♣ A♠ T♠ and only Zheng calls. Both check the turn 2♠ then Zheng bets 3,500,00 on the river 9♦ . Sha folds.

Next hand, Zheng opens from the button and big blind Sha calls. Zheng continues on the flop Q♣ 8♦ 5♠ , Sha folds.

Sha Chengchun putting pressure with nonstop raises to build a sizable lead. One of the hands opens with an 800,000 raise from Sha, small blind Xiangsheng Zheng calls. Sha c-bets the flop Q♦ 9♦ 4♠ . Zheng folds.

Following that hand, a min-raise from Zhang Cheng is met with a three-bet of 2,200,000 from Sha, no callers. Zhang folds and shows A♥ .

No bad beat arrives for a double up to Sha. Zheng was visibly frustrated saying he had pocket Sixes.

Button Sha Chengchun opens 600,000 and small blind Xiaosheng Zheng three-bets 1,800,000, Sha calls. On the flop A♣ A♦ T♠ , Sha sends out 800,000, Zheng check-calls then both check the turn 9♠ . Action on the river with 1,000,000 bet from Zheng, Sha calls then mucks to Zheng's A♥ T♣ full house.

Sha Chengchun limps from small blind and Xiaosheng Zheng checks. When the board completes J♦ Q♠ ks 3♥ 5♦ , Sha bets every street - 400,000, 900,000, 700,000, Zheng calls then folds to the river bet. Sha excitedly shows his 7♣ 9♣ bluff .

Raised pot preflop and Sha Chengchun bets 350,000 on the flop 5♦ K♣ 9♣ , Zheng check-raises 900,000, Sha calls. Both check the turn J♠ and river J♥ , Sha has K♠ 5♠ for top pair.

On orbit later, Sha is back on the big blind, and calls Zhang Cheng's 550,000 raise. With the flop J♦ jc 8♦ , Sha bets 700,000, Zhang check-raises 1,900,000, Sha calls. On the river 9♠ , Zhang announces all in, fast fold from Sha.

Utg Anh Tuan Ho opens and big blind Xiaosheng Zheng defends for a flop 3♣ 7♠ 3♥ . Tuan bets 400,000, Zheng check-raises 950,000, Tuan flats. The turn 3♠ sees Tuan bet 1,000,000, this time Zheng check-folds.

From the button, Sha Chengchun opens 400,000, small blind Xiaosheng Zheng three-bets 1,200,000, Sha flats. On the flop A♠ 4♣ 4♠ , Zheng c-bets 800,000 and is check-called. Both players check the turn K♥ then Sha fires 4,000,000 on the river T♠ . Zheng folds while showing A♦ .

Small blind Sha Chengchun opens 600,000 and big blind Xiaosheng Zheng calls then bets 700,000 on the flop 9♥ 2♠ 5♦ . Sha check-calls then no bets land on the turn 4♠ and river 9♠ .

No help comes for Nguyen to finish in 8th place.

Button Xiaosheng Zheng opens, big blind Xin Yuan raises 1,575,000 raise leaving himself 5,000 behind again. Zheng calls. Both check down the board 2♣ K♥ 8♣ Q♦ 5♣ . Xin has T♠ T♦ , Zheng wins the pot with A♠ Q♠ .

After the hand players asked for a ruling on soft play however after assessing the situation, it was ruled that due to the pay jump, keeping the short stack in was a fair strategy.

Button Xiaosheng Zheng raises 200,000, small blind Trung Ha Nguyen three-bets 750,000, Zheng pushes, Nguyen folds and shows K♦ Q♥ , Zheng returns the gesture and shows Q♣ Q♠ .

The Ace lands on the river to end Pan's run in 14th place.

All in preflop, Vishal Ojha's kicker plays to stay in the game.

Utg Alex Lee raises 60,000, button Xiaosheng Zheng calls and off to see the flop A♦ 8♥ 8♣ . Both check to the turn J♣ . Lee bets 235,000, Zheng flats and the same on the river 9♣ with Lee betting 690,000 and Zheng making the call.

Xiaosheng Zheng opens 21,000 from the button and big blind Hyunhak Jung defends for a flop 7♦ Q♦ 9♥ . Jung check-calls 18,000, the dealer felts the turn T♥. Jung shoves 128,000, Zheng tank-folds.

Xiaosheng Zheng continues to command here at the Championship now sitting with 1,800,000.

Mr. Suhendra nearly goes bust with K♠ J♠ called by chip leader Xiaosheng Zheng with A♣ K♣ . With the board running 9♣ 4♣ T♥ A♦ Q♦ , Suhendra completes a straight and celebrates.

The second starting day of the WPT Cambodia Championship drew a crowd of 312 entries, nearly double that of Day 1A, and with the buy in at $1,300, it easily surpassed the $500,000 guarantee. The prize pool now sits at around $540K and with one more entry flight to go, there is a high chance of reaching the million marker.

After 14 levels of regulation play, the field trimmed to 44 players led by China's Xiaosheng Zheng with a monster stack of 1,013,000, equivalent to 168 bb entering Day 2. Multiple takedowns helped amass this stack which included the cooler that eliminated big stacked Tien Sang Phi. Check out the action via the hand reports or stay tuned for the recap.

Preflop raise war ends with big stacked Tien Sang Phi pushing pocket Kings into bigger stacked Xiaosheng Zheng's pocket Aces. No help comes on the board. Zheng catapults to 950,000, Tien is eliminated.

Sitlani misses completely to get the boot.

On a raised pot preflop, Izzat Bananyarli bets the flop T♥ 9♠ 7♥ sending the action back to Xiaosheng Zheng who goes all in. Bananyarli snap-calls and flips over Q♦ Q♠ , Zheng has K♥ 8♥ flush draw. The turn 5♣ keep Bananyarli ahead but the river K♠ sends him crashing out in disbelief.

Xiaosheng Zheng opens from utg+1 and is joined by the blinds to the flop 3♠ J♣ 4♠ . Zheng continues for 5000, blinds call again. On the turn K♣, Zheng bets 6000, small blind folds, big blind Perri check-raises 18,000, Zhang flats. The river J♥ , Perri shoves 105,000, Zheng tank-calls.

Perri falls on a failed bluff.