Name: Championship Warm Up 1A
Start: 2025-02-07
End: 2025-02-07

WPT Championship Cambodia 2025

Cambodia, NagaworldEVENT #3

2025.02.07 - 2025.02.10

World Poker Tour

Haile Kuo

Canada

Blind level

Level 15: 3,000 / 6,000 ante: 6,000

Entries

27/154

Total Chips

7,700,000

Average

285,185

D1A

Janette BeeJanette Bee

2/7/2025, 2:35:30 PM

Haile Kuo Outpipped by David Murphy

Level 15: 3,000 / 6,000 ante: 6,000

Haile Kuo

Haile Kuo pushed his last nine big blinds in the middle and was looked up by David Murphy right behind.

Kuo in trouble, bound for the exit as board K♣ 9♣ 6♦ Q♥ 8♦ failed to save him from his demise.

Player	Hand	Chips
DM David MurphyUnited States of America	K♦J♠ HJ	584,000(97 BB)
HK Haile KuoCanada	K♥T♥ MP	busted

Janette BeeJanette Bee

2/7/2025, 12:54:19 PM

Haile Kuo Saved by the River

Level 12: 1,500 / 3,000 ante: 3,000

Haile Kuo

An all-in preflop situation saw Haile Kuo risk his entire 48,000 against utg raiser David Murphy.

In for a flip, Kuo dodged a potential elimination, having spiked a set on board A♦ 2♠ Q♠ 8♥ T♥ to survive through.

Player	Hand	Chips
HK Haile KuoCanada	T♠T♣ BB	100,500(34 BB)
DM David MurphyUnited States of America	Q♦J♦ UTG	336,000(112 BB)

Janette BeeJanette Bee

2/7/2025, 11:12:04 AM

Top Chip Counts

Level 10: 1,000 / 2,000 ante: 2,000

Player	Chips
XL Xinping LiaoCambodia	245,000(123 BB)
KC Kyoungseok ChaiKorea (Republic of)	228,500(114 BB)
MJ Maurice JeevanjiFrance	220,000(110 BB)
WY Wallace YuenCanada	212,000(106 BB)
NT Nguyen Thi Bao AnViet Nam	205,000(103 BB)
SS Sho Shiroma	203,500(102 BB)
TM Tom MaguireIreland	192,000(96 BB)
AR Aladin ReskallahFrance	188,000(94 BB)
DF Daijiro FukuokaJapan	170,500(85 BB)
NC Nikesh ChawlaIndia	168,500(84 BB)
EA Edgar AntezanaSouth Africa	162,500(81 BB)
KT Keisuke TajiriJapan	162,000(81 BB)
HK Haile KuoCanada	161,000(81 BB)
JJ Jeremy JehanneFrance	148,500(74 BB)
DM David MurphyUnited States of America	142,500(71 BB)
PD Patrik DemusHungary	141,500(71 BB)
DK Denny KrueziGermany	136,000(68 BB)
FL Francois Leclerc	130,000(65 BB)
PB Padraig BurnsIreland	129,000(65 BB)
CL Chi Ling TsangCanada	126,000(63 BB)
LS Leo SomaFrance	122,000(61 BB)
VT Van Tien DinhViet Nam	121,000(61 BB)
PS Patrik SelinSweden	117,000(59 BB)
TS Thomas ScheldGermany	115,500(58 BB)
MJ Marc JosephSouth Africa	113,500(57 BB)
LT Li Thi Kim	112,500(56 BB)
PD Paul De ThomassonFrance	110,500(55 BB)
PK Pkkar Kyaw	110,000(55 BB)
ZZ Ziad Zebib	108,500(54 BB)
LZ Lei ZhangUnited States of America	108,000(54 BB)

Janette BeeJanette Bee

2/7/2025, 10:02:05 AM

Haile Kuo in Quick Surrender

Level 8: 600 / 1,200 ante: 1,200

Haile Kuo

Facing an early open and a call, player on the button squeezed to 8,000, and saw initial raiser Haile Kuo complete. On flop A♥ K♣ 2♥ , Kuo snap folded just as his opponent continued for 6,000.

Player	Chips
U UnknownViet Nam	132,300(110 BB)
HK Haile KuoCanada	97,800(82 BB)

Janette BeeJanette Bee

2/7/2025, 9:03:13 AM

Top Chip Counts

Level 7: 500 / 1,000 ante: 1,000

Player	Chips
KC Kyoungseok ChaiKorea (Republic of)	182,800(183 BB)
JW Jingyi WangChina	173,600(174 BB)
KA Keith ArmstrongUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	154,700(155 BB)
XL Xinping LiaoCambodia	151,600(152 BB)
JJ Jeremy JehanneFrance	133,200(133 BB)
TL Tero LaurilaFinland	130,200(130 BB)
VT Van Tien DinhViet Nam	126,500(127 BB)
EA Edgar AntezanaSouth Africa	118,900(119 BB)
EK Elvijs KuceruksLatvia	117,600(118 BB)
DM David MurphyUnited States of America	114,700(115 BB)
HK Haile KuoCanada	112,300(112 BB)
MJ Marc JosephSouth Africa	109,100(109 BB)
DF Daijiro FukuokaJapan	107,800(108 BB)
AZ Aleksei ZhukovRussian Federation	105,800(106 BB)
TS Thomas ScheldGermany	105,500(106 BB)
PK Pkkar Kyaw	103,200(103 BB)
PD Patrik DemusHungary	103,000(103 BB)
ZZ Ziad Zebib	101,800(102 BB)
PD Paul De ThomassonFrance	98,100(98 BB)
KY Kai Yat Fam	94,600(95 BB)
WY Wallace YuenCanada	93,700(94 BB)
LS Leo SomaFrance	92,700(93 BB)
KA Khayal AbbasovAzerbaijan	92,600(93 BB)
ST Satac Turker	90,700(91 BB)
AK Amit KaushikIndia	90,300(90 BB)

Janette BeeJanette Bee

2/7/2025, 8:47:42 AM

Haile Kuo Leaves Elvijs Kuceruks Unable to Continue

Level 6: 400 / 800 ante: 800

Elvijs Kuceruks defended his big blind against Haile Kuo's 1,600 utg open, and check called 4,500 on flop 5♥ 7♣ T♣ . On turn 4♦ , Kuceruks gave up the fight after Kuo went for another 4,500.

Player	Chips
HK Haile KuoCanada	124,600(156 BB)
EK Elvijs KuceruksLatvia	104,600(131 BB)