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

Nikesh Chawla

India

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, 3:01:00 PM

Nishant Kumar Sends Nikesh Chawla to the Rails

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

Nishant Kumar

Nikesh Chawla opened on the cutoff and snap called for his entire 127,000 after Nishant Kumar moved all-in from the big blind.

Chawla ahead, was instantly crushed as Kumar landed two pair on board K♣ T♣ Q♠ 3♥ 5♣ to end his run.

Player	Hand	Chips
NK Nishant Kumar	K♠T♠ BB	349,000(58 BB)
NC Nikesh ChawlaIndia	J♥J♣ CO	busted

Janette BeeJanette Bee

2/7/2025, 2:03:36 PM

Maxime Gobron Stands His Ground

Level 14: 2,500 / 5,000 ante: 5,000

Maxime Gobron

Nikesh Chawla opened 10,000 on the hijack, and called 17,000 more following a raise from Maxime Gobron right behind.

Action on flop A♥ K♥ 3♥ checked round to turn 3♠ , where Gobron bet 16,000. Chawla check raised to 50,000, yet surrendered shortly after Gobron responded with an all-in.

Player	Chips
MG Maxime GobronFrance	208,000(42 BB)
NC Nikesh ChawlaIndia	79,000(16 BB)

Janette BeeJanette Bee

2/7/2025, 1:10:47 PM

Top Chip Counts

Level 13: 2,000 / 4,000 ante: 4,000

Player	Chips
NT Nguyen Thi Bao AnViet Nam	435,500(109 BB)
WY Wallace YuenCanada	354,000(89 BB)
AR Aladin ReskallahFrance	318,500(80 BB)
TL Tero LaurilaFinland	311,000(78 BB)
XL Xinping LiaoCambodia	301,000(75 BB)
TS Thomas ScheldGermany	255,000(64 BB)
KT Keisuke TajiriJapan	246,000(62 BB)
KC Kyoungseok ChaiKorea (Republic of)	236,500(59 BB)
CL Chi Ling TsangCanada	223,500(56 BB)
PB Padraig BurnsIreland	218,000(55 BB)
NC Nikesh ChawlaIndia	211,000(53 BB)
MJ Marc JosephSouth Africa	208,000(52 BB)
AZ Aleksei ZhukovRussian Federation	205,500(51 BB)
LS Leo SomaFrance	205,000(51 BB)
PD Patrik DemusHungary	204,000(51 BB)
DM David MurphyUnited States of America	192,000(48 BB)
JL Joseph LaneUnited States of America	186,000(47 BB)
YW Yoke Wei Woon	185,500(46 BB)
MJ Maurice JeevanjiFrance	170,000(43 BB)
LZ Lei ZhangUnited States of America	170,000(43 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, 10:22:18 AM

Nikesh Chawla Dodges Overcards

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

Nikesh Chawla

Nikesh Chawla opened utg and called Youngju Han's shove behind for 29,100.

Flipping for his tournament life, Han failed to find a pair on board 9♣ T♦ 6♣ J♦ 5♣ , sending him to the rails while Chawla piled in the boost.

Player	Hand	Chips
NC Nikesh ChawlaIndia	8♥8♣ UTG	88,600(74 BB)
YH Youngju Han	A♥Q♣ CO	busted