

In a roller coaster final table that saw his chips drop to the shortest, Russia's Artem Vezhenkov persevered to take down the prestigious WPT Cambodia Championship title. Along with the glory, he claimed a career high top prize of $390,650, which also includes an entry worth $10,400 into the season-ending WPT World Championship at Wynn Las Vegas. His name will also be etched in history on the Mike Sexton WPT Champions Cup.
Three-handed play was incredibly deep and all three contenders held the top spot at some point before the momentum slowly shifted towards Vezhenkov. He won two big pots to leave Ahuja short and eventually finished the job with jack-nine versus ten-seven in a preflop contest to enter heads-up play with a two-to-one advantage over Ronald Haverkamp.
In a short-lived and intense heads-up duel, Dominik Nitsche had the opportunity to add a second WPT title to his resume but ultimately came up short in fifth place. Vezhenkov becomes the latest WPT Champions Club member.