WPT Cambodia Championship ($3,500)

After five 90-minute levels, Day 3 comes to an end with 23 players remaining, and the big stack belongs to Daniel Charlton, who won the biggest pot of the tournament so far (worth 4.8 million) when he made quad sixes to knock out Yukako Hiroi in 28th place.

Because they reached the final three tables, there will be no redraw tonight, and the players will return to their same seats tomorrow with the button in the same place. Here are their seating assignments with their official chip counts:

Day 4 begins tomorrow (Sunday) at 11:30 am, so stay tuned to WPT.com for our continuing coverage of the WPT Cambodia Championship.

* First-place amount includes the winner's $10,400 entry into the season-ending WPT World Championship at Wynn Las Vegas.

With players folding around, small blind Yinghao Zhuo open shoves around 1,700,000 and big blind Yinghao Zhuo snap-calls for his tournament life. Kang opens up A♥ T♠ , Zhuo has the nuts A♣ A♦ . No scares turn up on the board for Zhuo to double up.

According to Neng Zhuo, this is exactly what happened before the redraw with Zhuo doubling up off Kang with Aces over Sixes.

The WPT Players Party is underway and will continue until 10:00 pm tonight on the 6th floor pool deck. There is plenty of food and refreshments available for players to unwind, whether or not they have bagged chips for Day 4.

To join the party, players should bring their WPT players card or their tournament receipt for either the $1,100 buy-in WPT Prime Cambodia or the $3,500 WPT Cambodia Championship.

Kevin Ewald limps in from hijack then shoves 1,065,000 on top of Ronald Haverkamp's 75,000 raise from cutoff. Haverkamp likes his hand and says, "I can't believe I am folding a big hand", then folds and shows A♦ Q♦ . Ewald returns the gesture and shows A♠ K♣ .

The raise of Adrien Berger is called by both players in the blinds including Supakit Anukoolpitaknil and Somashekar Nahadeva, after which Berger asks "can I see your stack" to Nahadeva.

On the K♣ 8♣ 7♣ flop, Nahadeva is the only one to check-call a bet of 40,000 by Berger and then jams his short stack on the K♦ turn.

Berger calls and asks "flush?" but Nahadeva only has the A♠ Q♣ for the flush draw with the queen. Berger's K♥ J♥ fade another club as the 9♥ river sends Nahadeva to the rail during the final hands of the evening.

Picking up the action on the Q♣ 8♦ 5♦ K♣ turn, Supakit Anukoolpitaknil checks from the big blind. Dominik Nitsche bets 200,000 and his opponent reluctantly calls.

Anukoolpitaknil also checks the 8♠ river and Nitsche bets large for more than one million, which easily covers Anukoolpitaknil. Upon using all but one of his time banks, Anukoolpitaknil sigh-folds.

Apoorva Goel defends his big blind by calling Collin Ho's button raise of 55,000. On the flop A♦ 9♦ 5♠, Goel check-calls 45,000 to bring them to the turn 6♣ . Goel checks again to Ho who fires 115,000, Goel answers back with a shove of 540,000, Ho gives up his hand.

Dominik Nitsche opens from cutoff and big blind Amin Riyazati defends. When the flop comes J♥ 6♥ J♣ , Riyazati defends again by check-calling Nitsche's 35,000 bet. They both check the turn 7♠ , then on the river A♥ , Nitsche tries to steal for 165,000, Riyazati assesses the board then check-calls.

It's the right decision with Nitsche turning over Q♦ T♥ , Riyazati has him by one point with K♦ T♠ .

On the verge of a pay jump, Sho Homma raises from middle position to 50,000, and Victor Li reraises from the cutoff to 250,000, leaving himself just 5K behind. Homma moves all in, and Li uses a Time Chip to tank for about a minute before he calls all in for 255,000 with J♦ J♥ .

Homma turns over K♥ Q♣, and Li needs his hand to hold to stay alive.

The board comes 9♥ 6♥ 3♥ 4♠ 5♣ , and the pocket jacks hold up for Li to win the pot and double up in chips.

Yoon Kang raises from under the gun, John "Bert" Perry calls, as does Martin Stausholm on the button. Table short stack Jiaxian Pan defends the big blind and they head four ways to the 8♣ 7♥ 2♣ flop. Only Pan check-calls for 60,000 when Stausholm bets.

They check the J♦ turn and Pan jams the river for 200,000 to earn an instant fold from Stausholm.

After a four-bet battle preflop, Collin Ho and Yujian Sun face a flop Q♦ T♦ 5♠ and 350,000 already in the pot. Sun checks trying to trap Ho who bets 175,000, Sun shoves, Ho snap-calls and it's a huge cooler.

Ho has Q♣ Q♠ top set, Sun with T♥ T♣ set, the turn 7♥ and river J♦ don't improve Sun to exit in 25th place.

Peteris Enders raises to 55,000 and then calls a three-bet to 175,000 by Dominik Nitsche in the next seat. Following a T♦ 5♦ 3♦ flop, Enders instantly check-calls a bet worth 100,000 and then leads the K♦ turn for 135,000.

Nitsche uses one time bank to call and Enders checks the 6♦ on the river. Nitsche bets, Enders snap-calls and wins the pot with K♣ Q♦ for the flush with the queen. Nitsche flashes ace-jack with the J♦ .

Once the final three tables are set, Aditya Agarwal raises into the blinds and Sho Homma defends. Homma check-calls for 85,000 on the A♣ J♠ 7♦ flop and checks the K♦ turn. Agarwal now bets 225,000 and that wins the pot without further resistance.

Artem Vezhenkov opens for 50,000 then tank-folds to Xin Yuan's 325,000 three-bet. On the next hand, Vezhenkov raises again 50,000, Yuan three-bets 400,000 leaving just 50,000 behind, Vezhenkov pushes, Yuan commits the rest then sees the bad news.

Vezhenkov has K♣ K♥ , Yuan needs help with 9♠ 9♥ , the board runs T♦ 6♥ 4♥ 3♠ 7♣ . Yuan falls in 26th place.

Kevin Ewald squeezes to 250,000 preflop and then calls the shove by initial raiser Hugues Girard for 490,000 with the A♠ Q♠ The WPT Prime Paris 2025 champion Girard is ahead with the T♣ T♠ and flips to a double on the 9♦ 2♣ 2♠ 5♥ 5♠ runout.

"I am a lucky guy," Dominik Nitsche says with a grin after he wins the all-in showdown against Ngoc Ha Nguyen.

She is all-in with the Q♦ T♦ preflop and dominated by Nitsche's K♠ Q♠ .

Two diamonds on the 6♦ 3♣ 2♦ flop provide some hope but the A♠ turn and 3♠ river end Nguyen's run in 27th place.

After a flop of 6♥ 6♦ 4♠ , Daniel Charlton checks from the big blind, Yukako Hiroi bets 55,000 from under the gun, and Charlton check-raises to 175,000. Hiroi calls.

The turn card trips the board with the 6♠ , Charlton bets 375,000, and Hiroi calls.

The river card is the A♠ , and Charlton moves all in for 1,845,000. Hiroi goes into the tank for a very, very long time.

Hiroi uses six Time Chips to tank for more than three minutes before she calls, and Charlton immediately flips over 8♦ 6♣ for the nuts -- quad sixes. Hiroi reveals T♣ T♠ for a full house as she is eliminated in 28th place.

The turn shows A♣ T♣ 7♥ A♦ and Yinghao Zhuo bets 75,000 off a short stack. Ankit Ahuja raises to 400,000 and Zhuo reluctantly calls all-in for 210,000 with the A♠ 2♠

Ahuja has two outs with the J♦ J♥ and the 3♣ river keeps Zhuo in contention.

After a rough time grinding at the previous level John Perry has claimed a good pot to chip up to 66 bigs. The hand sees a board Q♦ 2♣ 4♣ A♥ with small blind Amin Riyazati betting 125,000. Perry calls to take it to the river 3♣ . Following a check, Perry bets 200,000, Riyazati calls then mucks to Perry's 5♣ 6♠ straight.

Everyone folds to the small blind Peteris Enders, he opens for 100,000, big blind Sungmin Cho answers with a three-bet of 275,000, Enders calls. At the flop 9♠ 3♥ T♥ , Enders pushes 500,000 that well covers Cho's stack.

Enders has A♥ 8♥ flush draw, Cho ahead with J♥ J♠ , the turn J♣ further improves Cho to a set but with the river Q♥, Cho goes down to the flush.

An open raise to 50,000 by Peteris Enders is three-bet to 165,000 on the button by Martin Stausholm. Ngoc Ha Nguyen uses a time bank and folds in the big blind, Enders calls. Enders then check-calls for Q♠ 6♦ 5♥ flop for 95,000 and the 3♦ turn for 165,000.

Once Enders checks the 9♦ river, Stausholm uses a time bank and jams to force out Enders.

In a duel big blind versus under the gun, Ronald Haverkamp checks the A♦ 9♥ 2♣ flop and then calls a bet of 45,000 by Xin Yuan. He does so again for 135,000 on the K♦ turn and they check the A♣ on the river.

Haverkamp shows A♥ T♦ for trips aces and that wins the pot.

Limping in from the small blind, Ngoc Ha Nguyen then calls big blind Dominik Nitsche's 75,000 raise. At the flop 4♣ J♣ 2♠ she calls another 130,000 bet from Nitsche then they check the turn 3♦ to see a river 8♣ . Nguyen checks once more, Nitsche pushes, Nguyen tanks then opts to hold on to her remaining chips.

Yinghao Zhuo raises the button to 50,000 and Neng Zhao calls out of the big blind. Both players check the K♥ 6♠ 4♦ flop before Zhao leads the J♦ turn for 160,000, Zhuo calls.

Zhao bets another 400,000 on the 3♠ river and Zhuo counts his remaining stack, uses one time bank. It is for more than half of his stack and Zhuo eventually calls, then mucks to the K♠ 4♠ of Zhao.

Here are the official chip counts from the break for the final 29 players:

* First-place amount includes the winner's $10,400 entry into the season-ending WPT World Championship at Wynn Las Vegas.

The players return from break to begin Level 21, with increased blinds of 15,000-25,000 and a 25,000 ante.

With 29 players remaining from a field of 750, the average chip stack is around 1,295,000 (52 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $17,300 each.

This will be the last level of the night, with action ending around 8:10 pm.

Yinghao Zhuo three-bets 100,000 with K♦ K♥ and initial raiser Kevin Ewald gives him some action. They check to the turn 8♥ K♠ 5♣ J♥ . Zhuo bets a light 65,000 for his set and Ewald check-calls. On the river 8♠ , Zhuo uses up a time-bank then slides out 100,000, this is enough to get a call from Ewald who then mucks to the full house.

Daniel Charlton opens from under the gun then pays Yukako Hiroi's 150,000 three-bet to see the flop 6♣ 2♥ 8♠. Hiroi continues for 180,000 and they head to the turn T♠ after Charlton check-calls. Both players check it and the board completes 4♥ . Charlton uses a time-bank then slides out a tower of greens amounting to 450,000. Hiroi snap-calls.

Charlton shows a bluff Q♠ 9♠, Hiroi ships the pot with Q♣ Q♥

Apoorva Goel raises from the cutoff and earns two callers in the blinds including Ronald Haverkamp and Xin Yuan. On the 7♠ 5♣ 2♦ flop, Haverkamp checks and Yuan bets 35,000. Goel raises to 80,000, Haverkamp and Yuan both call.

After the J♥ turn, they check to Goel and his bet of 200,000 takes down the pot uncontested.

Short stack Toan Chan Truong is in the big blind and calls all-in when the current chip leader Daniel Charlton jams out of the small blind.

Truong is ahead with K♦ Q♠ versus T♦ 5♠ and needs his hand to hold. However, the A♣ 7♣ 3♣ 8♥ T♣ board improves Charlton to a pair of tens on the river.

Lynn Gilmartin moves all in from the button for about 220,000, and Supakit Anukoolpitaknil calls from the small blind with A♣ 6♥. Gilmartin turns over Q♦ T♦ , and she needs to improve to stay alive.

The board comes K♦ 8♣ 6♣ 5♣ 4♦ , and Anukoolpitaknil wins the pot with a pair of sixes to eliminate Gilmartin in 31st place.

Small pots moving around the felt. Among the more decent ones are claimed by Apoorva Goel and Sho Homma. Defending his big blind, Homma calls a 40,000 raise by early position Xin Yuan and calls as well on the flop 3♣ Q♠ 4♥ for 35,000. The players then check down the turn A♦ and river 7♣ . Homma shows Q♣ J♥ to win the pot.

Next hand, Goel and Xin Yuan call Amin Riyazati's min-raise to take it to the flop 8♦ 6♣ 5♥ . Riyazati continues for 45,000, Goel raises 150,000, no callers to win the pot.

On the third consecutive hand, Homma opens for 40,000, Riyazati defends on the big blind and defends again on the flop Q♥ 9♣ 9♦ by calling a 25,000 c-bet. On the turn A♦ , Homma fires a larger 80,000 bet, and this time he wins it outright with Riyazati quickly folding.

On a heads-up turn of K♠ J♠ 4♣ Q♣, Collin Ho in the big blind bets 170,000. Toan Chan Truong calls in middle position and they head to the 6♦ on the river.

Ho uses one time bank and then very slowly grabs a bet of 225,000. Truong snap-calls but mucks versus K♦ J♣ to drop below ten big blinds.

Picking up the action on the Q♠ 8♣ 6♦ A♥ turn, Toan Chan Truong makes it 100,000 to go. His only opponent by then is Collin Ho, who uses one time bank before moving all-in for 335,000 total.

Truong folds without using any time bank and his stack from the peak not long ago is cut back into half, as he joins Ho in the middle of the pack.

Yinghao Zhuo raises under the gun, Supakit Anukoolpitaknil moves all in from the big blind for 250,000, and Zhuo calls with K♠ J♠ . Anukoolpitaknil turns over A♠ K♥ , and needs it to hold to stay alive.

The board comes 8♦ 7♠ 2♥ 9♣ 7♥ , and Anukoolpitaknil wins the pot with his ace to double up in chips.

After a flop of J♣ T♥ 7♥ , action checks to WPT Champions Club member Dominik Nitsche, who bets 80,000 from the button. Renat Bohdanov calls from the big blind, and Martin Stausholm check-raises from the hijack to 235,000. Nitsche calls, and Bohdanov thinks for a while before he calls all in for 175,000.

The turn card is the A♣ , Stausholm checks, and Nitsche uses a Time Chip to tank for a while before he bets 300,000 into a side pot of 120,000. Stausholm uses a Time Chip to tank for about a minute before he folds. Nitsche takes the side pot.

For the main pot, Bohdanov turns over K♣ 9♥ for a double-gutshot straight draw, and he needs to improve to stay alive against Nitsche's K♥ J♠ (pair of jacks, gutshot straight draw).

The river card is the 6♠ , and Nitsche wins the pot with his pair of jacks to eliminate Bohdanov in 32nd place.

Daniel Charlton opens 40,000 from cutoff, Toan Chan Truong calls from the button, then big blind Yujian Sun three-bets to 125,000. After a bit of tanking, both Charlton and Truong call.

More chips go flying at the flop 7♠ 2♣ 8♣ starting with Sun who tank-bets 150,000. This doesn't shake anyone and all three head to the turn 6♣ which they all check. The river card comes 5♦ . Sun checks, Charlton bets 275,000, Truong folds, Sun goes in the tank again then calls.

Charlton shows 9♦ 8♦ straight, Sun mucks but shows one card 4♥ for the bottom straight.

Koen Breed is all in from the small blind for about 400,000 with K♣ Q♠ , and he needs to improve to stay alive against the A♥ J♠ of Yoon Kang in the cutoff.

The board comes J♦ T♥ T♣ 4♣ 2♠ , and Kang wins the pot with two pair, jacks and tens, to eliminate Breed in 34th place.

Paul Hoefer is moved over to table three to balance the shrinking field but his fate is sealed soon thereafter. Hoefer defends the big blind against an open raise by Ronald Haverkamp and check-raises the K♦ J♣ T♠ flop off a short stack, then jams the 8♦ turn.

Haverkamp snap-calls with A♣ Q♦ for the flopped broadway straight and Hoefer is drawing dead with the K♠ 9♦ for top pair to make the 9♥ river a formality.

There will be a WPT Players Party tonight from 8:00 pm until 10:00 pm on the 6th floor pool deck. There will be plenty of food and refreshments available for players to unwind, whether or not they have bagged chips for Day 4.

To join the party, players should bring their WPT players card or their tournament receipt for either the $1,100 buy-in WPT Prime Cambodia or the $3,500 WPT Cambodia Championship.

Action folds around to the blinds, Jeremy Jehanne limps with Q♣ T♠ and big blind Yukako Hiroi checks with 4♦ 6♦ . When the flop runs T♠ 5♠ 3♥ , the chips go flying. Jehanne needs to dodge the open-ended outs but with the turn 7♥ he is drawing dead and is eliminated.

Peteris Enders raises to 45,000 in the small blind and Renat Bohdanov calls from the big blind for them to get it in after the A♣ 8♣ 6♣ flop. Bohdanov has T♣ 2♣ for the flopped straight and needs to dodge aces and sixes, as Enders holds A♠ 6♠. The J♠ and J♥ on turn and river pair the board, but don't threaten Bohdanov.

Dominik Nitsche then opens to 40,000 and Bohdanov three-bets to 90,000 on the button, Nitsche calls. On a flop of Q♦ 6♠ 2♦ , Nitsche check-raises from 25,00o to 75,000 and Bohdanov calls. Nitsche leads the 3♥ turn for 50,000, Bohdanov calls.

Nitsche jams the Q♠ river for an effective 245,000 and that forces out his opponent.

Kevin Ewald loses a small pot to Hugues Girard when he check-calls the river of a J♠ 9♣ 7♦ K♣ 8♠ river for 50,000 and mucks against the 8♠ of the Frenchman.

Two hands later, he more than makes up for it by sending Michael Gathy to the rail.

They get it in after a 9♦ 5♦ 4♥ flop and Gathy needs a lot of help with the Q♥ 9♥ for top pair, as Ewald is miles ahead holding the 4♣ 4♠ for bottom set. The T♥ turn opens up the flush draw but the 3♦ river is a blank.

Thi Bao An Nguyen is all in under the gun for 460,000 with Q♦ Q♣ , and she needs it to hold to stay alive against the A♥ K♦ of Xin Yuan in the hijack.

The board comes 9♠ 8♥ 2♥ 6♦ A♠ , and Yuan spikes an ace on the river to win the pot and eliminate Nguyen in 37th place.

Looking down at A♦ K♦, Dominik Nitsche opens for 40,000, Peteris Enders makes the call, then button Renat Bohdanov has A♠ Q♣ and drives it to 160,000. After the blinds quickly fold, Nitsche four-bets 320,000, Enders steps off as Bohdanov pushes. Nitsche snap-calls with less behind.

Nitsche is ahead, and the board further ensures the win as it runs 9♦ 5♦ 7♠ T♥ 3♦ .

Soon after coming back from the break, Neng Zhao jams out of the small blind into Paul Hoefer, who folds with a shorter stack behind.

Yinghao Zhuo then raises to 40,000 and Zhao three-bets to 120,000 on the button for Zhuo to call. The A♦ Q♣ 4♠ flop brings with it a check by Zhuo and Zhao takes it down with a successful continuation bet worth 75,000.

Ronald Haverkamp raises to 40,000 in the cutoff and Amin Riyazati three-bets to 110,000 in the small blind. The Dutch player then squeezes to 200,000 and Riyazati uses one time bank before he pushes all-in, Haverkamp snap-folds.

The players return from break to begin Level 20, with increased blinds of 10,000-20,000 and a 20,000 ante.

With 38 players remaining from a field of 750, the average chip stack is around 985,000 (49 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $14,400 each.

The field is playing five 90-minute levels today, with action ending around 8:15 pm.

Aditya Agarwal raises 30,000, Aurimas Stanevicius three-bets 90,000, Agarwal four-bets 165,000, Stanevicius goes all in and is snap-called.

Aurimas Stanevicius: A♣ K♦

Aditya Agarwal: Q♦ Q♥

Upon revealing, it's a flip. When the board runs out 3♦ 4♠ 9♥ 2♥ T♥ Stanevicius misses his outs to exit the tournament.

Everyone folds to the small blind Toan Chan Truong and he open shoves 609,000 which is 40 bigs. Big blind Somashekar Nahadeva uses a time bank then calls. When the cards are revealed, it's a flip with Truong showing A♦ K♦ and Nahadeva with J♥ J♠ .

The dealer fans the board 3♥ 7♣ 6♣ A♠ 3♣ . With an ace on the turn, Nahadeva starts counting out the chips then pays the double up after the river.

With the board showing 8♠ 4♦ 3♥ 2♦ on the turn, Hugues Girard checks from middle position, Yoon Kang bets 225,000 from the hijack, and Girard uses a Time Chip to tank for a while before he calls.

The river card is the 5♣ , Girard checks, and Kang uses a Time Chip to tank for a while before he bets 300,000. Girard thinks for a while before he folds, and Kang takes the pot.

With the board showing 8♦ 5♣ 3♥ T♥ on the turn, Zijing Zhan checks from early position, Daniel Charlton moves all in from the cutoff, and Zhan uses five Time Chips to tank for a long time before he calls all in for 392,000 with A♥ J♥ for a heart flush draw with two overcards.

Charlton turns over 9♠ 9♣ , and Zhan needs to improve to stay alive.

The river card is the 2♦ , and Charlton wins the pot with his pocket nines to eliminate Zhan in 41st place.

Ankit Ahuja had previously won a healthy pot by betting out Yukako Hiroi. She then jams over the top of the short stack all-in of Shmuel Snir Bechor, who is at risk for 101,000 only.

Kevin Ewald in the blinds happily calls all-in for 717,000 as he has the A♥ A♦

Bechor with the A♣ K♠ and Hiroi with A♠ K♥ need a lot of help. They actually have the chance for an unlikely chop after the J♥ 6♣ 4♠ 3♦ turn but the wheel never completes, instead it is the 9♣ that follows on the river.

After the hand is over, Hiroi asks if she should have just called the first all-in preflop. The answer from several players is yes, but as Michael Gathy points out "you just saved time", referring to the likely call of Ewald's reshove.

Artem Vezhenkov and Amin Riyazati join the under the gun raiser Azizjon Rakhimov to the flop K♦ 2♠ 7♥ Following two checks, Vezhenkov bets 35,000 and only small blind Riyazati calls.

Vezhenkov fires again on the turn 3♣ for 115,000, Riyazati calls, and the board completes 6♣ . Vezhenkov fires for the third time for 215,000, Riyazati uses up a time-bank then calls. Vezhenkov shows K♠ 7♠ and wins the pot.

Adam Friedman kicks off the hand with a raise from hijack and only Yoon Kang calls from cutoff. When the flop comes 8♥ 2♣ 9♦ , Friedman continues for 32,000 and Kang calls. They then check the turn 6♥ to head to the river K♠ . Friedman returns with a 62,000 bet, Kang pushes and well covers Friedman. After a time bank used, Friedman commits the rest of his stack.

Kang has 9♥ 9♠ set, Friedman shows J♥ J♣ , Kang ships it and eliminates Friedman in the process.

With the final board showing Q♥ 9♦ 3♣ 3♦ 8♣ on the river, Renat Bohdanov bets 115,000 from the big blind, and Martin Stausholm moves all in from UTG+1 for 579,000.

Bohdanov uses three Time Chips to tank for a while before he folds, and Stausholm takes the pot.

In a limped battle of the blinds, Aurimas Stanevicius leads the J♥ T♦ 5♥ flop for 15,000 and Ngoc Ha Nguyen calls in the big blind. The Lithuanian bets the 7♦ turn for 70,000 and Nguyen folds.

One hand later, Renat Bohdanov opens to 30,000 with Stanevicius on the button and Dominik Nitsche in the big blind calling. The Q♦ 8♥ 5♦ flop is checked to Stanevicius and he bets 37,000 to win the next pot.

After a flop of 9♦ 8♦ 2♣, Ankit Ahuja bets 70,000 from the big blind, Juyeol Lee moves all in from the hijack for 382,000, and Ahuja waits for an exact count before he calls with A♠ 9♣ for a pair of nines.

Lee turns over A♦ J♠ for ace high, and needs to improve to stay alive.

The turn card is the K♠, the river card is the 4♥, and Ahuja wins the pot with his pair of nines to eliminate Lee in 45th place.

Thi Bao An Nguyen moves all in from UTG+1 for 177,000, and Azizjon Rakhimov calls from the big blind with 2♠ 2♣ . Nguyen turns over 9♦ 9♣, and needs it to hold to stay alive.

he board comes T♠ 8♥ 3♣ A♦ 7♠ , and the pocket nines hold up for Nguyen to win the pot and double up in chips.

Catching the action on a board 3♣ 3♦ 2♣ with four players in and a pot of around 200,000 weighing down the middle. After the blinds check, Yujian Sun bets 75,000 from under the gun, down the orbit Daniel Charlton raises 150,000, blinds fold and Sun calls.

On the turn Q♥, Charlton sends out 325,000, and after two time banks run out, Sun surrenders his hand.

The second short stack in a row exits from table three. First to go is Amit Kaushik after a torrid second level and Dylan Foster then hits the rail against fellow Aussie Amin Riyazati, who currently leads the Player of the Festival ranking as well.

Foster jams for 105,000 and Riyazati in the big blind has not looked at his cards yet. He peels the first one, which is the K♠ and says "the first one is good". The second card is, too, as it's the K♦ .

Foster has a mountain to climb with J♦ T♦ and Riyazati flops a full house on the A♥ A♠ K♥ 9♦ 4♣ board.

"This is the last thing I want," Riyazati sighs before both embrace and part ways.