WPT Cambodia Championship ($3,500)

After the elimination of Aditya Agarwal in seventh place, the WPT Final Table has been set. It's scheduled to begin tomorrow (Monday) at 11:30 am, and here is the lineup:

And here are the remaining payouts at stake:

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

HAND #40 - Dominik Nitsche raises from the hijack to 150,000, Aditya Agarwal moves all in from the small blind for about 1,925,000, and Nitsche snap-calls with K♠ K♣ .

Agarwal turns over 9♠ 9♦ , and needs to improve to stay alive.

The board comes Q♥ J♥ T♦ 7♦ 5♥ , and Agarwal flops an open-ended straight draw, but improves no further. Nitsche wins the pot with his pocket kings to eliminate Agarwal in seventh place.

The final six players are now bagging and tagging their chips for tomorrow morning's WPT Final Table, which is scheduled to begin at 11:30 am. Stay tuned for official chip counts.

HAND #36 - Dominik Nitsche raises from the button to 150,000, and Artem Vezhenkov calls from the small blind. Both players check to the turn on a board of Q♣ 8♣ 2♠ 5♥ , Vezhenkov bets 250,000, and Charlton calls.

The river card is the T♣ , Vezhenkov bets 650,000, and Charlton folds. Vezhenkov takes the pot.

HAND #37 - Ankit Ahuja raises under the gun to 150,000, taking the blinds and ante.

HAND #38 - Ronald Haverkamp raises UTG+1 to 150,000, and Artem Vezhenkov calls from the cutoff. The flop comes J♦ 5♦ 2♥ , Haverkamp checks, Vezhenkov bets 150,000, and Haverkamp folds. Vezhenkov takes the pot.

HAND #39 - Ankit Ahuja completes the small blind to 75,000, Aditya Agarwal raises from the big blind to 150,000, and Ahuja folds. Agarwal takes the pot.

HAND #32: Daniel Charlton raises to 150,000 and Aditya Agarwal calls in the big blind. They checked the Q♠ 8♥ 6♣ flop to the T♦ turn. Agarwal checks and Charlton wins the pot with a bet of 200,000.

HAND #33: Artem Vezhenkov opens to 150,000 and earns calls from Supakit Anukoolpitaknil in the cutoff as well as Ankit Ahuja on the button. The Q♦ T♦ 4♦ flop brings a bet of Vezhenkov for 150,000 and Anukoolpitaknil calls, Ahuja folds.

They check the 9♣ turn and Vezhenkov check-folds the 5♥ river when Anukoolpitaknil makes it 350,000 to go.

HAND #34: Dominik Nitsche raises to 150,000 for Anukoolpitaknil and Charlton to call. It checks all the way to the 9♥ 7♦ 7♣ J♣ J♥ river on which Nitsche bets300,000 to win the pot without resistance.

HAND #35: Ronald Haverkamp opens the button to 150,000 and Vezhenkov calls from the big blind. Vezhenkov checks the A♠ Q♥ 7♥ flop, Haverkamp bets 125,000 and Vezhenkov calls. On the K♦ turn, Vezhenkov then check-folds when Haverkamp fires a second barrel for 450,000.

HAND #29: Artem Vezhenkov limps the small blind and folds when Dominik Nitsche raises to 250,000 from the big blind.

HAND #30: Vezhenkov raises to 150,000 on the button, Supakit Anukoolpitaknil three-bets to 450,000 from the big blind and Vezhenkov folds with the words "I believe you".

HAND #31: Anukoolpitaknil opens to 250,000 from the small blind. Ankit Ahuja jams in the big blind with the covering stack and Anukoolpitaknil calls all-in for2,200,000.

Anukoolpitaknil is ahead with A♦ Q♣ versus A♣ 5♣ and starts recording the showdown on his phone. Ahuja sneaks into the shot and jokingly already waves goodbye.

The K♣ T♣ 4♠ flop brings a sweat with two clubs and a chop is also possible after the K♦ turn. However, the J♥ river only improves Anukoolpitaknil and he doubles through the chip leader.

HAND #28: With everyone folding to small blind Daniel Charlton, he raises 250,000. Big blind Artem Vezhenkov three-bets 675,000, Charlton answers with a four-bet of 1,500,000, Vezhenkov five-bet shoves and pushes out Charlton from the pot.

HAND #23: Supakit Anukoolpitaknil defends his big blind then check-calls a bet of 200,000 by Daniel Charlton on a flop 7♣ 4♠ 9♣ . Both players check the turn 7♥ to bring the river 8♦ . Anukoolpitaknil leads out 350,000 and wins the pot uncontested.

HAND #24: Ankit Ahuja also defends his big blind from Daniel Charlton who raises 150,000 from cutoff. Both players check it to the river 5♣ T♦ 9♦ 7♠ A♥ . Ahuja counts out chips and as he moves them forward, Charlton quickly folds.

HAND #25: Dominik Nitsche opens 150,000 from cutoff, big blind Aditya Agarwal repops to 550,000 to win the pot.

HAND #26: Artem Vezhenkov raises preflop then bets 75,000 on a flop 3♦ J♣ J♠ . Big blind Ronald Haverkamp folds.

HAND #27: Action folds to the small blind Ronald Haverkamp, he limps and gets to see a flop with big blind Daniel Charlton who checks. After they check the flop T♥ 5♣ 9♣ Haverkamp bets 100,000 on the turn A♣ and wins the pot right there.

Here are the official chip counts from the break, followed by the final table payouts:

* 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 26, with increased blinds of50,000-75,000 and a 75,000 ante.

With seven players remaining from a field of 750, the average chip stack is around5,350,000 (71 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $63,000 each.

Action will continue today until the end of Level 28 (around midnight) or down to the final six players, whichever comes first.

HAND #20 - Everyone folds to Daniel Charlton, giving him a walk in the big blind.

HAND #21 - Aditya Agarwal raises from the cutoff to 125,000, taking the blinds and ante.

HAND #22 - Artem Vezhenkov completes the small blind to 60,000, and Dominik Nitsche checks his option in the big blind. Both players check to the turn on a board of Q♣ 8♣ 7♠ A♦ , Vezhenkov bets 175,000, and Nitsche folds. Vezhenkov takes the pot.

Level 25 comes to an end, and the players take a 15-minute break.

HAND #16 - Dominik Nitsche raises from the small blind to 180,000, taking the blinds and ante.

HAND #17 - Ronald Haverkamp raises UTG+1 to 125,000, and Ankit Ahuja calls from the big blind. The flop comes 9♥ 8♥ 3♣ , Ahuja checks, Haverkamp bets150,000, and Ahuja check-raises to 375,000. Haverkamp quickly folds, and Ahuja takes the pot.

HAND #18 - Ankit Ahuja raises from the small blind to 250,000, and Aditya Agarwal calls from the big blind. The flop comes J♥ J♣ 3♠ , Ahuja bets 150,000, and Agarwal calls. The turn card double-pairs the board with the 3♣ , and both players check.

The river card is the A♣ , Ahuja bets 700,000, and Agarwal folds. Ahuja takes the pot.

HAND #19 - Supakit Anukoolpitaknil raises from the cutoff to 125,000, and Aditya Agarwal uses a Time Chip to tank for a while before he moves all in from the small blind for about 1,565,000. Anukoolpitaknil shows one card -- an A♠ -- before he folds. Agarwal takes the pot.

HAND #15 - Ankit Ahuja raises UTG+1 to 120,000, Daniel Charlton calls from the button, and Dominik Nitsche calls from the big blind.

The flop comes Q♠ 7♥ 3♥ , Nitsche checks, and Ahuja bets 280,000. Charlton calls, and Nitsche folds.

The turn card is the 8♣ , Ahuja checks, Charlton bets 700,000, and Ahuja thinks for a while before he calls.

The river card is the 4♥ , and both players check. Charlton flashes A♠ Q♣ for a pair of queens, but Ahuja turns over K♦ K♣ to win the pot.

HAND #14: Ronald Haverkamp opens the action with a button raise to 120,000 and Artem Vezhenkov in the big blind uses a time bank before he squeezes to 520,000, Haverkamp calls.

On the J♦ 6♣ 4♦ flop, both players check. Vezhenkov bets the A♦ turn for 275,000 and the call of Haverkamp leads them to the 2♥ river.

Vezhenkov then bets another 835,000 and Haverkamp uses two time banks to move all-in. Vezhenkov asks for an exact count and folds once it is deemed to be for 2,965,000. Both players are essentially even in chips after this hand.

HAND #11: Artem Vezhenkov raises to 125,000 and Ankit Ahuja calls in the small blind. On the K♦ T♣ 7♣ flop, Ahuja check-calls for 130,000 and they check the 9♦ turn. Ahuja bets the K♠ river for 400,000 and Vezhenkov leans back into his chair before folding.

HAND #12: Ahuja raqises to 120,000 on the button and Ronald Haverkamp calls in the big blind. They check the 9♥ 6♦ 2♥ 2♠ 4♥ board and Haverkamp wins the pot with the K♥ J♣ .

HAND #13: A walk for Daniel Charlton.

HAND #9: Dominik Nitsche raises out of the small blind and Supakit Anukoolpitaknil folds from the big blind.

HAND #10: Nitsche raises the button to 120,000 and Anukoolpitaknil jams out of the small blind.

"How much is it?" Nitsche asks and Anukoolpitaknil replies "I don't know" as he pushes his two stacks forward and all chips fall over. The shove is deemed to be for 905,000 and Anukoolpitaknil instantly exclaims "thank you for calling" before triumphantly showing his A♣ A♠ .

Nitsche gasps an "oh shit" before he exposes the K♣ J♠ .

"I wouldn't thank him yet, this guy is pretty good at all-ins," Daniel Charlton chimes in.

Once Nitsche pairs up on the K♥ 4♠ 3♥ flop, Anukoolpitaknil lets out an "oh fuck" but no further threat follows on the T♠ turn and 6♣ river.

HAND #8: Neng Zhao raises from cutoff, small blind Artem Vezhenkov reraises to425,000, big blind Dominik Nitsche folds, then Zhao tank-shoves. Vezhenkov snap-calls and Zhao is in trouble

Neng Zhao: A♦ 8♦

Artem Vezhenkov: A♥ K♥

Zhao needs to improve however with the board running 5♠ 4♦ 4♥ J♠ 6♠ , he misses to finish in 8th place.

HAND #4: Daniel Charlton min-raises from early position then folds to Dominik Nitsche's 350,000 three-bet.

HAND #5: Aditya Agarwal three-bets from the button to push out the blinds and raiser Ankit Ahuja.

HAND #6: Dominik Nitsche raises 120,000 from early position and small blind Neng Zhao gives him action. Nitsche proceeds to barrel down the street J♠ 7♥ 2♦ 4♠ T♦ , betting 90,000, 270,000, and 540,000. Zhao folds to the river bet.

HAND #7: Action folds around to the small blind Daniel Charlton, he raises to200,000 and wins the pot with the big blind Artem Vezhenkov folding.

HAND #1 - Artem Vezhenkov limps from the cutoff for 60,000, and Ankit Ahuja checks his option in the big blind. The flop comes A♣ T♦ 8♥ , Ahuja checks, Vezhenkov bets 75,000, and Ahuja folds. Vezhenkov takes the pot.

HAND #2 - Dominik Nitsche raises from the cutoff to 120,000, taking the blinds and ante.

HAND #3 - Neng Zhao raises UTG+1 to 120,000, Collin Ho moves all in from the small blind for 500,000, and Zhao calls with A♣ K♠ .

Ho turns over A♦ Q♦ , and he needs to improve to stay alive.

The board comes T♦ 6♠ 3♣ 3♦ 3♥ , and Zhao wins the pot with his king kicker to eliminate Ho in ninth place.

After the elimination of Sho Homma in 10th place, the final nine players redraw for random seats at the final table. Here is the lineup:

And here are the remaining payouts at stake, followed by recent eliminations:

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

Daniel Charlton raises to 120,000 and Sho Homma moves all-in for 710,000 in the cutoff. Ankit Ahuja calls behind in the small blind and Charlton folds.

Sho Homma: A♠ 8♥

Ankit Ahuja: A♦ Q♠

Homma's ace is dominated and he never finds any help on the J♣ 3♣ 2♠ T♥ 5♣ board to bow out in tenth place. All remaining nine players will now combine to one table and the hand-for-hand coverage commences shortly.

Dominik Nitsche raises to 120,000 in the cutoff and Neng Zhao calls in the small blind, Artem Vezhenkov comes along from the big blind. They check the 7♦ 7♠ 2♥ flop and Zhao checks the J♦ turn. Vezhenkov bets 225,000 and Nitsche calls, Zhao folds.

Vezhenkov bets another 350,000 on the 8♣ river and Nitsche quickly calls to get shown the A♣ 5♥ for a bluff, which he has beat with the K♦ J♠ for jacks and deuces.

Yoon Kang completes the small blind to 60,000, Ankit Ahuja raises from the big blind to 220,000, and Kang calls.

The flop comes J♥ 9♠ 3♥ , Kang checks, Ahuja bets 200,000, and Kang check-raises to 540,000. Ahuja uses two Time Chips to tank for more than a minute before he calls.

The turn card is the 8♣ , and Kang uses a Time Chip to tank for a while before he bets 775,000, leaving himself a single 25K chip behind. Ahuja thinks for a while before he moves all in, and Kang uses three of his four remaining Time Chips to tank for two minutes before he calls all in for 800,000 with K♥ 6♥ for a king-high flush draw.

Ahuja turns over T♠ T♥ , and Kang needs a king or any heart on the river to stay alive.

The river card is the Q♠ , and Ahuja wins the pot with a queen-high straight to eliminate Kang in 11th place.

Artem Vezhenkov is right back where he left before the break, picking up pots. The first one is raised preflop by button Ronald Haverkamp and Vezhenkov defends his big blind. At the flop and turn A♣ 7♥ T♦ 5♠ , Haverkamp bets 100,000 and 190,000, Vezhenkov check-calls both, then they check down the river T♥ . Vezhenkov shows a winning A♥ 9♥ .

Next hand, Vezhenkovz opens 155,000 and big blind Supakit Anukoolpitaknil defends. Vezhenkov continues 115,000 at the flop Q♣ 4♠ 5♣ and gets called. No bets land on the turn J♥ , then Vezhenkov slides out 135,000 on the river 6♦ .

Anukoolpitaknil calls and shows A♦ J♦ , Vezhenkov claims the pot with Q♦ 9♦ .

Ankit Ahuja raises to 120,000 two hands in a row. He first claims the blinds and in the second hand, Sho Homma three-bets to 360,000 from the big blind. Ahuja swiftly four-bet jams and Homma folds after brief consideration.

In the very next hand, Homma gets the last 475,000 in from the small blind with the K♠ 8♦ . Yoon Kang calls with the K♣ 4♥ but the kicker plays for Homma on the T♣ 6♠ 3♠ Q♦ 2♠ runout.

Here are the official chip counts from the break:

And here are the remaining payouts along with recent eliminations:

* 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 25, with increased blinds of

30,000-60,000 and a 60,000 ante.

With 11 players remaining from a field of 750, the average chip stack is around 3,410,000 (57 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $33,000 each.

Action will continue today until the end of Level 28 (around midnight) or down to the final six players, whichever comes first.

Artem Vezhenkov and Dominik Nitsche meet again with Vezhenkov defending from the small blind. When the flop comes 9♦ 4♥ J♦ , Nitsche continues for 75,000 and Vezhenkov calls.

On the turn A♦ , Nitsche barrels 225,000 and still doesn't shake off calling station Vezhenkov to take it to the river A♠ . Nitsche barrels for the third time for 450,000, Vezhenkov pays to see.

Nitsche has K♦ T♠ air, Vezhenkov ships it with A♣ Q♣ trips.

Sho Homma raises to 100,000 on the button and then smirks "you always check-raise me" when facing the prospect of Ankit Ahuja coming along. Ahuja calls and Homma checks behind the T♠ 2♣ 2♥ flop.

The 6♥ turn has Ahuja bet 165,000 for Homma to call and he then makes it 430,000 to go on the 3♦ river. Homma uses two time banks and folds.

Yoon Kang raises to 100,000 and Ankit Ahuja calls in the next seat. Ahuja check-calls for 90,000 on the K♠ 6♠ 3♦ flop before they check down the 3♥ turn and 2♠ river.

Ahuja wins the pot with the 2♠

Sho Homma then opens to 100,000 on the button for Ahuja to call from the big blind. Ahuja check-raises from 70,000 to 220,000 and Homma folds.

Artem Vezhenkov continues to pressure the table as he opens for the third consecutive time. Big blind Dominik Nitsche defends to take the battle to the flop 8♥ Q♣ A♥ . Following a check, Vezhenkov bets 125,000, Nitsche calls, then they both check the turn 8♦ . On the river 2♣ , Nitsche leads out 375,000 and it's enough to claim the pot uncontested.

Two hands after, Vezhenkov is under the gun and raises again, Nitsche calls from the button. They check it to the river 5♥ 6♠ J♠ 3♠ . Vezhenkov bets 75,000, Nitsche calls, then mucks to the T♣ 2♣ straight.

Dominik Nitsche raises from the hijack to 100,000, and Supakit Anukoolpitaknil calls from the big blind.

The flop comes A♦ K♦ 9♥ , Anukoolpitaknil checks, Nitsche bets 75,000, and Anukoolpitaknil calls.

The turn card pairs the board with the 9♦ , and both players check.

The river card is the J♠ , Anukoolpitaknil bets 100,000, Nitsche raises to 400,000, and Anukoolpitaknil thinks for a while before he calls. Nitsche shows A♠ K♣ for two pair, aces and kings, but Anukoolpitaknil turns over J♦ 6♦ to win the pot with a jack-high flush.

Once again, Supakit Anukoolpitaknil survives against Artem Vezhenkov. Hand opens with a push from Vezkhenkov on the small blind and Anukoolpitaknil calls for his last 550,000 (11 bb).

Supakit Anukoolpitakni: K♣ J♣

Artem Vezhenkov: 6♦ 5♦

When the flop runs J♦ 5♥ 6♣ , they both improve with Vezhenkov headed for the kill. The turn 9♣ doesn't change anything but the J♥ sends Anukoolpitaknil back on top with trips to double through.

Ronald Haverkamp raises from the hijack to 100,000, Neng Zhao reraises from the cutoff to 260,000, and Haverkamp calls.

Both players check to the turn on a board of T♦ 8♦ 3♦ 2♠ , Haverkamp checks, Zhao bets 225,000, and Haverkamp calls.

The river card is the K♥ , Haverkamp checks, Zhao moves all in for 1,060,000, and Haverkamp thinks for a while before he folds. Zhao shows one card -- the 9♠ -- as he takes the pot.

Yoon Kang raises to 100,000 from under the gun and Aditya Agarwal three-bets to 250,000. Kang four-bets to 475,000 and Agarwal snap-folds.

In the very next hand, Yinghao Zhuo jams the button for 340,000 and Kang calls in the big blind.

Yinghao Zhuo: Q♦ T♠

Yoon Kang: A♦ 4♦

"Chop?" Kang jokes and Zhuo laughs, as he was denied a double not long ago.

Both have a piece of the A♠ Q♣ 6♥ flop, but nothing changes on the 7♥ turn and 5♥ river. The short stack ride of Zhuo ends on the final two tables.

Battle of the Indian pros starts with a raise of 100,000 from Ankit Ahuja. To his immediate left, Aditya Agarwal calls. They both check the flop A♣ K♣ 3♣ , then Ahuja slides out 125,000 on the turn 4♠ . After Agarwal calls, it's back to checking the river 6♠ .

Ahuja shows A♠ Q♦ for the pot.

In a battle between the short stacks, Apoorva Goel moves all in from the cutoff for 360,000, and Yinghao Zhuo calls all in from the small blind for 315,000 with A♦ K♦ .

Goel turns over K♠ 9♥ , and Zhuo needs his hand to hold to stay alive.

The board comes 5♦ 5♣ 4♠ 5♥ 4♥ , and the board brings a full house to chop the pot.

The next hand, chipleader Daniel Charlton raises from the cutoff to 100,000, and Yinghao Zhuo uses two Time Chips to tank for more than a minute before he reraises from the button to 340,000, leaving himself just 25K behind.

Charlton rechecks his cards and says, "It's not aces," before he folds. Zhuo takes the pot.

Ankit Ahuja jams out of the small blind into the big blind of Apoorva Goel, who calls all-in for fewer than six big blinds and tables the K♥ 6♥ .

Ahuja is well behind with the 6♣ 4♥ but ends up with a full house on the J♦ 6♠ 4♦ 4♣ 8♥ board to reduce the field to the final dozen contenders.

Sho Homma opens to 100,000 on the button and Ankit Ahuja defends from the big blind to the A♣ T♥ 6♣ flop. Ahuja check-raises from 70,000 to 205,000 and Homma comes along to then face a much larger bet of 700,000 by Ahuja on the 5♠ turn after one time bank extension is used.

Homma calls for around one third of his stack and Ahuja then uses the entire 30-second action clock on the 4♥ river before declaring all-in. Homma places all of his time bank extensions out in front and uses three of them before folding.

Ronald Haverkamp opens from cutoff and big blind Supakit Anukoollitaknil makes the call for a flop 6♠ 8♣ 4♥ . Anukoollitaknil check-calls 105,000, and another 215,000 on the turn T♣ , but on the river 7♠ , Anukoollitaknil tanks to the 750,000 bet. With just 1,100,000 behind, Anukoollitaknil struggles to decide saying, "it doesn't make sense", before folding while showing 8♥ . Haverkamp collects the pot.

Collin Ho raises to 100,000 from under the gun and Supakit Anukoolpitaknil calls in the small blind. They check the 8♠ 7♥ 4♦ flop and Anukoolpitaknil then leads the 3♣ turn for 125,000, Ho folds.

One hand later, Anukoolpitaknil opens to 100,000 on the button for Ho to call. On a monotone flop of K♠ 7♠ 5♠ , Ho check-calls for 75,000 before check-folding the K♥ turn for 125,000.

The new level is underway and within two fast hands, Hugues Girard falls in 15th place. Before that happens, he shoves 510,000 from the small blind and wins the blinds and ante. On the next hand, he pushes again, and this time Daniel Charlton makes the call.

Hugues Girard: Q♦ Q♥

Daniel Charlton: A♠ 2♦

An ace turns up on the window as the board completes A♥ K♣ 6♣ 8♠ J♥ .

Here are the official chip counts from the break:

And here are the remaining payouts at stake, followed by recent eliminations:

* 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 24, with increased blinds of 25,000-50,000 and a 50,000 ante.

With 14 players remaining from a field of 750, the average chip stack is around 2,680,000 (54 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $28,500 each.

Action will continue today until the field is down to the final six players or they play seven 90-minute levels, whichever comes first.

Peteris Enders raises under the gun to 80,000, Daniel Charlton reraises from middle position to 325,000, and Enders calls.

The flop comes K♣ J♠ 8♠ , Enders checks, Charlton bets 350,000, and Enders check-raises all in for about 1,275,000. Charlton thinks for a moment before he calls with A♣ K♠ for a pair of kings.

Enders turns over A♠ J♣ for a pair of jacks, and he needs to improve to stay alive.

The turn card is the 2♠ , the river card is the 8♥ , and Charlton wins the pot with two pair, kings and eights, to eliminate Enders in 15th place.

Supakit Anukoolpitaknil three-bets all in for 420,000 and sweats it against caller Artem Vezhenkov who is sitting on a mountain of chips.

Supakit Anukoolpitaknil: A♠ 6♦

Artem Vezhenkov: K♦ J♣

Similar hand for Vezhekov when he eliminated Amin Riyazati however this time it does not pan out with the board running 3♠ 5♥ 8♣ 4♦ 7♠ . Anukoolpitaknil doubles up.

After a series of small pots including a successful preflop three-bet by Collin Ho, the Singaporean raises the button to 80,000 and Ronald Haverkamp calls from the big blind. Both check the 8♥ 6♦ 4♣ flop and Haverkamp leads the 7♠ turn for75,000, Ho calls.

Haverkamp slows down and checks the T♥ on the river, Ho bets 225,000 and earns an instant fold to win the pot without showdown.

Amin Riyazati has been grinding hard to win a couple of hands without showdown. His next hand however finishes him off in 16th place. From early position, Riyazati raises 80,000 which is called by the small blind Neng Zhao, then big bind Artem Vezhenkov three-bets all in with his massive stack. Riyazati calls for his tournament life as Zhao folds.

Artem Vezhenkov: K♦ J♦

Amin Riyazati: A♠ K♠

Riyazati is ahead until the turn improves Vezhenkov, and with the board completing K♣ 6♠ T♦ J♣ 5♦ , Riyazati gets up very disappointed.

Daniel Charlton raises under the gun to 80,000, Hugues Girard uses a Time Chip to tank for a while before he reraises from the big blind to 210,000, and Charlton calls.

Both players check to the river on a board of J♥ T♦ 3♥ J♠ 7♥ . Girard checks, Charlton bets 225,000, and Girard uses a Time Chip to tank for a while before he folds. Charlton takes the pot.

Peteris Enders raises under the gun to 80,000, Ankit Ahuja reraises from the small blind to 325,000, and Enders calls.

The flop comes K♠ T♥ 8♦ , Ahuja bets 260,000, and Enders quickly calls.

The turn card pairs the board with the 8♥ , Ahuja bets 400,000, and again, Enders calls rather quickly.

The river card double-pairs the board with the T♠ , and Ahuja uses a Time Chip to tank for a while before he bets 1,100,000. Enders snap-folds, and Ahuja takes the pot.

Amin Riyazati raises to 80,000 first to act. Neng Zhao pushes for 735,000 in the cutoff and Riyazati reluctantly calls.

Once Zhao tables his 9♣ 9♥ , Riyazati sighs as he has the slightly inferior pocket pair in 8♠ 8♥ . There is no upset on the K♦ T♣ 4♣ Q♦ Q♠ board and both players swap positions on the leaderboard.

Sho Homma takes the reins from the button position with a min-raise and is denied the steal as big blind Ankit Ahuja makes the call. At the flop 8♥ J♦ 4♠ , Homma bets 55,000 only to be check-raised by Ahuja for 175,000. Homma calls then they both take it easy on the turn Q♦ . No more checking on the river 3♥ with Ahuja leading out 230,000, Homma folds after using up a time-bank.

Daniel Charlton three-bets from hijack and initial raiser Peteris Enders wants to see the flop 3♥ 3♣ 4♦ . Charlton continues for 255,000 and Enders calls. On the turn K♦ , the barrage continues for 575,000 and this time Enders gives up his hand.

Amin Riyazati raises to 80,000 and Ronald Haverkamp calls on the button, Neng Zhao comes along in the small blind. The A♥ 4♠ 2♦ flop is checked by Zhao, Riyazati bets 85,000 and both opponents call.

They check the K♦ on the turn and Zhao then leads the 3♠ on the river for380,000. Riyazati folds while Haverkamp then uses a time bank and raises to1,000,000. Zhao goes into the tank as well and tosses three time bank chips out in front before he eventually calls.

Haverkamp reveals 5♦ 5♣ for the five-high straight and Zhao mucks.

From middle position, Artem Vezhenkov min-raises with A♦ K♦ and big blind Dominik Nitsche makes the call. They proceed to check to the turn 5♣ 6♦ 3♠ 3♦ . Nitsche takes the reins for 70,000 that Vezhekov calls. On the river 2♦ , Nitsche double barrels 180,000 sending Vezhenkov to the tank then says "just call" as he drop in the chips.

Nitsche shows 8♣ 9♠ bluff, Vezhenkov flips open a big hand A♦ K♦ flush and Nitsche laughs saying, "just call".

It folds all the way to Daniel Charlton in the small blind and he raises to 290,000. Yinghao Zhuo in the big blind uses one time bank on the pay jump and then moves all-in for little more, Charlton calls and rolls over the 6♦ 3♠ .

Zhuo is out in front with the 7♦ 7♥ and stays ahead all the way on the K♣ K♠ J♥ 8♦ 3♦ board.

"Hey, I am trying to help you out here," Charlton grins to the other short stack of the table, Hugues Girard, while Zhuo smirks and adds "cooler, cooler".

Amin Riyazati raises UTG+1 to 80,000, Dominik Nitsche calls from the hijack, Neng Zhao calls from the button, and Supakit Anukoolpitaknil calls from the big blind.

The flop comes K♠ 5♦ 4♣ , Anukoolpitaknil checks, and Riyazati bets 110,000. Nitsche folds, Zhao calls, and Anukoolpitaknil folds.

The turn card is the 3♥ , Riyazati checks, Zhao bets 275,000, and Riyazati thinks for a while before he calls.

The river card is the 8♥ , Riyazati checks, and Zhao uses a Time Chip to think for a while before he bets 645,000, leaving himself about 260K behind. Riyazati uses a Time Chip of his own to tank for a while before he folds, and Zhao takes the pot.

Supakit Anukoolpitaknil raises UTG+1 to 100,000, Dominik Nitsche reraises from the button to 300,000, and Anukoolpitaknil uses a Time Chip to tank for nearly a minute before he moves all in for about 530,000.

Nitsche quickly calls with 9♠ 9♣ , and Anukoolpitaknil turns over Q♠ Q♥ . Anukoolpitaknil needs his hand to hold to stay alive.

The flop comes T♥ 9♦ 6♥ , and Nitsche takes a huge lead with a flopped set of nines.

But the turn card is the 7♣ , the river card is the 8♦ , and a ten-high straight on the board chops the pot and saves Anukoolpitaknil's tournament life.

Peteris Enders raises to 105,000 on the button and Daniel Charlton comes along from the big blind. Following a 7♥ 4♦ 2♠ flop, Charlton check-calls for the very same105,000 before they check down the J♦ turn and A♦ river. Enders flips over the A♠ J♣ for top two on a flush draw board and Charlton mucks the A♥ .

Chip leader Daniel Charlton is joined by two players then they all check to the river J♠ 7♣ 7♠ 3♥ 5♣ . Charlton leads out 215,000, only Yoon Kang calls who then mucks to Charlton's Q♠ J♥ top pair.

Ankit Ahuja has been involved in three consecutive pots with the first one going his way for a small pick up. The next one, he opens then folds to Peteris Enders three-bet. The third hand, Ahuja defends the big blind by calling under the gun Apoorva Goel's min-raise.

At the flop 8♣ 3♦ 6♠ , Ahuja check-calls 100,000, then both check the turn K♥ . On the river 4♦ , Ahuja leads out 120,000, Goel calls. Ahuja shows 8♦ 7♦ , Goel has his kicker beat with A♥ 8♥ .

Level 22 comes to an end, and Level 23 begins with increased blinds of 20,000-40,000 and a 40,000 ante. Play continues without a break.

With 16 players remaining from a field of 750, the average chip stack is around 2,345,000 (59 big blinds). The remaining players are guaranteed at least $24,300 each.

Action will continue today until the field is down to the final six players or they play seven 90-minute levels, whichever comes first.

No major pots play out during the final nine minutes of the level. Supakit Anukoolpitaknil gets open open shove through and then calls a raise to 60,000 by Dominik Nitsche out of the small blind, Aditya Agarwal also comes along from the big blind.

On the A♣ 8♣ 3♠ flop, the action checks to Nitsche and he bets 70,000. Only Agarwal check-calls and then checks the 5♥ on the turn. Nitsche bumps it up to 240,000 and wins the pot without any further resistance.

After the elimination of Kevin Ewald in 17th place, the final 16 players randomly drew for seats at the final two tables. With only 9:13 remaining in Level 22, they took their15-minute break now, and when they return they'll finish this level and then roll into Level 23.

Here are the official chip counts from the break:

Here are the remaining payouts at stake:

And here are today's eliminations so far, along with their payouts:

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

Kevin Ewald opens from under the gun and Artem Vezhenkov calls from the button. At the flop 9♥ 5♠ 6♠ , Ewald continues for 120,00, Vezhenkov raises to 270,000, Ewald jams and is snap-called.

Ewald has A♥ 9♦ top pair that's way behind Vezhenkov's 5♦ 5♥ set. The turn 4♥ and river K♥ finishes off Ewald in 17th place.

Peteris Enders opens from cutoff and the blinds call. At the flop A♦ K♦ 5♠ , big blind Amin Riyazati bets 60,000 and it continues to the turn 8♥ after both Enders and Collin Ho call. Riyazati fires again for 175,000 to lose Enders while Ho calls, then both players check the river 7♣ .

Ho shows A♠ 9♣ and wins the pot with Riyazati mucking.

Three players left by the turn board T♠ 2♠ Q♦ 7♥ , button player Peteris Enders bets 175,000 and is check-called by Dominik Nitsche and Amin Riyazati. On the river K♠ , Enders bets 225,000 and again both players call. Enders shows J♠ 9♠ the flush to claim the pot.

Martin Stausholm moves all in from the cutoff to 155,000, and Yoon Kang reraises over the top from the button to 500,000. Both blinds fold.