WPT Cambodia Championship ($3,500)

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.

With the turn showing Q♦ 9♠ 8♠ 6♥ Sungmin Cho bets 75,000 and Amit Kaushik calls in the next seat. They are heading to the J♥ river on which Cho lets his shot clock run to almost zero before he announces a bet of 250,000. He first pushes forward two full stacks of T-5,000, another nine chips of the same denomination and then adds five yellow T-1,000 chips.

Kaushik uses two time banks and eventually calls, but quickly mucks when Cho tables J♦ T♦ for the flopped queen-high straight.

Amit Kaushik has A♣ J♠ and raises it up to 24,000 from early position. Wonho Lee defends his big blind then more chips find the flop 9♣ K♥ 4♠ with Lee check-calling 13,000.

After they check the turn J♥ , Kaushik resumes with a bet of 65,000 on the river 9♠ , Lee tanks for two time banks, then calls and mucks.

On a completed board of A♣ K♣ J♠ 2♠ A♠ , Amit Kaushik checks in the big blind. Artem Vezhenkov bets 250,000 from under the gun and Kaushik uses one time bank to then move all-in with the covering stack.

Vezhenkov immediately leans back in the seat and sighs. He uses one time bank and calls for 583,000, instantly asks if Kaushik has ace-king. Kaushik only has A♦ 2♥ for aces full of deuces, which he has beat with the A♥ J♦ for aces full of jacks.

A scan of the field during the break turned up 10 players with at least one million in chips, creating an unofficial leaderboard:

On the river of a Q♦ 7♥ 4♣ J♠ A♣ board, Wonho Lee checks and Amit Kaushik goes into the tank before he moves all-in. Lee snap-calls and shows the Q♣ J♣ for turned two pair.

Kaushik, however, has broadway with K♥ T♣ and doubles for 192,000.

On a completed board of K♦ J♣ 5♣ A♥ 7♦ with around 370,000 in the middle, Amit Kaushik checks. Yinghao Zhuo bets 240,000 when his action clock reaches zero and he has very few chips behind.

Kaushik ends up folding and Zhuo flips over T♠ T♣ for the broadway blockers.

A scan of the field during the break turned up 18 players with at least 600K in chips, creating an unofficial leaderboard:

Naj Ajez was just eliminated on a board of A♠ K♠ 4♠ Q♣ A♥ .

Ajez had 9♠ 6♠ for a flopped spade flush, but Amit Kaushik held Q♠ Q♦ for a set of queens on the run and a full house on the river.

Kaushik won the pot to eliminate Ajez from the tournament.

According to Naj Ajez, a three-bet pot escalates with more than 50,000 chips in the middle to the Q♣ 7♥ 5♥ T♥ J♣ river. Vishal Ojha jams for the last 25,600 and Yinghao Zhuo is in the tank and eventually calls with the covering stack.

Ojha tables 4♦ 4♥ for just a pair of fours and Zhuo earns the knockout holding 7♠ 7♣ for a flopped set of sevens.

Three ways to the 9♥ 6♠ 5♥ K♣ turn, the action checks to Adrien Berger and he bets 3,600. Amit Kaushik is the only one to call and checks the T♠ on the river. Berger now bets 14,000 and Kaushik reluctantly calls for the French player to show A♣ Q♥

Kaushik has that beat with the K♦ 7♠ to win the pot with top pair.