WPT Cambodia Championship ($3,500)

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.

A scan of the field during the break turned up 14 players with at least 700K in chips, creating an unofficial leaderboard:

Down to 99 players, all remaining eleven tables are balanced and the money bubble is looming near the end of the penultimate level on Day 2.

Martin Sedlak raises to 12,000 on the button for both blinds to call including Azizjon Rakhimov and Juyeol Lee. They check to the J♦ 8♠ 6♠ 3♦ 4♠ river on which Lee bets 24,000. Sedlak mulls it over for a short while and folds, as does Rakhimov.

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

Yoon Kang opens to 10,000 and earns two callers in Michael Gathy and Azizjon Rakhimov, the latter of which is in the big blind.

The T♣ 7♦ 3♠ flop is checked to Kang, who bets 11,000. Only Gathy calls and then does so for another 40,000 on the 4♦ turn. They check the 4♥ river and Kang tables A♥ 9♠ , Gathy takes the pot with the Q♥ T♥ .

A scan of the field during the break turned up 16 players with at least 500K in chips, creating an unofficial leaderboard:

A scan of the field during the break turned up 12 players with at least 200K in chips, creating an unofficial leaderboard:

The cards are all but scooped up by the dealer and a large pot is shipped over to Azizjon Rakhimov, while Luc Ramos can only grab a handful of chips into his palm and sigh.

On a board of 9♠ 7♠ 2♠ K♥ 5♠ , the K♠ K♣ of Rakhimov are ahead all the way versus A♦ Q♠ and that leaves Ramos on fumes.

Nikesh Chawla is all-in for around 30 big blinds with the Q♦ Q♠ and Azizjon Rakhimov looks him up with the A♠ T♥ . The A♥ K♣ 7♣ J♥ 3♣ board improves Rakhimov and he smirks, then says just two words: "Running hot."

Azizjon Rakhimov raises from the cutoff, Adam Friedman reraises from the small blind to 4,200, and Rakhimov calls.

The flop comes 5♥ 4♣ 2♦ , Friedman bets 2,100, and Rakhimov calls.

The turn card is the 6♥ , and both players check.

The river card is the 5♠ , Friedman bets 2,600, and Rakhimov calls. Friedman says, "I have a four," and shows 7♥ 4♠ for two pair fives and fours. Rakhimov mucks, and Friedman takes the pot.

Azizion Rakhimov gets involved in two hands that ends with his stack getting drained. The first hand he opens from early position for 800 and finds one caller in Donghyup Kim from the small blind. They check to the turn 3♠ 6♥ 2♠ 7♣ Where Kim leads out and Rakhimov quickly folds.

Next hand, sees a much larger pot of 15,200 before goin to the flop 2♠ 7♦ 4♣. Big blind Zapatera Gomez bets 4000, Rakhimov calls, then Gomez jams the turn J♣ . Rakhimov folds.