WPT Cambodia Championship ($3,500)

HAND #202: Artem Vezhenkov limps for 250,000, Ronald Haverkamp checks his option in the big blind, and dealer fans out the flop T♦ Q♦ 3♣ . Following a check, Vezhenkov bets 250,000, Haverkamp calls, and they head to the turn K♥ . Vezhenkov fires again, this time a heftier 1,300,000, and after a time bank used, Haverkamp check-calls.

This brings them to the river Q♣ where Haverkamp checks once more. Vezhenkov pushes a stack of his biggest chips. Haverkamp agonizes and tanks then risks his tournament life.

Artem Vezhenkov: Q♠ T♥ (full house, queens full of tens)

Ronald Haverkamp: K♦ 6♠ (two pair, kings and queens)

Vezhenkov wins the pot -- and the title and the trophy -- with a full house, queens full of tens.

Ronald Haverkamp finishes as the runner-up, earning $255,000.

Artem Vezhenkov wins the WPT Cambodia Championship, earning a trophy and $390,650. That amount includes his $10,400 seat into the season-ending WPT World Championship at Wynn Las Vegas. Vezhenkov's name will also be engraved on the one-and-only Mike Sexton WPT Champions Cup alongside every other WPT champion from all 23 seasons of the World Poker Tour.

Congratulations to Artem Vezhenkov!

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

HAND #25: Artem Vezhenkov opens 250,000 from under the gun, next to act Dominik Nitsche three-bets 625,000, short stacked Daniel Charlton on the big blind goes all in for his last 275,000.

The flop A♦ A♠ A♥ is checked then Nitsche bets 400,000 on the turn 5♣ but Vezhenkov folds giving up the side pot.

Dominik Nitsche: A♣ 6♣

Daniel Charlton: K♣ 7♦

With Nitsche showing quads, Charlton is drawing dead. The river 8♣ completes the board. Nitsche scoops up the whole pot, Charlton becomes the first casualty of the final table in 6th place.

HAND #23: In an attempt to recoup some chips, Daniel Charlton opens from under the gun+1 but doesn't get through as Ankit Ahuja defends. Charlton continues for275,000 at the flop 9♦ A♣ 4♥ and Ahuja check-calls.

On the turn 9♥ , Ahuja switches up and leads out 400,000. Charlton calls. On the river J♦ , Ahuja double barrels 1,300,000, Charlton calls then mucks to Ahuja's 4♣ 4♠ full house.

HAND #24: Artem Vezhenkov raises 200,000, Supakit Anukoolpitaknil three-bets450,000, no callers.

The players return from a short five-minute break to begin Level 27, with increased blinds of 50,000-100,000 and a 100,000 ante.

With six players remaining from a field of 750, the average chip stack is around 6,250,000 (63 big blinds). Here are the official chip counts, followed by the remaining payouts:

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

HAND #20: Ankit Ahuja makes it 150,000 to go from the cutoff and folds when Daniel Charlton three-bets to 50,000 in the small blind. Charlton flashes the K♦ K♠ .

HAND #21: Artem Vezhenkov lets his action clock run down to almost zero and then raises to 250,000 in the small blind. Dominik Nitsche three-bets to 750,000 and Vezhenkov then uses two time banks

HAND #22: Ahuja opens to 150,000 in the cutoff, Charlton comes along in the cutoff and so do Dominik Nitsche and Supakit Anukoolpitaknil in the blinds. They check the K♥ 4♠ 2♣ flop to the K♠ turn and Nitsche bets 225,000. Anukoolpitaknil folds, Ahuja raises to 575,000 and Charlton folds while Nitsche calls.

They check the 9♠ on the river and Nitsche wins the pot with the K♦ J♥ for trips kings. After the hand is over, the final six are heading on a short five-minute break.

HAND #15: From under the gun, Supakit Anukoolpitaknil raises to 150,000 and Daniel Charlton three-bets to 475,000 on the button to earn a call from Anukoolpitaknil. The Q♠ 6♠ 5♦ flop is checked by the Thai player and Charlton continues for 450,000. Anukoolpitaknil leans back in his chair, sighs and grabs three of his time bank extensions but only uses one to call.

Anukoolpitaknil then checks the 3♠ turn and Charlton bets 775,000. More sighs from Anukoolpitaknil before he then pushes all-in, and Charlton chuckles instantly to send the cards into the muck.

HAND #4: Ronald Haverkamp opens 150,000 from under the gun+1, gets repopped to 500,000 by small blind Dominik Nitsche, Haverkamp calls. They both check the flop 7♦ Q♦ J♠ , the turn comes 2♦ . Nitsche fires 375,000 and wins the pot.

HAND #5: Daniel Charlton raises 150,000 then wins the blinds and ante as he shows A♥ A♠ .

HAND #6: From under the gun+1, Artem Vezhenkov opens 150,000, big blind Ronald Haverkamp defends to take it to the flop K♥ A♦ 7♦ . Haverkamp check-calls100,000, then check-calls 425,000 on the turn 6♣ . Vezhenkov decides to check back on the river 3♣ and soon mucks to Haverkamp's A♥ T♣ top pair.

There were 750 entries in the WPT Cambodia Championship, but there are only six players remaining to battle for the title, the trophy, and a top prize worth $390,650. Here is the lineup:

There is 47:50 remaining in Level 26, with blinds at 50,000-75,000 and a big blind ante of 75,000. 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.

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 #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 #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 #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.

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.

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 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.

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.

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.

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.

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".

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.

On a board showing 8♣ 7♣ 7♠ 6♥ 6♦ with around 400,000 in the pot, Neng Zhao bets200,000 and is surprised at the immediate call by Daniel Charlton. Zhao shows 9♠ 8♠ , Charlton wins the pot with 9♣ 9♥ .

There were 750 entries in the WPT Cambodia Championship, and there are only 23 players remaining as Day 4 begins today at 11:30 am. Here is the lineup with official chip counts:

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.

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 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.

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♥

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.

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.

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.

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.

A scan of the field during the break turned up nine players with at least 1.3 million in chips, creating an unofficial leaderboard:

Shortly after the elimination of Guy Taylor, Yoon Kang raises to 24,000. Ryan Plant three-bets to 72,000 and everyone including Kang folds.

Daniel Charlton then raises the button to 25,000 and Kang comes along from the big blind. The flop comes A♦ K♦ 9♦ and Kang checks, Charlton bets 18,000 to win the pot.

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

In a clash Day 2 chip leader Ivan Karatayeu in the big blind versus Day 3 chip leader Daniel Charlton on the button, the former just calls a preflop raise and that then sets the stage on a board of Q♠ 8♦ 4♥ 2♣ 4♠ . Karatayeu leads the turn to earn a call and bets around 170,000 with a single chip behind on the river.

Charlton moves all-in and Karatayeu calls with K♥ Q♥ for flopped top pair. Charlton, however, has that beat with 9♦ 4♦ and his table neighbour Neng Zhao bursts out in laughter with some Aussie slang thereafter.

Catching the action on the river with a big pot in the middle, Yujian Sun is all in on a board 5♣ 6♦ 8♥ A♣ 5♦ with A♠ Q♣ on hand and wins a double up off Daniel Charlton with A♥ 9♥ .

After five 90-minute levels, Day 2 of the WPT Cambodia Championship comes to an end with about 72 players remaining, and the big stack belongs to Daniel Charlton, who bagged 1,383,000 (138 big blinds). He's followed by WPT Champions Club member Dominik Nitsche with 1,303,000 (130 big blinds).

The full list of official chip counts will be released later tonight, but in the meantime, here's a preview of the top of the leaderboard:

And here are the remaining payouts they're playing for:

Day 3 begins tomorrow (Saturday) at 11:30 am, and the field is scheduled to once again play five 90-minute levels and end shortly after 8:00 pm. 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.

For the full payout list, head to the Payouts tab at the top of the page.

Daniel Charlton checks the K♠ Q♣ 2♥ flop and then calls a bet by Juyeol Lee from two seats over. The 7♦ on the turn is checked by both and Charlton then leads the J♣ on the river for 55,000.

Lee raises to 150,000 and Charlton folds, asking his opponent if he had bluffed.

"Me? Bluff? ... Maybe," Lee replies with a smile and the table erupts in laughter.

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

Javier Zarco is all in from the big blind with A♦ K♣ , and he needs it to hold to stay alive against the A♥ Q♠ of Daniel Charlton, who is under the gun.

The board comes Q♣ J♣ 7♦ 8♥ 9♥ , and Charlton pairs his queen on the flop to win the pot and eliminate Zarco from the tournament.

Sherif Derias is all-in out of the blinds with the A♠ 7♥ and up against Daniel Charlton with the A♦ 2♠ while all cards are already exposed. The A♥ 9♣ 8♠ K♠ T♣ board gives both players top pair and the kicker doesn't play.

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

Kunal Patni won a big flip with jacks against the ace-king of Joshua McCully, who busts soon after. In the meanwhile, Konstantin Held emerges from his undercover run and nearly doubles the stack he started with so far, now sitting between Hugues Girard and Ngoc Ha Nguyen. The same table has already lost Joris Michl and Dhaval Mudgal.

Two players left vying for a pot of 14,000, check to the turn J♣ 7♣ T♦ 2♦ . Nadav Cohen jams and Daniel Charlton snap calls to give him a sweat. Cohen has T♥ 8♣ , Charlton with A♦ 6♦ , the river is 5♠ for Cohen to double up.