WPT Cambodia Championship ($3,500)

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.

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♠ .

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♦ .

"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.

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.

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.

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.

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♦ .

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.

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

Juyeol Lee has been on attack mode for nearly an orbit. Facing a raise from the button Kevin Ewald, he drops two chips in from the small blind and attempts to take one back but it's binding so he is forced to three-bet. Action goes back to Ewald who calls. At the flop T♥ 7♦ 5♦ , Lee checks, Ewald shoves and drags in the pot while showing Lee A♠ 7♠ .

Next hand, Lee three-bet shoves on the button on top of Shmuel Bechor's raise then wins with no callers. Repeat action at cutoff, Lee shoves 282,000 to push out raiser Dominik Nitsche from the pot.

Still feeling feisty, Lee loses 20,000 on the next hand by calling a raise then folding at the flop but makes up for it by shoving on the next two hands to collect the blinds and ante.

Still not done, Lee opens from under the gun and big blind Ewald calls. At the flop Q♦ Q♣ A♠ , Lee continues for 18,000 and wins the pot again.

On the eighth consecutive hand, Lee three-bets 75,000 from the big blind and raiser Dominik Nitsche calls. They proceed to check to the turn J♠ Q♥ J♣ Q♣ where Nitsche bets 125,000 and wins the pot with Lee folding

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.

A short-stacked Mario Fata survives the bubble and then gets it in with jack-ten to find himself up against Dominik Nitsche with the K♦ 6♦ .

Fata has a lot of outs on the Q♣ 9♥ 3♣ flop but bricks the 2♥ turn as well as the 4♣ river.

Max Deveson, also a regular on the South African poker circuit, is likewise no longer in contention. The Brit recalls his bustout hand in which pocket kings get cracked by the pocket tens of Zijing Zhan.

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

Following a raise from mid-position, cutoff Ivan Karatayeu calls, big blind Dominik Nitsche three-bets 74,000, and only Karatayeu calls. The flop then comes T♠ 5♥ 7♣ . Nitsche fires 97,000 and Karatayeu calls. Repeat action on the turn J♣ with a large 250,000 bet from Nitsche, Karatayeu tanks then gives up his stake on the pot. Nitsche climbs to over a million.

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

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

Mikael Andersson's 6000 raise is called by small blind Dominik Nitsche while Ting Hao Lian on the big blind three-bets 28,000. Andersson calls and Nitsche gets out of the way. When the flop lands A♦ 6♠ Q♣ , Lian shoves, Andersson doesn't hesitate to call and he is ahead.

Andersson shows K♠ Q♦ , Lian is has a gutshot K♦ J♣ , the turn 8♦ and river 7♣ finish off Lian.