
D3
Juyeol Lee Eliminated in 45th Place by Ankit Ahuja
After a flop of 9♦ 8♦ 2♣, Ankit Ahuja bets 70,000 from the big blind, Juyeol Lee moves all in from the hijack for 382,000, and Ahuja waits for an exact count before he calls with A♠ 9♣ for a pair of nines.
Lee turns over A♦ J♠ for ace high, and needs to improve to stay alive.
The turn card is the K♠, the river card is the 4♥, and Ahuja wins the pot with his pair of nines to eliminate Lee in 45th place.
Player | Chips |
---|---|
AA Ankit Ahuja | 1,755,000(117 BB) |
JL Juyeol Lee | busted |
Ankit Ahuja Barrels On The Turn

Three players in for 30,000 take it to the flop 5♥ 8♠ 6♥ . Action is checked to Ankit Ahuja, he bets 30,000. Only Juyeol Lee pays to continue and they see a turn Q♦ . Lee checks again, Ahuja fires a larger bet of 140,000, and after using up a time extension, Lee gives up his hand.
Player | Chips |
---|---|
AA Ankit Ahuja | 1,100,000(73 BB) |
JL Juyeol Lee | 545,000(36 BB) |
Juyeol Lee Enters A Full Orbit

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
Player | Chips |
---|---|
DN Dominik Nitsche | 1,363,000(136 BB) |
SB Shmuel Bechor | 470,000(47 BB) |
JL Juyeol Lee | 312,000(31 BB) |
KE Kevin Ewald | 287,000(29 BB) |
Kevin Ewald Jams Into Juyeol Lee

On a flop of 9♠ 9♣ 5♥ with 95,000 in the middle, Kevin Ewald checks and Juyeol Lee bets 35,000. Ewald check-jams for 167,000 and Lee goes deep into the tank. He uses three time banks and then folds with two seconds left on the action clock.
Player | Chips |
---|---|
JL Juyeol Lee | 352,000(35 BB) |
KE Kevin Ewald | 297,000(30 BB) |
D2
Late Double for Hugues Girard
On the river of a A♦ Q♦ J♣ Q♣ Q♠ board, Juyeol Lee check-calls the shove by Hugues Girard for 128,000. Girard shows the Q♥ 9♣ for quads to earn a late boost.
Player | Chips |
---|---|
JL Juyeol Lee | 650,000(81 BB) |
HG Hugues Girard | 375,000(47 BB) |
Juyeol Lee Raises Out Daniel Charlton

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.
Player | Chips |
---|---|
DC Daniel Charlton | 1,485,000(186 BB) |
JL Juyeol Lee | 615,000(77 BB) |
Juyeol Lee Wins Pot Without Showdown

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.
Player | Chips |
---|---|
MG Michael Gathy | 1,275,000(213 BB) |
YK Yoon Kang | 1,050,000(175 BB) |
AR Azizjon Rakhimov | 900,000(150 BB) |
JL Juyeol Lee | 455,000(76 BB) |
MS Martin Sedlak | 239,000(40 BB) |
Ivan Karatayeu Leads the Field at the Break with 915,000

A scan of the field during the break turned up 16 players with at least 500K in chips, creating an unofficial leaderboard:
Player | Chips |
---|---|
IK Ivan Karatayeu | 915,000(183 BB) |
TC Toan Chan Truong | 784,000(157 BB) |
AR Azizjon Rakhimov | 779,500(156 BB) |
AB Adrien Berger | 776,500(155 BB) |
DN Daniel Neilson | 745,500(149 BB) |
TB Thomas Boivin | 626,000(125 BB) |
YS Yunsheng Sun | 625,500(125 BB) |
DN Dominik Nitsche | 609,500(122 BB) |
NH Ngoc Ha Nguyen | 594,000(119 BB) |
JL Juyeol Lee | 593,000(119 BB) |
SA Supakit Anukoolpitaknil | 560,000(112 BB) |
SH Sho Homma | 558,000(112 BB) |
YK Yoon Kang | 513,500(103 BB) |
NT Nguyen Thi Bao An | 508,000(102 BB) |
MS Martin Stausholm | 505,500(101 BB) |
DD Dylan Destefano | 500,500(100 BB) |
Pound For Pound Between Manuel Carvalho And Michael Gathy

Manuel Carvalho opens 8500, Juyeol Lee calls, then cutoff Michael Gathy three-bets for 32,000. Action back on Carvalho, he tanks then sends out a four-bet of 75,000. This gets a fold from Lee while Gathy tanks. After a minute or so, Gathy five-bets 138,000 and this time Carvalho tanks. He takes a couple of minutes before giving up his hand and near 19 bigs.
Next hand, Yoon Kang opens 8000 from under the gun and is called by both Gathy and Carvalho. They all check to the turn 9♣ K♦ 7♣ 6♥ . Carvalho leads out 18,000, Kang folds, Gathy calls. The river J♣ sees a larger 53,000 bet from Carvalho, Gathy folds.
Player | Chips |
---|---|
JL Juyeol Lee | 588,000(147 BB) |
YK Yoon Kang | 503,000(126 BB) |
MG Michael Gathy | 419,000(105 BB) |
MC Manuel Carvalho | 386,500(97 BB) |
Adrien Berger Leads the Field at the Break with 755,500
Player | Chips |
---|---|
AB Adrien Berger | 755,500(189 BB) |
TC Toan Chan Truong | 676,500(169 BB) |
IK Ivan Karatayeu | 665,000(166 BB) |
AR Azizjon Rakhimov | 647,500(162 BB) |
SA Supakit Anukoolpitaknil | 603,000(151 BB) |
JL Juyeol Lee | 602,500(151 BB) |
DN Daniel Neilson | 567,000(142 BB) |
YS Yunsheng Sun | 550,000(138 BB) |
DD Dylan Destefano | 542,000(136 BB) |
JG Joshua Gebissa | 474,000(119 BB) |
TB Thomas Boivin | 465,000(116 BB) |
SC Sungmin Cho | 426,000(107 BB) |
SH Sho Homma | 425,500(106 BB) |
JM John Matsuda | 423,000(106 BB) |
AG Apoorva Goel | 422,000(106 BB) |
RS Raffaele Sorrentino | 408,000(102 BB) |
NH Ngoc Ha Nguyen | 375,000(94 BB) |
YK Yoon Kang | 345,000(86 BB) |
FC Florencio Campomanes | 330,000(83 BB) |
LG Lynn Gilmartin | 320,000(80 BB) |
AR Amin Riyazati | 315,000(79 BB) |
NZ Neng Zhao | 305,000(76 BB) |
AA Aditya Agarwal | 295,000(74 BB) |
AF Adam Friedman | 290,000(73 BB) |
PH Paul Hofer | 260,000(65 BB) |
MR Michael Ruane | 255,000(64 BB) |
GT Guy Taylor | 230,000(58 BB) |
KP Kunal Patni | 225,000(56 BB) |
JP John Perry | 185,000(46 BB) |
DM Dhaval Mudgal | 160,000(40 BB) |
CC Charlie Chiu | 150,000(38 BB) |
125,000(31 BB) |
Day 2 Begins at 11:30 am; Ivan Karatayeu Leads Final 242 Players
There were 750 entries in the WPT Cambodia Championship, but only 242 have made it to Day 2, where we expect to burst the Money Bubble.
The total prizepool is worth $2,400,750, and the final 94 players will finish in the money. Here is the full list of payouts:
Place | Payout (USD) |
---|---|
1 | $390,650 |
2 | $255,000 |
3 | $189,000 |
4 | $142,000 |
5 | $107,000 |
6 | $82,000 |
7 | $63,000 |
8 | $49,000 |
9 | $38,500 |
10 | $38,500 |
11 | $33,000 |
12 | $33,000 |
13 | $28,500 |
14 | $28,500 |
15 | $28,500 |
16 | $24,300 |
17 | $24,300 |
18 | $24,300 |
19 | $24,300 |
20 | $20,600 |
21 | $20,600 |
22 | $20,600 |
23 | $20,600 |
24 | $17,300 |
25 | $17,300 |
26 | $17,300 |
27 | $17,300 |
28 | $17,300 |
29 | $17,300 |
30 | $17,300 |
31 | $17,300 |
32 | $14,400 |
33 | $14,400 |
34 | $14,400 |
35 | $14,400 |
36 | $14,400 |
37 | $14,400 |
38 | $14,400 |
39 | $14,400 |
40 | $12,200 |
41 | $12,200 |
42 | $12,200 |
43 | $12,200 |
44 | $12,200 |
45 | $12,200 |
46 | $12,200 |
47 | $12,200 |
48 | $10,200 |
49 | $10,200 |
50 | $10,200 |
51 | $10,200 |
52 | $10,200 |
53 | $10,200 |
54 | $10,200 |
55 | $10,200 |
56 | $8,600 |
57 | $8,600 |
58 | $8,600 |
59 | $8,600 |
60 | $8,600 |
61 | $8,600 |
62 | $8,600 |
63 | $8,600 |
64 | $7,400 |
65 | $7,400 |
66 | $7,400 |
67 | $7,400 |
68 | $7,400 |
69 | $7,400 |
70 | $7,400 |
71 | $7,400 |
72 | $7,400 |
73 | $7,400 |
74 | $7,400 |
75 | $7,400 |
76 | $7,400 |
77 | $7,400 |
78 | $7,400 |
79 | $6,400 |
80 | $6,400 |
81 | $6,400 |
82 | $6,400 |
83 | $6,400 |
84 | $6,400 |
85 | $6,400 |
86 | $6,400 |
87 | $6,400 |
88 | $6,400 |
89 | $6,400 |
90 | $6,400 |
91 | $6,400 |
92 | $6,400 |
93 | $6,400 |
94 | $6,400 |
Here is the seat draw for Day 2, along with their official chip counts:
Top 10 Chip Counts
Player | Chips |
---|---|
IK Ivan Karatayeu | 599,500(150 BB) |
JG Joshua Gebissa | 571,000(143 BB) |
DN Daniel Neilson | 483,000(121 BB) |
DD Dylan Destefano | 471,500(118 BB) |
JL Juyeol Lee | 428,000(107 BB) |
AB Adrien Berger | 412,500(103 BB) |
SC Sungmin Cho | 403,000(101 BB) |
TB Thomas Boivin | 396,500(99 BB) |
NT Nguyen Thi Bao An | 392,000(98 BB) |
SA Supakit Anukoolpitaknil | 387,000(97 BB) |
Day 2 begins at 11:30 am, so 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.
D1A
Day 1A Ends with Joshua Gebissa Leading 109 Survivors; Gebissa Took the Lead on the Final Hand of the Night

There were 347 entries on Day 1A of the WPT Cambodia Championship, and on the final hand of the night, Joshua Gebissa knocked out Daniel Neilson to catapult into the chip lead with 571,000.
There were 109 survivors from this flight, and the full list of official chip counts will be released later tonight. In the meantime, here is a preview of the top of the leaderboard:
Player | Chips |
---|---|
JG Joshua Gebissa | 571,000(228 BB) |
JL Juyeol Lee | 428,000(171 BB) |
AB Adrien Berger | 412,500(165 BB) |
SC Sungmin Cho | 403,000(161 BB) |
TB Thomas Boivin | 396,500(159 BB) |
Day 1B begins tomorrow (Thursday) at 11:30 am, and registration remains open with unlimited re-entries until the start of Level 10 (around 9:45 pm).
Abhinav Iyer Prevails in Three-Way Showdown
Two players are at risk against Egidijus Digrys and Abhinav Iyer has the best of it with K♠ K♦ . Two seats over, Junghyun An tables the Q♦ Q♥ and Digrys attempts to reduce the field by two contenders with the A♥ K♥ .
The J♠ 9♣ 5♦ K♣ 6♥ and Iyer essentially triples up while An busts.
Player | Chips |
---|---|
JL Juyeol Lee | 210,000(175 BB) |
NC Nabil Cardoso | 150,000(125 BB) |
AI Abhinav Iyer | 150,000(125 BB) |
16,500(14 BB) | |
JA Junghyun An | busted |
Sungmin Cho Leads the Field at the Break with 316,500

A scan of the field during the break turned up 14 players with at least 200,000 in chips, plus one more knocking on the door to create an unofficial leaderboard:
Player | Chips |
---|---|
SC Sungmin Cho | 316,500(264 BB) |
HZ Hongru Zhang | 297,000(248 BB) |
BG Brian Green | 269,000(224 BB) |
AB Adrien Berger | 264,500(220 BB) |
YS Yakiv Syzghanov | 259,000(216 BB) |
AF Alberto Flores | 253,000(211 BB) |
TB Thomas Boivin | 241,000(201 BB) |
FM Francesco Morales | 225,900(188 BB) |
TS Tobias Schwecht | 220,500(184 BB) |
JL Juyeol Lee | 219,000(183 BB) |
VL Victor Li | 211,000(176 BB) |
JS Josip Simunic | 210,500(175 BB) |
AG Apoorva Goel | 208,500(174 BB) |
LK Lars Kamphues | 203,500(170 BB) |
YC Yuhang Chen | 198,500(165 BB) |
Aggressive Play Pays Juyeol Lee

Juyeol Lee check -raises 3500 on a flop 4♣ 3♠ 8♦ and Nariman Yaghmai tops up his 1500 bet. With the pot now at 9700, Lee fires 7,000 on the turn 9♠ and this time claims the pot uncontested.
Player | Chips |
---|---|
JL Juyeol Lee | 75,000(188 BB) |
NY Nariman Yaghmai | 27,800(70 BB) |
Juyeol Lee Chips Up Thru Vishal Ojha

One of the latest tables to open brings a larger pot on a queen-high board. Vishal Ojha calls a bet of 4,000 by Juyeol Lee and gets shown J♠ 8♠ for flopped two pair and a missed flush draw on the turn, which is still good enough to win the pot.
Player | Chips |
---|---|
JL Juyeol Lee | 63,000(158 BB) |
VO Vishal Ojha | 36,500(91 BB) |