WPT Cambodia Championship ($3,500)

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.

Naj Ajez raises to 5,000 and Kristof Mato then jams for the last 14,000 in the next seat. It folds back to the Aussie and Ajez calls with A♣ Q♦ . Mato needs his J♠ J♥ to hold but the A♠ 9♥ 5♠ 5♥ Q♠ board ends his run.

In the last hand before the late registration break, Naj Ajez three-bets and leads the K♠ 9♦ 3♠ flop for Gary Lin to call. They check the K♥ turn and Ajez jams the 2♦ river for 71,500. Lin snap-calls with king-jack but Ajez has him beat with the A♠ K♣ .

Kristof Mato defends his small blind by calling Najeem Ajez's button raise. At the flop 5♦ K♠ 3♣ , Ajez lays out a small bet that gets Mato to bite. On the turn K♣ , Ajez fires a larger 12,000 bet, Mato calls again to complete the board with a river A♦ .

Mato leads out 20,000, Ajez raises to 40,000, Mato tanks then eventually makes the call. When Ajez shows K♥ 3♠ full house, Mato grunts while showing K♦ 8♦ trips.

Bas de Laat check-calls the river bet of Naj Ajez for 26,500 with the board showing 8♣ 5♥ 2♥ 7♦ K♠ . Ajez shows 7♣ 5♣ for turned two pair and that wins a very healthy pot. De Laat is down to only a couple of big blinds and busts soon thereafter.

Facing a raise from Najeem Ajez that's called by Hon Cheong "Ivan" Lee, small blind Amin Riyazati three-bets 15,000. Action goes back to Ajez, he calls while Lee gets out of the way. The two Aussies then check down the board A♦ Q♥ T♦ K♣ 8♦ . Riyazati flips open A♣ K♠ and wins the pot.

A scan of the field during the break turned up nine players with at least 125K in chips, plus one more knocking on the door to create an unofficial leaderboard: