WPT Cambodia Championship ($3,500)

Thi Bao An Nguyen is all in under the gun for 460,000 with Q♦ Q♣ , and she needs it to hold to stay alive against the A♥ K♦ of Xin Yuan in the hijack.

The board comes 9♠ 8♥ 2♥ 6♦ A♠ , and Yuan spikes an ace on the river to win the pot and eliminate Nguyen in 37th place.

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.

The second short stack in a row exits from table three. First to go is Amit Kaushik after a torrid second level and Dylan Foster then hits the rail against fellow Aussie Amin Riyazati, who currently leads the Player of the Festival ranking as well.

Foster jams for 105,000 and Riyazati in the big blind has not looked at his cards yet. He peels the first one, which is the K♠ and says "the first one is good". The second card is, too, as it's the K♦ .

Foster has a mountain to climb with J♦ T♦ and Riyazati flops a full house on the A♥ A♠ K♥ 9♦ 4♣ board.

"This is the last thing I want," Riyazati sighs before both embrace and part ways.

In three-way action to the K♠ 4♠ 2♣ J♦ T♥ river, Thi Bao An Nguyen bets 65,000 in the big blind. Ankit Ahuja raises to 190,000 from under the gun and Xin Yuan three-bets to 400,000. Nguyen folds and Ahuja jams, Yuan calls.

Nguyen exposes her Q♣ 9♦ for the bottom end of the straight, while Ahuja with A♣ Q♥ and Yuan with A♦ Q♦ both have broadway.

There is some uproar on table nine as a large pot unfolds between Yunsheng Sun and Dylan DeStefano. With some 175,000 in the middle to the Q♦ 8♣ 6♣ flop, DeStefano is all-in and at risk for 278,000 with the K♣ K♦ .

Sun has him barely covered and reveals the A♣ J♣ for the nut flush. Instead, Sun spikes the A♦ on the turn to take the lead and leave DeStefano on the verge of elimination very close to the money bubble.

One more twist to the story is to follow, as the river brings the K♥ and that is also the reason for the uproar.

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:

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:

Here is the seat draw for Day 2, along with their official chip counts:

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.

There were 403 entries on Day 1B of the WPT Cambodia Championship, creating a total field of 750 entries and generating a prizepool worth $2,400,750, crushing the $1.5 million guarantee.

The final 94 players will finish in the money, and here are the payouts:

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

Day 2 begins tomorrow (Friday) at 11:30 am, and the field is scheduled to play five90-minutes levels or until the Money Bubble bursts, whichever takes longer. 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.

Action folds around to the small blind Takayuki Koga and he limps in. Big blind Thi Bao An Nguyen defends with a raise of 3300, Koga re-raises 8500, Nguyen calls.

When the flop comes 3♣ Q♠ Q♥ , more chips go flying. Koga bets 4000, Nguyen raises 9000, Koga makes it 20,000, Nguyen calls.

On the turn 8♠ , Koga shoves, Nguyen calls, and upon revealing, Koga has 3♠ 3♦ full house ahead of Nguyen's A♠ Q♣ trips. When the river lands 8♣ , Nguyen can't believe her luck as she spikes the higher full house to eliminate Koga.