Cambodia, NagaworldEVENT #44

2025.02.19 - 2025.02.24Add to Calendar

World Poker Tour

Shmuel Bechor

Israel

Place

42nd

Prize

$12,200

Blind level

Level 22: 15,000 / 30,000 ante: 30,000

Entries

23/750

Total Chips

37,500,000

Average

1,630,435

D3

SMPSMP

2/22/2025, 9:12:21 AM

Shmuel Snir Bechor Eliminated in 42nd Place ($12,200) by Kevin Ewald

Level 19: 10,000 / 15,000 ante: 15,000

Shmuel Snir Bechor

Ankit Ahuja had previously won a healthy pot by betting out Yukako Hiroi. She then jams over the top of the short stack all-in of Shmuel Snir Bechor, who is at risk for 101,000 only.

Kevin Ewald in the blinds happily calls all-in for 717,000 as he has the A♥ A♦

Bechor with the A♣ K♠ and Hiroi with A♠ K♥ need a lot of help. They actually have the chance for an unlikely chop after the J♥ 6♣ 4♠ 3♦ turn but the wheel never completes, instead it is the 9♣ that follows on the river.

After the hand is over, Hiroi asks if she should have just called the first all-in preflop. The answer from several players is yes, but as Michael Gathy points out "you just saved time", referring to the likely call of Ewald's reshove.

Player	Chips
AA Ankit AhujaIndia	1,995,000(133 BB)
KE Kevin EwaldUnited States of America	1,550,000(103 BB)
YK Yoon KangAustralia	1,295,000(86 BB)
HG Hugues GirardFrance	705,000(47 BB)
MG Michael GathyBelgium	700,000(47 BB)
YH Yukako HiroiJapan	700,000(47 BB)
SB Shmuel BechorIsrael	busted

SMPSMP

2/22/2025, 5:40:43 AM

Juyeol Lee Enters A Full Orbit

Level 17: 5,000 / 10,000 ante: 10,000

Juyeol Lee

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 NitscheGermany	1,363,000(136 BB)
SB Shmuel BechorIsrael	470,000(47 BB)
JL Juyeol LeeSouth Korea	312,000(31 BB)
KE Kevin EwaldUnited States of America	287,000(29 BB)

Blind level

Level 16: 4,000 / 8,000 ante: 8,000

Entries

72/750

Total Chips

37,500,000

Average

520,833

D2

SMPSMP

2/21/2025, 1:50:30 PM

Jon Kyte Eliminated in Three-Way All-In

Level 16: 4,000 / 8,000 ante: 8,000

Jon Kyte

Having lost a previous hand to be left with a mere 2,000 in chips, Jon Kyte is all-in preflop and so is Shmuel Bechor from the small blind against Lynn Gilmartin in the big blind.

Kyte's A♠ 2♠ needs help, as he is dominated by Bechor with 7♥ 7♠ while Gilmartin also has high cards holding the A♥ Q♥ .

The T♦ T♠ 6♦ T♥ K♣ board keeps the pocket pair ahead all the way and Bechor doubles for 266,000 while Kyte heads to the payout desk. Gilmartin's stack is cut into more than half as well.

Player	Chips
SB Shmuel BechorIsrael	550,000(69 BB)
LG Lynn GilmartinAustralia	200,000(25 BB)
JK Jon KyteNorway	busted

SMPSMP

2/21/2025, 10:28:32 AM

Assorted Counts in the Field

Level 15: 3,000 / 6,000 ante: 6,000

Player	Chips
SH Sho HommaJapan	770,000(128 BB)
LG Lynn GilmartinAustralia	645,000(108 BB)
JM John MatsudaJapan	540,000(90 BB)
NY Nariman YaghmaiIran	465,000(78 BB)
MS Martin StausholmDenmark	430,000(72 BB)
YS Yunsheng SunChina	425,000(71 BB)
AA Ankit AhujaIndia	380,000(63 BB)
JJ Jeremy JehanneFrance	320,000(53 BB)
GT Guy TaylorUnited Kingdom	315,000(53 BB)
TB Thomas BoivinBelgium	290,000(48 BB)
HD Huu Dung NguyenViet Nam	242,000(40 BB)
NP Nils PudelGermany	240,000(40 BB)
RS Robert Sherwood	230,000(38 BB)
HK Hayato KitajimaJapan	210,000(35 BB)
AR Amin RiyazatiAustralia	190,000(32 BB)
BZ Bobby ZhangAustralia	150,000(25 BB)
MS Martin SedlakGermany	142,000(24 BB)
BJ Bo JinChina	130,000(22 BB)
AG Asish GhoshIndia	busted

SMPSMP

2/21/2025, 8:56:09 AM

Shmuel Bechor Knocks Out Micheal O'Neill

Level 14: 2,500 / 5,000 ante: 5,000

Micheal O'Neill is blinded down to a mere 50,000 when he jams for 50,000 from an early position. Shmuel Bechor calls in the cutoff and all other players fold.

"Don't show me bullets over there," the Irish lad says as he gets shown A♣ Q♣ by Shmuel.

"Alright, forty percent," O'Neill replies and reveals his K♣ J♣ .

"Put a papa on the table," O'Neill continues. However, his request is denied on the Q♥ 5♦ 5♠ 4♦ 7♠ board.

Player	Chips
SB Shmuel BechorIsrael	195,000(39 BB)
MO Michael O'neilIreland	busted

SMPSMP

2/21/2025, 7:51:34 AM

Shmuel Bechor Gets a Shove Thru

Level 13: 2,000 / 4,000 ante: 4,000

Shmuel Bechor

Shmuel Bechor three-bets out of the small blind and earns a call from Paul Hoefer. Following a K♣ J♠ 5♦ flop, Bechor continues for 19,000 and Hoefer comes along. On the 7♠ turn, Bechor motions for the all-in triangle and Hoefer snap-folds.

Player	Chips
PH Paul HoferGermany	240,000(60 BB)
SB Shmuel BechorIsrael	180,000(45 BB)

Blind level

Level 11: 1,500 / 2,500 ante: 2,500

Entries

133/403

Total Chips

20,150,000

Average

151,504

D1B

SMPSMP

2/20/2025, 1:26:59 PM

Assorted Counts in the Field

Level 8: 600 / 1,200 ante: 1,200

Player	Chips
DD Dylan DeStefanoUnited States of America	310,000(258 BB)
ED Egidijus Digrys	280,000(233 BB)
DN Daniel NeilsonAustralia	265,000(221 BB)
JP Jerwin PascoPhilippines	255,000(213 BB)
XZ Xiaosheng ZhengChina	235,000(196 BB)
DE David ErquiagaPhilippines	210,000(175 BB)
SB Shmuel BechorIsrael	185,000(154 BB)
KN Kyosuke NagamiJapan	170,000(142 BB)
PH Paul Hoefer	165,000(138 BB)
TE Travis EndersbyAustralia	160,000(133 BB)
NT Nguyen Thi Bao AnViet Nam	153,000(128 BB)
AA Ankit AhujaIndia	145,000(121 BB)
NZ Neng ZhaoAustralia	140,000(117 BB)
WF Wendy FreedmanUnited States of America	130,000(108 BB)
RS Robert Sherwood	120,000(100 BB)
EW Eric WasylenkoCanada	120,000(100 BB)
RS Raffaele SorrentinoItaly	105,000(88 BB)
CN Cao Ngoc AnhViet Nam	85,000(71 BB)
JA Junghyun AnSouth Korea	85,000(71 BB)
JL Jun LiUnited Kingdom	25,000(21 BB)

SMPSMP

2/20/2025, 12:07:54 PM

Updated Counts in the Field

Level 7: 500 / 1,000 ante: 1,000

Gary Lin bets the Q♠ 5♥ 2♦ 8♥ turn for 15,000 and Ngoc Minh Le gives it some thought before splashing in a lot of T-5,000 chips for a big raise. These chips nearly splash into the main pot and Lin instantly folds.

A lot of other assorted counts can be found below.

Player	Chips
DD Dylan DeStefanoUnited States of America	185,000(185 BB)
KN Kyosuke NagamiJapan	160,000(160 BB)
DA Dinesh AltSwitzerland	155,000(155 BB)
SB Shmuel BechorIsrael	145,000(145 BB)
DE David ErquiagaPhilippines	133,000(133 BB)
NG Nikolai Guliaev	130,000(130 BB)
PH Paul Hoefer	125,000(125 BB)
MT Mike TakayamaPhilippines	120,000(120 BB)
JR Jinbo Rikaya	120,000(120 BB)
YL Yuhan LiuTaiwan	115,000(115 BB)
JL Johan LeesAustralia	110,000(110 BB)
RF Rudolf FourieSouth Africa	110,000(110 BB)
JZ Joshua ZimmermanHong Kong	105,000(105 BB)
AS Aditya SushantIndia	100,000(100 BB)
RH Ronald HaverkampNetherlands	95,000(95 BB)
NM Ngoc Minh Le	95,000(95 BB)
FC Florencio CampomanesPhilippines	95,000(95 BB)
JH Jhon HendriIndonesia	95,000(95 BB)
KV Kou VangUnited States of America	80,000(80 BB)
TV Tom VerbruggenNetherlands	75,000(75 BB)
JL Jun LiUnited Kingdom	70,000(70 BB)
GT Guy TaylorUnited Kingdom	65,000(65 BB)
CC Charlie ChiuTaiwan	50,000(50 BB)
CT Chao Ting ChengTaiwan	50,000(50 BB)
YL Yongjia LinAustralia	23,500(24 BB)

SMPSMP

2/20/2025, 10:41:27 AM

Assorted Counts in the Field

Level 6: 400 / 800 ante: 800

Player	Chips
JP Jerwin PascoPhilippines	200,000(250 BB)
TP Timon PrillAustralia	165,000(206 BB)
WF Wendy FreedmanUnited States of America	160,000(200 BB)
DA Dinesh AltSwitzerland	140,000(175 BB)
DD Dylan DeStefanoUnited States of America	140,000(175 BB)
AA Ankit AhujaIndia	135,000(169 BB)
AR Aladin ReskallahFrance	120,000(150 BB)
KN Kyosuke NagamiJapan	100,000(125 BB)
SB Shmuel BechorIsrael	90,000(113 BB)
LG Lynn GilmartinAustralia	80,000(100 BB)
TT Tianyuan Tang	80,000(100 BB)
YJ Yannick JobinSwitzerland	70,000(88 BB)
FC Florencio CampomanesPhilippines	55,000(69 BB)
JA Jonathan AbdellatifBelgium	55,000(69 BB)
TE Travis EndersbyAustralia	50,000(63 BB)
NT Nguyen Thi Bao AnViet Nam	47,000(59 BB)
PN Pradeep NudurumatiIndia	busted

Blind level

Level 11: 1,500 / 2,500 ante: 2,500

Entries

109/347

Total Chips

17,350,000

Average

159,174

D1A

SMPSMP

2/19/2025, 2:48:12 PM

Shmuel Bechor Eliminated by Max Deveson

Level 9: 1,000 / 1,500 ante: 1,500

Shmuel Bechor

Shmuel Bechor moves all in from the hijack for 19,500, and Max Deveson calls from the small blind with T♠ T♦ . Bechor turns over A♦ J♥ , and needs to improve to stay alive.

The board comes Q♣ 9♠ 7♥ K♠ 7♣ , and Bechor turns a gutshot straight draw, but improves no further. Deveson wins the pot with his pocket tens to eliminate Bechor.

Player	Chips
MD Max DevesonUnited Kingdom	203,000(135 BB)
SB Shmuel BechorIsrael	busted

SMPSMP

2/19/2025, 9:16:02 AM

Jeremy Jehanne vs Yuki Nakada

Level 4: 300 / 500 ante: 500

Jeremy Jehanne

Jeremy Jehanne moves all-in for 29,200 on the 8♣ 6♥ 3♠ flop when facing a bet of 7,500 by Yuki Nakada. The latter tanks for more than two minutes and Shmuel Bechor calls the clock on him. Another minute passes and the clock is about to get enforced when Nakada taps the table and folds Q♦ Q♥ face-up.

"I would snap call with ace-king there," Daniel Charlton mentions and Bechor sighs, then tells Nakada he will be pushing him around.

Player	Chips
AA Ankit AhujaIndia	110,000(220 BB)
SB Shmuel BechorIsrael	94,000(188 BB)
DC Daniel CharltonUnited Kingdom	75,000(150 BB)
JJ Jeremy JehanneFrance	53,000(106 BB)
YN Yuki NakadaJapan	38,500(77 BB)

SMPSMP

2/19/2025, 7:03:25 AM

Mario Colavita Leads the Field at the Break with 128,700

Level 3: 200 / 400 ante: 400

Mario Colavita

A scan of the field during the break turned up six players with at least 100K in chips, plus one more knocking on the door to create an unofficial leaderboard:

Player	Chips
MC Mario ColavitaItaly	128,700(322 BB)
YS Yakiv SyzghanovUkraine	125,400(314 BB)
PK Peter KiemUnited States of America	122,600(307 BB)
IF Issam FayadLebanon	110,000(275 BB)
ER Erwan RegnaultFrance	102,900(257 BB)
BG Brian GreenUnited States of America	102,000(255 BB)
SB Shmuel BechorIsrael	99,900(250 BB)

SMPSMP

2/19/2025, 6:28:01 AM

Assorted Counts in the Field

Level 2: 200 / 300 ante: 300

Masato Yokosawa has already been eliminated and re-entered with some 11 participants on the rail so far. Below are other assorted counts in the field.

Player	Chips
MC Mario ColavitaItaly	130,000(433 BB)
SB Shmuel BechorIsrael	110,000(367 BB)
BG Brian GreenUnited States of America	95,000(317 BB)
PK Peter KiemUnited States of America	90,000(300 BB)
YL Yiannis LiperisCyprus	65,000(217 BB)
TB Thomas BoivinBelgium	61,000(203 BB)
JS Joseph SerockUnited States of America	53,000(177 BB)
MY Masato YokosawaJapan	50,000(167 BB)
TV Tom VerbruggenNetherlands	50,000(167 BB)
UD Upeshka De SilvaUnited States of America	50,000(167 BB)
AR Amin RiyazatiAustralia	42,000(140 BB)
KB Koen BreedNetherlands	41,000(137 BB)
NY Nariman YaghmaiIran	35,000(117 BB)
RN Rolands NorietisLatvia	33,000(110 BB)
AG Asish GhoshIndia	33,000(110 BB)
BD Bas de LaatNetherlands	21,500(72 BB)
EK Edgaras KausinisLithuania	busted

SMPSMP

2/19/2025, 5:21:14 AM

Daniel Neilson and Ankit Ahuja First Duo to Bust

Level 1: 100 / 200 ante: 200

With 13,400 in the middle to the J♠ 7♠ 5♥ 9♣ turn, Daniel Neilson bets 11,000 and Shmuel Bechor calls. Neilson then bets the 5♦ river for 28,100 with a single T-100 chip behind and Bechor sigh-calls.

Neilson reveals A♦ Q♦ and Bechor has that beat with the K♠ K♥ .

"I thought I was gonna be the first one to bust, but you might leave before me," Ankit Ahuja jokes with a short stack on the same table.

"No, you will still be first," Neilson replies, set to be forced all-in the very next hand.

Junghyun An then raises to 800 in the first hand after sitting down and Ahuja jams for the last 5,000, the initial raiser Rahul Bhatia folds and An calls.

Ankit Ahuja: A♥ 8♥

Daniel Neilson: Q♣ 6♥

Junghyun An: A♣ A♦

The A♠ Q♠ 4♠ 5♥ J♠ board knocks out two players at once near the end of level one.

"What did you have for breakfast?" another player jokes to An.

Player	Chips
SB Shmuel BechorIsrael	96,300(482 BB)
JA Junghyun AnSouth Korea	56,000(280 BB)
AA Ankit AhujaIndia	busted
DN Daniel NeilsonAustralia	busted