WPT Cambodia Championship ($3,500)

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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:

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.

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.