5K HR ($5,000)

Michel Molenaar raises from utg only to get re-raised all-in by chip-leader Thomas Boivin of Belgium in the sb. However, Belarus’ Aliaksandr Shylko calls for tournament life from the bb. He is all-in for his remaining 2,300,000.

Boivin flips over A♦ 7♦ which is crushed by the Belarusian’s A♠ K♦ .

The flop immediately swayed the advantage to the side of the Belgian: 7♣ T♥ 3♣ and there were no miracles on the horizon for Shylko as the 6♠ and the 3♠ completed the runout.

Boivin will bring a virtual 7-1 chip edge to Heads-Up which begins in a moment.

Chip-leader Thomas Boivin has spend the better part of the last hour stealing blinds and antes and this time he tries it from utg with a raise to 250,000. In the sb, Belarus’ Aliaksandr Shylko seems to have had enough and decides to take a stand a 3-bet to 1,200,000.

Boivin does fold.

The action is folded to the button where newly-minted chip-leader opens for 160,000. In the sb, Belarus’ Aliaksandr Shylko 3-bets to 550,000 and if that wasn’t enough, Michel Molenaar of the Netherlands 4-bets all-in.

Everyone folds.

The preflop win gets Molenaar back above the 3M chip mark.

Chip-leader Dinesh Alt of Switzerland opens from the cutoff to 160,000 and gets the bb defense from Belarus’ Aliaksandr Shylko.

The flop is A♣ J♥ Q♦ as Shylko checks. Alt Cbets for 120,000 and gets called quickly by his Belarusian opponent. The turn is the K♦ as the board becomes extremely coordinated. Both players check. The river is the K♠ and no further action ensues.

Shylko shows A♠ 6♦ for top pair on the flop. Alt mucks.

Timon Prill of Australia opens from the cutoff for 120,000 and gets called by Aliaksandr Shylko of Belarus in the bb.

The flop is 8♥ 5♣ 4♠ as Shylko donks the flop for 115,000. It’s enough to scare the initial raiser away as Prill folds.

The takedown brings Shylko’s stack to above the 2.8 Million mark.

Dinesh Alt of Switzerland opens from the utg+2 position for 120,000 and Belarus’ Aliaksandr Shylko defends his bb.

The flop comes: Q♥ 3♦ T♦ as Shylko checks. Alt continues firing for 100,000 as Shylko calls. The turn is the Q♣ and again Shylko opts to check. Alt this time makes it 300,000 to go and gets a quick fold from his Belarusian opponent.

The tenth hand of the Final Table sees Aliaksandr Shylko of Belarus open from the hijack for 120,000 and gets calls from the blinds in Dinesh Alt in the sb and Timon Prill in the bb.

The flop comes Q♣ 7♦ 2♥ as the blinds check, Shylko continues for 105,000. Alt folds but Prill stays interested. It is heads-up tp the turn where the 5♣ appears. This time, both players opt to skip this street. The river is the 4♦ as Prill bets 160,000. Shylko folds and the Australian climbs to 1.5 Million in chips.

Akihiro Konishi of Japan and Belarusian Aliaksandr Shylko go all-in preflop and reveal their holdings: A♠ 5♦ for Konishi and A♦ 9♦ for Shylko.

The runout goes: K♦ Q♣ 2♣ 4♦ 4♥ as both kickers don’t play and the pot is chopped.

Aliaksandr Shylko opens from utg for 100,000 and the action folds all the way to the bb where Hong Kong’s Ivan Lee 3-bet shoves his remaining 825,000. The Belarusian makes the call.

Lee tables A♣ 8♣ while Shylko shows K♣ K♠ in a hand reminiscent of how Dinesh Alt just doubled up off of Michel Molenaar moments ago.

The fates would have it different this time around as the runout goes: 7♦ 4♠ 2♠ 6♦ 9♣ as the Cowboys do their job for Shylko and Lee exits from the competition.

Joshua McCully of Australia opens from the button for 85,000 and gets a bb defense from Belrus’ Aliaksandr Shylko.

The flop is Q♦ 5♥ J♦ as Shylko checks. McCully CBets for 65,000 as Shylko calls. The turn is the 7♥ and this time, both players opt to check. The river is the 2♥ and now Shylko bets 130,000. McCully folds.

With a board reading 8♠ 3♦ 6♦ Q♣ and the pot at 240,000, American Kou Vong checks his option from the utg+1 position while his opponent in the utg+2 position is Belarusian Aliaksandr Shylko who bets 110,000. Vang calls.

The turn is the 3♣ as Vang checks again. Shylko thinks awhile and uses a Time Bank card before betting 110,000 anew. Now it’s Vang who goes into the tank and in turn also uses one Time Bank card before declaring that he is all-in for his last 260,000. Shylko goes back into his think zone and again burns a Time Bank card. The Belarusian ultimately opts to fold.

Shylko has now been hit in succession during the same orbit.

Sherif Derias of Australia chucks in his remaining 160,000 from the utg+1 position and gets called from the hijack by Korea’s Song Yunkyu. On the button, Aliaksandr Shylko of Belarus 3-bets to 320,000 effectively putting Song all-in as the Korean obliges.

Derias tables K♠ 6♦ while Shylko shows T♥ T♣ . Song is ahead of all of them with J♣ J♦ .

The flop gave Song a definitive advantage: Q♣ J♠ 4♦ as his set appears to be insurmountable. With both his opponents needing running cards for a miracle comeback, the turn was the 3♦ and the 4♠ on the river completed a full house for Song to bust Derias and take chips away from Shylko to put the Korean close to the 800,000 chip mark.

American Joseph Serock is now down to just 5,000 in chips after Aliaksandr Shylko of Belarus open shoves from the sb for his last 90,000 and got called on the bb.

Shylko shows 4♦ 4♣ while Serock has A♠ Q♥ for a coinflip for the Belarusian’s tournament life.

The runout goes: 2♣ 6♦ T♣ 3♥ 2♠ as nothing arrives to help the American.

The WPT Cambodia 5K HR resumes today, February 23, 2025 a NagaWorld in Phnom Penh with the prize pool already beyond half a million USD!

At Day 1, registration stayed open all day, attracting 117 entries. That number will continue to increase with one level remaining today for last minute weekend warriors to jump in. Late comers will still have a decent 100,000 (25 bb) stack at their disposal however will have to act fast to try to catch the leader, Thian Andhoko, who has over six times that amount.

Cards start flying at 11:30am. We will have the final numbers shortly after registration closes at 12:20pm. SMP will be onsite to bring you the action from start to finish.