5K HR ($5,000)

Michel Molenaar of the Netherlands opens from utg for 250,000. The action gets folded to the button where chip-leader Thomas Boivin of Belgium 3-bets it to 600,000 while Russia’s Valeriy Fokin 4-bets it to 950,000 from the sb. Molenaar folds but Boivin calls to go heads-up to the flop.

The flop is 4♥ 4♦ 6♣ as Fokin goes all-in for his remaining 1,600,000. Boivin snap calls.

The Russian tables T♣ T♦ while to his surprise, Boivin shows A♣ 4♣ for trips on the flop.

Down to a two-outer, none of them arrive as the 5♠ and the 5♥ are the last two community cards Fokin sees before his exit from the competition.

The three players left are now guaranteed US$75,776.

Russia’s Valeriy Fokin has been the shortest stack at the Final Table throughout two pay jumps already and is facing an open from the button from no less than chip-leader Thomas Boivin of Belgium for 250,000. Fokin decides to 3-bet shove from the sb for his remaining 1,225,000. Boivin calls.

Fokin tables A♣ 5♥ which is dominated by the Belgian’s A♥ T♦ .

The poker gods, however, choose to kept the Russian around on the subsequent runout that goes: 5♦ (on the window) 6♣ 2♦ 7♠ Q♣ .

Fokin finally surpasses the 2 Million chip mark while denting Boivin whose stack has fallen below the 7 Million mark for the first time in almost an hour.

Qiu Quan of China open shoves from utg+1 for his remaining 525,000 and gets a caller in the utg+2 position from Russia’s Valeriy Fokin.

The hands are turned over as Qiu shows J♣ T♣ while Fokin has Q♣ Q♦ .

The flop comes K♣ 4♠ 9♥ to add the two remaining queens to Qiu direct outs. They never arrived, though, as the last two community cards are the 7♠ and the 6♥ .

There are now eight players all assured of US$22,256.

Russia’s Valeriy Fokin opens from the cutoff for 32,000 and gets calls from Thomas Boivin of Belgium on the button and Dutchman Michel Molenaar in the sb.

The flop is Q♦ 8♥ 9♣ as Molenaar and Fokin check. Boivin takes the betting lead for 36,000 and gets check-raised by Molenaar to 95,000. Fokin thinks awhile and uses a Time Bank card before making the decision to go all-in. Boivin and Molenaar opt to fold.

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.