WPT Cambodia Passport To The WC News: Korea’s Dong Hyup Kim Wins First Title At Megastack High Roller

Korea secured a second win at the WPT Cambodia – Passport To The World Championship festival with their very ownDong Hyup Kim crushing the final table of the Megastack High Roller. This was Kim’s first ever live victory which came with a trophy and a career high payout of $26,373. Sharing his excitement, Kim said, “This is my first trophy, I feel very good!”

The Megastack High Roller drew 40 entries for a prize pool of $77,600. On Day 1, the money bubble burst on Adrien Berger with Ace-King rivered by Andrew Hinrichsen’s Queen-Ten, queen on the river. Another bust later with Sorawit Suriyakarn eliminated in 7th place, the remaining players bagged up and returned today.

Within minutes, short stacked Loo Junzhong from Malaysia doubled up off big stacked Hinrichsen with staying ahead of . The pair met again and this time it was Hinrichsen avoiding the rail with set over top pair on a board . Down to crumbs, Loo was eliminated in 6th place by Joseph Sandaev.

Following Loo out was India’s Vishal Ojha who was on his second final table in this series. Holding against Kim’s , Ojha went down on a one card flush with the board running .

From here on, Kim took charge. He eliminated short stacked Quan Qiu next in 4th place to enter three-handed against the Australians Sandaev and Hinrichsen with nearly half of the chips in play. The Aussies went head to head in a hand that doubled up Sandaev while Hinrichsen dropped to 15 bb. Kim collected the rest, loose-calling Hinrichsen’s three-bet shove with that paired the five to dust .

This kicked off heads up with both players very deep and average at 50 bb. It didn’t take long for Sandaev to grind to par but still could not get past the more aggressive Kim. The defining hand was felted which saw a board run . Kim barreled every street and Sandaev called it down. Kim revealed quads and sent Sandaev plunging from which he couldn’t recover. The final hand was Sandaev , Kim , board was , spiking the victory card on the turn.

Date: July 14-15, 2024
Buy in: USD 2,200
Entries: 40
Prize Pool: USD 77,600
ITM: 6 places