WPT Prime Cambodia final winners: John Perry, Minkyu Kim, Deepankur Gupta, Shardul Aramudhan, Mahesh Shyamsundar, Nicholas Williams, Krishna Wadeesirisak, Bin Tang

That’s it! All thirty trophies of WPT Prime Cambodia Season XXI have been claimed. Here are the final side event winners. Congratulations to all!

FESTIVAL RESULTS
FESTIVAL PHOTOS

Huge victory for John Perry at the High Roller 3K

Thrilling finish at the featured High Roller 3K with John Perry‘s rail roaring after he defeated WSOP bracelet winner Daniel Smiljkovic. Perry was on a 3:1 deficit entering heads up, took the lead on a failed bluff by Smiljkovic, then shipped it with

dominating

. This was Perry’s first victory on Asian soil and largest career score of US$ 105,487.

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The High Roller 3K drew 125 entries to surge past the guarantee for a prize pool of US$ 363,750. The bubble burst on Oliver Schulze whose

lost the flip against Pratibh Saluja’s

. The final table was formed at the hard fall of Ian Litster to Perry who shoved with

, Litster called for his tournament life with

, the board ran

for full house over full house. The lucky catch gave Perry the second largest stack entering the final table.

Chip leader Smiljkovic seemed to be cruising to victory after railing Leo Soma (8th), Dylan Wayne Foster (6th), Manuel Braunhofer (5th), and Monika Zukowicz (4th). However, at three-handed, Perry gained momentum by eliminating Pratibh Saluja (3rd). Perry’s rail erupted when he doubled up with two pair against a bluff. About even in chips, the final hand was pocket Jacks dominating pocket Tens.

Buy in: US$ 3,000
Guarantee: US$ 250,000
Entries: 125
Prize pool: US$ 363,750
ITM: 16 places

Minkyu Kim overcomes a huge deficit at heads up to win the Bounty Event

The battle for the Bounty Event title came down between two Korean players, Minkyu Kim and Woojin Kim, both players seeking their first title in this series. Woojin was backed by an enormous stack having knocked out a whopping 17 players before reaching heads up. Woojin was also looking for redemption having missed the win at the earlier bounty event where he fell in 2nd place to Micheal O’Neill.

However, despite the massive lead, it was still not to be. Minkyu chipped away at the leader and drove it to victory. Minkyu shipped the US$ 14,745 top prize and six bounties amounting to US$ 900.

Buy in: US$ 500
Entries: 252
Prize pool: US$ 72,198
Bounty pool: US$ 37,800

*Bounties not included in payouts

Deepankur Gupta wins the NLH Turbo

India finished strong at the NLH Turbo with three players in the top four. Seizing the win was Deepankur Gupta after defeating Anmol Mehta at heads up. Gupta collected a career high live tournament score of US$ 8,000. This was only his second ever live tournament score outside of home turf which should boost his confidence towards attending more live international events. Missing the final table was Joseph Hebert, the 2020 WSOP Online Domestic Main Event champion.

Buy in: US$ 300
Entries: 121
Prize pool: US$ 31,690
ITM: 16 places

Shardul Aramudhan awarded the Superstack Classic Freezeout win

The Superstack Classic Freezeout was a two-day affair with 150 players battling it out on that one bullet. Plenty of dramatic moments on the bubble round. Chip leader Hua Wei Lin dominated her table with repeated uncalled shoves, Jeremy Jehanne doubled up with a flush over two pair, followed by the fall of Yu Sheng Lin to Thai Bao Vu with a small pair turned counterfeit on a double paired board.

As the players raced to the top, Vu eliminated big stacked Lin to enter the final table with an overwhelming advantage. That lead further grew until four handed. Vu began to lose shoves, doubling up every player including Shardul Aramduhan who cracked pocket Aces with Ace-Queen trips queens. Vu eventually exited in 4th place.

Out next was Harsh Bubna in 3rd place. The final two players – Shardul and Yu Ogusu – struck an ICM deal. With Shardul ahead in chips, he was awarded the win and the trophy. This is Shardul’s career second WPT side event title having won the Super High Roller event last year.

Buy in: $600
Entries: 150
Prize pool: US$ 78,570
ITM: 19 places

*Heads up ICM deal, Shardul awarded the trophy

India bags another as Mahesh Shyamsundar wins 1K Re-Entry

Mahesh Shyamsundar topped the 75 entries of the 1K Re-Entry event to lift his first ever WPT trophy. After heads up ICM deal, Shyamsundar and Chao Ting Cheng battled for glory. It ended with Shyamsundar shoving on a

and getting tank-called. Cheng had

top pair, Shyamsundar with the winning

straight.

Buy in: US$ 1,000
Entries: 75
Prize pool: US$ 65,475
ITM: 10 places

*Heads up ICM deal

Nicholas Williams pulls through in the end for Superstack 6-Max Finale

Australian Nicholas Williams emerged victorious at the Superstack 6-Max Finale defeating Taiwan’s Feng-Wen Chen at heads up. Before doing so, he paid a double up with

dominated by

to switch ranks. Williams grinded back up leading to the final hand. On a flop

, Williams shoved with

flush draw, Chen risked with

top pair, the turn

and river

gave Williams the flush and first ever WPT victory.

Buy in: US$ 400
Entries: 87
Prize pool: US$ 37,380
ITM: 11 places

Krishna Wadeesirisak comes from behind at the Closer Turbo

Buy in: US$ 550
Entries: 58
Prize pool: US$ 28,130
ITM: 8 places

Bin Tang denies Kiale Matthews, wins 10/10/10 event

Buy in: US$ 200
Entries: 60
Prize pool: US$ 10,476
ITM: 8 places