Benjamin Gonzva claims victory in the WPT Cambodia Main Event
Right after the World Poker Tour (WPT) National Thailand which was held from Dec. 22-28, 2016 at Holiday Palace Resort in Poipet, Cambodia, the WPT National Cambodia took off.
Held from January 6-11 at the Queenco Hotel & Casino in Sihanoukville, Cambodia, the WPT National Cambodia Main Event had recently ended with Benjamin Gonzva from France outlasting a total field of 100 entries.
![WPT_National_Cambodia_Benjamin_Gonzva[1]__1484194085_97967](https://cb1c65c0.rocketcdn.me/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/WPT_National_Cambodia_Benjamin_Gonzva1__1484194085_97967.jpg "Benjamin Gonzva claims victory in the WPT Cambodia Main Event 13")
Gonzva, who normally plays on the European live circuit, took home $36,487 and the WPT National trophy for his first place finish plus he received gold Monster 24K Headphones.
Main Event Final Table Results
1st:Benjamin Gonzva – $36,487
2nd:Nguyen Chi Thinh – $25,544
3rd:Le Ngoc Khanh – $16,420
4th:Nitin Jain – $12,170
5th:Yonnas W Jahren – $9,123
6th:Manoj Pentakota – $7,296
7th:Kalyan Chakravarthy – $6,078
8th:Tran Hong Hai – $4,860
9th:Zhang Lei – $3,654
Side events Winners
Denis Gervais claimed twotrophiesin the side events. Final results of theside events will be updated at the end of the festival (Jan 13th)
| Event | Buy IN (USD) | Winner | Prize (USD) |
| Queenco Cup Warm Up Event (Flight B) | 275 | Denis Gervais | 3,890 |
| Open Face Chinese Poker Pineapple | 550 | Pham Ngoc Quoc Bao | 3,840 |
| NLHE Big Ante Event | 165 | Denis Gervais | 1,728 |
| Ladies Warm Up Event | 110 | Rebecca Louise Rahsden | 480 |
| NLHE Knockout ($100/bounty) | 440 | Wong Wai Yew | 3,803 |
| NLHE Turbo | 220 | Leson Andres Richard | 2,413 |
| NLHE Rebuy/Add-on | 220 | RolandsNorietis | 5,149 |
| Pot Limit Omaha Deepstack | 550 | Sumit Sapra | 5,530 |
| NLHE Win-the-Button Turbo | 220 | Mitsuru Sano | 2,690 |
| NLHE Super Knockout $250/bounty | 550 | Raina Deepak | 3,360 |
| Heads Up Championship | 1,100 | Jouni Alho | 3,840 |
| NLHE 8-max Deepstack | 550 | Jerome Bradpiece | 6,337 |
| Pot Limit Omaha Turbo | 330 | RolandsNorietis | 1,900 |
| NLHE 6-MAX | 660 | Cheekuri Kalyan Chakravarthy | 6,635 |
| Ante Up for Charity Event | 100 | Vi Khoa Duong | 1,216 |
Article by Gabrielle Barredo
