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Ke Hong Jing Wins Inaugural Won Poker Cup Main Event for $97,100; All Eagle Trophies Claimed as Sihanoukville Milestone Event Concludes

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Main Event – Ke Hong Jing
Main Event – Ke Hong Jing

In Won Majestic Hotel in Sihanoukville, Cambodia, Ke Hong Jing from Malaysia has won the very first Won Poker Cup Main Event#2 which guaranteed a prize pool of $500,000, beating a field of 404 entries to take home the Eagle trophy and a 1st place cash prize of $97,100.

Jing was consistently building his stack by being aggressive at the right moments, choosing his spots and his targets carefully. Despite not winning any one big hand, he was chipping away from everyone’s stack, especially those whom he felt were afraid to commit their chips. In his last hand, with an almost 2:1 ratio in chips, he called an all-in from Armon Van Wijk from Australia with Jh 9h and caught the top pair on the turn. Wijk received $61,000 for his efforts in 2nd place.

Despite the intense battle happening on the felt, the final table was very sportsmans-like and had a very friendly atmosphere. Apart from the smiles that were constant, the more experienced players would patiently explain some of the rules to the recreational players. Zou, who came in as chip leader coming into the final table, had a very good disposition even as his chips dwindled. He finished in 3rd place for a cash prize of $43,800.

The Final Table consisted of the following players and cashed out accordingly:

Name

Country/Region

Cash

1

Ke Hong Jing

Malaysia

97,100

2

Armon Van Wijk

Australia

61,000

3

Zou

China

43,800

4

Anzhela Vasylenko

Ukraine

34,700

5

Nguyen Duc Thanh

Vietnam

27,200

6

Zhang Shangfei

China

21,400

7

Yen Chun How

Malaysia

16,000

8

Nicky Wu

China

11,400

9

Kim Sin Woo

Korea

9,100

Mini Won Poker Cup Event#8 Recap

Vikaash Shah
Vikaash Shah

Vikaash Shah from India is one of the proud owners of the Eagle trophy taking home a cash prize of $7,230. The Mini Won Poker Event#8 garnered a total field of 162 and had a total prize pool of $31,430. Having the same ambience as the final table, the Mini Won Poker Cup Event#8 had much cheering from both players and railbirds as the head-up battle finished. Placing second is Nguyen Manh Truong from Vietnam who took home $4,600.

Here’s the placement of players in the money for Event#8

Name

Country/Region

Cash

1

Vikaash Shah

India

7,230

2

Nguyen Manh Truong

Vietnam

4,600

3

Eosoo Lee

Korea

3,240

4

Dymitro Lytvynov

Ukraine

2,670

5

Deesit Rawinwuchiroch

Thailand

2,130

6

Leong Chuen Wai

Malaysia

1,670

7

Jeffrey Pamplona

Philippines

1,225

8

Martin Jerome

France

910

9

Kiire Chihiro

Japan

725

10

Fabio Meloni

Italy

600

11

Luwee Boon Ming

Malaysia

600

12

Andrew Kan Kok Yew

Malaysia

536

13

Kim dick Wei

Malaysia

536

14

Dong Auh Duc

Vietnam

488

15

Kew Tuan Long

Vietnam

488

16

Kim Jae Minh

Korea

440

17

Ilya Firstov

Kazakhstan

440

18

Cho SungjJak

Korea

392

19

Gan Yi Siong

Malaysia

392

20

David Anstice

United Kngdom

392

21

Ko Sung

Korea

345

22

Chutiwan Rungrosh

Thailand

345

23

Phan Huu Minh Tri

Vietnam

345

24

Phisit

Thailand

345

25

Erik

Rozhinskyi

345

Mini High Roller Event#11

Mini High Roller – Karia Siddharth Chetanbah
Mini High Roller – Karia Siddharth Chetanbah

The Mini High Roller Event#11 was topped by Karia Siddharth Chetanbah from India who beat a field of 31 entries and amassed a total prize pool of $40,595. Chetanbah earned cash winnings of $15,020 and will be taking home one of the gold Eagle trophies. He outlasted some of the best names in the industry including Kim Ji Young.

The Mini HIgh Roller Event finished as follows:

Name

Country/Region

Cash

1

Karia Siddharth Chetanbah

India

15,020

2

Kim Ji Young

Korea

10,350

3

Beul Lock

France

6,600

4

Kew Tuan Long

Vietnam

4,770

5

Ilya Firstov

Kazakhstan

3,855

Deepstack Turbo Event#10

Deepstack turbo Final Table – Chrysomallis Dimitrios
Deepstack turbo Final Table – Chrysomallis Dimitrios

Ending the whole festival was the Deepstack Turbo Event#10 which was won by Chrysomallis Dimitrios for $2,350. Having a total of 94 entries, the event was able to build a total prize pool of $9,118.

Below is the list of players who finished in the money:

Name

Country/Region

Cash

1

Chrysomallis Dimitrios

Greece

2,350

2

Kin Yeon Joo

Korea

1,610

3

John

Korea

1,060

4

Kiire Chihiro

Japan

860

5

Fen Dy

Indonesia

690

6

Eosoo Lee

Korea

540

7

Ko Sung

Korea

415

8

Ng Kian Giap

Malaysia

325

9

Phan Huu Minh Tri

Vietnam

238

10

Nakazawa Yuki

Japan

190

11

Ho Jungmin

Korea

190

12

Putthai Jakarin

Thailand

170

13

Jeffrey Pamplona

Philippines

170

14

Tranarungroj Atinan

Thailand

155

15

Maria Ruby

Philippines

155

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