WPT Prime Cambodia: Richard Marquez bags the Mystery Bounty; Tyler Suansrakaew, Duc Thanh Nguyen win trophies; 16 left at SHR

WPT Prime Cambodia has crossed the halfway mark with Day 6 awarding four more players side event trophies. We have the results of the first three, the PLO results will be posted on the next recap. The biggest winner was Filipino Richard Marquez at the Mystery Bounty for roughly US$ 38K.

Over at the NLH Single Day, Duc Thanh Nguyen gave Vietnam its third win, and at the NLH Hyper Turbo, it was a clutch victory for Tyler Suansrakaew to put Thailand on the board. Also bagging up was the Super High Roller with 16 players remaining out of 51 entries. Australia’s Vincent Huang leads the race.

Richard Marquez wins the Mystery Bounty; Frank Lillis draws biggest bounty

On his second bullet, Richard Marquez rose above the 69 final day Mystery Bounty returnees to win his first solo WPT title. Marquez seized the US$ 33,385 top prize and 11 bounty rewards amounting to US 4,500 for a grand total US$ 37,885.

The battle for the title was determined at three-handed when the chip lead switched from Marquez to Australia’s Kiale Matthews, and Hong Kong’s Kong Fung. Matthews looked to be in fine shape to ship it with two prior final table finishes, but was ultimately stopped by Marquez with top two pair over a missed draw.

To capture the win, the final hand was against Fung’s . The board was . You can read up on the final day action via the LIVE UPDATES

The added enjoyment of this event was hunting down the biggest bounty reward. At the start of the day, only one out of the 69 envelopes was a massive US$ 18,000 reward. The lucky winner was Frank Lillis who had a friend pull it. Lillis finished in 11th place and walked way with a sizable US$ 21,540.

The Mystery Bounty was the second event scheduled featuring a guarantee and with 550 turning up over three starters, it shattered the $100K offer in place of a richer US$ 266,750 prize pool. 69 reached the money. Click for FULL PAYOUTS

Buy in: US$ 550

Guarantee: US$ 100,000

Entries: 550

Prize pool: US$ 266,750

ITM: 69 places

Final table payouts

Biggest Bounty winners

Duc Thanh Nguyen wins NLH Single Day

Duc Thanh Nguyen ahead dominated the final table of the NLH Single Day to give Vietnam its third win. This was Nguyen’s second final table having finished 5th at the Deepstack NLH.

Buy in: US$ 400

Entries: 168

Prize pool US$ 58,666

ITM: 21 places

Tyler Suansrakaew overcomes swingy heads up for Hyper Turbo title

First trophy for Thailand with Tyler Suansrakaew outlasting Anton Widjaya at heads up of the NLH Hyper Turbo. With blinds increasing at an incredibly fast 15 minutes, it was below 10 bb average at the final table. In no time, heads up arrived. Big stacked Widjaya was closing in on a title for Indonesia but could not nail it shut. Instead, Suansrakaew caught a lucky runner runner straight with on a board to beat . From there, the lead bounced until the Thailander Suansrakaew seized the victory.

Buy in: US$ 200

Entries: 90

Prize pool US$ 15,539

ITM: 12 places

Event 11: WPT Prime Cambodia SHR

The $5,300 buy in WPT Prime Cambodia Super High Roller attracted a power lineup of 51 entries for a juicy prize pool of US$ 247,350. Only 16 survived the day’s scheduled 13 rounds. Bagging up the chip lead was Australia’s Vincent Huang.Also making an appearance and advancing with WSOP bracelet winner Jinho Hong.

The players return on Wednesday March 15 at 1pm to chase down the large US$ 91,520 top prize which is quite a hefty pay jump from 2nd place of US$ 54,417.

Buy in: US$ 5,300

Entries: 51

Prize pool US$ 247,350

ITM: 7 places

Payouts

Day 2 – 16 players – stack / bb

On Season XXI WPT Prime Cambodia

WPT Prime Cambodia, in partnership withConnaissance Management, runs from March 9 to 21 atNagaWorld Integrated Resortsin Phnom Penh, Cambodia. A total of 30 tournaments are scheduled and US$ 1 Million in guarantees. To date, ten players have walked away victorious. More trophies up for grabs including the upcoming Main Event $500,000 guaranteed which runs from March 16 to 20. For added enjoyment, there are ample cash games running daily and the Cash Game Bonanza.

Also happening on Wednesday March 15 is the Meet-Up Game with Andrew Neeme and Brad Owen. That begins at 1pm. Click on the link for all the details

Meet-Up Game with Andrew Neeme and Brad Owen

WPT Prime Cambodia – Player Guide
Breakdown of WPT Prime Cambodia schedule
WPT Prime Cambodia – Festival Payouts

Reminders:

• NO TAX on winnings

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Stay tuned to Somuchpoker as we bring you updates of WPT Prime Cambodia from start to finish.