WPT Cambodia closes with winners Michael Egan, Hamish Crawshaw, and Kai Paulsen

After ten days of games running from November 16 to 25, WPT Cambodia came to an end. All the trophies were claimed and 18 players walked away as champions. The most celebrated was USA’s Brian Tougias who rose above the record-breaking 750 entry field of the Main Event. He also earned 1500 points towards the Player of the Year leaderboard.

This was the first WPT event held at the luxurious NagaWorld Phnom Penh complex bringing in players from all over the world. The poker floor was filled everyday, including the final day wherein several side events ran simultaneous with the Main Event. At the close, agrand prize pool of over US$ 2,087,000 was paid out. Final winners listed below including the ones we missed on the previous days.

High Roller: MICHAEL EGAN – US$ 68,470

It seemed like deja vu when Piet Pape, Michael Egan, and Victor Chong were all seated at the High Roller final table. Days ago, Pape won the Super High Roller, Egan 3rd, and Chong finished 2nd at the High Stakes Challenge. Once again, the trio were back and looking to ship the last big payout of the festival of US$ 68,470.

Chong only went as far as 5th place with his short stack shipped by NagaWorld Cup winner Yinfei Xiao. In turn, Xiao fell to Egan in 3rd place leaving Pape and Egan at heads up. Egan had a 2.5:1 advantage. In less than an hour, Egan emerged as champion. He three-bet shoved with on the river and Pape called with low pair on a board .

The US$ 2,750 buy-in High Roller event drew 89 entries (66 uniques, 23 re-entries) over two days for a solid prize pool worth US$ 215,825. 12 players were paid. Final results below.

Payouts

1st Michael Egan – Australia – US$ 64,870

2nd Piet Pape – Germany – US$ 41,007

3rd Yinfei Xiao – China – US$ 25,899

4th Erik Billgren – US$ 16,726

5th Victor Chong – Malaysia – US$ 12,950

6th Vincent Chauve – France – US$ 10,252

7th Nicolas Ragot – France – US$ 8,633

8th Clement Guilleminot – France – US$ 7,554

9th Guiyang Wang – China – US$ 6,848

10th Kevin Philip Ayow – Canada – US$ 6,259

11th Didrik Mantor – Norway – US$ 5,827

12th Nadav Cohen – Singapore – US$ 5,400

High Roller Single Day: HAMISH CRAWSHAW – US$ 24,445

The last event to enter was the High Roller Single Day at US$ 2,150 buy-in. 28 signed up for a pot of US$ 54,320 to be divvied by just four players. Earning his first win of the festival was New Zealand’s Hamish Crawshaw for a payday of US$ 24,445. Crawshaw defeated WPT Cambodia Kickoff winner Jianfeng Sun at heads up to deny Sun another trophy. The final hand was holding against on a board of .

Megastack Freezeout: LEO WORTHINGTON-LEESE – US$ 23,699

150 players paid US$ 650 for a seat to the Megastack Freezeout to build a nice pot of US$ 85,845. Up top was a juicy US$ 23,699. Payouts began at 19th place. Among the finalists was WPT Cambodia Kickoff champion Yunsheng Sun gunning for his second title. He brought his skills all the way to heads up but Falkland Islands player Leo Worthington-Leese denied him the double-win. This was Leo‘s first live tournament victory in Asian soil.

Payouts

1st Leo Worthington-Leese – Falkland Islands – US$ 23,699

2nd Yunsheng Sun – China – US$ 15,023

3rd Guiyang Wang – China – US$ 8,842

4th Saeid Ebrahimi – Iran – US$ 5,368

5th Paawan Bansal – India – US$ 4,163

6th Gokul Raj Dharmarajan – India – US$ 3,348

7th Madhav Gupta – India – US$ 3,005

8th Deding Xu – China – US$ 2,683

9th Kai Paulsen – Norway -US$ 2,370

10th Kien Tat Heng – Singapore – US$ 2,060

11th Ting Huay Chin – Malaysia – US$ 2,060

12th Wipat Udomkanjanananan – Thailand – US$ 2,060

13th Ravi Metlapalli – India – US$ 1,760

14th Chi Chung Ho – Hong Kong – US$ 1,760

15th Michael Doverklint – Sweden – US$ 1,760

16th Jia Tang – China – US$ 1,502

17th Chung Fai Ngeow – Malaysia – US$ 1,502

18th Frederic Faucherau – France – US$ 1,502

19th Daji Chen – China – US$ 1,288

NLH Turbo Freezeout – AVRAHAM COHEN – US$ 3,921

On saturday, the US$ 250 buy-in NLH Turbo Freezeout drew a hungry field of 97 runners for a pot amounting US$ 21,170. Well past the midnight hour, it wrapped up with a very exuberant Avraham Cohen lifting his first-ever WPT trophy. At three-handed, Cohen crippled Maureen Blochlinger with a flush then took the rest of her chips when his formed quads on a board . At heads up his held against Marcio Dos Santos‘s overcards .

Payouts

1st Avraham Cohen – Israel – US$ 3,921 (deal made)

2nd Marcio Dos Santos Braganca Marti- Portugal – US$ 4,880 (deal made)

3rd Maureen Blochlinger – Switzerland – US$ 4,060 (deal made)

4th Geraldine Tan – Singapore – US$ 1,588

5th Kittipat Poochaneeyangkoon – Thailand – US$ 1,238

6th Rungrot Nuannoi – Thailand – US$ 990

7th Hua Tai Loon – Singapore – US$ 842

8th Takao Shimizu – Japan – US$ 730

9th Mengyin Zhang – China – US$ 646

10th Natalie Siew Po Teh – Malaysia – US$ 582

11th Kok Wei Tang – Singapore – US$ 582

12th Yong Qing Ho – Singapore – US$ 582

13th Kuen Kiet Wong – Malaysia – US$ 529

NagaWorld Superstack Freezeout Classic – KAI PAULSEN – US$ 7,800

Asian circuit regular Kai Paulsen claimed one of the final trophies of the festival by overcoming the 154 entry field of the NagaWorld Superstack Freezeout. Buy-in was US$ 300 for a cash pot of US$ 40,333. The top 17 players profited with Norway’s Kai Paulsen pocketing the largest of US$ 7,800 for his victory.

Prior to Paulsen’s victory, the final four players reached a deal then battled for the title and a bit more cash. At heads up Paulsen had the advantage but doubled Suchart Angunsri to lose the lead. Paulsen regained it when his spiked a five on the turn to defeat Angunsri‘s . The final hand arrived, Paulsen, Angunsri[2h}, a queen flopped and held.

Payouts

1st Kai Paulsen – Norway – US$ 7,800

2nd Suchart Angunsri – Thailand – US$ 6,150

3rd Frederic Fauchereau – France – US$ 4,045

4th Anthony Abram – Australia – US$ 6,540

5th Wei Liang Tan -Singapore – US$ 1,946

6th Rindra N. – US$ 1,613

7th Natalie Siew Po Teh – Malaysia – US$ 1,402

8th Kshitij Kucheria – India – US$ 1,258

9th Le Ngoc Khanh – Vietnam – US$1,084

10th Ivo Hermans – Belgium US$ 948

11th Paawan Bansal – India – US$ 948

12th Kittipat Poochaneeyangkoon. Thailand – US$ 948

13th John Patrick Tiekken -Netherlands – US$ 817

14th Tien Chung Long – Malaysia – US$ 817

15th Mark Leon Kline – USA – US$ 817

16th Christopher James Morrison – UK – US$ 690

17th Richard Marquez – Philippines – US$ 690

18th Jerome Bradpiece – Uk – US$ 690

19th Chong Way Lim – Singapore – US$ 565

20th Ravi Metlapalli – India – US$ 565