WPT Cambodia Day 3 and Day 4 winners: Ivan Lee, Seongho Cho, Kyle Bao Diep, Steve Ferry, Ayato Shibata

Cards have been flying nonstop in Cambodia with the World Poker Tour (WPT) hosting its first Main Tour in Southeast Asia. Taking place at NagaWorld Phnom Penh, the past two days saw five players join the winners club with Korea’s Seongho Cho becoming the first to win two trophies. Other minted players were Steve Ferry (PLO), Ayato Shibata (Hyper Turbo), Ivan Lee (Megastack High Roller), and Kyle Bao Diep (Short Deck). Scroll down for the highlights.

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STEVE FERRY wins PLO

Good turnout at the PLO event seeing a record 121 entries for a prize pool of USD 31,690. At bubble time, Woon Yoke Wei knocked out Chao Ting Cheng with over on a board with the shoves seen at the flop. Woon went on to reach the final table as chip leader eventually bowing out in 6th place.

At heads up, Steve Ferry and Hyuntaek Jo agreed to chop the pot then played for the trophy. Ferry went on to win for his first WPT trophy. The final hand saw both all in preflop. Ferry had straight over .

Date: January 19, 2024

Buy in: USD 300

Entries: 121 (86 unique)

Prize pool: USD 31,690

ITM: 16 places

*Heads up even chop / played for trophy

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AYATO SHIBATA wins Hyper Turbo 15 Sec

Fast action at the evening’s Hyper Turbo with a 15 second timer from the onset. Three hours in, the 65-entry field was down to ITM of 9 places. At six-handed, Ayato Shibata outdrew Panitan Poopadsri with straight over pair on a board .

Shibata went on to knock out three players to face Sean Tan for the title. With the average stack at just 10 bb, both players agreed to chop the pot then played for the trophy. Shibata won it for his maiden title.

Date: January 19,2024

Buy in: USD 230

Entries: 65 (57 unique)

Prize pool: USD 12,610

ITM: 9 places

*Heads up even chop / played for trophy

IVAN HON CHEONG LEE wins the Megastack Single Day HR

Just last week, Hong Kong’s Ivan Hon Cheong Lee crushed the high roller scene in Taiwan, walking away as the second richest earner of the USOP festival. Lee seems to have brought the winning vibe to Cambodia. On Day 4, he overcame the star studded 67 entry field of the 5K Megastack Single Day High Rollerto lock up the largest first place payout of the festival to date of USD 93,607.

Leading up to Lee’s win, he entered the final table with 13 bb while the chip leader Khanh Nguyen sat with three times his stack. By three-handed, Lee doubled up twice through Nguyen to take the lead: the first hand was over on a board , followed by over on a board .

Nguyen continued to plunge, losing another shove, this time against Victor Chong with dusted by . Lee put Nguyen out of his misery in 3rd place with over on a board .

Heads up against Chong lasted just one shocking hand. Lee landed the flush with on a board to defeat Chong’s .

Date: January 20, 2024

Buy in: USD 5,000

Entries: 67 (53 unique)

Prize pool: USD 305,453

ITM: 10 places

KYLE BAO DIEP wins Short Deck

Short-stacked during the bubble round, Kyle Bao Diep navigated his way to heads up of the Short Deck event. After a deal, Diep defeated Matthew Paoletti to add another trophy to his growing collection. This was Diep’s first WPT win.

Date: January 21, 2024

Buy in: USD 300

Entries: 55 (45 unique)

Prize pool: USD 14,405

ITM: 7 places

*Heads up deal

SEONGHO CHO wins second trophy at Deepstack Turbo Big Bounty

When Seongho Cho walked in the festival doors, he was on the hunt for his career first trophy. On Day 2, he secured it at the two-day NagaWorld Superstack and a payout of USD 17,780.

Two days later, the winning momentum carried into the Deepstack Turbo Big Bounty event where Cho knocked out 9 players to capture a second trophy. He walked away with another five-figure payout of USD 12,225. Cho was the first player to win two events at the ongoing festival.

Date: January 20, 2024

Buy in: USD 550

Entries: 154 (118 unique)

Prize pool: USD 36,190

ITM: 20 places

Full payouts in the WPT Cambodia – Festival Results

WPT Cambodia

WPT Cambodia is the first Main Tour in Southeast Asia taking place at NagaWorld Phnom Penh. Festival runs January 17 to 30, 2024. WPT Cambodia Championship takes place on January 25 to 29 featuring a USD 1 Million guarantee. The champion will be forever memorialized on the iconic Mike Sexton Champions Cup!

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