WPT Cambodia: Mystery Bounty draws 532; Cao Ngoc Anh tops overall heats; biggest bounty at $20K
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01/22/2024
World Poker Tour (WPT) Cambodia experienced yet another impressive turnout as the highly popular Mystery Bounty event lit up NagaWorld Phnom Penh,attracting a total of 532 entries across three starting days. Not only did the event smash its guarantee, the top mystery reward is set at a mightyUSD 20,000. Here is the breakdown:
Mystery Bounty rewards
| USD | Pieces |
|---|---|
| $20,000 | 1 |
| $15,000 | 1 |
| $10,000 | 2 |
| $5,000 | 3 |
| $2,000 | 8 |
| $1,000 | 18 |
| $1,360 | 1 |
| $500 | 34 |
Mystery Bounty numbers
Date: January 20-22, 2024
Buy in: USD 800
Guarantee: USD 200,000
Entries: 532 (295 unique)
Prize pool: USD 371,549
ITM: 68 players
Day 1 results
Day 1A: 146 entries (119 unique) / 19 ITM
Day 1B: 207 entries (118 unique) / 26 ITM
Day 1C: 179 (58 unique) / 23 ITM
When the 68 players return, they are all guaranteed a piece of the cash prize pool. The top five finishers will pocket five-figures with the eventual champion slated to win USD 48,006.
Emerging as overall chip leader was Vietnamese pro Cao Ngoc Anh, the only player to bag up a million in chips. Anh delivered the bubble at Day 1B, calling a player’s three-bet shove to clean up with 
over 
.
At Day 1C, Australia’s Zhifan Ye did the same, emerging as heat leader after knocking out a player on the bubble. Ye’s 
found the ace to crush a short stack’s 
. He bagged up overall 4th in chips following Day 1A leader Bien Mai in second rank and Le Ngoc Minh in third rank.
Top 9 payouts
| Place | Payout in USD |
|---|---|
| 1 | $48,006 |
| 2 | $33,251 |
| 3 | $21,611 |
| 4 | $15,123 |
| 5 | $11,831 |
| 6 | $9,661 |
| 7 | $8,036 |
| 8 | $6,417 |
| 9 | $4,814 |
Day 2 qualifiers – 68 players
| Rank | Player | Flag | Stack | Table-Seat |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ngoc Anh Cao | Viet Nam | 1,183,000 | T-03 [05] |
| 2 | Bien Mai | Viet Nam | 862,000 | T-14 [03] |
| 3 | Ngoc Minh Le | Viet Nam | 683,000 | T-15 [08] |
| 4 | Zhifan Ye | China | 676,000 | T-15 [06] |
| 5 | Kenji Hamamoto | Japan | 658,000 | T-02 [04] |
| 6 | Thomas Lee | Canada | 646,000 | T-08 [09] |
| 7 | Deok-Yeong Lee | Korea | 589,000 | T-03 [07] |
| 8 | Win Meng Tan | Malaysia | 564,000 | T-14 [01] |
| 9 | Bonil Koo | Korea | 560,000 | T-01 [02] |
| 10 | Bonifacio Mondalo Jr | Philippines | 549,000 | T-15 [04] |
| 11 | Andrej Desset | Slovakia | 536,000 | T-09 [07] |
| 12 | Somphone Ung | Canada | 465,000 | T-09 [06] |
| 13 | Ngoc Quoc Bao Pham | Viet Nam | 465,000 | T-02 [05] |
| 14 | Renji Mao | China | 453,000 | T-03 [04] |
| 15 | Mr. Fendy | Indonesia | 395,000 | T-09 [03] |
| 16 | Minh Thang Tran | Viet Nam | 385,000 | T-01 [08] |
| 17 | Michael Gordon Smith | 372,000 | T-45 [05] | |
| 18 | William Bolton | Australia | 370,000 | T-08 [06] |
| 19 | Kien Tat Heng | Singapore | 366,000 | T-02 [02] |
| 20 | San Lin Voong | Usa | 355,000 | T-03 [09] |
| 21 | Oleg Titov | Russia | 350,000 | T-08 [08] |
| 22 | Dmitrii Gnusaev | Russia | 318,000 | T-14 [09] |
| 23 | Adrien Michel Tantaro | France | 314,000 | T-14 [08] |
| 24 | Chainani Dhanesh Vijaykumar | Singapore | 303,000 | T-14 [02] |
| 25 | Sean Ragozzini | Australia | 303,000 | T-14 [05] |
| 26 | Harnan Jaybee Villa | Philippines | 283,000 | T-15 [03] |
| 27 | Rayhaan Adam | South Africa | 282,000 | T-09 [02] |
| 28 | Sean Joseph Keeton | United Kingdom | 277,000 | T-15 [07] |
| 29 | Jianfeng Sun | China | 274,000 | T-09 [01] |
| 30 | Eike Soren Strub | Germany | 267,000 | T-45 [02] |
| 31 | Jennifer Cassell | Australia | 267,000 | T-03 [06] |
| 32 | Dmitrii Isaev | Russia | 261,000 | T-02 [09] |
| 33 | Kevin Arne Ewald | USA | 253,000 | T-02 [08] |
| 34 | Jason Tyler Kapoor | USA | 251,000 | T-14 [07] |
| 35 | Anthony Cierco | France | 249,000 | T-03 [01] |
| 36 | Shivam Shukla | India | 242,000 | T-45 [09] |
| 37 | Cheng Zhang | China | 241,000 | T-14 [04] |
| 38 | Chao-Ting Cheng | Taiwan | 237,000 | T-45 [01] |
| 39 | Rolands Norietis | Latvia | 236,000 | T-15 [02] |
| 40 | Conor Mark Berry Grimsley | United Kingdom | 235,000 | T-45 [03] |
| 41 | Tony Lee Miles | USA | 230,000 | T-01 [03] |
| 42 | Sarkiss Osalian | Australia | 228,000 | T-09 [04] |
| 43 | Adrien Franck Berger | France | 214,000 | T-08 [03] |
| 44 | Yadi Yao | China | 210,000 | T-08 [01] |
| 45 | Frank James Lillis | Ireland | 209,000 | T-45 [07] |
| 46 | Hongru Zhang | China | 208,000 | T-08 [04] |
| 47 | Oleg Furman | Russia | 201,000 | T-14 [06] |
| 48 | Renniel Galvez | Philippines | 201,000 | T-08 [05] |
| 49 | Chien-Chih Weng | Taiwan | 197,000 | T-03 [08] |
| 50 | Dhaval Mudgal | India | 195,000 | T-15 [05] |
| 51 | Max Nolting | Germany | 192,000 | T-01 [07] |
| 52 | Maurice Wee Teck Tan | Singapore | 190,000 | T-08 [07] |
| 53 | Mathias Schell | Switzerland | 184,000 | T-02 [06] |
| 54 | Marc Rivera | Philippines | 178,000 | T-01 [06] |
| 55 | Richard Serrano Marquez | Philippines | 177,000 | T-01 [09] |
| 56 | Takuma Sasaki | Japan | 176,000 | T-45 [08] |
| 57 | Jinlong Hu | China | 172,000 | T-02 [01] |
| 58 | Norberto Andres Korn | Germany | 166,000 | T-01 [01] |
| 59 | Bin Yang | China | 158,000 | T-02 [07] |
| 60 | Kentaro Mori | Japan | 138,000 | T-45 [06] |
| 61 | Younghun Moon | Korea | 131,000 | T-01 [04] |
| 62 | Davidyouveakreach Koy | 130,000 | T-45 [04] | |
| 63 | John Carlo Sayo | Philippines | 122,000 | T-15 [09] |
| 64 | Maxime Joseph Tantaro | France | 121,000 | T-09 [05] |
| 65 | Ville Jyrki Santeri Pohjalainen | Finland | 109,000 | T-03 [03] |
| 66 | Chul Woong Joo | Korea | 101,000 | T-15 [01] |
| 67 | Yoay Ram | Israel | 97,000 | T-09 [08] |
| 68 | Erick Alex Goni Marcos | Peru | 74,000 | T-09 [09] |
End of Day 1A – 19 players
| Rank | Player | Flag | Stack |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bien Mai | Viet Nam | 862,000 |
| 2 | Thomas Lee | Canada | 646,000 |
| 3 | Andrej Desset | Slovakia | 536,000 |
| 4 | Renji Mao | China | 453,000 |
| 5 | Mr. Fendy | Indonesia | 395,000 |
| 6 | Oleg Titov | Russia | 350,000 |
| 7 | Dmitrii Gnusaev | Russia | 318,000 |
| 8 | Sean Joseph Keeton | United Kingdom | 277,000 |
| 9 | Eike Soren Strub | Germany | 267,000 |
| 10 | Anthony Cierco | France | 249,000 |
| 11 | Chao-Ting Cheng | Taiwan | 237,000 |
| 12 | Rolands Norietis | Latvia | 236,000 |
| 13 | Conor Mark Berry Grimsley | United Kingdom | 235,000 |
| 14 | Maximilian Detlef Horst Von Nolting | Germany | 192,000 |
| 15 | Bin Yang | China | 158,000 |
| 16 | Younghun Moon | Korea | 131,000 |
| 17 | Ville Jyrki Santeri Pohjalainen | Finland | 109,000 |
| 18 | Chul Woong Joo | Korea | 101,000 |
| 19 | Yoay Ram | Israel | 97,000 |
End of Day 1B – 26 players
| Rank | Player | Flag | Stack |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ngoc Anh Cao | Viet Nam | 1,183,000 |
| 2 | Ngoc Minh Le | Viet Nam | 683,000 |
| 3 | Kenji Hamamoto | Japan | 658,000 |
| 4 | Somphone Ung | Canada | 465,000 |
| 5 | Minh Thang Tran | Viet Nam | 385,000 |
| 6 | WilliamBolton | Australia | 370,000 |
| 7 | Kien Tat Heng | Singapore | 366,000 |
| 8 | Adrien Tantaro | France | 314,000 |
| 9 | Chainani Dhanesh Vijaykumar | Singapore | 303,000 |
| 10 | Harnan Jaybee Villa | Philippines | 283,000 |
| 11 | Jianfeng Sun | China | 274,000 |
| 12 | Jennifer Cassell | Australia | 267,000 |
| 13 | Dmitrii Isaev | Russia | 261,000 |
| 14 | Kevin Arne Ewald | USA | 253,000 |
| 15 | Jason Tyler Kapoor | USA | 251,000 |
| 16 | Shivam Shukla | India | 242,000 |
| 17 | Adrien Berger | France | 214,000 |
| 18 | Hongru Zhang | China | 208,000 |
| 19 | Oleg Furman | Russia | 201,000 |
| 20 | Chien-Chih Weng | Taiwan | 197,000 |
| 21 | Richard Serrano Marquez | Philippines | 177,000 |
| 22 | Takuma Sasaki | Japan | 176,000 |
| 23 | Norberto Andres Korn | Germany | 166,000 |
| 24 | Kentaro Mori | Japan | 138,000 |
| 25 | John Carlo Sayo | Philippines | 122,000 |
| 26 | Maxime Joseph Tantaro | France | 121,000 |
End of Day 1C – 23 players
| Rank | Player | Flag | Stack |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Zhifan Ye | China | 676,000 |
| 2 | Deok-Yeong Lee | Korea, Republic Of | 589,000 |
| 3 | Win Meng Tan | Malaysia | 564,000 |
| 4 | Bonil Koo | Korea, Republic Of | 560,000 |
| 5 | Bonifacio Jr.Delingon Mondalo | Philippines | 549,000 |
| 6 | Ngoc Quoc Bao Pham | Viet Nam | 465,000 |
| 7 | Michael Gordon Smith | Vanuatu | 372,000 |
| 8 | San Lin Voong | Usa | 355,000 |
| 9 | Sean Ragozzini | Australia | 303,000 |
| 10 | Rayhaan Adam | South Africa | 282,000 |
| 11 | Cheng Zhang | China | 241,000 |
| 12 | Tony Lee Miles | Usa | 230,000 |
| 13 | Sarkiss Osalian | Australia | 228,000 |
| 14 | Yadi Yao | China | 210,000 |
| 15 | Frank James Lillis | Iran (Islamic Republic Of) | 209,000 |
| 16 | Renniel Estrada Galvez | Philippines | 201,000 |
| 17 | Dhaval Mudgal | India | 195,000 |
| 18 | Maurice Wee Teck Tan | Singapore | 190,000 |
| 19 | Mathias Schell | Swaziland | 184,000 |
| 20 | Marc Richelieu Rivera | Philippines | 178,000 |
| 21 | Jinlong Hu | China | 172,000 |
| 22 | Davidyouveakreach Koy | Cambodia | 130,000 |
| 23 | Erick Alex Goni Marcos | Peru | 74,000 |
