Zhang Cheng Tops Final 17 Players Of WPT Cambodia Passport To The WC Championship
WPT Cambodia Passport To The World Championship resumed with 136 players out of the 913 entry field returning to NagaWorld Phnom Penh for Day 2 of the headliner WPT Passport Championship. For each one, the goal was to reach the money round and claim a piece of the seven figure USD prize pool of $1,040,592. Midway through the second hour, the bubble burst on Kim Kil Soo who was forced all in on the big blind.
Zhang Cheng Tops Day 2
By the end of Level 24, Day 2 ended with 17 players remaining. Zhang Cheng bagged the chip lead of 88 bb and was one of six players from China surviving the grueling ten hour competition. Zhang had several eliminations under his belt including a cooler against Will Kwok that catapulted him to the top. The day’s entering chip leader, Xiaosheng Zheng, also secured a final day spot with 41 bb in his arsenal.
Running a close second rank was Vietnam’s Pham Bao with 83 bb. Bao picked up a big pot against Woojin Kim who bluffed with overcards against Bao’s pocket pair. At the time, Kim was race leader. Bao also eliminated the day’s entering second largest, Pradeep Nudurumati with set over two pair. Bao is one of five players flying the Vietnam flag that made it through the day. Another contender was Thi Bao An Nguyen, the only remaining female player. At one point, Nguyen was down to just 2 bb and spun it up to bag up 21 bb. Day 1A chip leader Van Dang Nguyen also survived with 22 bb at bagging time.
Nearing the end of day, India’s Gagandeep Malik enjoyed a card rush that eventually earned him a top three position with 76 bb. On a cooler, Malik was nearly out, instead he landed back to back bad beats that eliminated Nick Woodward. First hand, Malik cracked Nick Woodward’s pocket Aces with pocket Kings that turned set on the flop then to rub more salt on the wound, Malik took the rest with Ace-Nine spiking the kicker to dust Ace-Queen.
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WPT Cambodia Passport To The WC Championship – Results
Date: July 18, 2024
Buy in: USD 1,300
Guarantee: USD 500,000
Entries: 913
Prize pool: USD 1,040,592
ITM: 115 places
End of Day 2 Chip Counts
| Rank | Player | Flag | Stack | Table | Seat |
| 1 | Zhang Cheng | China | 4,390,000 | 1 | 7 |
| 2 | Pham Bao | Vietnam | 4,140,000 | 2 | 1 |
| 3 | Gagandeep Malik | India | 3,785,000 | 2 | 5 |
| 4 | Junpeng Pan | China | 3,135,000 | 1 | 5 |
| 5 | Sha Chengchun | China | 3,035,000 | 3 | 6 |
| 6 | Trung Ha Nguyen | Vietnam | 2,740,000 | 1 | 4 |
| 7 | Anh Tuan Ho | Vietnam | 2,270,000 | 3 | 5 |
| 8 | Joshua Tan | Singapore | 2,200,000 | 3 | 2 |
| 9 | Xiaosheng Zheng | China | 2,070,000 | 1 | 3 |
| 10 | Zhihao Chen | China | 1,980,000 | 3 | 1 |
| 11 | Kazuo Yamamoto | Japan | 1,410,000 | 2 | 3 |
| 12 | Adrien Berger | France | 1,185,000 | 3 | 7 |
| 13 | Van Dan Nguyen | Vietnam | 1,090,000 | 2 | 7 |
| 14 | Thi Bao An Nguyen | Vietnam | 1,055,000 | 2 | 4 |
| 15 | Travis Endersby | Australia | 880,000 | 1 | 1 |
| 16 | Xin Yuan | China | 745,000 | 1 | 6 |
| 17 | Vishal Ojha | India | 415,000 | 2 | 2 |
The final 17 players return on Monday, July 22 for the last round to the title and the $175,542 champion’s purse. The winner also receives a package to the WPT World Championship worth $12,230. For 2nd and 3rd place, each one receives a seat to WPT World Prime Championship. Both of these events take place in Las Vegas in December.
Remaining Payouts
| 1 | $175,542 |
| 2 | $117,030 |
| 3 | $86,360 |
| 4 | $64,410 |
| 5 | $48,560 |
| 6 | $37,010 |
| 7 | $28,520 |
| 8 | $22,220 |
| 9-10 | $17,510 |
| 11-12 | $13,960 |
| 13-14 | $11,260 |
| 15-16 | $9,200 |
| 17 | $7,600 |
