WPT Cambodia – Championship Warm Up draws 489, Amit Kaushik leads in 103 survivors
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01/19/2024
The World Poker Tour (WPT) Cambodia – Championship Warm Up was the hottest item on the menu the past two days, drawing a combined 489 entries over three entry flights. This sent the prize pool soaring over double to USD 341,518.
WPT Cambodia Championship Warm Up – Day 1A
Day 1B drew the largest crowd of 217 entries. Among the attendees were large contingents from Vietnam, Philippines, and Australia, that included top players Dao Minh Phu, Nguyen Quang Huy, Mike Takayama, Christopher Mateo, and John Perry.
The heat wrapped up with 40 players advancing led by India’s Amit Kaushik with a commanding 822,000 stack. Kaushik will be the only player entering Day 2 with over 100 bb.
Over at Day 1C, only 47 new players jumped in plus 102 re-entries for 149 in total. Among the 40 survivors were Chinese players Jinlong Hu, Zhifan Ye, and Renji Mao. Bagging the largest was South Africa’s Marc Joseph with 403,000 (50 bb).
Coming Day 2, on January 20, 103 players will return, each one hunting down a spot in the money round which begins at 62nd place. The minimum payout is USD 1,393but what everyone will be aiming for is a seat at the final table where USD 66,029 awaits the champion.
Check out all the numbers and chip counts down below.
Date: January 18 to 21, 2024
Buy in: USD 800
Guarantee: USD 150,000 (already breached)
Entries: 489 (289 unique)
Prize pool: USD 340,518
ITM: 62 places
1st place payout: USD 66,000
*Full prize pool breakdown to be announced
Day 1 results
Day 1A entries: 123 entries (107 unique) / 23 advanced
Day 1B entries: 217 (135 unique) / 40 advanced
Day 1C (Turbo): 149 entries (47 unique) / 40 advanced
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Day 2 info
Day 2 qualifiers: 103 players
Chips in play: 24,450,000
Average stack: 237,378 (29 bb)
Opening blnids: 4K-8K ante 8K
Cards flying: January 20 at 11:30am
Day 2 players by stack size
| Rank | Player | Flag | Stack | BB |
Table / Seat
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Amit Kaushik | India | 822,000 | 103 | T-46 |
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Day 1A – 23 survivors
| Player | Flag | Stack |
|---|---|---|
| Samuel David Adams | New Zealand | 537,000 |
| John Edward Perry | Austraila | 504,000 |
| Koen Breed | Netherlands | 472,000 |
| Hun Tae Choi | Korea | 466,000 |
| Adrien Franck Berger | France | 435,000 |
| Ilya Firstov | Kazakhstan | 421,000 |
| Hyungtaek Jo | Korea | 395,000 |
| Jun Li | UK | 341,000 |
| Maxime Joseph Tantaro | France | 305,000 |
| Zsolt Cserhati | Hungary | 277,000 |
| Oliver Schulze | Germany | 240,000 |
| Adrien Michel Tantaro | France | 221,000 |
| Raja Sekhar Puttamsetty | India | 215,000 |
| Minsu Kim | Korea | 195,000 |
| Youngchae Youn | Korea | 156,000 |
| Cheng Zhang | China | 155,000 |
| Rauf Kaan Avci | Turkey | 151,000 |
| Thomas Lee | Canada | 144,000 |
| Aayush Arya | India | 138,000 |
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| 127,000 | |
| Zhihao Chen | China | 112,000 |
| Tola Keo | Australia | 106,000 |
| Ali Khalili | Canada | 94,000 |
Day 1B – 40 survivors
| Player | Flag | Stack |
|---|---|---|
| Amit Kaushik | India | 822,000 |
| Maulik Bharatkumar Shukla | India | 658,000 |
| Dmitrii Ippolitov | Russian Federation | 650,000 |
| Tianhao Zheng | China | 500,000 |
| Rayhaan Adam | South Africa | 471,000 |
| Jianfeng Sun | China | 423,000 |
| Jonald Obana Garcia | Philippines | 420,000 |
| Sean Ragozzini | Australia | 410,000 |
| Pyeongkang Kim | Korea, Republic Of | 388,000 |
| Minh Phu Dao | Viet Nam | 375,000 |
| Christopher Vecino Mateo | Philippines | 353,000 |
| Van Men Nguyen | Viet Nam | 333,000 |
| Kyle Bao Quoc An Diep | Usa | 331,000 |
| Dmitrii Isaev | Russian Federation | 322,000 |
| Xin Zhao | China | 300,000 |
| Trung Quan Nguyen | Viet Nam | 287,000 |
| Abbouchi Mohamad | Lebanon | 286,000 |
| Wattana Sophontanakup | Thailand | 252,000 |
| Van Xuan Nguyen | Viet Nam | 235,000 |
| Julian Andrew Warhurst | Australia | 222,000 |
| Jeongmin Park | Korea, Republic Of | 220,000 |
| Jennifer Kate Cassell | Australia | 217,000 |
| Dexter Santos | Cambodia | 206,000 |
| Hwanho Choe | Korea, Republic Of | 198,000 |
| Seongmin Lee | Korea, Republic Of | 197,000 |
| Mike Andillo Takayama | Philippines | 171,000 |
| Laury Philippe Vanlerberghe | France | 163,000 |
| William Noble Bolton | Australia | 155,000 |
| Yuwen Pan | China | 151,000 |
| Nicolae-Claudiu Marinescu | Romania | 148,000 |
| Hua-Wei Lin | Taiwan, Province Of China | 146,000 |
| Bonifacio Jr.Delingon Mondalo | Philippines | 137,000 |
| Pablo Beltran De Heredia Garcia | Spain | 135,000 |
| Quang Huy Nguyen | Viet Nam | 134,000 |
| Todd Randall Hansen | Usa | 94,000 |
| Rindra Norodom | Cambodia | 90,000 |
| Chien-Chih Weng | Taiwan, Province Of China | 84,000 |
| Thanh Ha Duong | Viet Nam | 83,000 |
| Kenji Hamamoto | Japan | 74,000 |
| Sergei Egorov | Russian Federation | 30,000 |
Day 1C – 40 survivors
| Player | Flag | Stack |
|---|---|---|
| Marc Anthony Joseph | South Africa | 403,000 |
| Byoung Soo Lee | Korea, Democratic People’S Republic Of) | 396,000 |
| Diego Alejandro Miyashiro Uechi | Cambodia | 372,000 |
| Song Hau Pham | Viet Nam | 346,000 |
| Luke Martinelli | Australia | 307,000 |
| Tien Loon Ling | Malaysia | 303,000 |
| Jinlong Hu | China | 266,000 |
| Wei-Tse Chang | Taiwan, Province Of China | 254,000 |
| Jijun Xu | China | 251,000 |
| Oleg Titov | Russian Federation | 240,000 |
| Vikaash Shah | India | 233,000 |
| Zhifan Ye | China | 231,000 |
| Frank James Lillis | Iran (Islamic Republic Of) | 216,000 |
| Zuxiong He | China | 208,000 |
| Anthony Cierco | Afghanistan | 199,000 |
| Yita Choong | Australia | 195,000 |
| Hon Cheong Lee | Hong Kong | 190,000 |
| Joni Seppo Juhani Rantamaki | Finland | 184,000 |
| Ronan Madden | Iceland | 182,000 |
| Nobuyasu Sato | Japan | 162,000 |
| Erick Alex Goni Marcos | Peru | 157,000 |
| Taruli Asima Aritonang | Indonesia | 149,000 |
| Bien Mai | Viet Nam | 147,000 |
| Xiaosheng Zheng | China | 144,000 |
| Mark Kavaleu | Belarus | 144,000 |
| Haile Rafik Kuo | Grenada | 136,000 |
| Matthew Bevin | Usa | 133,000 |
| Georgios Skarparis | Cyprus | 128,000 |
| Jhon Hendri | Indonesia | 128,000 |
| Thomas Gary Pound | Usa | 123,000 |
| Marlon Darius Bazgar | Germany | 121,000 |
| Bas Wilhelmus Cornelis Jo De Laat | Netherlands | 114,000 |
| Daniel Patrick Tighe | Ireland | 112,000 |
| Jerome Adam Bradpiece | United Kingdom | 104,000 |
| Rundulf Martin Gonzales | Philippines | 99,000 |
| Hongru Zhang | China | 95,000 |
| Zhun Wang | China | 80,000 |
| Chakshu Deep Raina | India | 69,000 |
| Francesco Micucci | Luxembourg | 68,000 |
| Li Xue Yan Andy | Singapore | 52,000 |
