WPT Cambodia: Mystery Bounty draws 532; Cao Ngoc Anh tops overall heats; biggest bounty at $20K

01/22/2024

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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 10c 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

2Bien MaiViet Nam862,000T-14 3Ngoc Minh LeViet Nam683,000T-15 4Zhifan YeChina676,000T-15 5Kenji HamamotoJapan658,000T-02 6Thomas LeeCanada646,000T-08 7Deok-Yeong LeeKorea589,000T-03 8Win Meng TanMalaysia564,000T-14 9Bonil KooKorea560,000T-01 10Bonifacio Mondalo JrPhilippines549,000T-15 11Andrej DessetSlovakia536,000T-09 12Somphone UngCanada465,000T-09 13Ngoc Quoc Bao PhamViet Nam465,000T-02 14Renji MaoChina453,000T-03 15Mr. FendyIndonesia395,000T-09 16Minh Thang TranViet Nam385,000T-01 17Michael Gordon Smith372,000T-45 18William BoltonAustralia370,000T-08 19Kien Tat HengSingapore366,000T-02 20San Lin VoongUsa355,000T-03 21Oleg TitovRussia350,000T-08 22Dmitrii GnusaevRussia318,000T-14 23Adrien Michel TantaroFrance314,000T-14 24Chainani Dhanesh VijaykumarSingapore303,000T-14 25Sean RagozziniAustralia303,000T-14 26Harnan Jaybee VillaPhilippines283,000T-15 27Rayhaan AdamSouth Africa282,000T-09 28Sean Joseph KeetonUnited Kingdom277,000T-15 29Jianfeng SunChina274,000T-09 30Eike Soren StrubGermany267,000T-45 31Jennifer CassellAustralia267,000T-03 32Dmitrii IsaevRussia261,000T-02 33Kevin Arne EwaldUSA253,000T-02 34Jason Tyler KapoorUSA251,000T-14 35Anthony CiercoFrance249,000T-03 36Shivam ShuklaIndia242,000T-45 37Cheng ZhangChina241,000T-14 38Chao-Ting ChengTaiwan237,000T-45 39Rolands NorietisLatvia236,000T-15 40Conor Mark Berry GrimsleyUnited Kingdom235,000T-45 41Tony Lee MilesUSA230,000T-01 42Sarkiss OsalianAustralia228,000T-09 43Adrien Franck BergerFrance214,000T-08 44Yadi YaoChina210,000T-08 45Frank James LillisIreland209,000T-45 46Hongru ZhangChina208,000T-08 47Oleg FurmanRussia201,000T-14 48Renniel GalvezPhilippines201,000T-08 49Chien-Chih WengTaiwan197,000T-03 50Dhaval MudgalIndia195,000T-15 51Max NoltingGermany192,000T-01 52Maurice Wee Teck TanSingapore190,000T-08 53Mathias SchellSwitzerland184,000T-02 54Marc RiveraPhilippines178,000T-01 55Richard Serrano MarquezPhilippines177,000T-01 56Takuma SasakiJapan176,000T-45 57Jinlong HuChina172,000T-02 58Norberto Andres KornGermany166,000T-01 59Bin YangChina158,000T-02 60Kentaro MoriJapan138,000T-45 61Younghun MoonKorea131,000T-01 62Davidyouveakreach Koy130,000T-45 63John Carlo SayoPhilippines122,000T-15 64Maxime Joseph TantaroFrance121,000T-09 65Ville Jyrki Santeri PohjalainenFinland109,000T-03 66Chul Woong JooKorea101,000T-15 67Yoay RamIsrael97,000T-09 68Erick Alex Goni MarcosPeru74,000T-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