The World Poker Tour is back at one of its most popular destinations, kicking off the first of three Asia-Pacific festivals at NagaWorld Integrated Resorts in capital city Phnom Penh. Dubbed WPT Cambodia – Passport To The World Championship, this festival offers players a chance to win a package to the brand’s thrilling year-ender at The Wynn Las Vegas and seats to the Prime Championship.
In partnership with Connaissance Management Limited, the 41-event schedule kicked off on July 12 and will run until July 23. Opening day saw Jungsup Yun, Shaoshua Li, and Kai Yat Fam claim their career first WPT trophies. Plenty of chances to join the winners with multiple games running daily. Buy ins run as low as $200 and the highest of $5,000. Alongside, there are cash games of varying stakes available for NLH and PLO.
PLAYER GUIDE – WPT Cambodia Passport to the World Championship
With the festival now on its second day, more players have descended. The crowd favorite is the Championship Warm Up with Day 1B in progress. The $100,000 guarantee has already been breached and has the potential to double with Day 1B still open and Day 1C yet to play out. Buy in is $550. At Day 1A, 11 players advanced led by Ukraine’s Dmytro Lytvynov.
Taking a walk around the ballroom, the India and Vietnamese contingents have grown, as well as players from outside of Asia. Currently in action are Vietnam’s Nguyen Trung Quan, South Africa’s Rayhaan Adam, Canada’s Tommy Lee, and WPT Vietnam champion Sorawit Suriyakarn who cashed at yesterday’s NagaWorld Superstack. The numbers are expected to increase further as the WPT Cambodia Championship $500K guaranteed nears which hits the felt on July 18,
In addition to the headliner, events to consider are the Megastack High Roller ($2,200 buy in), 8 Max Survivor Bounty $150K guaranteed, Mini Championship, 3K HR, and 5K Single Day Challenge. Make sure to browse the Player Guide for all of the details.
If you are just hearing of WPT Cambodia, through the years, this stop has continuously attracted the most diverse crowd. In January this year, the first WPT Main Tour in Southeast Asia was held at this location, paying out a record $2,432,760 at the Championship. The festival itself paid out over a massive $7.5 Million across 44 events.
Nothing beats staying onsite with rooms available at NagaWorld starting at a special WPT player rate of USD 55 per night. To secure this deal, click the link provided below and book it!
For info on the ongoing WPT Cambodia and other info outside of the felt, check out the article below.
Tricia David
Tricia David has long experience as a recreational poker player and has been covering poker events since 2010 for numerous outfits in Asia. She spent one year working part time with Poker Portal Asia then became editor and lead writer for all event coverage of the Philippine Poker Tour (PPT). Under the PPT, she overlooked content for their website, and produced live updates on all their events. In addition, she served as the live and online events website content writer for the Asian Poker Tour. Currently, she does live events reporting in Asia for online news site Somuchpoker and is also one of their news contributors.
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