On the last two days of World Poker Tour (WPT) Cambodia, China’sJinlong Hu reached final table ITM on three events to earn a combined total of 1,425 points and clinch the Player of the Festival. Hu also accrued a combined payout of USD 60,518. In recognition of his outstanding performance, Hu was awarded a coveted USD 1,100 seat to the WPT Prime Championship in Las Vegas this December, along with an additional USD 1,500 in cash.
Hu’s rise began with a 55th place finish at the Championship Warm Up and 67th at the Mystery Bounty, though no points were earned. He then went on to reach six final tables, securing victory at the 20/15/10/5 and nearly another on closing day at the Superstack Classic Freezeout. Check out his stats below.
1st – Event 35: 20/10/15/5
2nd – Event 39: Superstack Classic Freezeout
3rd – Event 15: 8 Max Survivor Bounty
3rd – Event 36: Bounty
4th – Event 44: 10/10/10/10
5th – Superstack Six Max Finale
Hong Kong’s Sparrow Cheung cashed in two events on closing day and slid into second place, bumping Philippine’s Marc Rivera down to 3rd. Cheung and Rivera were both awarded a seat worth USD 1,100 to WPT Prime Championship. Cheung also pocketed USD 900 and Rivera USD 300.
Player of the Festival
With a 44-game lineup scheduled for World Poker Tour (WPT) Cambodia, players will not only have a chance at capturing trophies and the Mike Sexton WPT Champions Cup, but will also be competing for the WPT Player of the Festival. The top three players in points at the end of the games will win prizes as listed at the bottom of the page.
WPT Cambodia – News Coverage and Results
WPT Cambodia – Player Guide
WPT Cambodia – Photos
Standings after 39 completed events
Standings after 34 completed events
Standings after 29 completed events
Standings after 28 completed events
Standings after 24 completed events
Standings after 18 completed events
Standings after 16 completed events
Standings after 13 completed events
Standings after 7 completed Events
Standings after 5 completed events
WPT Player of the Festival – Prizes
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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