WPT Prime Cambodia 2023: Live Updates
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Key Info WPT Prime Cambodia 2023
Location: NagaWorld (Phnom Penh)
Dates: March 9th to 21st
Main Event Buy-In: USD 1,100
Schedule: WPT Prime Cambodia 2023 Schedule
- Festival Results
- Super High Roller
- 10K SHR Single Day
- Main Event
- High Roller 3K
- Millions Final Day
- Mystery Bounty Final Day
MAIN EVENT: Reiji Kono wins the WPT Prime Cambodia Main Event
Buy in: US$ 1,100
Guarantee: US$ 500,000
Entries: 529
Prize pool: US$ 980,670
ITM: 128 players
*Three-way ICM deal; top prize includes WPT World Championship entry worth $10,400; WPT value adds airfare and accommodations
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1 | Reiji Kono | $131,731* |
2 | Bien Mai | $117,842* |
3 | Matthieu Lamagnere | $112,247* |
4 | I-Chun Chiu | $59,820 |
5 | Jose Catela | $45,120 |
6 | Sho Katsura | $34,400 |
7 | Feng Ji Chua | $26,510 |
8 | Lewis Cowell | $20,660 |
9 | Nicholas Ragot | $16,280 |
10 | Yunsheng Sun | $16,280 |
11 | Cyrill Rousset | $12,980 |
12 | Shun Nozaki | $12,980 |
13 | Shardul Parthasarathi | $10,460 |
14 | Kunal Patni | $10,460 |
15 | Benjmin Mun | $8,530 |
16 | Hassaan Arif Siddiq | $8,530 |
17 | Yujie Sun | $7,040 |
18 | Darren Moves | $7,040 |
19 | Trent Fechter | $7,040 |
20 | Vinh Hai Huynh | $7,040 |
21 | Yoshikazu Fujita | $5,880 |
22 | Lawrence Pashak | $5,880 |
23 | Jumpei Masatoshi | $5,880 |
24 | Matthew Henry Bevin | $5,880 |
25 | Shue King Ng | $4,970 |
26 | Seongsu Kong | $4,970 |
27 | Yen-Han Chen | $4,970 |
28 | Hua-Wei Lin | $4,970 |
29 | Gaurav Sood | $4,970 |
30 | Mr. Shyamsundar | $4,970 |
31 | Qiyuan Huang | $4,970 |
32 | Odni Chuaypan Gudmundsson | $4,970 |
33 | Harsh Bubna | $4,250 |
34 | Victor Chong | $4,250 |
35 | Frank Lillis | $4,250 |
36 | Koen Breed | $4,250 |
37 | Jasven Saigal | $4,250 |
38 | Dongyun Jo | $4,250 |
39 | Marvin Andrew Unsworth | $4,250 |
40 | Brad Owen | $4,250 |
41 | Chien-Chih Weng | $3,680 |
42 | Jaecheol Song | $3,680 |
43 | Kjell Ove Dyb | $3,680 |
44 | Vitalii Borodin | $3,680 |
45 | Alok Birewar | $3,680 |
46 | Sevvy Steenman | $3,680 |
47 | Ian Modder | $3,680 |
48 | Zhiguang Zou | $3,680 |
49 | Yu-Chung Chang | $3,220 |
50 | Muhammed Ali Chandna | $3,220 |
51 | Gabriel Carter | $3,220 |
52 | Ilya Firstov | $3,220 |
53 | Arun Sriram | $3,220 |
54 | Manuel Braunhofer | $3,220 |
55 | Jeffery Kurniawan | $3,220 |
56 | Atsushi Umeda | $3,220 |
57 | Maxime Costas | $2,860 |
58 | Armon Van Wijk | $2,860 |
59 | Laury Philippe Vanlerberghe | $2,860 |
60 | Philemon Ip | $2,860 |
61 | Kevin Tang | $2,860 |
62 | Aristotle Sigua | $2,860 |
63 | Heesoo Im | $2,860 |
64 | Hiroki Morishita | $2,860 |
65 | Clement Van Driessche | $2,570 |
66 | Sunwook Baek | $2,570 |
67 | Viktor Smoliakov | $2,570 |
68 | Nobuaki Sasaki | $2,570 |
69 | Sandro Burkhard | $2,570 |
70 | Romit Advani | $2,570 |
71 | Joshua Zimmerman | $2,570 |
72 | Anh Minh Nguyen | $2,570 |
73 | Yao Loon Tay | $2,340 |
74 | Chiraag Patel | $2,340 |
75 | Qingqing Zhang | $2,340 |
76 | Jason Lau | $2,340 |
77 | Christopher Mateo | $2,340 |
78 | Konstantin Generalov | $2,340 |
79 | Shengchao Zhu | $2,340 |
80 | Vikaash Shah | $2,340 |
81 | Raju Jaruplavath | $2,160 |
82 | Thijs Hilberts | $2,160 |
83 | William Bolton | $2,160 |
84 | Charlie Ciresi | $2,160 |
85 | Yongsuk Lim | $2,160 |
86 | Oliver Schulze | $2,160 |
87 | Jean-Robert Autran | $2,160 |
88 | Eric Wasylenko | $2,160 |
89 | Roger Spets | $1,990 |
90 | Abhijith Cheruku | $1,990 |
91 | John Perry | $1,990 |
92 | Kevin Kupferschmid | $1,990 |
93 | Michael Haddad | $1,990 |
94 | Quan Qiu | $1,990 |
95 | Phuong Ngoc Nguyen | $1,990 |
96 | Nebojsa Blanusa | $1,990 |
97 | Khanh Linh Ta | $1,990 |
98 | Tomoaki Miura | $1,990 |
99 | Shun Kawakami | $1,990 |
100 | Anton Michlmayr | $1,990 |
101 | Haozhen Gu | $1,990 |
102 | Minkyu Kim | $1,990 |
103 | Dhaval Mudgal | $1,990 |
104 | Zi Xuan Tan | $1,990 |
105 | Gavin Best | $1,860 |
106 | Guohui Zhang | $1,860 |
107 | Asish Ghosh | $1,860 |
108 | Amit Kaushik | $1,860 |
109 | Erik Rozhynskyi | $1,860 |
110 | Thomas Vanleeuwen | $1,860 |
111 | Siddharth Karia | $1,860 |
112 | Mr. Suhendra | $1,860 |
113 | Aladin Reskallah | $1,860 |
114 | Lucas Tae | $1,860 |
115 | Anmol Mehta | $1,860 |
116 | Manh Truong Nguyen | $1,860 |
117 | Junwoo Seo | $1,800 |
118 | Seokjun Lee | $1,800 |
119 | Giwon Park | $1,800 |
120 | Yosuke Motoki | $1,800 |
121 | Roland Kivi | $1,800 |
122 | Roman Hrabec | $1,800 |
123 | Ivan Govorov | $1,800 |
124 | Sombath Sok | $1,800 |
125 | Chi Ling Tsang | $1,800 |
126 | Junwoo Lee | $1,800 |
127 | Qi Dong | $1,800 |
128 | Jae Kyung Sim | $1,800 |
Event 1: Huyen Duc Luu wins NagaWorld Superstack 50K
Buy in: US$ 300
Entries: 202 (168 unique, 34 re-entry)
Prize pool: US$ 53,884
ITM: 26 places
*Heads up deal
1 | Huyen Duc Luu | Vietnam | $11,227* |
2 | Chi Ling Tsang | Canada | $11,226* |
3 | Kiale Matthews | Australia | $5,523 |
4 | Chainani Dhanesh | Singapore | $3,360 |
5 | Kosuke Hanzawa | Japan | $2,594 |
6 | Adrien Berger | France | $2,150 |
7 | Vineet Kumar | India | $1,832 |
8 | Amir Abbas | NZ | $1,579 |
9 | Kevin Clemot | France | $1,326 |
10 | Xianbing Zhang | China | $1,153 |
11 | Richard Sheils | UK | $1,153 |
12 | Qi Dong | China | $1,153 |
13 | Lucas Tae | USA | $981 |
14 | He Zhou | China | $981 |
15 | Jongmin Won | Korea | $981 |
16 | Yoke Wei Woon | Malaysia | $808 |
17 | Shen-Syu Ho | Taiwan | $808 |
18 | Jeremy Jehanne | France | $808 |
19 | Han Yee Seow | Singapore | $647 |
20 | William Bolton | Australia | $647 |
21 | Eike Soren Strub | Germany | $647 |
22 | Stephen Nathan | UK | $498 |
23 | Krzysztof Wierzbicki | Poland | $498 |
24 | Gregory Kuhnast | Germany | $498 |
25 | Jasven Saigal | India | $403 |
26 | Men Nguyen | Vietnam | $403 |
Event 2: Maggie Chien Chih Weng crushes NagaWorld Millions final table
Buy in: US$ 550
Guarantee: US$ 150,000
Total Entries: 508
Prize pool: US$ 246,380
ITM: 53 players
1 | Chien-Chih Weng | Taiwan | $50,150 |
2 | Vikaash Shah | India | $35,170 |
3 | Rolands Norietis | Latvia | $22,600 |
4 | Zarvan Tumboli | India | $15,150 |
5 | Ting Hao Lian | Singapore | $11,650 |
6 | Kiale Matthews | Australia | $9,650 |
7 | Firat Basbaydar | UK | $8,100 |
8 | Andrew McGregor | UK | $6,550 |
9 | Xiaoqing Lu | China | $5,000 |
10 | Eric Sai Hoe Chan | Malaysia | $4,230 |
11 | Dhanesh Chainani | Singapore | $4,230 |
12 | Gabriel Carter | UK | $4,230 |
13 | Jijun Xu | China | $3,500 |
14 | Micheal O’Neill | Ireland | $3,500 |
15 | He Zhou | China | $3,500 |
16 | Rajeev Kanjani | India | $2,900 |
17 | Gilbert Vetters | Usa | $2,900 |
18 | Abbouchi Mohamad | Lebanon | $2,900 |
19 | Eike Soren Strub | Germany | $2,400 |
20 | Jeffry Kurniawan | Indonesia | $2,400 |
21 | Taegeun Kim | Korea | $2,400 |
22 | Lester Wee | Singapore | $2,030 |
23 | Jonathan Pollard | UK | $2,030 |
24 | Koen Breed | Netherlands | $2,030 |
25 | Takashi Someya | Japan | $1,675 |
26 | Xianbing Zhang | China | $1,675 |
27 | Adam Kaufman | $1,675 | |
28 | Joseph Adams | UK | $1,375 |
29 | Jean Robert Autran | France | $1,375 |
30 | Myat Thwe Chu | Myanmar | $1,375 |
31 | Hua-Wei Lin | Taiwan | $1,375 |
32 | Yu-Sheng Lin | Taiwan | $1,375 |
33 | Jingjie Xu | China | $1,375 |
34 | Harsh Bubna | India | $1,375 |
35 | Yu-Chung Chang | Taiwan | $1,375 |
36 | Martin Ng | Singapore | $1,375 |
37 | Gaurav Sood | India | $1,220 |
38 | Mark Kline | USA | $1,220 |
39 | Duc Kien Tran | Viet Nam | $1,220 |
40 | Shen-Syu Ho | Taiwan | $1,220 |
41 | Florent Remi | France | $1,220 |
42 | Farhad Aghayev | Azerbaijan | $1,220 |
43 | Yong Chen | China | $1,220 |
44 | Erik Roger Spets | Senegal | $1,220 |
45 | Abhijith Cheruku | India | $1,220 |
46 | Christopher Shebat | USA | $1,100 |
47 | Ngoc Khanh Le | Viet Nam | $1,100 |
48 | Melvin Ng | Singapore | $1,100 |
49 | Kang Yoon Ko | Korea | $1,100 |
50 | Stephen Nathan | UK | $1,100 |
51 | Arun Sriram | India | $1,100 |
52 | Chao-Ting Cheng | Taiwan | $1,100 |
53 | Selim Souissi | Tunisia | $1,100 |
Event 3: Alok Birewar crushes the Deepstack NLH Freezeout
Buy in: US$ 300
Entries: 97
Prize pool: US$ 25,404
ITM: 13 places
1 | Alok Birewar | India | $7,748 |
2 | Thi Xuan Ha Tran | Vietnam | $4,763 |
3 | Sevvy Steenman | United Kingdom | $2,921 |
4 | Jongmin Won | Kora | $1,905 |
5 | Bien Mai | Vietnam | $1,486 |
6 | Cheap Ty Tang | Switzerland | $1,188 |
7 | Sameer Agarwal | India | $1,010 |
8 | Tyler Warken | Canada | $876 |
9 | Jason Wong | Singapore | $775 |
10 | Jonathan Looi | Malaysia | $699 |
11 | William Bolton | Australia | $699 |
12 | Vincent Ferrafiat | France | $699 |
13 | Jung Hoon Choi | Korea | $635 |
Event 4: Good call from Bien Mai to win the 8-Max NLH Single Day
Buy in: US$ 350
Entries: 79 (64 unique, 15 re-entry)
Prize pool: US$ 24,138
ITM: 10 places
1 | Bien Mai | Vietnam | $8,206 |
2 | Marco Wiederkehr | Switzerland | $4,707 |
3 | Junwoo Seo | Korea | $2,945 |
4 | Terence Lim | Singapore | $1,991 |
5 | Rindra Norodom | $1,509 | |
6 | Oliver Schulze | Germany | $1,207 |
7 | Deep Raina | India | $1,062 |
8 | Sevvy Steenman | UK | $966 |
9 | Byoung Soo Lee | Korea | $821 |
10 | Mikael T Andersson | Finland | $724 |
Event 5: Richard Marquez wins the Mystery Bounty
Buy in: US$ 550
Guarantee: US$ 100,000
Entries: 550
Prize pool: US$ 266,750
ITM: 69 places
1 | Richard Marquez | Philippines | $33,835 |
2 | Kong Fung | Hong Kong | $23,710 |
3 | Kiale Matthews | Australia | $15,250 |
4 | Jasven Saigal | India | $10,750 |
5 | Sameer Agarwal | India | $8,255 |
6 | Piet Pape | Germany | $6,810 |
7 | Selim Souissi | Tunisia | $5,655 |
8 | I-Chun Chiu | Taiwan | $4,510 |
9 | Zaldo Catela | Portugal | $3,385 |
Biggest Bounty winners
Frank Lillis | $18,000 |
Kiahle Matthews | $10,000 |
Jasven Saigal | $10,000 |
Jae Kyung Sim | $5,000 |
Sameer Agarwal | $5,000 |
Event 6: Redemption for Josh McCully, clinches 2.2K NLH Mini High Roller
Buy in: US$ 2,200
Entries: 75
Prize pool: US$ 145,500
ITM: 10 places
1 | Josh McCully | Australia | $49,469 |
2 | Brad Owen | USA | $28,373 |
3 | Mike Takayama | Philippines | $17,751 |
4 | Tossapat Chunharas | Thailand | $12,004 |
5 | David Erquiaga | Philippines | $9,094 |
6 | Micheal O’Neill | Ireland | $7,275 |
7 | Seungmook Jung | Korea | $6,402 |
8 | Victor Chong | Malaysia | $5,820 |
9 | Andy Li Xueyan | Singapore | $4,947 |
10 | Michael Rocco | USA | $4,365 |
Event 7: Yu Ogusu maintains lead to lift Deepstack NLH
Buy in: US$ 300
Entries: 119
Prize pool: US$ 31,166
ITM: 15 places
1 | Yu Ogusu | Japan | $9,196 |
2 | Aroha Ngata | NZ | $5,688 |
3 | Le Ngoc Khanh | Viet Nam | $3,397 |
4 | Hua-Wei Lin | Taiwan | $2,182 |
5 | Duc Thanh Nguyen | Viet Nam | $1,652 |
6 | Zi Xuan Tan | Malaysia | $1,278 |
7 | Wah Meng Tan | Singapore | $1,278 |
8 | Martin Kanaker | Sweden | $1,044 |
9 | Ta Khanh Linh | Viet Nam | $919 |
10 | Julius Umbraziunas | Lithuania | $810 |
11 | Ngoc Minh Nguyen | Viet Nam | $810 |
12 | Rindra Norodo | Cambodia | $810 |
13 | Ankit Jajodia | India | $701 |
14 | Rahul Marwaha | India | $701 |
15 | Zhiguang Zou | China | $701 |
Event 8: Deal awards Lucas Tae the NLH Turbo title
Buy in: US$ 300
Entries: 53
Prize pool: US$ 13,881
ITM: 7 places
*Heads up deal
1 | Lucas Tae | USA | $4,094.50* |
2 | Chakshu Deep Raina | India | $4,094.50* |
3 | Nicholas J Cantelo | Australia | $1,874 |
4 | Tyler Suansrakaew | Thailand | $1,319 |
5 | Wipat Udomkanjananan | Thailand | $1,041 |
6 | Niko Antti Juhani Nyman | Finland | $833 |
7 | Jeffery Kurniawan | Indonesia | $625 |
Event 9: Duc Thanh Nguyen wins NLH Single Day
Buy in: US$ 400
Entries: 168
Prize pool US$ 58,666
ITM: 21 places
1 | Duc Thanh Nguyen | Viet Nam | $15,595 |
2 | Marvin Unsworth | Germany | $10,217 |
3 | Timothy Nichols | USA | $6,019 |
4 | Thai Bao Vu | Viet Nam | $3,664 |
5 | Mark Kline | USA | $2,828 |
6 | Minkyu Kim | Korea | $2,344 |
7 | Muhammad Rana | Pakistan | $2,030 |
8 | Ian Modder | Canada | $1,789 |
9 | Arun Sriram | India | $1,559 |
10 | Trent Fechter | USA | $1,349 |
11 | Thomas Carlin | USA | $1,349 |
12 | Nithiwat Suphanit | Thailand | $1,349 |
13 | Tyler Warken | Canada | $1,144 |
14 | Thi Xuan Ha Tran | Viet Nam | $1,144 |
15 | Sombath Sok | Cambodia | $1,144 |
16 | Kentaro Hayashi | Korea | $950 |
17 | Yasir Yaqoob | Pakistan | $950 |
18 | William Wong | Australia | $950 |
19 | Chao-Ting Cheng | Taiwan | $764 |
20 | Melvin Wei Zong Ng | Singapore | $764 |
21 | Maulik Shukla | India | $764 |
Event 10: Tuomas Olavi Urtti wins the PLO event
Buy in: US$ 300
Entries: 116
Prize pool: US$ 30,380
ITM: 15 places
1 | Tuomas Olavi Urtti | Finland | $8,000 |
2 | Byoung Soo Lee | Korea | $6,505 |
3 | Kevin Kupferschmid | Switzerland | $3,311 |
4 | Ankit Jajodia | India | $2,127 |
5 | Deep Raina | India | $1,610 |
6 | Brad Owen | USA | $1,337 |
7 | Nicholas Williams | Australia | $1,154 |
8 | Gyula Ryan Revai | Canada | $1,018 |
9 | Mitsuru Sano | Japan | $896 |
10 | Armon Van Wijk | Australia | $790 |
11 | Niko Mykkanen | Finland | $790 |
12 | Pratibh Saluja | India | $790 |
13 | Jimi Hyvonen | Finland | $684 |
14 | Martin Kanaker | Sweden | $684 |
15 | Martins Ivanovs | Latvia | $684 |
Event 11: Leo Soma defies odds for Super High Roller title
Buy in: US$ 5,300
Entries: 51
Prize pool US$ 247,350
ITM: 7 places
1 | Leo Soma | France | $91,520 |
2 | Florencio Campomanes | Philippines | $54,417 |
3 | Gary Yongja Lin | China | $33,392 |
4 | Shardul P | India | $23,498 |
5 | Justin Chi-Jen Chu | Taiwan | $18,551 |
6 | Joshua McCully | Australia | $14,841 |
7 | Brandon Hsien Ren Koh | Malaysia | $11,131 |
Event 12: Tyler Suansrakaew overcomes swingy heads up for Hyper Turbo title
Buy in: US$ 200
Entries: 90
Prize pool US$ 15,539
ITM: 12 places
1 | Tyler Suansrakaew | Thailand | $3,941 |
2 | Anton Widjaya | Indonesia | $3,940 |
3 | Rahul Marwaha | India | $1,865 |
4 | Thaolien Eune | Laos | $1,204 |
5 | Saransh Garg | India | $932 |
6 | Niko Nyman | Finland | $738 |
7 | Junwoo Seo | Korea | $622 |
8 | Kjell Ove Dyb | Norway | $544 |
9 | Pongkhun Busmongkhon | Thailand | $493 |
10 | Aristotle Sigua | Philippines | $451 |
11 | Junggu Kim | Korea | $420 |
12 | Harsh Bubna | India | $389 |
Event 13: Ivan Ermin wins Short Deck
Buy in: US$ 200
Entries: 85
Prize pool: US$ 14,429
ITM: 11 places
1 | Ivan Ermin | Russia | $4,654 |
2 | Martin Kanaker | Sweden | $2,814 |
3 | Wah Meng Tan | Singapore | $1,749 |
4 | Seongdo Heo | Korea | $1,183 |
5 | Younghwi Cho | Korea | $902 |
6 | Vitalii Borodin | Russia | $721 |
7 | Nicholas Williams | Australia | $599 |
8 | Norbertas Popa | Lithuania | $505 |
9 | Kentaro Mori | Japan | $465 |
10 | Minkyu Kim | Korea | $433 |
11 | Alexis Reyes Lim | Philippines | $404 |
Event 14: Micheal O’Neill holds his head high at the Bounty Event
Buy in: US$ 800
Entries: 244
Prize pool: US$ 109,410
Bounty pool: US$ 61,000
ITM: 31 places
*Bounty prizes not included
1 | Micheal O’Neill | Ireland | $25,358 |
2 | Woojin Kim | Korea | $17,817 |
3 | Raju Jaruplavath | India | $11,214 |
4 | Akshay Kapoor | India | $6,822 |
5 | Rajneesh Katoch | India | $5,268 |
6 | Dylan Wayne | Australia | $4,365 |
7 | Joshua Mccully | Australia | $3,720 |
8 | Aladin Reskallah | France | $3,173 |
9 | Anmol Mehta | India | $2,536 |
10 | Tomohiro Yamamoto | Japan | $2,150 |
11 | Yen-Han Chen | Taiwan | $2,150 |
12 | Marvin Unsworth | Germany | $2,150 |
13 | Ngoc Khanh Le | Viet Nam | $1,849 |
14 | Richard Marquez | Philippines | $1,849 |
15 | Amir Abbas | NZ | $1,849 |
16 | Sevvy Steenman | UK | $1,548 |
17 | Andrey Leonov | Cambodia | $1,548 |
18 | Abhijith Cheruku | India | $1,548 |
19 | Pratibh Saluja | India | $1,271 |
20 | Thijs Hilberts | Netherlands | $1,271 |
21 | Joseph Adams | UK | $1,271 |
22 | Somashekar Nahadeva | India | $1,007 |
23 | Adrien Franck Berger | France | $1,007 |
24 | I-Chun Chiu | Taiwan | $1,007 |
25 | Mr. Shyamsundar | India | $882 |
26 | Tien- Min Liang | Taiwan | $882 |
27 | Selim Souissi | Tunisia | $882 |
28 | Andrew Kittipong Adamson | NZ | $754 |
29 | Vincent Chauve | France | $754 |
30 | Filipe Miranda | Usa | $754 |
31 | Jasven Saigal | India | $754 |
Event 15: Anna Lee wins the Ladies NLH
Buy in: US$ 200
Entries: 17
Prize pool: US$ 2,886
ITM: 3 places
1 | Anna Lee | Korea | $1,443 |
2 | Maon Oroku | Japan | $866 |
3 | Hua-Wei Lin | Taiwan | $577 |
Event 17: Fabio Oka dominates 10K Super High Roller Single Day Challenge
Buy in: US$ 10,000
Entries: 31
Prize pool: US$ 291,679
ITM: 5 places
1 | Fabio Oka | Japan | $109,500 |
2 | Lun Loon | Malaysia | $73,000 |
3 | Vincent Huang | Australia | $48,600 |
4 | Roman Hrabec | Czech Republic | $34,500 |
5 | Richard Sheils | England | $26,079 |
Event 18: Comeback victory for Konstantin Generalov at PLO 800
Buy in: US$ 800
Entries: 47
Prize pool: US$ 32,825
ITM: 6 places
1 | Konstantin Generalov | Russia | $12,803 |
2 | Sanjay Kandampully | India | $7,550 |
3 | Rolands Norietis | Latvia | $4,595 |
4 | Deep Raina | India | $3,282 |
5 | Philippe Clerc | Switzerland | $2,626 |
6 | Kamran Suriya | Pakistan | $1,969 |
Event 19: Kiale Matthews crushing the felt, bags Short Deck High Roller
Buy in: US$ 2,200
Entries: 17
Prize pool: US$ 32,980
ITM: 3 places
1 | Kiale Matthews | Australia | $16,490 |
2 | Nobuaki Sasaki | Japan | $9,894 |
3 | Lun Loon | Malaysia | $6,596 |
Event 20: Roland Norietis rollercoasters to victory at NLH
Buy in: US$ 400
Entries: 155
Prize pool: US$ 54,126
ITM: 20 places
*Heads up deal
1 | Rolands Norietis | Latvia | $11,991* |
2 | Somashekar KM | India | $11,991* |
3 | Anton Widjaya | Indonesia | $5,561 |
4 | Sunwook Baek | Korea | $3,383 |
5 | Matthew Henry Bevin | Australia | $2,612 |
6 | Jasven Saigal | India | $2,165 |
7 | Yong Kwee Chua | Singapore | $1,881 |
8 | Kittipong Charoenvijitchai | Thailand | $1,689 |
9 | Harsh Bubna | India | $1,455 |
10 | Marcus Tan | Singapore | $1,272 |
11 | Jun Mitani | Japan | $1,272 |
12 | Yu-Chung Chang | Taiwan | $1,272 |
13 | Eric Chan | Malaysia | $1,096 |
14 | Gunisha Sinha | India | $1,096 |
15 | Keng Yong Tan | Singapore | $1,096 |
16 | Martin Kanaker | Sweden | $926 |
17 | Tatsuya Yamaguchi | Japan | $926 |
18 | Peng Zheng | China | $926 |
19 | Sven McDermott | Ireland | $758 |
20 | Rahul Marwaha | India | $758 |
Event 21: Chi-Cong Chao wins the NLH Turbo Freezeout
Buy in: US$ 300
Entries: 135
Prize pool: US$ 35,357
ITM: 17 places
*Heads up deal
1 | Chi-Cong Chao | Taiwan | $8,154* |
2 | David Koy | France | $8,153* |
3 | Dongyun Jo | Korea | $3,748 |
4 | Thomas Lind | Sweden | $2,298 |
5 | Erik Rozhynskyi | Ukraine | $1,750 |
6 | Hyunjoon Cho | Korea | $1,485 |
7 | Theerapol Thavon | Thailand | $1,291 |
8 | Yuji Kawata | Japan | $1,131 |
9 | Micheal O’Neill | Ireland | $999 |
10 | Chun-Yen Lin | Taiwan | $884 |
11 | Krit Skulgunbundit | Thailand | $884 |
12 | Pheeratham Lerdthammatavee | Thailand | $884 |
13 | Chi-Ting Chao | Taiwan | $778 |
14 | Chongmin Park | Korea | $778 |
15 | Kamran Suriya | Pakistan | $778 |
16 | Jaecheol Song | Korea | $681 |
17 | Joris Michl | Netherlands | $681 |
Event 22: Paul Judge wins the Supersonic NLH / Liar’s Dice Championship
Buy in: US$ 50
Entries: 60 max
Prize pool: US$ 2,619
ITM: 6 places
1 | Paul Judge | UK | $929 |
2 | Saransh Garg | India | $620 |
3 | Evgenii Chernyi | Russian Federation | $410 |
4 | Kiale Matthews | Australia | $290 |
5 | Guillaume Francois Lecointre | France | $210 |
6 | Patikorn Wong | Singapore | $160 |
Event 23: Minkyu Kim overcomes a huge deficit at heads up to win the Bounty Event
Buy in: US$ 500
Entries: 252
Prize pool: US$ 72,198
Bounty pool: US$ 37,800
*Bounties not included in payouts
1 | Minkyu Kim | Korea | $14,745 |
2 | Woojin Kim | Korea | $13,500 |
3 | Gabriel Carter | UK | $7,400 |
4 | Amir Abbas | NZ | $4,502 |
5 | Stanislav Kovalenko | Russia | $3,476 |
6 | Kai Perng Heng | Malaysia | $2,881 |
7 | Firat Basbaydar | Ukraine | $2,419 |
8 | Romit Advani | India | $2,022 |
9 | Tuan Anh Nguyen | Vietnam | $1,659 |
10 | Chi Ling Tsang | Canada | $1,411 |
11 | Raju Jaruplavath | India | $1,411 |
12 | Seongmin Lee | Korea | $1,411 |
13 | Jaehoon Lee | Korea | $1,213 |
14 | Jongkyung Lee | Korea | $1,213 |
15 | Roland Kivi | Estonia | $1,213 |
16 | Lucas Tae | Usa | $1,018 |
17 | Gunisha Sinha | India | $1,018 |
18 | Chao-Ting Cheng | Taiwan | $1,018 |
19 | Takashi Taniguchi | Japan | $834 |
20 | Jeremy Jehanne | France | $834 |
21 | Amit Kaushik | India | $834 |
22 | Jaeyong Kim | Korea | $657 |
23 | Gyumock Jo | Korea | $657 |
24 | Isaac Chern Chze Phua | Malaysia | $657 |
25 | Erik Rozhynskyi | Ukraine | $570 |
26 | Peter Laird Bennett | Singapore | $570 |
27 | Eric Alexandre Ceret | France | $570 |
28 | Tze Kin Vincent Koh | Singapore | $497 |
29 | Shreyas Suresh Shinde | India | $497 |
30 | Fung Kong | Hong Kong | $497 |
31 | Joshua Tan | Singapore | $497 |
32 | Chang Hyeon Kim | Korea | $497 |
Event 24: John Perry overcomes Smiljkovic for the High Roller 3K title and $105K top prize
Buy in: US$ 3,000
Guarantee: US$ 250,000
Entries: 125
Prize pool: US$ 363,750
ITM: 16 places
1 | John Perry | $105,487 |
2 | Daniel Smiljkovic | $65,475 |
3 | Pratibh Saluja | $39,103 |
4 | Monika Zukowicz | $24,553 |
5 | Manuel Braunhofer | $18,188 |
6 | Dylan Wayne Foster | $15,641 |
7 | Justin Chu | $13,550 |
8 | Leo Soma | $12,004 |
9 | Ankit Jajodia | $10,549 |
10 | Ian Litster | $9,276 |
11 | Junwoo Lee | $9,276 |
12 | Siddarth Karia | $9,276 |
13 | David Chiv | $8,093 |
14 | Florencio Campomanes | $8,093 |
15 | Patrick Liang | $8,093 |
16 | Terry Gonzaga | $7,093 |
Event 25: Deepankur Gupta wins the NLH Turbo
Buy in: US$ 300
Entries: 121
Prize pool: US$ 31,690
ITM: 16 places
1 | Deepankur Gupta | India | $8,000 |
2 | Anmol Mehta | India | $6,895 |
3 | Joshua Kai En Tan | Singapore | $3,407 |
4 | Dhaval Mudgal | India | $2,139 |
5 | Calvin Tan | Singapore | $1,584 |
6 | Peng Zheng | China | $1,363 |
7 | Konstantin Generalov | Russia | $1,180 |
8 | Ting-Yi Tsai | Taiwan | $1,046 |
9 | Kanta Matsuo | Japan | $919 |
10 | Joseph Murphy Hebert | USA | $808 |
11 | Kaoru Kishimoto | Japan | $808 |
12 | Tze Kin Vincent Koh | Singapore | $808 |
13 | Yosuke Kijima | Japan | $705 |
14 | Chun Kit Lee | Hong Kong | $705 |
15 | Tan Luan Le | Uk | $705 |
16 | Joon- Han Lee | Korea | $618 |
Event 26: Shardul P Aramudhan awarded the Superstack Classic Freezeout title
Buy in: $600
Entries: 150
Prize pool: US$ 78,570
ITM: 19 places
*Heads up deal, Shardul P awarded the trophy
1 | Shardul P Aramudhan | India | $19,247* |
2 | Yu Ogusu | Japan | $16,190* |
3 | Harsh Bubna | India | $8,093 |
4 | Thai Bao Vu | Viet Nam | $4,913 |
5 | Keng Yong Tan | Singapore | $3,811 |
6 | Duc Kien Tran | Viet Nam | $3,147 |
7 | Vineet Kumar | India | $2,750 |
8 | Jeremy Jehanne | France | $2,455 |
9 | Jonathan Looi | Malaysia | $2,169 |
10 | Hua-Wei Lin | Taiwan | $1,886 |
11 | Jedrzej Marcin Gruszczynski | Poland | $1,886 |
12 | Prommin Talordpong | Thailand | $1,886 |
13 | Curt Livermore | Uk | $1,611 |
14 | Arun Sriram | India | $1,611 |
15 | Denis Pisarev | Russia | $1,611 |
16 | Abhijith Cheruku | India | $1,375 |
17 | Zhongya Wang | China | $1,375 |
18 | Kjell Ove Dyb | Norway | $1,375 |
19 | Shan Hui Chua | Singapore | $1,179 |
Event 27: India bags another as Mahesh Shyamsundar wins 1K Re-Entry
Buy in: US$ 1,000
Entries: 75
Prize pool: US$ 65,475
ITM: 10 places
*Heads up ICM deal
1 | Mahesh Shyamsundar | India | $19,110* |
2 | Chao-Ting Cheng | Taiwan | $15,919* |
3 | Aroha Ngata | New Zealand | $7,988 |
4 | Eric Wasylenko | Canada | $5,402 |
5 | Chi-Jen Chu | Taiwan | $4,092 |
6 | Vitalii Borodin | Russia | $3,274 |
7 | David Chiv | $2,881 | |
8 | Nikolay Ponomarenko | Russia | $2,619 |
9 | Erik Rozhynskyi | Germany | $2,226 |
10 | Stephen Nathan | Uk | $1,964 |
Event 28: Nicholas Williams pulls through in the end for Superstack 6-Max Finale
Buy in: US$ 400
Entries: 87
Prize pool: US$ 37,380
ITM: 11 places
1 | Nicholas Williams | Australia | $9,797 |
2 | Feng-Wen Chen | Taiwan | $5,924 |
3 | Saransh Garg | India | $3,684 |
4 | Ben Carey Abrahams | Thailand | $2,491 |
5 | Max Menzel | Germany | $1,899 |
6 | Armon Van Wijk | Australia | $1,519 |
7 | Thijs Hilberts | Netherlands | $1,261 |
8 | Chien-Chih Weng | Taiwan | $1,063 |
9 | Hua-Wei Lin | Taiwan | $980 |
10 | Adrien Franck Berger | France | $911 |
11 | Jongkyung Lee | Korea | $851 |
Event 29: Krishna Wadeesirisak comes from behind at the Closer Turbo
Buy in: US$ 550
Entries: 58
Prize pool: US$ 28,130
ITM: 8 places
1 | Krishna Wadeesirisak | Thailand | $10,127 |
2 | Nobuaki Sasaki | Japan | $5,949 |
3 | Yu-Chung Chang | Taiwan | $3,727 |
4 | Anton Widjaya | Indonesia | $2,532 |
5 | Craig Daniel Jones | Uk | $1,969 |
6 | Dhaval Mudgal | India | $1,547 |
7 | Tong Tan | Singapore | $1,266 |
8 | Ankit Kumar Jajodia | India | $1,013 |
Event 30: Bin Tang denies Kiale Matthews, wins 10/10/10 event
Buy in: US$ 200
Entries: 60
Prize pool: US$ 10,476
ITM: 8 places
1 | Bin Tang | China | $3,772 |
2 | Kiale Jacob Matthews | Australia | $2,216 |
3 | Willy Kevin Portier | France | $1,388 |
4 | Yuji Kawata | Japan | $943 |
5 | Brendon Rubie | Australia | $733 |
6 | Keng Yong Tan | Singapore | $576 |
7 | Chun Kit Lee | Hong Kong | $471 |
8 | Setty Pon | France | $377 |
*Event photos can be found in the Somuchpoker Facebook page
Super High Roller – Day 1
The $5,300 buy in WPT Prime Cambodia Super High Roller attracted a power lineup of 51 entries for a juicy prize pool of US$ 247,350. Only 16 survived the day’s scheduled 13 rounds. Bagging up the chip lead was Australia’s Vincent Huang. Also making an appearance and advancing with WSOP bracelet winner Jinho Hong.
The players return on Wednesday March 15 at 1pm to chase down the large US$ 91,520 top prize which is quite a hefty pay jump from 2nd place of US$ 54,417.
Buy in: US$ 5,300
Entries: 51
Prize pool US$ 247,350
ITM: 7 places
Payouts
1 | $91,520 |
2 | $54,417 |
3 | $33,392 |
4 | $23,498 |
5 | $18,551 |
6 | $14,841 |
7 | &11,131 |
Day 2 – 16 players – stack / bb
1 | Vincent Huang | 1,535,000 | 51 |
2 | Florencio Campomanes | 1,420,000 | 47 |
3 | Shardul P | 1,320,000 | 44 |
4 | Leo Soma | 1,295,000 | 43 |
5 | Nevan Yu-Chung Chang | 965,000 | 32 |
6 | Gytis Lazauninkas | 910,000 | 30 |
7 | Brandon Koh | 850,000 | 28 |
8 | Jinho Hong | 720,000 | 24 |
9 | Roman Hrabec | 660,000 | 22 |
10 | Qiu Quang | 540,000 | 18 |
11 | Daniel Smiljkovic | 535,000 | 18 |
12 | Joseph Nelson Adams | 525,000 | 18 |
13 | Richard “Ginge Poker” Sheils | 485,000 | 16 |
14 | Justin Chi-Jen Chu | 385,000 | 13 |
15 | Gary | 330,000 | 11 |
16 | Joshua McCully | 280,000 | 9 |
Super High Roller – Day 2
Leo Soma defies odds to win the Super High Roller
The two-day Super High Roller attracted 51 runners at US$ 5,300 each for a prize pool of US$ 247,350. Sixteen players returned in Day 2, each one gunning for the US$ 91,520 top prize. After six hours of intense play, it concluded with France’s Leo Soma overcoming a huge deficit at heads up to deny Filipino Florencio Campomanes the title.
Recapping the race, among the nine players that fell without pay were entering chip leader Vincent Huang, and on the bubble, Czech Republic’s Roman Hrabec who fell to Soma with two pair at the flop burned on the river by
higher kicker on a board
.
With the money intact, the pace was quicker. Brandon Hsien Ren Koh was ousted in 7th place with outdrawn by Gary Yongja Lin’s
that improved to trips-Jacks. Mini High Roller champion Joshua McCully followed, also booted by Lin with Ace-King dominating Ace-Queen throughout. Taiwan’s Justin Chi-Jen Chu fell next in 5th place with
dusted by Soma’s
flush on a board
.
Down to four players, Campomanes doubled through Lin with pocket Aces ahead of pocket Sixes. The momentum carried leading to the end of Shardul Parthasarathi in 4th place and Lin in 3rd place. Against Shardul, Campomanes check-called throughout a board , Shardul shoved on the river with
bluff, Campomanes called with
second pair. To eliminate Lin, it was all in at the flop
. Lin
, Campomanes with
. The turn
was no help to Campomanes but the river
gave him the flush.
This kicked off heads up with Campomanes ahead 70 bb to Soma’s 53 bb. Despite the deep stacks, it didn’t take long for Campomanes to drain down Soma, at one point to as low as 5 bb, but Soma recovered with a double up. In total , Soma doubled up three times before the final hand was tabled.
On the first win, Soma’s set beat
on a board
. Next one was
two pair on the turn to stay ahead of
mid-pair. The third showdown, Campomanes had
, Soma with
, a Queen dropped on the flop and held.
With Soma slightly ahead in chips, the pair engaged in a pre-flop war that ended with Soma’s five-bet shove tank-called by Campomanes. Soma dominated with over
, the board ran
.
Buy in: US$ 5,300
Entries: 51
Prize pool US$ 247,350
ITM: 7 places
Rank | Player | Flag | Payouts |
1 | Leo Soma | France | $91,520 |
2 | Florencio Campomanes | Philippines | $54,417 |
3 | Gary Yongja Lin | China | $33,392 |
4 | Shardul P | India | $23,498 |
5 | Justin Chi-Jen Chu | Taiwan | $18,551 |
6 | Joshua McCully | Australia | $14,841 |
7 | Brandon Hsien Ren Koh | Malaysia | $11,131 |
10K SHR Single Day
LIVE UPDATES
01:05: Fabio Oka wins the 10K SHR Single Day Challenge for US$ 109,500!
Level 20: 40K-8L, 80K ante – 2 players – 3,060,000 average
It’s all over! In just ten minutes of heads up action, WPTGlobal Japan ambassador Fabio Oka grinded down Lun Loon to 10 bb then finished him off. The final hand, Oka limps, big blind Loon jams, Oka calls.
Loon
Oka
The board runs . Loon walks away with US$ 73,000 for runner up.
Buy in: US$ 10,000
Entries: 31
Prize pool: US$ 291,679
ITM: 5 places
1 | Fabio Oka | Japan | $109,500 |
2 | Lun Loon | Malaysia | $73,000 |
3 | Vincent Huang | Australia | $48,600 |
4 | Roman Hrabec | Czech Republic | $34,500 |
5 | Richard Sheils | England | $26,079 |
00:55: Heads up!
Level 20: 40K-8L, 80K ante – 2 players – 3,060,000 average
Players are back from an unscheduled break. Heads up underway!
Fabio Oka – 5,000,000
Lun Loon – 1,200,000
00:40: Vincent Huang eliminated in 3rd place – US$ 48,600
Level 20: 40K-8L, 80K ante – 3 players = 2,066,666
Vincent Huang all in for his 3 bb stack and , big stacked Fabio Oka calls with
. The board runs
for a pair to Huang, but the river
is a flush for Oka to eliminate Huang.
00:35: Lun Loon doubles through Huang
Level 20: 40K-8L, 80K ante – 3 players = 2,066,666
Small blind Vincent Huang shoves with , big blind Lun Loon risks with
, the board runs
for a double up to Loon.
Lun Loon – 1,230,000
Vincent Huang – 190,000
00:30: Fabio Oka grinds to well over half chips in play
Level 20: 40K-8L, 80K ante – 3 players = 2,066,666
Fabio Oka is in full command of the table as he continues to grind down Lun Loon and Vincent Huang. He has now amassed 4,100,000 of the 6,120,000 total chips in play. One of the hands that helped him sees a raise from Loon on the button to 160,000, small blind Oka three-bets to 500,000, Loon calls. On the flop , Oka jams, Loon tank-folds and says he had Ace-King.
00:20: Fabio Oka check-raises Huang
Level 19: 30K-60K, 60K ante – 3 players – 2,066,666 average
Vincent Huang opens from the button, big blind chip leader Fabio Oka calls, they go see the flop . Huang c-bets 75,000, Oka check-raises to 250,000, quick fold from Huang.
00:15: Vincent Huang shoves on Loon
Level 19: 30K-60K, 60K ante – 3 players – 2,066,666 average
Button player Lun Loon raises to 120,000 and big blind Vincent Huang defends. At the flop , Huang check-calls 100,000. On the turn
, Lun continues with a 225,000 bet, Huang check-raises all in for 700,000. Loon folds.
Vincent Huang – 1,480,000
Lun Loon – 1,150,000
23:50: Roman Hrabec eliminated in 4th place – US$ 34,500
Level 18: 25K-50K, 50K ante – 4 players – 1,550,000 average
Ailing stacked Roman Hrabec all in with and big blind Fabio Oka makes the call with
, the board comes
for a flush to the big stacked Oka and 4th place to Hrabec.
Fabio Oka – 3,200,000
Roman Hrabec – Eliminated in 4th place
23:45: Roman Hrabec plunges, Loon doubles again
Level 18: 25K-50K, 50K ante – 4 players – 1,550,000 average
Lun Loon all in with and Roman Hrabec calls with
. The board runs
for another double up to Loon. Hrabec plunges to <5 bb.
Lun Loon – 1,435,000
Roman Hrabec – 190,000
23:40: Fabio Oka dominating Huang
Level 18: 25K-50K, 50K ante – 4 players – 1,550,000 average
Fabio Oka picks up two pots to send his stack over 3M. Both hands are against Vincent Huang. The first sees a flop , Huang check-calls a 100,000 bet by Oka, then folds on the
turn bet of 350,000. Oka shows
.
Next hand sees a board and a big pot in the middle. Oka bets 375,000 and Huang calls. On the river
, Oka fires 700,000, Huang says “that’s good” and folds.
Fabio Oka – 3,020,000
Vincent Huang – 1,580,000
23:35: Richard Sheils eliminated in 5th place – US$ 26,079
Level 18: 25K-50K, 50K ante – 5 players – 1,240,000 average
Button Lun Loon shoves with , big blind Richard Sheils risks his tournament life with
. The flop is good to Sheils
, but the next two cards, turn
and river
give Lun a straight to end Sheils in 5th place.
Lun Loon – 925,000
Richard Sheils – Eliminated in 5th place
23:25: Fabio Oka versus Roman Hrabec
Level 18: 25K-50K, 50K ante – 5 players – 1,240,000 average
From the button , Fabio Oka opens and big blind Roman Hrabec defends. Both check to the turn , Oka bets 125,000, Hrabec check-calls. On the river
, check check again. Oka wins it with
.
Fabio Oka – 2,130,000
Roman Hrabec – 600,000
23:20: Lun Loon doubles through Sheils
Level 17: 20K-40K, 40K ante – 5 players – 1,240,000 average
All in preflop, Lun Loon , Richard Sheils
, the board runs
for a double up to the short stacked Loon.
Lun Loon – 800,000
Richard Sheils – 640,000
23:10: Richard Sheils doubles through Hrabec
Level 17: 20K-40K, 40K ante – 5 players – 1,240,000 average
All in preflop, Richard Sheils at risk with , Roman Hrabec with
. The board is good to Sheils running
for a double up.
Richard Sheils – 1,330,000
Roman Hrabec – 975,000
23:05: ITM players
Level 17: 20K-40K, 40K ante – 5 players – 1,240,000 average
Vincent Huang – 1,610,000
Lun Loon – 400,000
Fabio Oka – 1,835,000
Richard Sheils – 775,000
Roman Hrabec – 1,500,000
1 | $109,500 |
2 | $73,000 |
3 | $48,600 |
4 | $34,500 |
5 | $26,079 |
23:00: Andrew Neeme bubbles!
Level 17: 20K-40K, 40K ante – 6 players – 1,033,333 average
Andrew Neeme is the unfortunate bubble player with his premium hand unable to improve against Roman Hrabec’s
. Everyone is now in the money.
Roman Hrabec – 1,580,000
22:55: Lun Loon doubles through Oka
Level 17: 20K-40K, 40K ante – 6 players – 1,033,333 average
Back from the break, Lun Loon all in with Ace-Nine, Fabio Oka calls with Ace-Five, the higher kicker plays for a double up to Loon.
Lun Loon -375,000
Fabio Oka – 2,125,000
22:45: Break time, chip count update
Level 16: 15K-30K, 30K ante – 6 players – 1,033,333 average
Still on the bubble as players go on a break. Here are the chip counts.
Vincent Huang – 1,680,000
Lun Loon – 150,000
Fabio Oka – 2,175,000
Richard Sheils – 560,000
Roman Hrabec – 1,100,000
Andrew Neeme – 400,000
20:40: Fabio Oka chunks Loon to 5 bb
Level 16: 15K-30K, 30K ante – 6 players – 1,033,333 average
Lun Loon had just doubled up when he runs into a hand that sends his stack plummeting to 3 bb. On a board and 515,000 in the pot, Loon checks, Oka fires 485,000, Loon calls then mucks to Oka’s
full house.
Fabio Oka – 2,175,000
Lun Loon – 150,000
20:35: Lun Loon doubles through Hrabec
Level 16: 15K-30K, 30K ante – 6 players – 1,033,333 average
All in preflop with Lun Loon and chip leader Roman Hrabec looking to eliminate with
, the board grants Loon the double up as it runs
full house.
Lun Loon – 815,000
Roman Hrabec – 1,630,000
20:30: Roman Hrabec jams on Loon
Level 16: 15K-30K, 30K ante – 6 players – 1,033,333 average
From cutoff, Lun Loon opens, big blind / chip leader Roman Hrabec defends, the flop is . Hrabec check-calls 65,000. Both players check the turn
. On the river
, Hrabec checks, Loon bets 175,000, Hrabec shoves, Loon folds.
Roman Hrabec – 1,890,000
Lun Loon – 320,000
22:15: Andrew Neeme doubles through Hrabec
Level 15: 15K-25K, 25K ante – 6 players – 1,033,333 average
Small blind Roman Hrabec shoves with , big blind Andrew Neeme with a short stack risks with
. With the board running
, it is a double up for the WPT ambassador.
Andrew Neeme – 585,000
Roman Hrabec – 1,580,000
22:10: Richard Sheils rails Pete Chen
Level 15: 15K-25K, 25K ante – 7 players – 885,714 average
Richard Sheils limps in from cutoff, big blind Pete Chen checks, the flop runs , both players check. On the turn
, Chen leads out 60,000, Sheils calls. On the river
, Chen slides out 100,000 leaving himself 15,000 behind. Sheils shoves well covering Chen who tosses in his remaining chips.
Chen top pair
Sheils full house
Richard Sheils – 800,000
Down to 6 players. It is bubble time.
21:50: Gary Lin eliminated by Fabio Oka
Level 15: 15K-25K, 25K ante – 8 players – 775,000 average
Gary Lin moves all in with pocket Sevens, he runs into Fabio Oka’s pocket Kings. Lin fails to improve to miss the money. Six players remaining.
Fabio Oka – 1,100,000
21:30: Back to back busts, 8 players remaining
Level 14: 10K-20K, 20K ante – 8 players – 775,000 average
We missed the action but from what we were told, Pitipong Ponsri busted first followed by Seung Mook Jung at the other table. It is down to 8 players, they’ve compressed to one table.
Update: Seung Mook Jung busts to Andrew Neeme. From the button, Jung min-raises, both blinds call. At the flop , Jung c-bets, Loon check-folds, Neeme check-jams with
open ended. Jung calls with
top pair. The turn
is a straight for Neeme and with the river
, Jung is eliminated.
21:15: Andrew Neemes doubles throuhg Loon
Level 14: 10K-20K, 20K ante – 10 players – 620,000 average
Small blind Lun Loon pushes with , short stacked Andrew Neeme on the big blind risks it with
. The board runs
for a double up to Neeme.
Andrew Neeme – 140,000
21:05: Gytis Lazauninkas eliminated by Vincent Huang
Level 14: 10K-20K, 20K ante – 11 players – 563,636 average
Vincent Huang shoves twice and wins the blinds and antes plus two min-raises by Roman Hrabec. The next hand he is under the gun and raises to 40,000, Gytis Lazauninkas jams, Huang calls.
Lazauninkas
Huang
The board offers no help to Lazauninkas as it lands to fall out of contention.
Vincent Huang – 1,200,000
20:50: Uselis rockets falls to Hrabec’s runner runner flush
Level 13: 10K-15K, 15K ante – 12 players – 516,666 average
From under the gun, Roman Hrabec raises to 30,000, small blind Gediminas Uselis and big blind Pitipong Ponsri call. At the flop , blinds check to Harbec who c-bets 35,000, Uselis check-raises to 125,000, Ponsri folds, Hrabec jams, Uselis snap-calls.
Uselis
Hrabec
With the turn and river
Hrabec hits a runner runner flush to ship it and eliminate Uselis. Ouch!
Roman Hrabec – 1,440,000
20:30: Break time, 12 players
Level 12: 6K-12K, 12K ante – 12 players remaining – 516,666 average
Table 1
Lun Loon – 488,000
Pete Chen – 392,000
Andrew Neeme – 178,000
Richard Sheils – 402,000
Fabio Oka – 762,000
Seung Mook Jung – 553,000
Table 2
Vincent Huang – 755,000
Gary Lin – 190,000
Gytis Lazauninkas – 780,000
Gediminas Uselis – 241,000
Pitipong Ponsri – 240,000
Roman Hrabec – 1,136,000
20:25: Roman Hrabec doubles through Gary Lin
Level 12: 6K-12K, 12K ante – 12 players remaining – 516,666 average
On a board and 480,000 in the pot, Roman Hrabec shoves, Gary Lin tanks then calls. Hrabec shows
, Lin mucks.
Roman Hrabec – 1,136,000
Gary Lin – 190,000
20:10: Gytis Lazauninkas rivers it to boot Thanarattrakul
Level 12: 6K-12K, 12K ante – 13 players remaining – 476,923 average
All in preflop, Kannapong Thanarattrakul , Gytis Lazauninkas
, the board runs
for a straight to Lazauninkas and the end for Thanarattrakul.
Gytis Lazauninkas – 1,012,000
20:00: Mike Takayama busts to Lun Loon
Level 12: 6K-12K, 12K ante – 14 players remaining – 442,857 average
Small blind Mike Takayama jams his remaining 123,500 with , big blind Lun Loon puts him at risk with
. The board comes
for a pair to Loon to eliminate Takayama.
Lun Loon – 487,000
19:45: Michael Rocco doubles through Sheils then busts
Level 11: 5K-10K, 10K ante – 18 players – 344,000 average
Michael Rocco had just doubled through Richard Sheils with winning the flip against
on a board
. This bumped up Rocco’s stack to 385,000 while Sheils dropped to 113,000.
Several hands after, Rocco loses all his chips to Gytis Lazauninkas. We missed the hand but as Rocco was packing to go, he expressed that he had more chips than Lauzaninkas to which Lauzauninkas said he would give it to him. However, Rocco left the scene then returned shortly after wanting to get back in with the extra chips awarded to Lazauninkas. With two hands already gone by, the tournament director ruled against it.
19:30: Victor Chong doubles then pays Uselis
Level 11: 5K-10K, 10K ante – 18 players – 344,000 average
Up and down for Victor Chong. First pot, on a board showing , Chong shoves
and doubles through Kannapong Thanarattrakul
.
Shortly after, a pot of 100,000 is in the middle, Gediminas Uselis and Chong check the turn board , the dealer drops the river
. Chong shoves
, Uselis calls for his tournament life with
and wins it with a higher pair.
Gediminas Uselis – 323,000
Victor Chong – 73,500
19:25: Brad Owen falls to Fabio Oka
Level 11: 5K-10K, 10K ante – 19 players – 326,315 average
On a board showing , two players have their stacks out front. Japan’s Fabio Oka has
flush, WPT brand ambassador Brad Owen busts with
trips.
Fabio Oka – 900,000
19:20: Pot for Seung Mook Jung
Level 11: 5K-10K, 10K ante – 19 players – 326,315 average
On a board showing and 85,000 in the pot, small blind Seungmook Jung bets 23,000, under the gun Victor Chong folds.
Seung Mook Jung – 430,000
Victor Chong – 115,000
19:00: Kannapong Thanarattrakul doubles through Chen
Level 10: 4K-8K, 8K ante – 21 players – average 295,238
On a board and 88,000 in the pot, Pete Chen bets 60,000 then faces an all in from Kannapong Thanarattrakul of 72,000 total. Chen quickly calls the extra 12,000. Thanarattrakul opens
set for a double up against Chen’s
top pair.
Kannapong Thanarattrakul – 232,000
Pete Chen – 68,000
18:50: Mike Takayama goes up to 230,000
Level 10: 4K-8K, 8K ante – 21 players – average 295,238
Action folds to button Mike Takayama who raises to 16,000, both blinds call to see the flop . Blinds fold to Takayama who continues with an 18,000 bet, only small blind Lun Loon calls. Both players check the turn
and river
. Takayama wins it with
.
Mike Takayama – 230,000
Lun Loon – 112,000
18:40: Roman Hrabec shoves Tossapat
Level 10: 4K-8K, 8K ante – 21 players – average 295,238
On a board showing full house and 60,000 in the pot, Roman Hrabec shoves his 215,500 stack, Chunharas Tossapat tank-folds.
WPT Main Event Champions in the field
Main Event – Chip Counts
Buy in: US$ 1,100
Guarantee: US$ 500,000
Day 1A: 218 entries / 28 ITM
Day 1B: 311 entries / 39 ITM
Day 1C: 482 entries / 61 ITM
Prize pool: US$ 980,670
Total entries: 529
Day 2 players: 128
Chips in play: 30,330,000
Average stack: 3,370,000
Final Table opening blinds: 40K-80K, 80K ante (22:05 time remaining)
Seat | Player | Flagq | Stack | BB |
1 | Jose Catela | Portugal | 1,300,000 | 16 |
2 | Matthieu Lamagnere | France | 4,945,000 | 62 |
3 | Chua Feng Ji | Singapore | 1,850,000 | 23 |
4 | Bien Mai | Vietnam | 4,560,000 | 57 |
5 |
Lewis Michael Cowell
|
England | 3,225,000 | 40 |
6 | I-Chun Chiu | Taiwan | 6,585,000 | 82 |
7 | Reiji Kono | Japan | 2,755,000 | 34 |
8 | Nicholas Ragot | France | 3,850,000 | 48 |
9 | Sho Katsura | Japan | 1,245,000 | 16 |
Day 2 chip counts – 128 players
Rank | Player | Stack | BB |
1 | Arun Sriram | 888,000 | 111 |
2 | Vitalii Borodin | 870,000 | 109 |
3 | Joshua Zimmerman | 789,000 | 99 |
4 | Dongyun Jo | 752,000 | 94 |
5 | Koen Breed | 731,000 | 91 |
6 | Nevan Chang | 650,000 | 81 |
7 | Gabriel Carter | 600,000 | 75 |
8 | Benjamin Mun | 578,000 | 72 |
9 | Frank Lillis | 563,000 | 70 |
10 | Matthieu Lamagnere | 550,000 | 69 |
11 | Pete Chen | 533,000 | 67 |
12 | Shardul Parthasarathi | 509,000 | 64 |
13 | Alok Birewar | 474,000 | 59 |
14 | Yunsheng Sun | 460,000 | 58 |
15 | Vinh Hai Huynh | 438,000 | 55 |
16 | Michael Haddad | 425,000 | 53 |
17 | Anh Minh Nguyen | 407,000 | 51 |
18 | Harsh Bubna | 407,000 | 51 |
19 | Muhammed Ali Chandna | 395,000 | 49 |
20 | Seongsu Kong | 388,000 | 49 |
21 | Shue King Ng | 387,000 | 48 |
22 | Sho Katsura | 384,000 | 48 |
23 | Jumpei Masatoshi | 355,000 | 44 |
24 | Kunal Patni | 354,000 | 44 |
25 | Matthew Bevin | 349,000 | 44 |
26 | Thijs Hilberts | 347,000 | 43 |
27 | Gaurav Sood | 345,000 | 43 |
28 | Fook Kiong Chong | 338,000 | 42 |
29 | Zi Xuan Tan | 338,000 | 42 |
30 | Armon Van Wijk | 324,000 | 41 |
31 | Jeffry Kurniawan | 323,000 | 40 |
32 | Yoshikazu Fujita | 321,000 | 40 |
33 | Shengchao Zhu | 320,000 | 40 |
34 | Anton Michlmayr | 313,000 | 39 |
35 | Brad Owen | 302,000 | 38 |
36 | Atsushi Umeda | 295,000 | 37 |
37 | Qiyuan Huang | 287,000 | 36 |
38 | Qingqing Zhang | 286,000 | 36 |
39 | Chiraag Patel | 271,000 | 34 |
40 | Sunwook Baek | 267,000 | 33 |
41 | Nebojsa Blanusa | 263,000 | 33 |
42 | Thomas Van Leeuwen | 261,000 | 33 |
43 | Marvin Andrew Unsworth | 260,000 | 33 |
44 | Nicolas Ragot | 259,000 | 32 |
45 | Jason Lau | 255,000 | 32 |
46 | Darren Moves | 253,000 | 32 |
47 | Viktor Smoliakov | 252,000 | 32 |
48 | Cyrille Teddy Rousset | 251,000 | 31 |
49 | Ian Modder | 251,000 | 31 |
50 | Gavin Best | 243,000 | 30 |
51 | Christopher Mateo | 239,000 | 30 |
52 | Jasven Saigal | 236,000 | 30 |
53 | Lewis Cowell | 236,000 | 30 |
54 | Mr. Suhendra | 233,000 | 29 |
55 | Reiji Kono | 230,000 | 29 |
56 | Raju Jaruplavath | 230,000 | 29 |
57 | Trent Fechter | 228,000 | 29 |
58 | Sombath Sok | 220,000 | 28 |
59 | Feng Ji Chua | 219,000 | 27 |
60 | Hassaan Siddiq | 215,000 | 27 |
61 | Lawrence Pashak | 213,000 | 27 |
62 | Jaecheol Song | 207,000 | 26 |
63 | Khanh Linh Ta | 204,000 | 26 |
64 | Zhiguang Zou | 204,000 | 26 |
65 | Oliver Schulze | 201,000 | 25 |
66 | Yao Loon Tay | 200,000 | 25 |
67 | John Perry | 197,000 | 25 |
68 | Mr. Shyamsundar | 194,000 | 24 |
69 | Roger Spets | 184,000 | 23 |
70 | Odni Chuaypan Gudmundsson | 183,000 | 23 |
71 | William Bolton | 171,000 | 21 |
72 | Erik Rozhynskyi | 169,000 | 21 |
73 | Kjell Ove Dyb | 161,000 | 20 |
74 | Hiroki Morishita | 160,000 | 20 |
75 | Shun Nozaki | 157,000 | 20 |
76 | Heesoo Im | 156,000 | 20 |
77 | Ilya Firstov | 153,000 | 19 |
78 | I-Chun Chiu | 152,000 | 19 |
79 | Nobuaki Sasaki | 151,000 | 19 |
80 | Manuel Braunhofer | 149,000 | 19 |
81 | Amit Kaushik | 147,000 | 18 |
82 | Romit Advani | 146,000 | 18 |
83 | Manh Truong Nguyen | 145,000 | 18 |
84 | Yongsuk Lim | 144,000 | 18 |
85 | Aristotle Sigua | 143,000 | 18 |
86 | Junwoo Seo | 136,000 | 17 |
87 | Kevin Kupferschmid | 133,000 | 17 |
88 | Chi Ling Tsang | 130,000 | 16 |
89 | Eric D Wasylenko | 129,000 | 16 |
90 | Chien Chih Weng | 126,000 | 16 |
91 | Asish Kumar Ghosh | 119,000 | 15 |
92 | Jean Robert Autran | 118,000 | 15 |
93 | Zaldo Catela | 116,000 | 15 |
94 | Charlie Joseph Ciresi | 114,000 | 14 |
95 | Konstantin Gemeralov | 104,000 | 13 |
96 | Kevin Tang | 102,000 | 13 |
97 | Yujie Sun | 101,000 | 13 |
98 | Siddharth Karia | 100,000 | 13 |
99 | Sevvy Steenman | 98,000 | 12 |
100 | Vikaash Shah | 98,000 | 12 |
101 | Laury Vanlerberghe | 96,000 | 12 |
102 | Sandro Burkhard | 95,000 | 12 |
103 | Hua Wei Lin | 93,000 | 12 |
104 | Dhaval Mudgal | 90,000 | 11 |
105 | Shun Kawakami | 88,000 | 11 |
106 | Philemon Ip | 87,000 | 11 |
107 | Ivan Govorov | 86,000 | 11 |
108 | Clement Van Driessche | 84,000 | 11 |
109 | Roland Kivi | 80,000 | 10 |
110 | Lucas Tae | 80,000 | 10 |
111 | Tomoaki Miura | 78,000 | 10 |
112 | Quan Qiu | 78,000 | 10 |
113 | Qi Dong | 77,000 | 10 |
114 | Haozhen Gu | 75,000 | 9 |
115 | Phuong Ngoc Nguyen | 72,000 | 9 |
116 | Minkyu Kim | 70,000 | 9 |
117 | Maxime Carmel Anasthase Costas | 68,000 | 9 |
118 | Seokjun Lee | 65,000 | 8 |
119 | Bien Mai | 54,000 | 7 |
120 | Abhijith Cheruku | 50,000 | 6 |
121 | Anmol Mehta | 41,000 | 5 |
122 | Aladin Reskallah | 36,000 | 5 |
123 | Junwoo Lee | 27,000 | 3 |
124 | Roman Hrabec | 18,000 | 2 |
125 | Yosuke Motoki | 15,000 | 2 |
126 | Giwon Park | 14,000 | 2 |
127 | Jae Kyung Sim | 7,000 | 1 |
128 | Guohui Zhang | 7,000 | 1 |
End of Day 1C – 61 out of 482 entries
1 | Joshua Zimmerman | USA | 789,000 |
2 | Nevan Chang | Taiwan | 650,000 |
3 | Matthieu Lamagnere | France | 550,000 |
4 | Pete Chen | Taiwan | 533,000 |
5 | Yunsheng Sun | China | 460,000 |
6 | Vinh Hai Huynh | Vietnam | 438,000 |
7 | Michael Haddad | Australia | 425,000 |
8 | Harsh Bubna | India | 407,000 |
9 | Seongsu Kong | Korea | 388,000 |
10 | Shue King Ng | Malaysia | 387,000 |
11 | Sho Katsura | Japan | 384,000 |
12 | Matthew Bevin | Australia | 349,000 |
13 | Armon Van Wijk | Australia | 324,000 |
14 | Yoshikazu Fujita | Japan | 321,000 |
15 | Brad Owen | USA | 302,000 |
16 | Atsushi Umeda | Japan | 295,000 |
17 | Qiyuan Huang | China | 287,000 |
18 | Qingqing Zhang | China | 286,000 |
19 | Sunwook Baek | Korea | 267,000 |
20 | Nebojsa Blanusa | Australia | 263,000 |
21 | Thomas Van Leeuwen | Netherlands | 261,000 |
22 | Nicolas Ragot | France | 259,000 |
23 | Jason Lau | Malaysia | 255,000 |
24 | Darren Moves | Australia | 253,000 |
25 | Viktor Smoliakov | Russia | 252,000 |
26 | Gavin Best | Australia | 243,000 |
27 | Christopher Mateo | Philippines | 239,000 |
28 | Lewis Cowell | Ireland | 236,000 |
29 | Raju Jaruplavath | India | 230,000 |
30 | Feng Ji Chua | Singapore | 219,000 |
31 | Hassaan Siddiq | Pakistan | 215,000 |
32 | Lawrence Pashak | Canada | 213,000 |
33 | Yao Loon Tay | Singapore | 200,000 |
34 | John Perry | Australia | 197,000 |
35 | Mr. Shyamsundar | India | 194,000 |
36 | Roger Spets | Sweden | 184,000 |
37 | William Bolton | Australia | 171,000 |
38 | Kjell Ove Dyb | Norway | 161,000 |
39 | Heesoo Im | Korea | 156,000 |
40 | Nobuaki Sasaki | Japan | 151,000 |
41 | Manuel Braunhofer | Austria | 149,000 |
42 | Amit Kaushik | India | 147,000 |
43 | Romit Advani | India | 146,000 |
44 | Manh Truong Nguyen | Vietnam | 145,000 |
45 | Aristotle Sigua | Philippines | 143,000 |
46 | Kevin Kupferschmid | Switzerland | 133,000 |
47 | Chi Ling Tsang | Canada | 130,000 |
48 | Chien Chih Weng | Taiwan | 126,000 |
49 | Kevin Tang | USA | 102,000 |
50 | Yujie Sun | China | 101,000 |
51 | Hua Wei Lin | Taiwan | 93,000 |
52 | Shun Kawakami | Japan | 88,000 |
53 | Philemon Ip | Hong Kong | 87,000 |
54 | Clement Van Driessche | France | 84,000 |
55 | Lucas Tae | USA | 80,000 |
56 | Tomoaki Miura | Japan | 78,000 |
57 | Quan Qiu | China | 78,000 |
58 | Phuong Ngoc Nguyen | Vietnam | 72,000 |
59 | Seokjun Lee | Korea | 65,000 |
60 | Roman Hrabec | Czech Republic | 18,000 |
61 | Yosuke Motoki | Japan | 15,000 |
End of Day 1B – 39 out of 311 entries
1 | Arun Sriram | 888,000 |
2 | Vitalii Borodin | 870,000 |
3 | Dongyun Jo | 752,000 |
4 | Koen Breed | 731,000 |
5 | Gabriel Carter | 600,000 |
6 | Muhammed Ali Chandna | 395,000 |
7 | Jumpei Masatoshi | 355,000 |
8 | Kunal Patni | 354,000 |
9 | Victor Chong | 338,000 |
10 | Anton Michlmayr | 313,000 |
11 | Chiraag Patel | 271,000 |
12 | Marvin Unsworth | 260,000 |
13 | Cyrille Teddy Rousset | 251,000 |
14 | Ian Modder | 251,000 |
15 | Mr. Suhendra | 233,000 |
16 | Reiji Kono | 230,000 |
17 | Trent Fechter | 228,000 |
18 | Jaecheol Song | 207,000 |
19 | Khanh Linh Ta | 204,000 |
20 | Erik Rozhynskyi | 169,000 |
21 | Hiroki Morishita | 160,000 |
22 | I-Chun Chiu | 152,000 |
23 | Junwoo Seo | 136,000 |
24 | Zaldo Catela | 116,000 |
25 | Charlie Ciresi | 114,000 |
26 | Konstantin Generalov | 104,000 |
27 | Siddharth Karia | 100,000 |
28 | Sevvy Steenman | 98,000 |
29 | Roland Kivi | 80,000 |
30 | Qi Dong | 77,000 |
31 | Maxime Costas | 68,000 |
32 | Bien Mai | 54,000 |
33 | Abhijith Cheruku | 50,000 |
34 | Anmol Mehta | 41,000 |
35 | Aladin Reskallah | 36,000 |
36 | Junwoo Lee | 27,000 |
37 | Giwon Park | 14,000 |
38 | Jae Kyung Sim | 7,000 |
End of Day 1A – 28 out of 218 entries
1 | Benjamin Mun | 578,000 |
2 | Frank Lillis | 563,000 |
3 | Shardul Parthasarathi | 509,000 |
4 | Alok Birewar | 474,000 |
5 | Anh Minh Nguyen | 407,000 |
6 | Thijs Hilberts | 347,000 |
7 | Gaurav Sood | 345,000 |
8 | Zi Xuan Tan | 338,000 |
9 | Jeffry Kurniawan | 323,000 |
10 | Shengchao Zhu | 320,000 |
11 | Jasven Saigal | 236,000 |
12 | Sombath Sok | 220,000 |
13 | Zhiguang Zou | 204,000 |
14 | Oliver Schulze | 201,000 |
15 | Odni Chuaypan Gudmundsson | 183,000 |
16 | Shun Nozaki | 157,000 |
17 | Ilya Firstov | 153,000 |
18 | Eric D Wasylenko | 129,000 |
19 | Asish Kumar Ghosh | 119,000 |
20 | Jean Robert Autran | 118,000 |
21 | Vikaash Shah | 98,000 |
22 | Laury Vanlerberghe | 96,000 |
23 | Sandro Burkhard | 95,000 |
24 | Dhaval Mudgal |