WPT Prime Cambodia breaks barriers! Record turnout and US$ 1M+ prize pool

 

History has been made at the World Poker Tour Prime Cambodia with a massive 1,050 Main Event entries setting a record prize pool of US$ 1,018,500. Not only did each qualifying day grow in size, each day was significantly bigger than its 2019 attendance. This was officially the largest open event ever staged in the Asian region.

Day 1C drew the mightiest turnout of 440 entries to take up every space at the NagaWorld Phnom Penh Ballroom. More tables were also added to quickly accommodate players. Among the contenders was WPT Prime Vietnam Main Event champion Zarvan Tumboli who was thrilled to have survived after firing multiple bullets. Another contender was a newcomer to the Asian games, France’s Leo Soma who won a WSOP bracelet this summer. By the tenth hour of play, it was bubble time. The first all in clash was between Eric Teo and Hua Wei Lin with the latter tank-calling the push and doubling up with pocket Kings over a missed flush draw.

Not so fortunate however for Jeungu Seo who wasn’t able to sustain his early rise in chips. He pushed his short stack with and was outdrawn by Dzmitry Halubitski’s . The remaining 55 players bagged up with Ben Loo closing as heat leader.

Coming Day 2, the 129 remaining players (2 double qualifiers) are now all guaranteed a minimum of US$ 1,810 while six figures awaits the top two places. The champion’s  purse is a whopping US$ 179,160 which includes a seat worth US$ 10,400 to the WPT World Championship in December.

To bring in the largest stack are Day 1A chip leader Kunal Patni and Day 1B chip leader Chi Jen Chu, both players with over 700K stacks. Action plays down to the final table of 9. You can follow the race via the Live Updates in the WPT website.

Top 10 in chips

KUNAL PATNI	INDIA	708000
CHI-JEN CHU	TAIWAN	706500
BEN LOO	MALAYSIA	670000
MINJUNG KIM	KOREA	655500
YAO LOON TAY	SINGAPORE	649000
SAMEER AGARWAL	INDIA	644500
JIHO SONG	KOREA	595000
RAYHAAN ADAM	SOUTH AFRICA	571000
BRENT COOK	THAILAND	550500

Buy in: US$ 1,100
Guarantee: US$ 500,000

Total entries: 1,050 entries
Prize pool: US$ 1,018,500
ITM: 131 players 

Day 1A: 33 advanced out of 264 entries
Day 1B: 43 advanced out of 346 entries
Day 1C: 55 advanced out of 440 entries

Rank	Prize	POY	POF
1st	$ 179,160	900	750
2nd	$ 112,560	700	550
3rd	$ 83,150	550	450
4th	$ 62,060	450	375
5th	$ 46,820	350	300
6th	$ 35,690	300	250
7th	$ 27,510	250	200
8th	$ 21,430	200	150
9th-10th	$16,880	150	125
11th-12th	$13,440	125	100
13th-14th	$10,830	125	100
15th-16th	$8,830	125	100
17th-20th	$7,280	100	75
21st-24th	$6,070	100	75
25th-32nd	$5,120	100	75
33rd-40th	$4,380	100	75
41st-48th	$3,780
49th-56th	$3,310
57th-64th	$2,940
65th-72nd	$2,640
73rd-80th	$2,400
81st-89th	$2,210
90th-104th	$2,030
105th-117th	$1,900
118th-131st	$1,810

Stay tuned to Somuchpoker as we bring you updates on the ongoing WPT Prime Cambodia at NagaWorld Phnom Penh. For pics, head to the Somuchpoker FB page.

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