WPT Prime Cambodia: Leo Soma defies odds for Super High Roller title; Tuomas Urtti, Ivan Ermin, Anna Lee win trophies

 

The French contingent celebrated a big win at Day 7 of WPT Prime Cambodia Season XXI with their very own Leo Soma taking down the Super High Roller. Soma won four consecutive showdowns to climb out of the hole and into the winner’s seat. The incredible comeback earned Soma his first victory of 2023 and US$ 91,520.

Also joining Soma in the exclusive list of winners were PLO champion Tuomas Urtti (Finland), Short Deck’s Ivan Ermin (Russia), and Anna Lee (Korea) who claimed the Ladies NLH title. Impressively, all of these winners earned the first title for their flag in this series.

WPT Prime Cambodia – Festival Results

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 Hrabecwho 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

Tuomas Olavi Urtti wins the PLO event

The first non-Texas Hold’em event was tabled with 116 taking interest for a prize pool of US$ 30,380. It was a fast race to the final table, and even faster to reach heads up, then it slowed. Both players – Tuomas Olavi Urtti and Byoung Soo Lee – wanting the trophy. In the end it was Urtti’s day, capturing the win and the US$ 8,000 top prize. Urtti became the first player from Finland to reach the top at the series.

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

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

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

Player of the Festival – update after 11 events

After 14 completed events, the Player of the Festival race has a new leader. Australia’s Kiale Matthews is now the player to catch with 800 points. Matthews reached three final tables with his deepest a 3rd place finish. He is trailed by Mystery Bounty champion Richard Marquez with 600 points, and NagaWorld Millions champion Maggie Chien Chih Weng has been bumped down to third rank.

Still plenty of events to conquer and earn points including the Main Event which kicks off on Thursday, March 16 and runs through March 20. The player with the most points at the end of the festival will win a WPT Passport worth $5,000 to any WPT Main Tour of Season XXI.

1	Kiale Matthews	800
2	Richard Marquez	600
3	Chien-Chih Weng	550
4	Duc Thanh Nguyen	525
5	Joshua Mccully	525
6	Bien Mai	500
7	Tyler Suansrakaew	450
8	Fung Kong	450
9	Vikaash Shah	425
10	Deep Raina	425
11	Huyen Duc Luu	400
12	Brad Owen	400
13	Leo Soma	400
14	Rolands Norietis	350
15	Lucas Tae	340
16	Sameer Agarwal	325

On Season XXI WPT Prime Cambodia

WPT Prime Cambodia, in partnership with Connaissance Management, runs from March 9 to 21 at NagaWorld Integrated Resorts in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. A total of 30 tournaments are scheduled and US$ 1 Million in guarantees. To date, fourteen players have walked away victorious. More trophies up for grabs including the upcoming Main Event $500,000 guaranteed which runs from March 16 to 20. Buy in is US$ 1,100. By the looks of it, the headliner will easily breach one thousand entries with the potential to surpass current Gold Coast record of 1,224 entries.

WPT Prime Cambodia – Player Guide
Breakdown of WPT Prime Cambodia schedule
WPT Prime Cambodia – Festival Payouts

For added enjoyment, there are ample cash games running daily and the Cash Game Bonanza.

Reminders:

• NO TAX on winnings
• Event photos can be found in the Somuchpoker Facebook page and in Somuchpoker IG page. 

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