South Africa’s Anand Kumar and India’ Kunal Patni were the latest players minted at WPT Prime Cambodia. The ongoing festival has now awarded six trophies. Action continues with games running from August 11 to 23 at NagaWorld Phnom Penh. Make sure to check the links provied for all your needs.
WPT Prime Cambodia schedule
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South Africa’s Anand Kumar awarded the NLH Mini High Roller title
After a four way deal, South Africa lifted its first trophy of the series with Anand Kumar awarded the win at the WPT Prime Cambodia – NLH Mini High Roller. Kumar turned his US$ 2.2K buy in into a substantial U$ 32.422 payday.
Anand Kumar
“It feels good to win the trophy. This is my second WPT trophy. I won a WPT tournament in South Africa. I also came in second at the Main Event.”
To reach the final table, Kumar had to climb from under 5 BB. He shared,
“I had a big stack coming into today then dropped down to 28K when a player hit his gut shot. But that’s poker. So I kept my cool and was back to the game.”
When asked why he agreed on a deal despite his overwhelming stack advantage, Kumar said,
“It comes with my experience on learning. Towards the end of the game it becomes not about race. Even if you have really nice cards and you go all in, someone with 6 or 7 can hit that card and the game changes. I had a good lead and I felt it was a good place to make a deal.”
ANAND KUMAR
Event recap
The NLH Mini High Roller was a two-day affair with 60 runners ponying up the US$ 2,200 buy in. It built a six figure prize pool of US$ 116,400 with 8 earning a piece. Day 1 attracted well known pros Punnat Punsri (Thailand) who returned from his highly successful WSOP run, online hyper grinder Florent Remi, WSOP bracelet champion Abhinav Iyer, and WPT champions Zarvan Tumboli, Dhaval Mudgal, and Ashish Munot. The day wrapped up with 16 players remaining led by Korea’s Wanki Baik. This was another strong run by Baik who several days prior bagged the chip lead at Opener Day 1A.
At Day 2, it took a few hours to form the final table. With only 8 places paid, it was also bubble time. The money was reached when two short stacks went head to head resulting in South Africa’s Marc Joseph eliminating Taiwanese vlogger Yu Chung Chang aka Nevan.
2.2K NLH MINI HIGH ROLLER – Final table
India’s Shardul Parthasarathi was a familiar face at the final table. He recently finished 8th at Deepstack NLH Freezeout and was stopped here in the same spot. Famous Japanese musician “Gackt” followed with Ace-Seven losing to Kumar’s Ace-Queen. Next was Baik who was first chunked down by Taiwan’s Tsu Ying Lee with broadway beating Queen to Eight straight. Kumar claimed the rest.
Hands later, Kumar also took all of Ankit Jajodia’s stack with 
spiking the King to outdraw 
. Down to four=handed, the quartet played however Kumar’s stack could not be dented. A deal was then struck to end the game abruptly and award Kumar both the larger payout and trophy. Joseph had the second largest stack which meant it was a 1st and 2nd South African reign.
Buy in: US$ 2,200
Entries: 60
Prize pool: US$ 116,400
ITM: 8 places
Payouts
1st
Anand Kumar
South Africa
$32,422*
2nd
Marc Anthony Joseph
South Africe
$20,000*
3rd
Tsung Ying Lee
Taiwan
$20,000*
4th
Constatine Paparestis
Ireland
$20,000*
5th
Ankit Kumar Jajodia
India
$8,148
6th
Wanki Baik
Korea
$6,402
7th
GACKT
Japan
$5,238
8th
Shardul Parthasarathi
India
$4,190
*Four way deal
Second trophy for India as Kunal Patni claims the Deepstack NLH
Heads up deal between buddies Kunal Patni and Ben Abrahams closed out the Deepstack NLH. Patni had the larger stack to earn him the second trophy for India.
The Deepstack NLH was a one day competition that brought 130 to the chase. With buy in at an affordable US$ 300, it generated a prize pool of US$ 34,047. Just under the seventh hour mark, Ben Abrahams delivered the bubble with 
standing firm against 
. Several busts later, Abrahams sent South Africa’s Rayhaan Adam to his knees with 
straight crushing 
two pair on a board 
.
Ben Abrahams
At the final table, Patni and Bae Kyung Suk were back for their second attempt at a trophy. Both players reached the final table of the Deepstack NLH Freezeout. This time Suk didn’t get far at all, falling in 9th place. Leading up to the finish, China’s Zhaohong Guo caught a lucky break when his 
cracked Viet Hoang Tran‘s 
. The boost in chips also gave Guo a boost in aggression to drive his stack to the top. However, Guo’s rise would not hold. Players around the felt shaved him down until Patni drained the last of it to take the lead. Patni went on to end Puttamsetty Raja Sekhar with 
over 
. An even deal with Abrahams was quickly reached to end the game.
$300 Deepstack NLH 1Re-entry Final Table
Buy in: US$ 300
Entries: 130
Prize pool: US$ 34,047
ITM: 17 places
Payouts
1st
Kunal Patni
India
$7,853*
2nd
Ben Abrahams
Thailand
$7,852*
3rd
Puttamsetty Raja Sekhar
India
$3,609
4th
Zhaohong Guo
China
$2,213
5th
Chuen Wai Leong
Malaysia
$1,685
6th
Julius Umbraziunas
Lithuania
$1,430
7th
Viet Hoang Tran
Viet Nam
$1,243
8th
David Spatar
New Zealand
$1,090
9th
Bae Kyung Suk
Korea
$962
10th
Dhanesh Chainani
Singapore
$851
11th
Rayhaan Adam
South Africa
$851
12th
Prommin Talordpong
Thailand
$851
13th
Tien Hui Sam Lick
Singapore
$749
14th
Huaxin Wang
China
$749
15th
Katanyu Ruatnip
Thailand
$749
16th
Nithiwat Suphanit
Thailand
$655
17th
Yong Peng Val Leong
Singapore
$655
*Heads up deal
SEMEN KAPITONOV
550
KUNAL PATNI
450
MINSEONG CHO
425
ANAND KUMAR
400
KYLE BAO QUOC AN DIEP
350
ASHISH MUNOT ANILKUMAR
300
YOUNGHOON JOO
300
LEAK SORN
300
MARC ANTHONY JOSEPH
300
Mystery Bounty – Day 1 results
Alexander Puchalski – Flight A leader
Dates: August 15 to 16
Buy in: US$ 550
Flight A: 151 entries
Flight B: 99 entries
Prize pool: US$ 80,000
Bounty pool: US$ 41,250
ITM: 31 places
*Payouts and Bounty rewards are at the bottom of the page.
Chips in play: 10,000,000
Average stack: 322,580
Yuri Ishida – Flight B leader
Final Day players – 31
DAY 2 DRAW MYSTERY BOUNTY
FLAG
CHIPS
TABLE
SEAT
Alexander Puchalski
Canada
1032000
2
5
Yuri Ishida
Japan
856000
2
6
Ankit Wadhawan
India
514000
3
2
Jin Xiong Lee
Singapore
464000
2
2
Ruslan Belinskll
463000
4
7
Trong Hieu Ngo
Viet Nam
449000
4
4
Jasven Saigal
India
414000
1
2
Gaurav Sood
India
366000
3
1
Dhaval Mudgal
India
354000
4
6
Jonas Magdalinski
Sweden
353000
1
4
David Paul Anstice
Ireland
332000
4
8
Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Balushin
Russia
323000
1
1
Laksh Pal Singh
India
307000
3
3
Michael Kim Falcon
Denmark
303000
1
8
Samuel Adams
New Zealand
301000
1
5
Bastien Joly
France
257000
1
6
GACKT
Japan
251000
3
4
Kuen Wai Jeffrey Lo
Hong Kong
251000
3
6
Eric Wasylenki
Canada
235000
4
2
Eike Soren Strub
Germany
226000
3
7
Tsz Him Phun
Hong Kong
219000
2
3
Kunal Patni
India
186000
2
8
Ashish Munot
India
184000
4
3
Aladin Youri Reskallah
France
180000
2
7
Kohei Nakai
Japan
164000
4
1
Hai Nam Le
Viet Nam
153000
2
1
Jhang-Youuu Huang
Taiwan
135000
2
4
Trent Wayne Fechter
USA
116000
3
5
Jiyoung Kim
Korea
111000
1
3
Somashekhar Kurkhepally Nahadeva
India
27000
4
5
Zhaohong Guo
China
no data
1
7
Mystery Bounty payouts
1st
US$ 18,400
2nd
US$ 12,915
3rd
US$ 8,200
4th
US$ 4,990
5th
US$ 3,850
6th
US$ 3,190
7th
US$ 2,680
8th
US$2,240
9th
US$ 1,840
10th-12th
US$ 1,565
13th-15th
US$ 1,345
16th-18th
US$ 1,130
19th-21st
US$ 925
22nd-24th
US$ 75
25th-31st
US$ 650
Mystery Bounty – Bounty rewards
US$ 250
11
US$ 500
9
US$ 1,000
5
US$ 3,000
3
US$ 5,000
2
US$ 10,000
1
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Road to WPT Prime Cambodia
Experience WPT Prime Cambodia
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WPT Prime Cambodia – Day 1 recap
WPT Prime Cambodia – Ashish Munot wins the SuperStack
WPT Prime Cambodia – Opener Day 1B and Deepstack Freezeout
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