After three starting days followed by intense Day 2 competition, the Final 9 players of the Main Event was established! It was decided at the fall of China’s Yunsheng Sun in 10th place to France’s Matthieu Lamagnere with 
unable to improve against 
.
The WPT Prime Cambodia Season XXI – MAIN EVENT – resumes on Monday, March 20 at 1pm. Unfortunately there is no livestream but players can track the action via the Live Updates on the WPT.com website.
At the top of the pecking order is Taiwan’s I-Chun Chiu aka Charlie Chiu with 82 bb. This is Chiu’s second final table having placed 8th at the Mystery Bounty. Chiu has a fairly comfortable lead over second ranked Matthieu Lamagnere with 62 bb. In third rank is Bien Mai, the only Vietnamese player left in the running and the only player with a series side event title. Mai is on his third final table.
Seat
Player
Flagq
Stack
BB
6
I-Chun Chiu
Taiwan
6,585,000
82
2
Matthieu Lamagnere
France
4,945,000
62
4
Bien Mai
Vietnam
4,560,000
57
8
Nicholas Ragot
France
3,850,000
48
5
England
3,225,000
40
7
Reiji Kono
Japan
2,755,000
34
3
Chua Feng Ji
Singapore
1,850,000
23
1
Jose Catela
Portugal
1,300,000
16
9
Sho Katsura
Japan
1,245,000
16
PAYOUTS CAN BE FOUND IN THE MAIN EVENT LIVE UPDATES PAGE
Event 23: High Roller 3K – $250K GTD
Swell turnout at Day 1 of the High Roller 3K with 99 signing up to easily breach the US$ 250K guarantee. After 11 level of 40-minute blinds, 56 bagged up with Russia’s Timur Khamidullin amassing 132 bb. Khamidullin earned a majority of his chips on a double up through WPT decorated champion Vincent Chauve.
Timur Khamidullin
Earning second rank was India’s Pratibh Saluja who shipped a monster pile on a failed bluff by Gary Lin. Thailand’s Kannapong Thanarattrakul finished with the third largest stack. You can read up on the action via the Live Updates – High Roller 3K Day 1.
For those looking to get in on the action, you have one final chance to do so. Game resumes at 1pm local time on Monday, March 20 at Level 12. Registration closes at 1:45pm, at the start of Level 13.
Buy in: US$ 3,000
Guarantee: US$ 250,000
Day 1 entries: 99
End of Day 1 players: 56
Opening Day 2 blinds: Level 12: 2K-4K, 4K ante
Rank
Player
Stack
BB
1
Timur Khamidullin
528,000
132
2
Pratibh Saluja
509,000
127
3
Kannapong Thanarattrakul
497,000
124
4
Seyed Javad Sedigh
374,000
94
5
Dylan Wayne Foster
313,500
78
6
Ting-Yi Tsai
311,000
78
7
Max Menzel
300,000
75
8
Terry Gonzaga
289,500
72
9
David Chiv
276,000
69
10
Manuel Braunhofer
272,000
68
HIGH ROLLER 3K – END OF DAY 1 CHIP COUNTS
Event 23: Bounty Event $150 bounty – Final 17 players
Bounty Event bubble
Big turnout at the Bounty Event with 252 on record for a prize pool of US$ 109,998. It was a grind to the end of Day 1. Estonia’s Roland Kivi delivered the bubble then the game played on until the end of Level 20. Seventeen players bagged up with Lee Jong Kyung in the lead with 93 bb. His closest challenger is Raju Jaruplavanath with 56 bb. Also returning for a second attempt at a trophy is Lucas Tae.
The players return at 12pm on Monday, March 20. Each one is guaranteed US$ 1,018 with the eventual winner banking US$ 16,588. Second place will also score a five figure US$ 11,657.
Buy in: US$ 500
Entries: 252
Prize pool: US$ 72,198
Bounty pool: US$ 37,800
ITM: 32 places
Rank
Player
Flag
Stack
BB
3
Lee Jong Kyung
Korea
1,850,000
93
1
Raju Jaruplavanath
India
1,125,000
56
10
Kaipern Heng
Malaysia
780,000
39
13
Amir Abbas
Australia
600,000
30
6
Stanislav Kovalenko
Russia
585,000
29
7
Nguyen Tuan Anh
Vietnam
565,000
28
5
Chi Ling Tsang
Canada
535,000
27
16
Minkyu Kim
Korea
450,000
23
11
Seongmin Lee
Korea
345,000
17
17
Firat Basbaydar
England
295,000
15
15
Romit Advani
India
285,000
14
9
Roland Kivi
Estonia
240,000
12
14
Gabriel Carter
UK
225,000
11
12
Jaehoon Lee
Korea
215,000
11
8
Woojin Kim
Korea
185,000
9
2
Lucas Tae
USA
135,000
7
4
Gunisha Sinha
India
75,000
4
Chi-Cong Chao wins the NLH Turbo Freezeout
Chi-Cong Chao
The NLH Turbo Freezeout bolted through Sunday night in high speed with the event completing in seven hours. Taiwan’s Chi-Cong Chao outdueled France’s David Koy at heads up to claim the win and his first ever WPT trophy.
During bubble time, with 18 remaining and average at just 10 bb, big stacked Thomas Lind aka Totti railed Deep Raina (4 bb) with 
dusting 
.
With the money intact, player raced to reach a final table seat. Lind finished in 4th place, falling to Koy with Ace-Ten outdrawn by King-Jack, King on the board. Dongyun Jo fell next leaving Koy and Chao battling for the win. After several hands, both players opted to split the money down the middle. Chao went on to win it with 
full house on a board 
against Koy’s 
.
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
$681
Paul Judge wins the Supersonic NLH / Liar’s Dice Championship
Paul Judge
Exciting from start to finish at the Supersonic NLH / Liar’s Dice Championship. UK’s Paul Judge emerged the first winner in Cambodia to take home one of the WPT side event trophies and US$ 929. Player of the Festival race leader Kiale Matthews also reached ITM to add 175 points to his tally and build a wider gap between him and second rank.
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
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. To date, twenty players have walked away victorious. Only 10 trophies left on the mantle including the coveted Main Event trophy which will find its champion on Monday, March 20. Cards in the air at 1pm local time.
WPT Prime Cambodia – Player Guide
Breakdown of WPT Prime Cambodia schedule
WPT Prime Cambodia – Festival Payouts
WPT Prime Cambodia – Main Event Chip Counts
For added enjoyment, there are ample cash games running daily and the Cash Game Bonanza.
Reminders:
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