On Thursday, March 9, doors opened at NagaWorld Integrated Resorts for Season XXI of World Poker Tour Prime Cambodia. Tables quickly filled up for Event 1: NagaWorld Superstack 50K and the late afternoon Event 2: NagaWorld Millions $150K guaranteed. Among the day’s sluggers were WPT champions Marc Inizan, Dhaval Mudgal, Vincent Chauve, and Zarvan Tumboli. Here are the day’s results.
Event 1: NagaWorld Superstack 50K
The most popular tournament of opening day was the NagaWorld Superstack 50K with 202 entries for a prize pool of US$ 53,884. Just past 11.5 hours of play, the bubble burst. Chip leader Kosuke Hanzawa 
cracked a player’s 
on a board 
. The remaining 26 players bagged up with Hanzawa sitting on the largest of 48 bb.
Kosuke Hanzawa
The players return on Friday, March 10, at 1pm for the final stage of the race. Each one is guaranteed to min-cash US$ 403 however all focus will be on locking up the trophy and the US$ 13,253 top prize. Players will also be the first to earn points towards the Player of the Festival race.
Chips in play: 10,100,000
Average stack: 388,460
Day 2 opening blinds: 10,000-20,000, 20,000 bb ante (8:00 remaining)
Player
Flag
Chips
BB
Kosuke Hanzawa
Japan
955,000
48
Vineet Kumar
India
590,000
30
Duc Luu Huyen
Vietnam
575,000
29
Jong Min Won
Korea
535,000
27
Richard Sheils
“Ginge Poker”
530,000
27
Kiale Matthews
Australia
515,000
26
Dhanesh Chainani
Singapore
515,000
26
Xianbing Zhang
500,000 approx
25
Chi Ling Tsang
Canada
455,000
23
Kevin Clemot
France
435,000
22
Daniel
430,000
22
Amir Abbas
Australia
430,000
22
Lucas Tae
USA
400,000
20
Jeremy Jehanne
France
390,000
20
Yoke Wei Woon
Malaysia
375,000
19
Kuhnast
Germany
330,000
17
Men Van Nguyen
USA
290,000
15
Eike Soren Strub
Germany
251,000
13
Syu Ho Shen
Taiwan
210,000
11
He Zhou
China
202,000
10
Stephen Nathan
UK
190,000
10
Krzysztof Wierzbicki
Poland
180,000
9
Han Yee Seow
Singapore
165,000
8
Adrien Franck Berger
France
150,000
8
William Bolton
Australia
135,000
7
Jasven Saigal
India
85,000
4
Buy in: US$ 300
Entries: 202 (168 unique, 34 re-entry)
Prize pool: US$ 53,884
ITM: 26 places
Payouts
1
US$ 13,253
2
US$ 9,200
3
US$ 5,523
4
US$ 3,360
5
US$ 2,594
6
US$ 2,150
7
US$ 1,832
8
US$ 1,579
9
US$ 1,326
10-12
US$ 1,153
13-15
US$ 981
16-18
US$ 808
19-21
US$ 647
22-24
US$498
25-26
US$ 403
Event 2: WPT Prime Cambodia NagaWorld Millions $150K GTD
Xu Jing Je
At the close of Event 1: NagaWorld Superstack 50K, the WPT Prime Cambodia NagaWorld Millions – Day 1A – got underway. It was the first of four events on schedule boasting a guarantee. For this one, a $150,000 prize pool awaits players, which could grow further with a total of four entry heats to play out. Day 1A attracted 33 entries.
Just missing the chance to ITM and advance were Taiwan’s Hua Wei Lin and Australia’s Armon Van Wijk. The latter Wijk busted on the bubble with 
failing to improve against Taiwan’s Chao Ting Cheng’s 
.
Bagging the chip lead was China’s Xu Jing Je who knocked out two players simultaneously at the final table with Queen-Jack pairing up to beat Ace-King and Ace-Five. The remaining four players have a couple of days break before returning on Sunday, March 12 at 1pm for the race to the top.
Before that happens, up next is Day 1B which takes place at 1pm on Friday, March 10. This is followed by two flights on Saturday, March 11 – Day 1C starts at 1pm and Day 1D Turbo starts at 7pm (blinds increase at a faster 25 minutes).
Buy in: US$ 550
Guarantee: US$ 150,000
Day 1A: 33 entries (27 unique, 6 re-entry)
Day 1A ITM: 4 players
End of Day 1A qualifiers – 4 players (ITM)
Player
Flag
Chips
Xu Jing Je
China
281,000
Chao Ting Cheng
Taiwan
230,500
Rolands Norietis
Latvia
166,000
Jeffry Kurniawan
Indonesia
147,000
Cash Game Bonanza
Not all the fun was being experienced at the tournament tables. Over at the cash tables, a daily draw called the Cash Game Bonanza awarded players US$ 100 every two hours starting at 7pm. A total of 10 draws per day throughout the 13 festival days for a total of US$ 13,000 in cash giveaways.
WPT Prime Cambodia, in partnership with Connaissance Management, runs from March 9 to 21 at NagaWorld Integrated Resorts. A total of 30 tournaments are scheduled and US$ 1 Million in guarantees.
Last year, the Main Event set new heights for the brand with 1,050 turning up. At the time, it was the largest WPT Main Event for an open tournament. In prize money, it guaranteed half a million dollars which doubled up, closing at US$ 1,018,500. This year, the Main Event returns with the same guarantee with the goal of surpassing its previous turnout and possibly even set another new record. Already seen on site is reigning WPT Prime Cambodia Main Event champion David Erquiaga who will be most certainly hunt down a back to back.
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