Another bustling day at WPT Prime Cambodia Season XXI with numerous events filling up the grand ballroom of NagaWorld Phnom Penh. The main entrees were the last two flights of the Mystery Bounty which featured a US$ 100,000 guarantee. By the close of registration, that figure was completely shattered with a combined 406 entries (Day 1B – 256, Day 1C – 150) added to Day 1A’s 144 entries for 550 total and a prize pool of US$ 266,750.
The day also witnessed three players lift up trophies – Josh McCully at the Mini High Roller, Yu Ogusu at the Deepstack NLH, and Lucas Tae at the evening’s NLH Turbo.
We’ve got all those results for you down below including an update on the Player of the Festival race.
Mystery Bounty surges with 550 entries; 69 to hunt down biggest bounty
The Mystery Bounty was one hot ticket to drive the guarantee from $100K to well over half a million dollars. Day 1B was most popular with a roaring 256 pulling up seats. The heat bagged up at ITM of 32 players with WPT Prime Taiwan Main Event champion Marc Inizan at the helm. Inizan amassed exactly 1,000,000, equivalent to 83 BB, placing him second overall in the Day 2 lineup.
Marc Inizan
It was a thrilling race to ITM with Jose Catela surviving the bubble when his 
spiked the two outer against 
on a board 
. Same as well for Gavin Best whose 
cracked 
on a board 
. The bubble was finally delivered by Anton Widjaya with a dramatic straight on the river with 
dusting 
on a board 
.
End of Day 1B – Top 10 in chips
Marc Inizan
UK
1,000,000
Hong Sung Heon
Korea
950,000
Kiale Matthews
Australia
717,000
Anton Widjaya
Indonesia
666,000
Aladin Reskallah
France
614,000
I-Chun Chiu
Taiwan
498,000
Mai Bien
Vietnam
484,000
Lee Seok Jun
Korea
483,000
Vincent Ferrafiat
France
476,000
Curtis Lim
Singapore
470,000
End of Day 1D – Top 5 in chips
Frank Lillis
Over at Day 1C, the last flight attracted 150 with 19 players bagging up. Unlike Day 1B, pocket Aces held for Richard Mari to deliver the bubble. Ireland’s Frank Lillis emerged as heat leader, placing him 5th rank in the overall Day 2 lineup.
Frank Lillis
Ireland
711,000
Richard Marquez
Philippines
530,000
Jae Kyung Sim
Korea
478,000
Zarvan Tumboli
India
477,000
Tan Zi Xuan
Malaysia
464,000
Mystery Bounty numbers
Buy in: US$ 550
Guarantee: US$ 100,000
Total Entries: 550
Prize pool: US$ 266,750 (includes bounties)
Day 1A: 144 entries / 18 ITM
Day 1B: 256 entries / 32 ITM
Day 1C: 150 entries / 19 ITM
Day 2 players: 69
FULL DAY 2 CHIP COUNTS
*We will have the payouts and bounty prizes posted for you once it has been made available.
Top 10 Entering Day 2
Player
Stack
BB
Table/Seat
Sandro Burkhard
1,047,000
87
T-08 [08]
Marc Inizan
1,000,000
83
T-07 [07]
Kimsour Kong
749,000
62
T-01 [04]
Kiale Matthews
717,000
60
T-08 [01]
Frank Lillis
711,000
59
T-07 [08]
Anton Widjaya
666,000
56
T-03 [06]
Saransh Garg
661,000
55
T-02 [09]
Aladin Reskallah
614,000
51
T-02 [03]
Richard Marquez
530,000
44
T-02 [06]
I-Chun Chiu
498,000
42
T-01 [02]
Redemption for Josh McCully, clinches 2.2K NLH Mini High Roller
One week ago, Australian pro Josh McCully nearly captured his first ever WPT side event title at the WPT Prime Gold Coast $10K Super High Roller but fell short in 2nd place. With the festival all wrapped up down under, he made his way to WPT Prime Cambodia and found immediate success. McCully outlasted the 75 entry field of the 2.2K NLH Mini High Roller, defeating WPT Brand Ambassador Brad Owen at heads up to claim the trophy and the US$ 49,469 top prize.
Josh McCully
The two-day event drew 75 entries for a prize pool of US$ 145,500. Day 1 played a total of 14 levels with 19 players left at bagging time and nine spots to the money.
Day 2 kicked off with Brad Owen and Mike Takayama as race leaders. Reigning WPT Prime Cambodia Main Event champion David Erquiaga jumped out front after his knocked out two players simultaneously. Young gun Gary Lin couldn’t turn his chips to cash with 
unable to improve against McCully’s . The bubble burst on Kunal Patni with running into Owen’s 
. The final table was formed at the elimination of Michael Rocco to McCully.
Carrying in the biggest stack into the final table, McCully delivered a brutal bust to Bluff & Catch Team Pro Seung Mook Jung with 
burning 
on a board 
. McCully also cleaned out Micheal O’Neill with pocket Aces over Ace-Queen.
Takayama eliminated the next two – Erquiaga (5th) and Tossapat Chunharas (4th) – but on his next shove, he could not get past McCully. The Filipino pro pushed with Queen-Jack that stayed behind pocket Kings.
This brought about heads up with McCully ahead 75 BB to Owen’s 45 BB. Due to the deep stacks, not much change was seen until the final hand. On a turn board , McCully had 
set, Owen with draw, the river was not one of Owen’s outs to bust in 2nd place. McCully collected a cool US$ 49,496 for his well earned victory.
Buy in: US$ 2,200
Entries: 75
Prize pool: US$ 145,500
ITM: 10 places
Japan’s Yu Ogusu maintains lead to lift maiden live title
Yu Ogusu turned his $300 buy in thirty times over after taking down the Deepstack NLH for a payout of US$ 9,196. Ogusu topped the 119 entry field to lift his maiden live title and a first trophy for Japan in this series.
After two players fell, chip leader Ogusu knocked out two players in one go, and surprisingly, both busts – Zi Xuan Tan and Wah Meng Tan – had the same amount of chips. They split 6th and 7th prize money down the middle.
A few more busts later, Ogusu eliminated Vietnamese pro Le Ngoc Khanh (3rd) when his 
spiked the Ten to dust . This led to heads up against Australia’s Aroha Ngata, both players vying for their first WPT trophy. Despite Ngata’s efforts, Ogusu stayed ahead and took it to the finish line with 
standing firm against 
on a final board .
Buy in: US$ 300
Entries: 119
Prize pool: US$ 31,166
ITM: 15 places
1
Yu Ogusu
Japan
$9,196
2
Aroha Ngata
NZ
$5,688
3
Le Ngoc Khanh
Viet Nam
$3,397
4
Hua-Wei Lin
Taiwan
$2,182
5
Duc Thanh Nguyen
Viet Nam
$1,652
6
Zi Xuan Tan
Malaysia
$1,278
7
Wah Meng Tan
Singapore
$1,278
8
Martin Kanaker
Sweden
$1,044
9
Ta Khanh Linh
Viet Nam
$919
Payout 10 – 15 (paid out on Day 1)
10
Julius Umbraziunas
Lithuania
$810
11
Ngoc Minh Nguyen
Viet Nam
$810
12
Rindra Norodo
Cambodia
$810
13
Ankit Jajodia
India
$701
14
Rahul Marwaha
India
$701
15
Zhiguang Zou
China
$701
Deal awards Lucas Tae the NLH Turbo title
The evening’s NLH Turbo found 53 runners for a prize pool of US$ 13,881. Four hours in, Wipat Udomkanjananan won a three-way with 
two pair beating and on a board 
to deliver the bubble. Udomkanjananan went on to bust in 5th place and was followed out by Tyler Suansrakaew in 4th place.
The final three players attempted to deal numerous times but failed. This led to the fall of Nicholas Cantelo to Lucas Tae with 
dominating on a board 
. Another deal was attempted and this time it was reached. The final two split the remaining cash down the middle and Tae was awarded the trophy for his larger stack. For runner up Deep Raina, it was his second final table appearance having placed 7th at the 8-Max NLH Single Day.
Buy in: US$ 300
Entries: 53
Prize pool: US$ 13,881
ITM: 7 places
1
Lucas Tae
USA
$4,094.50*
2
Chakshu Deep Raina
India
$4,094.50*
3
Nicholas J Cantelo
Australia
$1,874
4
Tyler Suansrakaew
Thailand
$1,319
5
Wipat Udomkanjananan
Thailand
$1,041
6
Niko Antti Juhani Nyman
Finland
$833
7
Jeffery Kurniawan
Indonesia
$625
Player of the Festival update
After seven completed events, the Player of the Festival is heating up. Leading the race is NagaWorld Millions champion, Maggie Chien Chih Weng, with 550 points. Listed below are the top 16 in points. At the end of the festival, the player with the most points accrued will win a WPT Passport worth $5K to any WPT Main Tour this year.
1
Chien-Chih Weng
550
2
Vikaash Shah
425
3
Kiale Matthews
425
4
Bien Mai
425
5
Huyen Duc Luu
400
6
Josh McCully
400
7
Rolands Norietis
350
8
Lucas Tae
340
9
Chi Ling Tsang
300
10
Alok Birewar
300
11
Deep Raina
300
12
Brad Owen
300
13
Yu Ogusu
300
14
Zarvan Tumboli
275
15
Dhanesh Chainani
265
16
Mike Takayama
250
On Season XXI WPT Prime Cambodia
WPT Prime Cambodia, in partnership with Connaissance Management, runs from March 9 to 21 at NagaWorld Integrated Resorts in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. A total of 30 tournaments are scheduled and US$ 1 Million in guarantees. To date, seven players have walked away victorious. More trophies up for grabs including the upcoming Main Event $500,000 guaranteed. For added enjoyment, there are ample cash games running daily and the Cash Game Bonanza.
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