Day 3 of World Poker Tour Prime Cambodia saw lots of fist pumps as two players celebrated their first ever WPT victories. At the 8-Max NL Hold’em Single Day, JK Sorn‘s late game surge landed him the win, and at the Deepstack NLH Freezeout, Younghoon Joo crushed it at the final four. The top nine players of these events earned points towards the WPT Player of the Festival. We’ve got those recaps for you.
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JK Sorn’s late surge wins the 8-Max NLH Single Day
JK Sorn was all smiles after lifting his first ever WPT title and trophy. He was one of the 74 runners of the 8-Max NLH Single Day event, and after 7.5 hours of play, Sorn conquered it for a pocketful US$ 6,591 payday.
JK Sorn
Picking up the action at bubble time. Sorn was already one of the biggest stacks when he delivered the bubble with 
holding up against 
. At the final table, Sorn laid low while Japan’s Takuya Mitsui went on a knockout spree. Mitsui booted all the Thai players in succession, Prommin Talordpong (9th) with pocket Aces over Ace-King, Panitan Poopadsri (8th) with Ace-King dominating Ace-Jack, and Kankij Panekwong with pocket Fours standing firm against overcards. After Vietnam‘s Pham Bao (6th) fell to Sorn, Japan‘s Chihiro Takamu survived five double ups which included a very lucky flush against Max Menzel. Menzel had 
, Takamu with 
, four hearts dropped on the board.
Chihiro Takamu
Takamu‘s rush earned him the chip lead, though very brief, as he was put to a hard halt by Sorn. On a flop 
, Sorn jammed with 
, Takamu called with 
top pair, the turn 
sealed the winning straight. Back on top with a massive stack, Sorn went on to win it, defeating Menzel at heads up with 
dominating 
.
8-MAX NLH SINGLE DAY (1 RE-ENTRY) – Final table
Buy in: US$ 300
Entries: 74
Prize pool: US$ 19,381
ITM: 10 places
Payouts
1st
JK Sorn
Malaysia
US$ 6,591
2nd
Max Menzel
Germany
US$ 3,779
3rd
Chihiro Takamu
Japan
US$ 2,364
4th
Takuya Mitsui
Japan
US$ 1,599
5th
Kien Duc Tran
Vietnam
US$ 1,211
6th
Pham Bao
Vietnam
US$ 969
7th
Kankij Panekwong
Thailand
US$ 853
8th
Panitan Poopadsri
Thailand
US$ 775
9th
Prommin Talordpong
Thailand
US$ 659
10th
Jack Leong
Singapore
US$ 581
Younghoon Joo cracks aces to the lead and the Deepstack NLH Freezeout title
The Deepstack NLH Freezeout drew 98 entrants at US$ 300 a piece for a prize pool of US$ 25,666. The title came down among three Koreans with Younghoon Joo backed by a commanding stack. Joo went on to claim it along with a payout deal of US$ 5,392.
Younghoon Joo
The two day event saw Day 1 close with the final 13 players all in the money. Returning on the following day, it was action from the get-go with newsworthy moments all the way to the finish. It kicked off with short stacked Kai Yang Gu shoving his 2K stack, which was equivalent to just 1/5 of a BB. Gu landed two quick double ups and eventually made it to the final table.
Kai Yang Gu
On the opposite end of the pole, India’s Kunal Patni didn’t have much to worry about as he entered the day with the second largest stack then proceeded to clean out five players. Among Patni’s knockouts was Japan‘s Tatsuhiko Terai in 10th place and a double bust to Wanki Baik (7th) and Shardul Parthasarathi (8th). On the next three-way, Patni‘s 
was cracked by Joo‘s 
on board 
. The shoves were at the flop with Gu falling in 5th place holding 
.
Younghoon Joo
With Joo now the new chip leader, he finished off Patni to amass a monstrous stack. After a three-way deal with remaining fellow Koreans Jony Hyun Baeg and Bae Kyung Suk, he grinded them down to claim the title and the coveted WPT trophy.
Deepstack NLH Freezeout – Final table
Buy in: US$ 300
Entries: 98
Prize pool: US$ 25,666
ITM: 13 places
Payouts
1st
Younghoon Joo
Korea
US$ 5,392*
2nd
Bae Kyung Suk
Korea
US$ 5,200*
3rd
Jony Hyun Baeg
Korea
US$ 5,000*
4th
Kunal Patni
India
US$ 1,925
5th
Kai Yang Gu
Singapore
US$ 1,501
6th
Patrick James Standen
Canada
US$ 1,200
7th
Wanki Baik
Korea
US$ 1,020
8th
Shardul Parthasarathi
India
US$ 885
9th
Nguyen Van Xuan
Vietnam
US$ 783
10th
Tatsuhiko Terai
Japan
US$ 706
11th
Selim Souissi
Tunisia
US$ 706
12th
Thanakrit Lachaima
Thailand
US$ 706
13th
Artsiom Pankratau
US$ 642
*Three-way deal
WPT Player of the Festival update
Another 18 players have joined the WPT Player of the Festival race. At the end of the festival, the player with the most points accrued will win a WPT Passport worth US$ 5,000 to any Main Tour of choice this year.
Current leaderboard
1st
Ashish Munot
India
300 points
2nd
Younghoon Joo
Korea
300 points
3rd
JK Sorn
Malaysia
300 points
4th
Trent Fechter
USA
225 points
5th
Bae Kyung Suk
Korea
225 points
6th
Max Menzel
Germany
225 points
7th
Sam Adams
Australia
175 points
8th
Jony Hyun Baeg
Korea
175 points
9th
Chihiro Takamu
Japan
175 points
10th
Akshay Kapoor
India
150 points
11th
Kunal Patni
India
150 points
12th
Takuya Mitsui
Japan
150 points
13th
Anmol Mehta
India
125 points
14th
Kai Yang Gu
Singapore
125 points
15th
Kien Duc Tran
Vietnam
125 points
16th
Jun Hoe Phua
Singapore
100 points
17th
Patrick James Standen
Canada
100 points
18th
Pham Bao
Vietnam
100 points
19th
Tatsuhiko Terai
Japan
75 points
20th
Wanki Baik
Korea
75 points
21st
Kankij Panekwong
Thailand
75 points
22nd
Eric Wasylenko
Canada
60 points
23rd
Shardul Parthasarathi
India
60 points
24th
Panitan Poopadsri
Thailand
60 points
25th
Rungrot Nuannoi
Thailand
50 points
26th
Nguyen Van Xuan
Vietnam
50 points
27th
Prommin Talordpong
Thailand
50 points
Stay tuned to Somuchpoker for updates on the ongoing WPT Prime Cambodia.
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