As always, the largest Main Event draw happened on the final starting day. WPT Prime Cambodia Season XXI witnessed a roaring 482 entries for Day 1C, to drive the total attendance to 1,011 and the prize pool to US$ 980,670.
Approaching the 13 hour mark, it was bubble time. Taiwan’s Nevan Yu-Chung Chang shipped a huge double up with 
trips on a board 
to beat 
missed draw. Chang closed the day second best with 650,000 in chips.
Two hands after, the bubble burst on Hong Kong’s Dennis Ng whose 
failed to improve against Vinh Hai Huynh‘s 
on a board 
. Day 1C bagged up at ITM of 61 players. At the helm was USA’s Joshua Zimmerman with 789,000, equivalent to a massive 99 bb. This earned him third rank in the overall Day 2 chip counts. Among those that missed were WPT champions David Erquiaga, Zarvan Tumboli, and Marc Inizan.
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Joshua Zimmerman
Day 1C – Top 10 in chips
1
Joshua Zimmerman
USA
789,000
2
Nevan Chang
Taiwan
650,000
3
Matthieu Lamagnere
France
550,000
4
Pete Chen
Taiwan
533,000
5
Yunsheng Sun
China
460,000
6
Vinh Hai Huynh
Vietnam
438,000
7
Michael Haddad
Australia
425,000
8
Harsh Bubna
India
407,000
9
Seongsu Kong
Korea
388,000
10
Shue King Ng
Malaysia
387,000
Main Event numbers
Buy in: US$ 1,100
Guarantee: US$ 500,000
Entries: 1,011
Prize pool: US$ 980,670
ITM: 128 players
The 128 Day 1 survivors return on Sunday, March 19 at 1pm, each one is guaranteed a piece of the pot. The minimum payout is US$ 800 while the top prize is US$ 173,130 which includes a WPT World Championship entry worth $10,400 at Wynn Las Vegas. WPT value adds airfare + accommodation. Runner up will also bank six figures of US$ 108,540.
Top 9 payouts
1
$173,130
800
2
$108,540
600
3
$80,150
500
4
$59,820
400
5
$45,120
300
6
$34,400
250
7
$26,510
200
8
$20,660
150
9
$16,280
125
FULL PAYOUT BREAKDOWN
Day 2 will be a long race as they play down to the final 9 players. The blinds start at Level 16: 4K-8K, 8K ante with 20 minutes left in the clock. Once that completes, next level onwards increase every 60 minutes.
Top 10 in chips
1
Arun Sriram
888,000
111
2
Vitalii Borodin
870,000
109
3
Joshua Zimmerman
789,000
99
4
Dongyun Jo
752,000
94
5
Koen Breed
731,000
91
6
Nevan Chang
650,000
81
7
Gabriel Dominic Carter
600,000
75
8
Benjamin Mun
578,000
72
9
Frank Lillis
563,000
70
10
Matthieu Lamagnere
550,000
69
MAIN EVENT – CHIP COUNTS
Roland Norietis wins NLH 2-Day, zooms to POF second rank
Entering Day 2 as chip leader, Latvia’s Roland Norietis went on to capture the coveted NLH 2-Day title to add 400 points his name in the Player of the Festival race. This sent him catapulting from 8th rank to 2nd rank and is now just 175 points away from race leader Kiale Matthews.
Roland Norietis
The 2-day NLH event drew 155 entries to generate a prize pool of US$ 54,126. With 20 paid, Kittipong Charoenvijitchai delivered the bubble by cracking Shardul Parthasarathi’s pocket Aces. The event then played until Marcus Tan fell in 10th place to Norietis form the final table.
Day 2 opened with Norietis as chip leader with 50 bb and India’s Somashekar KM in second rank with 30 bb. Both players stayed ahead of the pack and met at heads up about even in chips.
A couple of failed bluffs caused a dip in Norietis’ stack which he made up with {ad]
flush beating 
on a board 
. Several hands later, Somashekhar scored a big one holding 
flush on a board 
to send Norietis back down again to 17 bb. This brought about the first heads up all in with Norietis 
called by Somashekhar with . The board ran 
for a double up to Norietis.
At par was brief with another failed bluff by Norietis. Next all in, Somashekhar pushed with , Norietis called with , the board improved Norietis to a full house for his second double up. With the pair back to even, they struck a deal to split the remaining money down the middle and play for the trophy.
Somashekhar took the early lead to send Norietis plunging to once again see the Latvian go all in. For the third time, Norietis doubled up. His pocket Sixes dodged overcards. From there, Norietis grinded down Somashekhar and shipped it with 
beating on a blank board.
Buy in: US$ 400
Entries: 155
Prize pool: US$ 54,126
ITM: 20 places
*Heads up deal
1
Rolands Norietis
Latvia
$11,991*
2
Somashekar KM
India
$11,991*
3
Anton Widjaya
Indonesia
$5,561
4
Sunwook Baek
Korea
$3,383
5
Matthew Henry Bevin
Australia
$2,612
6
Jasven Saigal
India
$2,165
7
Yong Kwee Chua
Singapore
$1,881
8
Kittipong Charoenvijitchai
Thailand
$1,689
9
Harsh Bubna
India
$1,455
10
Marcus Tan
Singapore
$1,272
11
Jun Mitani
Japan
$1,272
12
Yu-Chung Chang
Taiwan
$1,272
13
Eric Chan
Malaysia
$1,096
14
Gunisha Sinha
India
$1,096
15
Keng Yong Tan
Singapore
$1,096
16
Martin Kanaker
Sweden
$926
17
Tatsuya Yamaguchi
Japan
$926
18
Peng Zheng
China
$926
19
Sven McDermott
Ireland
$758
20
Rahul Marwaha
India
$758
Player of the Festival update
Kiale Matthews
The Player of the Festival race is heating up! After eighteen completed events, Kiale Matthews still holds the top spot however Rolands Norietis is not far behind. Norietis shipped the NLH 2-Day event to catapult from 8th rank to 2nd rank.
Still plenty of events to conquer and earn points including the Main Event which is underway. The player with the most points at the end of the festival will win a WPT Passport worth $5,000 to any WPT Main Tour of Season XXI.
1
Kiale Matthews
1100
2
Rolands Norietis
925
3
Micheal Oneill
675
4
Richard Marquez
650
5
Joshua Mccully
650
6
Deep Raina
575
7
Chien-Chih Weng
550
8
Duc Thanh Nguyen
525
9
Anton Widjaya
525
10
Bien Mai
500
11
Lun Loon
475
12
Tyler Suansrakaew
450
13
Fung Kong
450
14
Vikaash Shah
425
15
Jasven Saigal
425
16
Huyen Duc Luu
400
Season XXI WPT Prime Cambodia
WPT Prime Cambodia, in partnership with Connaissance Management, runs from March 9 to 21 at NagaWorld Integrated Resorts in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. A total of 30 tournaments are scheduled and US$ 1 Million in guarantees. To date, eighteen players have walked away victorious. Only 12 trophies left including the coveted Main Event title.
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.
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