The first side event champion of WPT Prime Cambodia was awarded today to Vietnam’s Huyen Duc Luu at the NagaWorld Superstack 50K. Huyen halted the bulldozing Chi Ling Tsang to seize his first ever international title. He now leads the Player of the Festival race. In a brief chat with the champ,
“I am so happy! This is my first international tournament. The field was good, tough, I had difficulty on choosing my action. But I got lucky, I got big hands and they hit.”
The day also saw a large crowd turn up for Day 1B of the NagaWorld Millions $150K guaranteed and for the Deepstack NLH Freezeout. We’ve got all those results for you down below.
Huyen Duc Luu wins NagaWorld Superstack 50K; leads POF leaderboard
Huyen Duc Luu
Opening day crowd favorite, NagaWorld Supertsack 50K, drew 202 entries at $300 each for a prize pool of $53,884. Day 1 bagged up at ITM of 26 players led by the lone Japanese player remaining, Kosuke Hanzawa.
On Day 2, it was action from the get-go with short stacks quickly knocked out. By the close of the first hour, Chi Ling Tsang’s went on a winning spree that denied Xianbing Zhang a spot at the final table with 
dominating 
.
Top L-R: Dhanesh Chainani, Kevin Clemot, Vineet Kumar, Chi Ling Tsang, Kosuke Hanzawa – Bottom L-R: Adrien Berger, Amir Abbas, Dealer, Kiale Matthews, Duc Luu Huyen
Entering the final table as chip leader, Tsang lost a portion of his stack on a three-way that tripled up Adrien Franck Berger. He made up for it by winning the next four showdowns that led to the end of Vineet Kumar (7th) and Berger (6th). Huyen Duc Luu cleaned out Hanzawa next for his first final table casualty.
The next two fell to Tsang, Dhanesh Chainani in 4th place and Kiale Matthews 
outdrawn into 3rd place by 
two pair on a board 
. This brought about heads up with Tsang ahead 69 BB to 10 BB.
Despite the lead, Tsang could not close it out. Instead, Huyen doubled up twice, first with quads-Queens then 
spiking the King to survive Tsang’s 
. From there the chip lead bounced until his 
banked a big pot on a board 
against 
. Tsang was down to crumbs and despite winning two double ups he was still behind. The final hand was Huyen 
straight beating 
pair on a board 
.
Buy in: US$ 300
Entries: 202 (168 unique, 34 re-entry)
Prize pool: US$ 53,884
ITM: 26 places
Payouts
1
Huyen Duc Luu
US$ 13,253
2
Chi Ling Tsang
US$ 9,200
3
Kiale Matthews
US$ 5,523
4
Dhanesh Chainani
US$ 3,360
5
Kosuke Hanzawa
US$ 2,594
6
Adrien Franck Berger
US$ 2,150
7
Vineet Kumar
US$ 1,832
8
Amir Abbas
US$ 1,579
9
Kevin Clemot
US$ 1,326
10
Xianbing Zhang
US$ 1,153
11
Richard Matthew Sheils
US$ 1,153
12
Qi Dong
US$ 1,153
13
Lucas Tae
US$ 981
14
He Zhou
US$ 981
15
Jongmin Won
US$ 981
16
Yoke Wei Woon
US$ 808
17
Shen-Syu Ho
US$ 808
18
Jeremy Jehanne
US$ 808
19
Han Yee Seow
US$ 647
20
William Bolton
US$ 647
21
Eike Soren Strub
US$ 647
22
Stephen Nathan
US$498
23
Krzysztof Wierzbicki
US$498
24
Gregory Kuhnast
US$498
25
Jasven Saigal
US$ 403
26
Men Nguyen
US$ 403
Event 2: WPT Prime Cambodia NagaWorld Millions Day 1B
Zarvan Tumboli
A much healthier field for Day 1B of the WPT Prime Cambodia NagaWorld Millions with 182 turning up for a chance at the $150,000 guarantee. This was significantly more than the 33 Day 1A turnout. Among the participants were decorated WPT Main Event champions Vincent Chauve, Dhaval Mudgal, Marc Inizan, David Erquiaga, and Zarvan Tumboli. Only Tumboli found chips to bag.
Shen-Syu Ho
Just past the twelfth hour, the bubble burst on Shardul Parthasarathi whose 
could not fade Eike Soren Strub’s . The remaining 19 players secured their seat to Day 2. Taiwan’s Shen-Syu Ho earned the chip lead with a stack nearly double that of Day 1A leader Xu Jing Je.
Buy in: US$ 550
Guarantee: US$ 150,000
Day 1A: 33 entries / 4 ITM (recap)
Day 1B: 182 entries / 19 ITM
With two starting days completed, the event has drawn a combined 215 entries. 23 players advanced and are guaranteed a minimum payout of $1,100. There are two starting flights remaining, both taking place on Saturday, March 11. Day 1C begins at 1pm with blinds increasing every 40 minutes then is followed by the Day 1D (Turbo) at 7pm with blinds increasing every 25 minutes.
The NagaWorld Millions is a new addition to the WPT Prime Cambodia roster. It offers better payouts with ITM at 10% of the field. Players with multiple stacks into Day 2 will also get paid well for their extras, $1,500 for the second stack and $2,000 for the third one onwards.
End of Day 1B – 19 players
Shen Syu Ho
Taiwan
541,000
He Zhou
China
484,500
Zarvan Tumboli
India
473,000
Eike Soren Strub
Germany
439,500
Xianbing Zhang
China
364,000
Xiao Qing Lu
China
341,000
Kien Duc Tran
Vietnam
234,000
Geun The Kim
Korea
211,500
Adam Kaufman
Canada
187,000
Gaurav Sood
India
174,500
Michael O’Neill
Ireland
169,000
Mark Kline
USA
167,500
Florent Remi
Malta
156,000
Lian Ting Hao
Singapore
154,000
Maggie Chien Chih Weng
Taiwan
145,000
Abijith Cheruku
India
112,000
Arun Sriram
India
101,500
Martin Ng Zheng Wei
Singapore
88,000
Yu Sheng Lin
Taiwan
77,000
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