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WPT Cambodia: 2 Indians cash NagaWorld Cup, 4 in Deepstack Turbo

The World Poker Tour (WPT) Cambodia is underway at NagaWorld and already 4 days into the tournament, quite a few tournaments have crowned their winners. Chinese nationals have been spotted making deep runs and yesterday once again, YinFei Xiao triumphed the NagaWorld Cup, pocketing an ambitious amount of $9,955.

The third tournament of the series saw a total of 136 players, a prize pool of $35,618 was created which was later shared among the top 18 finishers who all resumed on the final day. China’s Xiao entered the day as the chip leader from Flight 2.

The grinding continued for several hours until heads-up began. Xiao (Jd 8s) was up against Malaysia’s Tan Kok Fye Darian (3c 6h) in the final hand with a 2.5:1 chip lead. Darian puts his entire stack in the middle of the 3d 6c 4h 8d turn board. Darian was ahead with two pairs while the competition turned tables with Jc on the river and that’s when Xiao triumphed the night with Jacks and Eights, attaching a valuable victory in his poker career.

As stated, 18 places were in the money including the Indian duo Chakshu Deep Raina who made it into the top 10 resting at 6^th place for $1,460 and Ravi Shankar Metlapalli who cashed for $650 in 16^th position.

Top 10 final payouts:

1. Yinfei Xiao – $9,955
2. Tan Kok Fye Darian – $6,269
3. Alexander Hoglind – $3,722
4. Jakub Chludziski – S$ 2,244
5. Deding Xu – $1,745
6. Chakshu Deep Raina – $1,460
7. Sokmeng Hun – $1,264
8. Si Yang Phua – $1,124
9. Michael Norman Wood – $996
10. Baris Yalcinkaya – $873

$250 Deepstack Turbo

Deepstack Turbo was a one-day affair in the host venue in Phnom Penh. The tournament enticed 97 players and the field crunched down to 13 in the money. The fourth event crowned Lebanon’s Mohamad Abbouchi who won his first-ever live tournament and came out with $6,457 in prize money!

The completion of APT Vietnam opened doors for the players to enter WPT, especially the Indian crowd. The entire month has been terrific with tremendous action in place for these players who have been constantly representing India at various venues. Yesterday a sizeable group of Indians finished in the money Ankit Wadhawan (4^th, $1,588), the WSOP Bracelet winner Abhinav Iyer (6^th, $990), Meherzad Munsaf (11^th, $582) and Gaurav Sood (13^th, $529).

Final payouts:

1. Mohamad Abbouchi – $6,457
2. Jung Whan Kim – $3,969
3. YIk Yin Chiu – $2,435
4. Ankit Wadhawan – $1,588
5. Jerome Bradpiece – $1,238
6. Abhinav Iyer – $990
7. Louis Maniere – $842
8. Jeffrey Robert Davis – $730
9. En Wei Terence Tan – $646
10. Daji Chen – $582
11. Meherzad Munsaf – $582
12. Dhanesh Chainani – $582
13. Gaurav Sood – $529

$550 Megastack Freezeout

Four days into the WPT Cambodia series, the $550 Megastack Freezeout kick-started with 149 players entering the tournament. With each one aiming to grab the top prize of $19,925, only 9 advanced to Day 2. Top 19 finishers get paid and each will be awarded a min-cash. The only player to reach a million in chips was India’s Gaurav Sood bagging an impressive stack of 1,001,000  followed by Australia’s Kue Seong Tchong with 632,000 chips and in the 3^rd place was Ravi Shankar Metlapalli with 537,000 chips.

Day 1 top 9 chip counts:

1. Gaurav Sood – 1,001,000
2. Kue Seong Tchong – 632,000
3. Ravi Shankar Metlapalli – 537,000
4. Stig Erik Goran Billgren – 536,000
5. Chainani Dhanesh Vijaykumar – 535,000
6. Kohei Nakai – 461,000
7. Ping Liu – 330,000
8. Pierre Yves Faivre – 230,000
9. Jerome Adam Bradpiece – 210,000

The players will resume today, 20 November at 12:45 pm local time. So, for latest updates on online and live tournaments keep reading GutshotMagazine.com and stay tuned!

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