World Poker Tour Announces WPT Cambodia Championship

The World Poker Tour (WPT) has announced its return to Cambodia in early 2025 with the WPT Cambodia Championship. It’s confirmed that the extended festival will feature both the WPT Cambodia Championship and WPT Prime Cambodia.

WPT has been holding an international poker series since 2002, and winners receive an invite to the WPT Champions Club along with a trophy. On 21st July 2020, the WPT Champions Cup was renamed the Mike Sexton WPT Champions Cup in honour of WPT commentator and WPT Champions Club member Mike Sexton, who died on 6th September 2020 after battling prostate cancer. These events are some of the most popular in the South East Asia region.

The planned event will take place over 19 days from 6th to 24th February at NagaWorld in Phnom Penh in 2025. The highlight will be the WPT Cambodia Championship, which has a $3,500 buy-in and a guaranteed prize pool of $1.5 Million.

“Our festivals at NagaWorld in Cambodia have created unforgettable moments, from record-breaking turnouts to the Sexton Cup’s debut in Southeast Asia,” said WPT CEO Adam Pliska. “We’re excited for even more memorable experiences as we merge the prestige and scale of both the WPT Cambodia Championship and WPT Prime Cambodia into one massive event.”

The @WPT Cambodia Festival is set to return at @NagaWorld in February of 2025 and features over 60 events and more than $3,000,000 in GTDs which includes a $3,500 @WPT Championship $1.5M GTD and $1,100 @WPTPrime Championship $750K GTD! 🇰🇭🏆

More info – https://t.co/ULa8YGEX58 pic.twitter.com/Gm8yo73siF

— World Poker Tour (@WPT) October 1, 2024

The WPT Prime Cambodia, with a $1,100 buy-in, will have a guaranteed prize pool of $750,000. Overall, the WPT Cambodia festival will offer over $3 Million in guaranteed prizes across more than 60 tournaments, marking it as the longest-running WPT event in Asia.

WPT held the Mike Sexton WPT Champions Cup in 2023 at NagaWorld Integrated Resort. During that series, Reiji Kono beat 1,011 entrants and took home $131,731 out of a total prize pool of $980,670. WPT’s return to Cambodia will help make the country a formidable poker destination.

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WPT Cambodia 2022 had Akshay Kapoor shipping his Maiden WPT Title by shipping the  No-Limit Hold’em (NLH) Single Day event, lifting the trophy and $6,496 after an ICM deal. Several Indians were in the money at this event,  including Dhaval Mudgal (11th, $1,140), Anmol Mehta (12th, $1,140) and Avneesh Munjal (15th, $995).

Along with this event, Event #7, Mystery Bounty, had three Indians at the final table. There were 250 entries over two days, and the prize pool was $80,000. Indian poker player Kunal Patni finished fifth with $7,850, with Jasven Saigal right behind him in sixth position, taking home $3,690. Gaurav Sood had to contend with the eighth position for $4,190.

Several Indian contenders participated in that event, and other Indians who made money were Ankit Wadhawan (12th, $1,565), Dhaval Mudgal (18th, $1,130), Laksh Pal Singh (21st, $925), Ashish Munot (29th, $650), and Somashekhar KM (30th, $650).

It remains to be seen whether any Indian players will make their way to Cambodia and exactly how many of them will be looking for a payday. Indian players have had a tendency to win the international poker series for a while now, and we hope that the trend continues. As usual, Gutshot Magazine will provide you with information about this series and others that are upcoming – so keep an eye out for those updates and keep reading GutshotMagazine.com. Follow us on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and Telegram