WPT Cambodia 2024 Highlights: Winners, Prizepools, Team India Cashes & More

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Team India left an indelible mark, showcasing their skills and tenacity across various prestigious tournaments at the recently- concluded WPT Cambodia hosted from January 17 to 30 at NagaWorld Integrated Resort, Phnom Penh. Indian challengers consistently made their presence felt, securing more than 40 cashes, over 17 final table finishes and two title victories. While Amit Kaushik’s fifth-place finish in the inaugural WPT Cambodia Championship was the talk of the town, Aayush Arya and Shivam Shukla grabbed headlines for scoring significant victories for India.

In the series, the rising star and WSOP bracelet winner Aayush Arya was the first to win a trophy for India. The DPT High Roller champion shipped the $550 buy-in Event #18: Deepstack 20/15/10/5 for $9,152 (INR 7.61 Lakhs) amidst the resounding celebrations of Ram Mandir’s consecration in Ayodhya on January 22. Following in his footstep was Shivam Shukla who shipped Event #30: PLO Hyper Turbo on Republic Day, securing his first live tournament title and a $3,455 (INR 2.87 Lakhs) cash prize.

While Arya and Shukla brought pride to India by clinching title victories, it was Amit Kaushik who stole the spotlight with his remarkable fifth-place finish in the inaugural WPT Cambodia Championship, earning $118,906 ( INR 98.88 Lakhs), his career best and the highest payout by an Indian in this WPT Cambodia event. This was Amit’s fifth cash finish in the series and his second final-table, taking his earnings from the series to a staggering $134,891 and reinforcing his status as a rising Indian star.

Running from January 25 to 29, the $3500 buy-in WPT Cambodia Championship event was the biggest draw of the WPT Cambodia 2024 series. The event registered a record 760 entries across its two starting flights, resulting in an unprecedented prize pool of $ 2,432,760. This prestigious event stood out as the biggest event of the WPT Cambodia 2024 edition, both in terms of prize pool and turnout.

The crowning glory of this monumental event belonged to Germany’s Konstantin Held, who emerged as the victor. Held not only secured a career-best score of $361,310 but also earned a coveted seat at the season-ending WPT World Championship. To add to his accolades, he also etched his name on the coveted WPT Mike Sexton Champions Cup, solidifying his position as the biggest winner of the recently-concluded series. The prestigious WPT Cambodia Championship truly displayed the epitome of poker excellence and the thrilling heights that the 2024 WPT Cambodia edition reached.

Let us take a quick look at the notable moments and highlights from WPT Cambodia 2024, focusing on winners, prize pools, turnouts, and noteworthy cash finishes by Team India. The following list specifically includes events in which Indian players either clinched victories or earned cash prizes.

Event 1: NagaWorld Superstack

Date: January 17 to 18, 2024

Buy in: USD 400

Entries: 207 (158 unique)

Prize pool: USD 72,284

ITM: 26 places

Winner – Seongho Cho from Korea – 1st for $17,780

Runner-up – Haruto Murata from Japan – 2^{^nd} for $12,341

Asish Kumar Ghosh from India – 25th for $540

Event 3: WPT Cambodia Championship Warm Up

Date: January 18 to 21, 2024

Buy in: USD 800

Guarantee: USD 150,000

Entries: 489 (289 unique)

Prize pool: USD 341,518

ITM: 62 places

Winner – Jonald Obana Garcia from Philippines – 1^{^st} for $55,989

Runner-up – Marc Anthony Joseph South Africa – 2^{^nd} for $54,000

Amit Kaushik from India – 12th for $5,092

Maulik Bharatkumar Shukla from India –27th for $2,107

Raja Sekhar Puttamsetty from India – 35th for $1,848)

Aayush Arya from India – 46th for $1,653)

Event 6: Deepstack Turbo

Date: January 18, 2024

Buy in: USD 550

Entries: 55 (45 unique)

Prize pool: USD 26,675

ITM: 7 places

Winner – Sean Ragozzini from Australia – 1^{^st} for $9,869

Runner-up – Hwang Wei Choong from Malaysia – 2^{^nd} for $5,869

Maulik Bharatkumar Shukla from India – 6th for $1,601

Event 9: Mystery Bounty

Date: January 20-22, 2024

Buy in: USD 800

Guarantee: USD 200,000

Entries: 532 (295 unique)

Prize pool: USD 371,549

ITM: 68 players

Winner – Andrej Desset from Slovakia – 1^{^st} for $67,506

Runner-up – Jason Tyler Kapoor from USA – 2^{^nd} for $35,251

Dhaval Mudgal India – 19th for $2,765

Shivam Shukla India – 63rd for $855

Event 12: Deepstack Turbo Big Bounty

Date: January 20, 2024

Buy in: USD 550

Entries: 154 (118 unique)

Prize pool: USD 74,690

ITM: 20 places

Winner : Seongho Cho from Korea – 1^{^st} for $9,725

Runner-up: Xiao Yi Loo from Singapore – 2^{^nd} for $6,310

Maulik Bharatkumar Shukla from India – 6th for $1,448

Chakshu Deep Raina from India – 7^{^th} for $1,258

Event 13: Freezeout

Date: January 21, 2024

Buy in: USD 230

Players: 107

Prize pool: USD 20,758

ITM: 14 places

Winner: Chi Wai Will Kwok from Hong Kong -1^st for $3,697*

Runner-up: Shravan Kumar Singh India 2^{^nd} for $4,489*

Event 15: 8 Max Survivor 2K Bounty

Date: January 22 to 24, 2024

Buy in: USD 1,100

Guarantee: USD 150,000

Entries: 429 (215 unique)

Prize pool: USD 244,530

Bounty pool: USD 171,600

ITM: 54 players

Winner: Hyeonsik Yun from Korea – 1^{^st} for $50,418

Runner-up for Marc Joseph from South Africa = 2^{^nd} for $32,478

Amit Kaushik from India – 48^{^th} for $1,257

Event 16: Megastack

Buy in: USD 300

Entries: 189 (152 unique)

Prize pool: USD 49,499

ITM: 24 places

Winner : Abhishek Goyal from Australia – 1^{^st} for $12,543

Runner-up Dmitrii Gnusaev from Russia – 2^{^nd} for $8,556

Ramprasad Arunagiri from India – 10th for $1,084

Event 18: Deepstack 20/15/10/5

Date: January 22, 2024

Buy in: USD 550

Entries:51 (46 unique)

Prize pool: USD 24,735

ITM: 7 places

Winner: Aayush Arya from India – 1^{^st} for $9,152

Runner-up: Qiuyao Dong from China – 2^{^nd} for $5,442

Asish Kumar Ghosh from India – 5th for $1,855

Event 19: Superstack Freezeout

Buy in: USD 230

Players: 149

Prize pool: USD 28,906

ITM: 19 places

Winner – Zachary David Seymour from USA -1^{^st} for $7,977

Runner – up – Yuhang Chen from China – 2^{^nd} for $5,059

Jatin Sablani from India – 4th for $1,807

Chakshu Deep Raina India – 8th for $903

Event 20: Megastack Action Clock

Date: January 24, 2024

Buy in: USD 400

Entries: 277 (238 unique)

Prize pool: USD 79,268

ITM: 29 places

Winner: Marc Rivera from Philippines – 1^{^st} for $18,679

Jonas Stubjer Huttel from Denmark – 3^{^rd} for $13,117

Amit Kaushik from India – 3^{^rd} for $8,125

Shravan Kumar Singh from India – 10^{^th} for $1,631

Maulik Bharatkumar Shukla from India -23^{^rd} for $733

Event 26: Deepstack Freezeout

Date: January 25, 2024

Buy in: USD 400

Players: 99

Prize poo: USD 34,571

ITM: 13 places

Winner: Justin Geronimo from Philippines – 1^{^st} for $8,513*

Runner-up: Victor Fook Kiong Chong from Malaysia – 2^{^nd} for $8,513*

Abhishek Dalmia from India – 13^{^th} for $864

Event 29: Superstack Turbo

Date: January 26, 2024

Buy in: USD 550

Entries: 89 (80 unique)

Prize pool: USD 43,165

ITM: 12 places

Winner: Robert Andrew Sherwood from UK – 1^{^st} for $13,694

Runner-up: Amir Abbas from New Zealand – 2^{^nd} for $8,201

Amit Kaushik from India – 8^{^th} for $1,511

Maulik Bharatkumar Shukla from India – 9^{^th} for $1,370

Event 30: PLO Hyper Turbo

Date: January 26, 2024

Buy in: USD 200

Entries: 55

Prize pool: USD 9,336

ITM: 7 places

Winner: Shivam Shukla from India – 1^{^st} for $3,455

Runner-up: Aike Ing from Myanmar – 2^{^nd} for $2,054

Event 33: Mini Championship Freezeout

Date: January 27 to 28, 2024

Buy in: USD 1,100

Players: 146

Prize pool: USD 141,620

ITM: 19 places

Winner: Yita Choong from Australia -1^{^st} for $39,096

Runner-up: Krit Skulgunbundit from Thailand – 2^{^nd} for $24,784

Binit Saraf from India – 12^{^th} for $3,399

Event 34: Mini High Roller

Date: January 27 to 28, 2024

Buy in: USD 2,200

Entries: 166 (147 unique)

Prize pool: USD 322,040

ITM: 22 places

Winner: Tianyuan Tang from China – 1^{^st} for $77,023

Runner-up: Abhijith Cheruku from India – 2^{^nd} for $51,197

Aditya Agarwal from India – 6^{^th} for $15,464

Event 36: Bounty

Buy in: USD 800

Entries: 112 (89 unique)

Prize pool: USD 50,221

Bounty pool: USD 28,000

ITM: 14 places

Winner: Adrien Berger from France – 1^{^st} for $14,740

Hwang Hyunsub from Korea – 2^{^nd} for $9,416

Vikaash Shah from India – 14^{^th} for $1,180

Event 38: Superstack Turbo Freezeout

Date: January 28, 2024

Buy in: USD 300

Players: 137

Prize pool: USD 35,880

ITM: 18 places

Winner: Jie Wu from China – 1^{^st} for $10,030

Runner-up: Assim Oualhadj from Belgium – 2^{^nd} for $6,315

Kaushal Vasa from India – 5^{^th} for $1,758

Shravan Kumar Singh from India -6^{^th} for $1,471

Dhaval Mudgal from India – 9^{^th} for $1,003

Pratik Modi from India – 11^{^th} for $879

Event 40: Micro Championship

Date: January 30, 2024

Buy in: USD 300

Entries: 124 (99 unique)

Prize pool: USD 32,476

ITM: 16 places

Winner: Jacson Feng from Singapore – 1^{^st} for $9,417

Runner-up: Justin Geronimo from Philippines – 2^{^nd} for $5,846

Nudurumati Pradeep from India – 6^{^th} for $1,396

Abhijith Cheruku from India – 15^{^th} for $723

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