Big Turnout At WPT Cambodia Championship Warm Up With 398 Entries; James Brooks Leads Day 2 Lineup

WPT Cambodia field

Day 2 at WPT Cambodia – Passport To The World Championship – saw the Championship Warm Up draw plenty of attention with a wave of new arrivals and Day 1A fallouts eagerly pulling up seats. The last two flights were on deck, and by the end of registration, it pulled in 337 entries. Combined with the Day 1A turnout of 61 entries, the event drew a total of 398 entries for a $193,030 prize pool.

James Brooks, Hogyun Kang Top Flights

James Brooks at WPT Cambodia
James Brooks

Returning to the felt on July 14, 2024 are 76 survivors led by UK’s James Brooks who topped Day 1B. During the last level of play, Brooks was already one of the leading stacks when he shipped a big pot with a set of Nines that simultaneously eliminated a player. He enters the final day with 101 bb.

Hogyun Kang at WPT Cambodia
Hogyun Kang

At the Day 1C Turbo, Korea’s Hogyun Kang topped the counts to earn third rank in the overall Day 2 lineup, he returns with 69 bb. Sandwiched in between is Day 1A heat leader Dmytro Lytvynov from Ukraine with 79 bb.

Danielle Noja at WPT Cambodia
Danielle Noja

Other players making the cut in these flights were 2024 WPT Cambodia Championship POY player and finalists Jinlong Hu, Amit Kaushik, Kyle Bao Diep,  Trung Quan Nguyen, Dhanesh Chainani, Sean Ooi, and Ryan Revai. Australia’s Danielle Noja had a stellar day. He finished 2nd at the PLO event then jumped in the Day 1C Turbo and bagged up a healthy 26 bb.

Breaking it down by nations, Korea returns strong in Day 2 with 12 players in the lineup. China and India follow with 10 each. Viet Nam is not too far behind with 7 players.

Listed below are the top 10 in chips. For the full list, head to the Championship Warm Up Live Updates page.

1 James Robert Brooks UK 809,500
2 Dmytro Lytvynov Ukraine 635,000
3 Hogyun Kang Korea 555,000
4 Craig Daniel Jones UK 537,500
5 Young Hun Kim Korea 475,000
6 Vishal Ojha India 441,500
7 Bing Wang China 424,500
8 Trung Quan Nguyen Viet Nam 419,500
9 Chainani Dhanesh Singapore 394,000
10 Nikesh Vijay Chawla India 385,000

Championship Warm Up – Numbers

Date: July 12-14, 2024
Buy in: $550
Guarantee: $100,000
Entries: 398
Prize pool: $193,030
ITM: 50 players

Day 1A: 61 entries / 11 advanced
Day 1B: 217 entries / 34 advanced
Day 1C: 120 entries / 31 advanced
Day 2 qualifiers: 76 players

Payouts

1 $38,743
2 $27,908
3 $17,940
4 $11,900
5 $9,159
6 $7,586
7 $6,360
8 $5,171
9 $3,984
10-12 $3,349
13-15
$2,818
16-18 $2,307
19-21 $1,921
22-24 $1,602
25-27 $1,351
28-36 $1,091
37-45 $984
46-50 $892

Seat Draw

Lars Hougaard Denmark T-01 [01] 232,000
Jaewook Jo Korea T-01 [02] 249,500
Kai Fong Fam Singapore T-01 [03] 104,500
Yonghwa Jung Korea T-01 [04] 114,000
Ngoc Linh Cao Viet Nam T-01 [05] 227,000
Amit Kaushik India T-01 [06] 77,000
Jinlong Hu China T-01 [07] 312,000
Yeonkyo Hong Korea T-01 [08] 116,000
Yi Chuen Hung Taiwan T-01 [09] 84,000
Xinglong Huang China T-02 [01] 226,000
Danielle Noja Australia T-02 [02] 208,500
James Robert Brooks United Kingdom T-02 [03] 809,500
Hyunsub Hwang Korea T-02 [04] 163,500
Dmytro Lytvynov Ukraine T-02 [06] 635,000
Joseph Sandaev Australia T-02 [07] 148,500
Raju Jaruplavath India T-02 [08] 124,000
Patrik Selin Sweden T-02 [09] 201,000
Nikesh Vijay Chawla India T-03 [01] 385,000
Antonius Franciscus Krijn Netherlands T-03 [02] 142,500
Shaohua Luo China T-03 [03] 121,000
Sorawit Suriyakarn Thailand T-03 [04] 146,000
Khoa Anh Ngo Viet Nam T-03 [05] 90,000
Mingchen Zhang China T-03 [06] 88,500
Nemiroysky Dmitry Russia T-03 [07] 65,000
Yong Chen China T-03 [08] 150,000
Jia Yi Low Singapore T-03 [09] 79,500
Haile Rafik Kuo Grenada T-08 [01] 263,000
Vishal Ojha India T-08 [02] 441,500
Khrongphat Kongprasert Thailand T-08 [03] 70,500
Cliton Taliwanth South Africa T-08 [04] 187,000
Lei Zhang China T-08 [05] 187,000
Stanislav Kovalenko Russia T-08 [06] 263,000
Yuto Watanabe Japan T-08 [07] 250,500
Thi Xuan Ha Tran Viet Nam T-08 [08] 172,500
Khayal Abbasov Azerbaijan T-08 [09] 92,500
Patrick James Standen Canada T-09 [01] 104,500
Trung Quan Nguyen Viet Nam T-09 [02] 419,500
Harsh Dev Rajendra Kumar Jhirmiria India T-09 [03] 261,500
Jayden Anthony Zalac Australia T-09 [04] 121,000
Dorian Paul Charles Debals France T-09 [05] 52,500
Andrei Budykin Russia T-09 [06] 135,000
Ki Bum Park Korea T-09 [07] 253,000
Young Hun Kim Korea T-09 [09] 475,000
Craig Daniel Jones United Kingdom T-13 [01] 537,500
Frank James Lillis Ireland T-13 [03] 56,000
Bing Wang China T-13 [04] 424,500
Gyula Ryan Revai Canada T-13 [05] 115,000
Max Benjamin Christian Menzel Germany T-13 [06] 67,500
Juyeol Lee Korea T-13 [07] 183,000
Xiaosheng Zheng China T-13 [08] 364,000
Ayan Biswas India T-13 [09] 261,500
Chainani Dhanesh Vijaykumar Singapore T-14 [01] 394,000
Seokjun Lee Korea T-14 [02] 134,500
Nguyen Nam Duong Viet Nam T-14 [04] 83,500
Somashekar Kurkhepally Nahadeva India T-14 [05] 76,000
Quan Qiu China T-14 [06] 285,000
William Salim Indonesia T-14 [07] 162,000
Faiz Alam India T-14 [08] 100,000
Hwanho Choe Korea T-14 [09] 279,500
Seonggwon Kim Korea T-15 [01] 96,000
Siddharth Chetanbhai Karia India T-15 [03] 243,000
Van Hung Khuc Viet Nam T-15 [04] 110,000
Vikaash Shah India T-15 [05] 321,500
Junpeng Pan China T-15 [06] 70,500
Zheko Valentinov Dinev Bulgaria T-15 [07] 164,500
Stefan Nagl Hong Kong T-15 [08] 352,000
Erwan Michel Regnault France T-15 [09] 83,500
Ryan Nicholas Johnson Usa T-43 [01] 50,500
Zhi Jian Sean Ooi Malaysia T-43 [02] 361,000
Kyoungseok Chai Korea T-43 [03] 215,000
Kyle Bao Quoc An Diep USA T-43 [04] 106,500
Bihari Michael Adam Hungary T-43 [05] 317,500
Kai Yat Fam Singapore T-43 [06] 174,500
Chayanit Weerapan Thailand T-43 [07] 30,500
Hogyun Kang Korea T-43 [08] 555,000
Quang Huy Nguyen Viet Nam T-43 [09] 101,500

Action resumes at 11:30am local time. Somuchpoker will be onsite to bring you the action via the Live Epdates.

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