Russian Triumphs In World Poker Tour Cambodia Championship

Artem Vezhenkov is the primary participant so as to add their identify to the Mike Sexton WPT Champions Cup in 2025. The Russian participant beat out a discipline of 750 entries within the World Poker Tour Cambodia Championship $3,500 buy-in no-limit hold’em main event, incomes his first WPT title and a career-best rating of $390,650.

“I’m very blissful,” Vezhenkov instructed WPT reporters after popping out on prime. “I used to be stunned as a result of it was the perfect event of my entire life. The very best primary occasion, the perfect construction, it’s excellent.”

This victory pushed Vezhenkov’s lifetime earnings over $2 million. This was his fourth profession six-figure rating, with the prior three all coming in Triton Poker excessive curler tournaments.

A complete of $2,400,750 in prize cash was awarded on this occasion, greater than $900,000 over the $1.5 million assure. The highest 94 finishers cashed, with notables like four-time bracelet winner Michael Gathy (thirty sixth), WPT anchor Lynn Gilmartin (thirty first), Dylan Destefano (nineteenth), 2024 WPT Prime Paris champion Hugues Girard (14th), and bracelet winner Aditya Agarwal (seventh) all working deep.

The ultimate desk started with Ankit Ahuja out in entrance, whereas Vezhenkov and four-time bracelet winner Dominik Nitsche scorching on his heels.

Daniel Charlton obtained the final of his critically brief stack in with Ok-7 in opposition to the A-6 suited of Nitsche, with Vezhenkov additionally coming alongside. The flop got here down AAA to present Nitsche quads and he guess small. Vezhenkov folded and Charlton discovered that he was already drawing useless. The flip and river have been mere formalities, and Charlton headed to the rail with $82,000.

Nitsche’s run got here to an finish when his turned second nut flush was outrun by the rivered nut flush of Supakit Anukoolpitaknil. Nitsche was awarded $107,000 because the fifth-place finisher, rising his lifetime earnings to just about $21 million.

Anukoolpitaknil ran A-7 into the A-J suited of Vezhenkov to complete fourth ($142,000). Ahuja held the lead when three-handed play started, however was floor all the way down to the brief stack and ultimately knocked out in third place ($189,000). The 2023 Eureka Poker Tour Cyprus champion earned $189,000 for this podium end. He now has $2,977,740 in profession cashes to his identify.

Vezhenkov held 23,875,000 to Ronald Haverkamp’s 13,525,000 when heads-up play started. He was in a position to lengthen that benefit even additional forward of the ultimate hand. Vezhenkov limped in for 250,000 whole with Q10 and Haverkamp checked with Ok6. The flop got here down Q103 and Haverkamp check-called a min-bet of 250,000. The Ok noticed one other test from Haverkamp. Vezhenkov guess 1,300,000 and acquired one other name. The ten on the tip drew a 3rd test from Haverkamp. Vezhenkov guess sufficient to place his opponent in danger and Haverkamp went into the tank. He ultimately made the decision with kings and queens, solely to be proven the successful full home of Vezhenkov. Haverkamp earned $255,000, the biggest recorded rating but for the Dutch participant.

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