Andrei Kalgin Wins WPT Prime Cambodia Championship for $154,170

Andrei Kalhin entered the ultimate session of the $1,100 buy-in WPT Prime Cambodia Championship in a strong place. He left the event space after the day accomplished in the very best place of all of them — with all of the chips.

The champion took residence $154,170 on the NagaWorld Built-in Resort in Phnom Penn, Cambodia, beating out a subject of 1,095 entrants. He did not simply earn a career-high rating. This was Kalgin’s first money of any significance. Joshua Figuerres took second place and $103,000.

Ultimate Desk Motion

Kalgin entered Day 3 with 51 large blinds with 15 gamers remaining. Hwisoo Kim was the chip chief at 90 large blinds.

Kim would go on to increase his lead after eliminating Jan Jason Leonicio in seventh place ($25,000) by profitable a 60/40 hand. At that time, Kalgin was his nearest competitor, however trailed 2:1 in chips. Ilias Sagias (sixth place for $33,000) and Tomas Dedinas (fifth place for $43,500) had been the following to go, and Kim’s lead was barely deteriorating because the blind sizes started to turn out to be an element.

Ultimate Desk Outcomes

Throughout four-handed play, Figuerres would take a slight lead. Pang Kok Yong would double by Kim earlier than then eliminating Kim in fourth place ($58,000) with pocket kings.

With the start-of-day chip chief gone, Figuerres had constructed a large chip lead. Kalgin turned the shortest stack, however with 37 large blinds, he was removed from in any type of hazard. Kalgin would slowly chip up, and the three-handed match changed into anybody’s ballgame.

The competition started to swing in Kalgin’s favor when he doubled up with AxKx towards Figuerres’s Ax4x and moved into the chip lead. He would maintain it the remainder of the best way. Yong busted to Kalgin in third place for $76,000, after which Figuerres moved all in with Q♣Q♥ towards A♥J♣. The flop got here out 10♦Q♦Ok♥, giving Kalgin a straight and his opponent a set.

The board did not pair up on the flip or river, which meant Figuerres was out in second place for $103,000. Kalgin, a Russian poker participant with lower than $5,000 in earlier dwell event cashes, collected $154,170 and a $10,400 seat into the season-ending WPT World Championship at Wynn Las Vegas in December.