Andrei Kalgin Wins WPT Prime Cambodia Championship for $154,170
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Andrei Kalhin entered the final session of the $1,100 buy-in WPT Prime Cambodia Championship in a solid position. He left the tournament area after the day completed in the best position of them all — with all the chips.
The champion took home $154,170 at the NagaWorld Integrated Resort in Phnom Penn, Cambodia, beating out a field of 1,095 entrants. He didn't just earn a career-high score. This was Kalgin's first cash of any significance. Joshua Figuerres took second place and $103,000.
Final Table Action
Kalgin entered Day 3 with 51 big blinds with 15 players remaining. Hwisoo Kim was the chip leader at 90 big blinds.
Kim would go on to extend his lead after eliminating Jan Jason Leonicio in seventh place ($25,000) by winning a 60/40 hand. At that point, Kalgin was his nearest competitor, but trailed 2:1 in chips. Ilias Sagias (sixth place for $33,000) and Tomas Dedinas (fifth place for $43,500) were the next to go, and Kim's lead was slightly deteriorating as the blind sizes began to become a factor.
Final Table Results
| Place | Player | Country | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Andrei Kalgin | $154,170 | |
| 2 | Joshua Figuerres | $103,000 | |
| 3 | Pang Kok Yong | $76,000 | |
| 4 | Hwisoo Kim | $58,000 | |
| 5 | Tomas Dedinas | $43,500 | |
| 6 | Ilias Sagias | $33,000 | |
| 7 | Jan Jason Leoncio | $25,000 | |
| 8 | Rindra Norodom | $19,800 | |
| 9 | Chak Hei Chan | $15,600 |
During four-handed play, Figuerres would take a slight lead. Pang Kok Yong would double through Kim before then eliminating Kim in fourth place ($58,000) with pocket kings.
With the start-of-day chip leader gone, Figuerres had built a sizable chip lead. Kalgin became the shortest stack, but with 37 big blinds, he was far from in any sort of danger. Kalgin would slowly chip up, and the three-handed match turned into anyone's ballgame.
The contest began to swing in Kalgin's favor when he doubled up with AxKx against Figuerres's Ax4x and moved into the chip lead. He would hold it the rest of the way. Yong busted to Kalgin in third place for $76,000, and then Figuerres moved all in with Q♣Q♥ against A♥J♣. The flop came out 10♦Q♦K♥, giving Kalgin a straight and his opponent a set.
The board didn't pair up on the turn or river, which meant Figuerres was out in second place for $103,000. Kalgin, a Russian poker player with less than $5,000 in previous live tournament cashes, collected $154,170 and a $10,400 seat into the season-ending WPT World Championship at Wynn Las Vegas in December.
