Day 1C Ends with Joshua Zimmerman Leading 61 Survivors

Photo:  Day 1C Chipleader Joshua Zimmerman

Day 1C of WPT Prime Cambodia added another 482 entries, creating a total field size of 1,011 and a total prizepool worth $980,670.

Action ended at 1:47 pm when Dennis Ng was eliminated on the Money Bubble by Vinh Hai Huynh. Action ended in Level 17, with blinds at 5,000-10,000 with a 10,000 ante.

There were 61 survivors in today’s flight, and the full list of official chip counts will be released by the casino later tonight. In the meantime, here’s a preview of the top of the leaderboard:

1.  Joshua Zimmerman  –  789,000  (79 bb)
2.  Nevan Chung  –  650,000  (65 bb)
3.  Matthieu Lamagnere  –  550,000  (55 bb)
4.  Pete Chen  –  533,000  (53 bb)

There are a total of 128 players returning for Day 2, which begins tomorrow (Sunday) at 1:00 pm. Day 2 will begin with the blinds where they ended in the flight that ended the earliest, which in this case was Day 1A, which ended with 11:13 remaining in Level 16, with blinds at 4,000-8,000 with an 8,000 ante.

As this was the final starting flight, the prizepool was released today. Here is the full list of payouts:

1st:  $173,130*
2nd:  $108,540
3rd:  $80,150
4th:  $59,820
5th:  $45,120
6th:  $34,400
7th:  $26,510
8th:  $20,660
9th-10th:  $16,280
11th-12th:  $12,980
13th-14th:  $10,460
15th-16th:  $8,530
17th-20th:  $7,040
21st-24th:  $5,880
25th-32nd:  $4,970
33rd-40th:  $4,250
41st-48th:  $3,680
49th-56th:  $3,220
57th-64th:  $2,860
65th-72nd:  $2,570
73rd-80th:  $2,340
81st-88th:  $2,160
89th-104th:  $1,990
105th-116th:  $1,860
117th-128th:  $1,800

Day 2 begins tomorrow (Sunday) at 1:00 pm. Stay tuned to WPT.com for our continuing coverage of WPT Prime Cambodia.

* First-prize amount includes the winner’s $10,400 seat into the season-ending WPT World Championship at Wynn Las Vegas.