Artem Vezhenkov is the primary participant so as to add their title 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 maintain’em most important occasion, incomes his first WPT title and a career-best rating of $390,650.
“I am very happy,” Vezhenkov informed WPT reporters after popping out on high. “I was surprised because it was the best tournament of my whole life. The best main event, the best structure, it’s perfect.”
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 high 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 operating deep.
The remaining desk started with Ankit Ahuja out in entrance, whereas Vezhenkov and four-time bracelet winner Dominik Nitsche sizzling on his heels.
Daniel Charlton acquired the final of his critically quick stack in with Okay-7 in opposition to the A-6 suited of Nitsche, with Vezhenkov additionally coming alongside. The flop got here down A
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to offer Nitsche quads and he guess small. Vezhenkov folded and Charlton came upon that he was already drawing lifeless. The flip and river had 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 quick 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 title.
Vezhenkov held 23,875,000 to Ronald Haverkamp’s 13,525,000 when heads-up play started. He was capable of prolong that benefit even additional forward of the ultimate hand. Vezhenkov limped in for 250,000 complete with Q10 and Haverkamp checked with Okay6. The flop got here down Q103
and Haverkamp check-called a min-bet of 250,000. The Okay noticed one other examine from Haverkamp. Vezhenkov guess 1,300,000 and obtained one other name. The 10 on the top drew a 3rd examine 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.
Final Table Results
| Place | Player | Earnings | POY Points |
| 1 | Artem Vezhenkov | $390,650 | 1368 |
| 2 | Ronald Haverkamp | $255,000 | 1140 |
| 3 | Ankit Ahuja | $189,000 | 912 |
| 4 | Supakit Anukoolpitaknil | $142,000 | 684 |
| 5 | Dominik Nitsche | $107,000 | 570 |
| 6 | Daniel Charlton | $82,000 | 456 |
| 7 | Aditya Agarwal | $63,000 | 342 |
| 8 | Neng Zhao | $49,000 | 228 |
| 9 | Collin Ho | $38,500 | 114 |
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