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Asia Pacific Poker Tour

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11/23/2023, 11:55:00 PM

Chao Ting Cheng doubles through Mai

Level 23: 10,000 / 25,000

25,000 ante

Chao Ting Cheng shoves with A♣ K♦ and Bien Mai snap calls with A♠ Q♥ , the board runs 6♥ 7♣ 8♦ T♠ 5♥ for a double up to Cheng.

Chip Counts

Player	Chips	Progress
CT Chao Ting Cheng	600,000(24 BB)	180,000
BM Bien Mai	550,000(22 BB)	-400,000

Main Event Day 2

Dates: May 12-15, 2023 Buy in: US$ 1,500 Guarantee: US$ 400,000 Entries: 476 Prize pool: US$ 623,322 ITM: 71 places

Chips in play: 14,280,000

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11/23/2023, 11:45:00 PM

Junnie Pamplona ships a big pot against Tan

Level 23: 10,000 / 25,000

25,000 ante

Catching the action on a board showing 9♣ 4♠ T♦ 9♠ 6♥ , Junnie Pamplona roars upon winning the huge pot with A♠ T♥ beating Philip Tan’s K♦ Q♣ .

Chip Counts

Player	Chips	Progress
JP Junnie Pamplona	3,200,000(128 BB)	2,000,000
PT Philip Tan	650,000(26 BB)	-1,150,000

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11/23/2023, 11:35:00 PM

Tsai three-bets to take it down

Level 23: 10,000 / 25,000

25,000 ante

Kien Tat Heng raises to 60,000, Eric Tsai three-bets to 175,000, no callers.

Chip Counts

Player	Chips	Progress
ET Eric Tsai	2,500,000(100 BB)	-50,000

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11/23/2023, 11:25:00 PM

Betting war goes to Hua Wei Lin

Level 23: 10,000 / 25,000

25,000 ante

Eric Tsai raises to 55,000, button Evgenii Nekrasov three-bets to 150,000, small blind Hua Wei Lin four-bet jams, no callers.

Chip Counts

Player	Chips	Progress
HW Hua Wei Lin	1,060,000(42 BB)	-40,000

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11/23/2023, 11:15:00 PM

New round begins, 11 players remaining

Level 23: 10,000 / 25,000

25,000 ante

11 players remaining. Two more bust before the day wraps up with the final 9.

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11/23/2023, 11:10:00 PM

Nut flush for Torres

Level 22: 10,000 / 20,000

20,000 ante

Catching the action on a board 6♣ 9♣ 4♥ 7♦ T♣ , Bien Mai bets 150,000, Jimmy Torres raises to 500,000, snap-called by Mai who then folds when the A♣ K♣ nut flush is revealed.

Chip Counts

Player	Chips	Progress
JT Jimmy Torres	3,175,000(159 BB)	1,475,000
BM Bien Mai	950,000(48 BB)	-800,000

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11/23/2023, 11:00:00 PM

Evgenii Nekrasov jams, Lin tank-folds

Level 22: 10,000 / 20,000

20,000 ante

Cutoff Evgenii Nekrasov raises to 45,000, button player Hua Wei Lin three bets to 140,000, back to Nekrasov with a jam of 980,000, Lin folds.

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11/23/2023, 10:50:00 PM

Andy Li Xue Yan eliminated in 12th place - US$ 7,729

Level 22: 10,000 / 20,000

20,000 ante

Andy Li Xue Yan goes bust with T♥ T♦ outdrawn by K♠ Q♣ on a board of 6♣ 2♣ 4♦ A♣ T♣ . Tsai completes a flush.

Chip Counts

Player	Chips	Progress
ET Eric Tsai	2,550,000(128 BB)	650,000

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11/23/2023, 10:45:00 PM

Lukasz Janowicz eliminated in 13th place - US$ 7,729

Level 22: 10,000 / 20,000

20,000 ante

Lukasz Jankowicz is all in with A♥ Q♥ , Hua Wei Lin calls with 9♠ 9♥ , with the board running J♣ 3♣ T♠ J♦ 2♦ , Lin ships it as Jankowics ships out.

Chip Counts

Player	Chips	Progress
HW Hua Wei Lin	1,100,000(55 BB)	560,000

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11/23/2023, 10:40:00 PM

Asish Ghosh eliminated in 14th place - US$ 6,732

Level 22: 10,000 / 20,000

20,000 ante

On a flop 9♠ J♣ {ad, Asish Ghosh is all in for 310,000 and is called by Kien Tat Heng. Ghosh has Q♦ T♣ , Kien with A♠ 6♠ top pair. With the turn J♦ and river 6♣ , Ghosh is out in 14th place.

Chip Counts

Player	Chips	Progress
KT Kien Tat Heng	1,200,000(60 BB)	380,000

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11/23/2023, 10:35:00 PM

Lev Kydatov eliminated in 15th place - US$ 6,732

Level 22: 10,000 / 20,000

20,000 ante

Down to 5 bb, Lev Kydatov is all in with A♦ 5♦ and is called by Jun Lai with A♣ J♣ , the board comes 2♣ 6♣ Q♣ K♥ A♦ to end Kydatov’s run in 15th place.

Chip Counts

Player	Chips	Progress
JL Jun Lai	550,000(28 BB)	60,000

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11/23/2023, 10:30:00 PM

Chao Ting Cheng wins the next bout against Kydatov

Level 22: 10,000 / 20,000

20,000 ante

Chao Ting Cheng and Lev Kydatov meet again. Cheng is now ahead with Q♠ Q♦ , Kydatov with K♦ Q♥ , the board runs 2♦ 7♦ J♠ 9♦ 6♠ for a double up to Cheng.

Chip Counts

Player	Chips	Progress
CT Chao Ting Cheng	420,000(21 BB)	85,000
LK Lev Kydatov	100,000(5 BB)	-400,000

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11/23/2023, 10:25:00 PM

Chao Ting Cheng runs into Kydatov’s rockets

Level 22: 10,000 / 20,000

20,000 ante

Chao Ting Cheng limps in, Lev Kydatov shoves, Cheng calls and sees he is behind. Kydatov has [ad} A♣ , Cheng with A♠ T♣ , the board is Q♥ Q♣ T♠ 6♣ 6♠ . Cheng pays the double up of 225,000.

Chip Counts

Player	Chips	Progress
LK Lev Kydatov	500,000(25 BB)	500,000
CT Chao Ting Cheng	335,000(17 BB)	-1,490,000

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11/23/2023, 10:20:00 PM

Huu Dung Nguyen eliminated in 16th place - US$ 5,984

Level 22: 10,000 / 20,000

20,000 ante

Huu Dung Nguyen al in with A♥ Q♥ and is flipping against Kien Tat Heng 8♣ 8♥ . With the board running 9♣ 7♠ 6♣ 8♠ J♣ , Kien further improves to rail Nguyen.

Chip Counts

Player	Chips	Progress
KT Kien Tat Heng	820,000(41 BB)	770,000

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11/23/2023, 10:15:00 PM

Jun Young Park falls in 17th place - US$ 5,984

Level 22: 10,000 / 20,000

20,000 ante

Jun Young Park all in with K♠ {qh and is dominated by Bien Mai’s A♦ Q♠ , no help comes as the board runs 2♥ A♠ 6♣ 4♠ 5♠ .

Chip Counts

Player	Chips	Progress
BM Bien Mai	1,750,000(88 BB)	550,000

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11/23/2023, 10:05:00 PM

Ashish Munot eliminated in 18th place - US$ 5,361

Level 21: 8,000 / 16,000

16,000 ante

Down to his last 130,000, Ashish Munot is all in with Q♦ 5♦ , Philip Tan calls with T♥ T♠ , the board runs 5♠ 7♠ 9♥ 6♥ J♥ .

Chip Counts

Player	Chips	Progress
PT Philip Tan	1,800,000(113 BB)	-50,000

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11/23/2023, 10:00:00 PM

Lukasz Janowicz doubles through Mai

Level 21: 8,000 / 16,000

16,000 ante

All in preflop, Lukasz Janowicz dominates with 8♣ 8♠ against Bien Mai 7♦ 7♥ . The board runs Q♣ K♦ 9♣ J♥ A♠ .

Chip Counts

Player	Chips	Progress
LJ Lukasz Janowicz	440,000(28 BB)	-190,000

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11/23/2023, 9:55:00 PM

Philip Tan banks a massive double up. Pamplona stunned

Level 21: 8,000 / 16,000

16,000 ante

From hijack Junnie Pamplona raises to 36,000, cutoff Ashish Munot calls, button Philip Tan three-bets to 151,000, Pamplona calls, Munot shoves, Tan shoves, Pamplona tanks and expresses his disbelief. He then folds and shows J♥ J♦ .

Munot A♦ Q♥ Tan A♣ K♠

When the board runs 6♦ 3♣ 7♦ 9♥ 8♣ , Pamplona is shaken as he would have won, instead, Tan ships a massive double up and Munot plunges.

Chip Counts

Player	Chips	Progress
PT Philip Tan	1,850,000(116 BB)	900,000
JP Junnie Pamplona	1,200,000(75 BB)	-100,000
AM Ashish Munot	140,000(9 BB)	-860,000

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11/23/2023, 9:50:00 PM

Bo Jin eliminated in 19th place - US$ 5,361

Level 21: 8,000 / 16,000

16,000 ante

Bo Jin is all in with A♦ T♥ and is dominated by Jun Lai with A♣ J♦ . The board offers no help to Jin as it runs 5♣ 9♦ 4♦ K♦ 5♥ to exit in 19th place.

Chip Counts

Player	Chips	Progress
JL Jun Lai	490,000(31 BB)	490,000

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11/23/2023, 9:40:00 PM

Hao Tian eliminated in 20th place - US$ 5,36

Level 21: 8,000 / 16,000

116,000 ante

Hao Tien is all in for 28,000 and finds two callers, Eric Tsai and Bo Jin. With the board running 5♥ A♦ 3♦ , and no side pot bets, Hao has Q♦ T♥ , Tsai with K♣ J♥ , Jin mucks.

Chip Counts

Player	Chips
ET Eric Tsai	1,900,000(119 BB)

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11/23/2023, 9:35:00 PM

Bo Jin doubles through

Level 21: 8,000 / 16,000

16,000 ante

Bo Jin is all in with pocket Sixes and is challenged by Hal Rotholz with overcards King-Queen. Jin further improves with a six on the turn to double up his short stack.

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11/23/2023, 9:30:00 PM

Yannick Jobin eliminated in 21st place - US$ 4,737

Level 21: 8,000 / 16,000

16,000 ante

Short stacked Yannick Jobin all with T♠ 8♥ and finds no luck on the board to fall to Junnie Pamplona‘s A♦ J♥ .

Chip Counts

Player	Chips	Progress
JP Junnie Pamplona	1,300,000(81 BB)	360,000

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11/23/2023, 9:25:00 PM

Ilia Miashikev eliminated in 22nd place - US$ 4,737

Level 21: 8,000 / 16,000

16,000 ante

Ilia Miashikev raises to 35,000, Eric Tsai three-bets to 125,000, Miashikev four-bets to 350,000 leaving himself 25,000 behind. Tsai shoves, Miashikev tosses in the rest and opens T♠ T♥ . He is dominated both by chips and hand by Tsai with pocket Q♣ Q♥ . Despite calling out for some help, none arrives on the board for Miashikev to bust in 22nd place.

Chip Counts

Player	Chips	Progress
ET Eric Tsai	1,900,000(119 BB)	800,000

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11/23/2023, 9:20:00 PM

Jimmy Torres drags in a big pot against Jin

Level 21: 8,000 / 16,000

16,000 ante

From utg, Bo Jin raises to 32,000, cutoff Jimmy Torres three-bets to 95,000, Jin calls. At the flop J♣ 4♣ 7♠ , Torres c-bets 80,000, Jin check-calls. Both players check the turn K♦ , but on the river K♦ , Torres resumes betting with 100,000 laid out, Jin check-calls then mucks to Torres’ A♠ J♦ .

Chip Counts

Player	Chips	Progress
JT Jimmy Torres	1,700,000(106 BB)	400,000
BJ Bo Jin	135,000(8 BB)	-470,000

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11/23/2023, 9:15:00 PM

Philip Tan versus Junnie Pamplona

Level 21: 8,000 / 16,000

16,000 ante

Junnie Pamplona and Ashish Munot both limp, button Philip Tan raises to 40,000, Pamplona calls, Munot folds. At the flop 5♠ 4♥ 8♥ , both check. On the turn J♥ , Pamplona bets 33,000, Tan raises to 103,000, Pamplona flats. On the river Q♥ , Pamplona checks to the aggressor Tan who fires 400,000, Pamplona folds.

Chip Counts

Player	Chips	Progress
PT Philip Tan	950,000(59 BB)	678,000
JP Junnie Pamplona	940,000(59 BB)	30,000

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11/23/2023, 9:10:00 PM

Bien Mai keeps jabbing

Level 21: 8,000 / 16,000

16,000 ante

Three way to the flop 4♥ Q♠ 7♠ 9♦ . Utg Bien Mai bets, Lukasz Jancowicz folds, big blind Hua Wei Lin check-calls. On the turn 6♥ , Lin checks again, Mai fires 175,000, this time Lin folds.

Chip Counts

Player	Chips	Progress
BM Bien Mai	1,200,000(75 BB)	225,000
HW Hua Wei Lin	540,000(34 BB)	318,000
LJ Lukasz Jankowicz	385,000(24 BB)	172,000

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11/23/2023, 9:05:00 PM

Jin Woo Kim eliminated in 23rd place - US$ 4,737

Level 21: 8,000 / 16,000

16,000 ante

Down to 135,000, Jin Woo Kim shoves with K♥ Q♦ , big stacked Bien Mai calls with Q♠ 9♠ , the board runs { 9♥ 7♥ 4♠ A♠ K♠ for runner runner flush to Mai.

Chip Counts

Player	Chips	Progress
BM Bien Mai	975,000(61 BB)	275,000

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11/23/2023, 9:00:00 PM

Yuhan Liu eliminated in 24th place - US$ 4,114

Level 21: 8,000 / 16,000

16,000 ante

Yuhan Liu raises, Eric Tsai three-bets, Liu shoves with J♥ J♣ , Tsai calls, and it’s a flip. With the board running A♠ 3♣ K♥ A♥ 3♦ , Liu is eliminated.

Chip Counts

Player	Chips	Progress
ET Eric Tsai	1,100,000(69 BB)	-250,000

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11/23/2023, 8:55:00 PM

24 players remaining

Level 21: 8,000 / 16,000

16,000 ante

Seat redraw. Next draw is at 16 players.

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11/23/2023, 8:50:00 PM

Nasty way to go for Tantaro, Nekrasov skyrockets

Level 20: 6,000 / 12,000

12,000 ante

All in preflop, Adrien Tantaro ahead with J♥ J♦ and is headed for a double up against Evgenii Nekrasov with T♥ T♣ , but as the board ran 9♣ 7♥ 6♣ 9♥ 8♠ , Nekrasov celebrates the straight and Tantaro gets up to cash out.

Chip Counts

Player	Chips	Progress
EN Evgenii Nekrasov	1,350,000(113 BB)	350,000

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11/23/2023, 8:45:00 PM

Lukasz Janowicz doubles with cowboys

Level 20: 6,000 / 12,000

12,000 ante

Preflop all in Lukaz Janowicz with pocket Kings and Jin Woo Kim looking to rail him with Ace- Queen, a queen lands on the turn but Kim is still behind at the runout to pay the double up.

Chip Counts

Player	Chips	Progress
LJ Lukasz Janowicz	630,000(53 BB)	630,000
JW Jin Woo Kim	180,000(15 BB)	31,000

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11/23/2023, 8:40:00 PM

Hal Rotholz falls to Tsai

Level 20: 6,000 / 12,000

12,000 ante

Short stacked Hal Rotholz all in with K♥ T♣ and runs into big stacked Eric Tsai’s A♠ K♦ . With the board running 8♦ 8♣ 7♠ 5♥ K♣ ,the bigger kicker plays.

Chip Counts

Player	Chips	Progress
ET Eric Tsai	1,350,000(113 BB)	450,000
HR Hal Rotholz	busted	-120,000

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11/23/2023, 8:30:00 PM

Sanchez eliminated, Lim takes the pot

Level 20: 6,000 / 12,000

12,000 ante

Mauricio Sanchez is down to 14,000, Curtis Lim cand Andy Li call. At the flop T♦ Q♠ 4♥ , Lim bets 10,000 into the side pot, Li calls. On the turn A♦ both players check. The river 9♣ , Lim sends out 50,000, this time Li folds. Lim has A♥ T♥ and eliminates Sanchez 4♠ 2♦ .

Chip Counts

Player	Chips	Progress
CL Curtis Lim	400,000(33 BB)	-450,000

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11/23/2023, 8:20:00 PM

Ilia Miakishev wins a good pot

Level 20: 6,000 / 12,000

12,000 ante

On a board J♥ A♠ 2♣ and 76,000 in the pot, small blind Philip Tans bets a small 7,000 and big blind Ilia Miakishev calls. Both players check the turn 2♦ then on the river A♣ , Miakishev bets 65,000, Tan check-calls then mucks to Miakishev’s A♦ T♦ trips.

Chip Counts

Player	Chips	Progress
IM Ilia Miakishev	465,000(39 BB)	-35,000

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11/23/2023, 8:15:00 PM

Rotholz timed out, Nekrasov claims the pot

Level 20: 6,000 / 12,000

12,000 ante

From cutoff, Hal Rotholz raises to 25,000 then calls button Evegnii Nekrasov’s three-bet to 75,000. At the flop 9♣ Q♥ 6♣ , Rotholz checks to the aggressor who fires 55,000, Rotholz calls. On the turn Q♦ , Rotholz switches up and sends 110,000 out front, Nekrasov calls. The river 6♥ , Nekrasov shoves, Rotholz tanks and uses up his last time-bank. When the clock runs out with still no action, his hand is declared a fold.

Chip Counts

Player	Chips	Progress
EN Evgenii Nekrasov	1,000,000(83 BB)	765,000
HR Hal Rotholz	120,000(10 BB)	58,000

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11/23/2023, 8:10:00 PM

Jun Young Park doubles with cowboys

Level 20: 6,000 / 12,000

12,000 ante

All in preflop, Jun Young Park with pocket Kings, Mauricio Sanchez with pocket Nines, the board brings no help to Sanchez for a double up to Park.

Chip Counts

Player	Chips	Progress
JY Jun Young Park	530,000(44 BB)	530,000
MS Mauricio Sanches	14,000(1 BB)	-306,000

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11/23/2023, 8:05:00 PM

Pot for Huu Dung Nguyen

Level 20: 6,000 / 12,000

12,000 ante

With 74,000 in the pot and a flop 4♠ Q♦ 6♣ , utg Huu Dung Nguyen check-raises cutoff Ashish Munot’s 20,000 bet to make it 40,000 to go. On the turn 3♥ , both players check. On the river 7♣ , Nguyen goes all in, Munot folds.

Chip Counts

Player	Chips	Progress
HD Huu Dung Nguyen	270,000(23 BB)	260,900

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11/23/2023, 8:00:00 PM

Lukasz Jankowicz three-bet jams

Level 20: 6,000 / 12,000

12,000 ante

Cutoff Ilia Miakishev raises to 25,000, button Lukasz Jankowicz three-bet jams for 213,000, Miakishev folds.

Chip Counts

Player	Chips	Progress
LJ Lukasz Jankowicz	213,000(18 BB)	213,000

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11/23/2023, 7:45:00 PM

Break time, 31 players remaining

Level 19: 5,000 / 10,000

10,000 ante

Break time, 31 players remaining.

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11/23/2023, 7:40:00 PM

Eric Tsai rails Mueller

Level 19: 5,000 / 10,000

10,000 ante

All in preflop, at risk player Sebastian Mueller with 8♥ 8♣ , Eric Tsai with A♦ Q♠ , the board runs 4♠ A♠ 2♣ K♠ 4♦ to end Mueller’s run.

Chip Counts

Player	Chips	Progress
ET Eric Tsai	900,000(90 BB)	-45,000

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11/23/2023, 7:35:00 PM

Vishal Ojha eliminated by Kim

Level 19: 5,000 / 10,000

10,000 ante

On a flop A♣ 8♣ T♥ 2♠ 4♦ and 145,000 in the pot, Vishal Ojha is all in with K♠ T♠ that falls to Jin Woo Kim’s A♦ J♠ top pair. He finishes in 33rd place.

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11/23/2023, 7:30:00 PM

Jimmy Torres with the flush, Kang eliminated

Level 19: 5,000 / 10,000

10,000 ante

On a board showing J♣ 3♦ 6♣ 5♣ 7♦ , Minwoo Kang shoves from the big blind and cutoff Jimmy Torres calls and says “I have the nuts” as he shows A♣ Q♣ . Kang mucks and packs up.

Chip Counts

Player	Chips	Progress
JT Jimmy Torres	1,300,000(130 BB)	480,000

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11/23/2023, 7:20:00 PM

Seugnhun Ko eliminated by Liu

Level 19: 5,000 / 10,000

10,000 ante

From utg Seunghun Ko shoves with 9♣ 9♠ , action folds around to the big blind Yuhan Liu who looks down at A♣ A♦ and snap calls. No help comes on the board for Liu.

Chip Counts

Player	Chips	Progress
YL Yuhan Liu	600,000(60 BB)	240,000
SK Seunghun Ko	busted	-194,000

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11/23/2023, 7:10:00 PM

Chip count update, top 5

Level 19: 5,000 / 10,000

10,000 ante

Chip Counts

Player	Chips	Progress
AM Ashish Munot	1,000,000(100 BB)	700,000
ET Eric Tsai	945,000(95 BB)	175,000
JP Junnie Pamplona	910,000(91 BB)	290,000
JT Jimmy Torres	820,000(82 BB)	150,000
AG Asish Ghosh	750,000(75 BB)	750,000

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11/23/2023, 7:00:00 PM

Romain Morvan falls to Liu

Level 19: 5,000 / 10,000

10,000 ante

Romain Morvan all in with A♣ J♣ , Yuhan Liu calls with 9♥ 9♠ , when the flop comes Q♦ 4♥ 2♣ , Morvan happy to improve but with the turn 9♣ he quickly gets up. The river 6♦ ensures the win for Liu as Morvan goes bust.

Chip Counts

Player	Chips	Progress
YL Yuhan Liu	360,000(36 BB)	40,000
RM Romain Morvan	busted

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11/23/2023, 6:45:00 PM

Three way triple up for Morvan, Liu wins side pot

Level 19: 5,000 / 10,000

10,000 ante

Three way all in preflop, Romain Morvan with pocket Eights, Yunhan Liu with pocket Tens, Eric Tsai looking for a double knockout with Ace-Queen. The window card was an Eight and the set held to the river for triple up to Morvan. Liu doubled through with no hits on the board for Tsai.

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11/23/2023, 6:40:00 PM

New level, 40 players remaining

Level 19: 5,000 / 10,000

10,000 ante

Five levels down, and 93 players dusted, the new round begins with 40 players. In the lead is Eric Tsai with over a million in chips. No other player comes close.

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11/23/2023, 6:25:00 PM

Philip Tan doubles through Ojha

Level 18: 4,000 / 8,000

8000 ante

All in preflop, Philip Tan is all in with 9♥ 9♣ , Vishal Ojha attempts to rail with A♠ K♦ . With the board running 2♠ 8♣ 6♦ 5♦ J♥ , Ojha misses for a double up to Tan.

Chip Counts

Player	Chips	Progress
VO Vishal Ojha	320,000(40 BB)	-310,000
PT Philip Tan	272,000(34 BB)	39,000

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11/23/2023, 6:20:00 PM

Grant Gardner falls to Nekrasov

Level 18: 4,000 / 8,000

8000 ante

From under the gun, Grant Gardner shoves, action folds around to the big blind Evgenii Nekrasov who calls with A♠ K♥ . With the board running K♠ 2♥ 4♥ 5♣ 9♥ , Nekrasov wins the flip to rail Gardner.

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11/23/2023, 6:15:00 PM

Lukasz Jankowski drags in a big one

Level 18: 4,000 / 8,000

8000 ante

On a board 7♠ 5♠ 3♥ 4♥ 8♦ and 142,000 in the pot, Lukasz Jankowski shoves and wins the big pot with Feng Qiu folding.

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11/23/2023, 6:10:00 PM

Guoliang Wei falls to Andy Li

Level 18: 4,000 / 8,000

8000 ante

Immediately after paying a double up to Minwoo Kang, Guoliang Wei was all in for his remaining 85,000 stack with A♣ 9♣ to battle with. Big stacked Andy Li denied the double up with Q♣ Q♠ further improving to a full house on a board Q♦ J♦ J♥ 5♦ 5♣ .

Chip Counts

Player	Chips	Progress
AL Andy Li	700,000(88 BB)	185,000

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11/23/2023, 6:05:00 PM

Minwoo Kang doubles through Wei

Level 18: 4,000 / 8,000

8000 ante

Guoliang Wei shoves with K♦ T♦ , beside him Minwoo Kang tank-calls and opens A♦ 6♦ . The board runs Q♥ 7♥ 6♣ 9♠ A♠ .

Chip Counts

Player	Chips	Progress
MK Minwoo Kang	200,000(25 BB)	65,000
GW Guoliang Wei	85,000(11 BB)	85,000

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11/23/2023, 6:00:00 PM

Lucky Yuhan Liu doubles through

Level 18: 4,000 / 8,000

8000 ante

High Roller KO Bounty champion Yuhan Liu is all in with A♦ J♣ and runs into a player’s A♥ K♦ . With the board running Q♦ 5♣ J♥ 3♥ 9♥ , Liu spikes the jack for a pair to double through.

Chip Counts

Player	Chips	Progress
YL Yuhan Liu	320,000(40 BB)	320,000

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11/23/2023, 5:50:00 PM

Junnie Pamplona’s top pair hold for a huge double

Level 18: 4,000 / 8,000

8000 ante

On a three-bet raised pot by big blind Roman Kolotiuk, Junnie Pamplona called and the flop ran A♦ 9♥ 7♦ . Kolotiuk c-bet 150,00, Pamplona shoved, Kolotiuk called putting Pamplona at risk of elimination. Kolotiuk opens T♦ 5♦ , Pamplona with A♠ Q♠ , the turn 5♠ and river K♣ were no good for Kolotiuk. Pamplona doubles up huge. This was the second time Pamplona shipped in a pot with top pair holding against a missed draw.

Chip Counts

Player	Chips	Progress
JP Junnie Pamplona	620,000(78 BB)	250,000

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11/23/2023, 5:45:00 PM

Blinds up, 46 players remaining

Level 18: 4,000 / 8,000

8000 ante

New round with 46 players remaining.

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11/23/2023, 5:35:00 PM

Hua Wei Lin doubles up

Level 17: 3,000 / 6,000

6000 ante

On a flop 7♣ 9♦ 4♣ and 32,000 in the pot, Hua Wei Lin check-calls Vishal Ojha’s 16,000 bet, proceeds to check-call the turn J♥ bet of 30,000, and same on the river Q♣ with Ojha shoving. Ojha opens A♣ 6♥ , Lin ships a double with T♣ 8♠ straight.

Chip Counts

Player	Chips	Progress
HW Hua Wei Lin	222,000(37 BB)	150,000

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11/23/2023, 5:30:00 PM

No repeat for Puchalski, falls to Torres

Level 17: 3,000 / 6,000

6000 ante

Last year’s champion Alexander Puchakski will not be bringing home a back to back having been dusted by Jimmy Torres. On a raised pot preflop, both players checked the flop J♥ J♦ 6♥ . On the turn K♦ , Puchalski led for 40,000, Torres flat-called. On the ruver 8♦ , Puchalski bet 50,000, Torres raised, Puchalski shoved, snap-called by Torres.

Puchalski Q♠ J♠ trips Torres K♣ K♥ full house

Chip Counts

Player	Chips	Progress
JT Jimmy Torres	670,000(112 BB)	296,000
AP Alexander Puchalski	busted

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11/23/2023, 5:20:00 PM

Eric Tsai rails Carlin

Level 17: 3,000 / 6,000

6000 ante

All in preflop, Thomas Carlin with K♣ K♥ , Eric Tsai attempts to rail with A♣ T♠ , the board runs A♠ 5♥ 2♦ 7♣ 8♠ .

Chip Counts

Player	Chips	Progress
ET Eric Tsai	770,000(128 BB)	-2,190,000
TC Thomas Carlin	busted	-28,200

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11/23/2023, 5:15:00 PM

Vishal Ojha jams on the river, Mueller folds

Level 17: 3,000 / 6,000

6000 ante

On a board of 5♥ 8♦ Q♣ 4♦ and 70,000 in the pot, Vishal Ojha checks, Sebastian Mueller bets 50,000, Ojha shoves, Mueller tank-folds.

Chip Counts

Player	Chips	Progress
VO Vishal Ojha	630,000(105 BB)	255,000
SM Sebastian Mueller	71,000(12 BB)	-139,000

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11/23/2023, 5:05:00 PM

Halfway through this round, 55 players remaining

Level 17: 3,000 / 6,000

6000 ante

The first half hour of the new level saw 16 players go bust. 55 players remaining. Here are the top 5 in chips. Bien Mai leads. We were told by a player that Bien shipped big pot with pocket Aces against Ace-King.

Chip Counts

Player	Chips	Progress
BM Bien Mai	700,000(117 BB)	290,000
ET Erick Tsai	635,000(106 BB)	635,000
BJ Bo Jin	605,000(101 BB)	445,000
AL Andy Li	515,000(86 BB)	-65,000
IM Ilia Miakishev	500,000(83 BB)	-60,000

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11/23/2023, 4:35:00 PM

Quan Qiu delivers a double KO

Level 17: 3,000 / 6,000

6000 ante

Immediately after the bubble burst there is a three-way all in at Table 1. Jenam Yu shoves from utg, mid position Guy Taylor shoves, big blind Quan Qiu calls to put the all in player at risk.

Yu A♦ 2♥ Taylor 9♠ 9♦ Qiu A♠ J♣

The flop ran {qskh} T♣ for an instant straight to Qiu which held to the turn 7♥ and river K♠ . Qiu ships it and rises to 315,000

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11/23/2023, 4:30:00 PM

Adrien Tantaro eliminates Abhinav Iyer on the bubble

Level 16: 2,000 / 5,000

5,000 ante

Action folds to button Adrien Tantaro who opens, small blind Abhinav Iyer jams his 142,000 stack, Tantaro calls.

Iyer J♦ J♠ Tantaro Q♣ Q♠

The board runs low 8♥ 8♠ 5♦ 2♥ 7♠ to eliminate Iyer on the bubble.

Chip Counts

Player	Chips	Progress
AT Adrien Tantaro	380,000(76 BB)	230,000

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11/23/2023, 4:20:00 PM

Bubble round: Daoxing Chen doubles through Mueller

Level 16: 2,000 / 5,000

5,000 ante

All in preflop, Daoxing Chen’s pocket Jacks fold against Sebastian Mueller’s A♥ J♥ for a double up.

Chip Counts

Player	Chips	Progress
SM Sebastian Mueller	210,000(42 BB)	210,000
DC Daoxing Chen	78,000(16 BB)	28,000

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11/23/2023, 4:15:00 PM

Bubble round: Jin Woo Kim doubles through Jung

Level 16: 2,000 / 5,000

5,000 ante

All in preflop, Jin Woo Kim dominating with A♠ A♦ against Sungrock Jung’s 78♠ 8♦ . No bad beats arrive for a double up to Kim.

Chip Counts

Player	Chips	Progress
SJ Sungrock Jung	170,000(34 BB)	-18,500
JW Jin Woo Kim	149,000(30 BB)	-23,500

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11/23/2023, 4:10:00 PM

Bubble round: Mauricio Sanchez wins a pot

Level 16: 2,000 / 5,000

5,000 ante

On a flop K♣ A♦ T♦ , small blind Mauricio bets 25,000 and button Martins Ivanovs calls. On the turn 2♠ , Sanchez sends out 65,000, this time no challenge to claim the pot.

Chip Counts

Player	Chips	Progress
MS Mauricio Sanches	320,000(64 BB)	320,000
VS Veelaphan Siewlee	230,000(46 BB)	230,000

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11/23/2023, 4:05:00 PM

Fedor Dedeov wins the three-way, Qiyuan Huang out

Level 16: 2,000 / 5,000

5,000 ante

Three way all in with Fedor Dedelov K♣ K♥ , Qiyuan Huang A♠ J♦ , and Feng Li A♣ K♦ . The board runs {9h{}6h} Q♦ J♣ 2♠ . Dedelov ships it, Huang busts, and Li chunked.

Chip Counts

Player	Chips	Progress
FD Fedor Dedelov	340,000(68 BB)	218,000
FL Feng Li	67,000(13 BB)	-143,000
QH Qiyuan Huang	busted	-113,000

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11/23/2023, 4:00:00 PM

Feng Li wins a pot against Munot

Level 16: 2,000 / 5,000

5,000 ante

On a board that completed Q♣ 3♥ Q♠ 9♠ 7♦ , Feng Li and Ashish Munot have built a pot of 107,000. Both opt to check the river. Li wins it with A♣ 9♣ .

Chip Counts

Player	Chips	Progress
AM Ashish Munot	300,000(60 BB)	-90,000
FL Feng Li	210,000(42 BB)	210,000

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11/23/2023, 3:55:00 PM

Andy Li on the rise

Level 16: 2,000 / 5,000

5,000 ante

Not long after Andy Li doubles up with queens, PokerNews reporter Christian Zetsche informs us that Li scores another big pot, this time against Tian Hao to take the chip lead.

Chip Counts

Player	Chips	Progress
AL Andy Li	580,000(116 BB)	580,000

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11/23/2023, 3:50:00 PM

Ashish Munot boots Zhong

Level 16: 2,000 / 5,000

5,000 ante

Action folds to the small blind Jiazhi Zhong who goes all in with crumbs and Qx 4x , big blind Ashish Munot with a huge stack calls with 8x 6x . Both of Munot’s cards pair up to take it down and take down Zhong.

Chip Counts

Player	Chips	Progress
AM Ashish Munot	390,000(78 BB)	390,000

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11/23/2023, 3:45:00 PM

Anil Adiani doubles through

Level 16: 2,000 / 5,000

5,000 ante

Small blind Anil Adiani shoves with 48,000 and A♠ Q♣ , big blind tanks then attempts to eliminate with Q♥ 7♦ . The board runs good for Adiani 4♠ K♣ T♠ K♠ K♥ .

Chip Counts

Player	Chips	Progress
AA Anil Adiani	103,000(21 BB)	21,000

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11/23/2023, 3:40:00 PM

Philip Tan has the straight

Level 16: 2,000 / 5,000

5,000 ante

Raise pot preflop, the cards come Q♠ T♠ K♦ , cutoff Vishal Ojha and button Philip Tan check. On the turn A♣ , Tan bets 10,000, Ojha check-calls. The river 3♣ , Tan bets 27,000, Ojha check-calls again then mucks to Tan’s J♥ J♣ straight.

Chip Counts

Player	Chips	Progress
VO Vishal Ojha	375,000(75 BB)	-57,000
PT Philip Tan	233,000(47 BB)	98,000

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11/23/2023, 3:35:00 PM

Ilia Miakishev rails Guillem Lopez

Level 16: 2,000 / 5,000

5,000 ante

Battle of the blinds, Ilia Miakishev shoves with K♥ Q♦ , Guillem Lopez calls for his tournament life with A♥ K♠ , a queen starts off the board Q♠ 4♦ 6♣ A♣ 2♠ .

Chip Counts

Player	Chips	Progress
IM Ilia Miakishev	560,000(112 BB)	560,000

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11/23/2023, 3:30:00 PM

Junnie Pamplona rails Tang

Level 16: 2,000 / 5,000

5,000 ante

Hard-hitting Tian Yuan Tang is out of the running. After losing a succession of pots, he goes all in from the big blind on a flop J♥ 4♣ 5♥ , hijack Junnie Pamplona calls. Tang is drawing with Pkh} 7♥ , Pamplona hoping his A♣ J♣ top pair holds. With the turn Q♠ and river 2♣ , the pair holds, Tang is eliminated.

Chip Counts

Player	Chips	Progress
JP Junnie Pamplona	370,000(74 BB)	120,000

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11/23/2023, 3:25:00 PM

Gardner and Edoc split, Lopez folds nines

Level 16: 2,000 / 5,000

5,000 ante

From under the gun, Guillem Lopez raises to 11,000 then folds to two jammers, Grant Gardner and Lester Edoc. Both have pocket Kings. With the board running 5♣ 7♣ J♠ 8♥ 6♦ , Lopez would have won it with pocket Nines.

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11/23/2023, 3:20:00 PM

Riki Yokono wins a little against Bohra

Level 16: 2,000 / 5,000

5,000 ante

On a raised pot preflop, the flop comes {7} J♣ 2♣ , big blind Riki Yokono check-calls Mohit Bohra’s 800 bet. On the turn 2♠ and river K♣ , both check. Yokono wins the pot with T♣ 9♠ flush.

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11/23/2023, 3:15:00 PM

Jehanne would have had quads, Andy Li doubles through

Level 16: 2,000 / 5,000

5,000 ante

Nearly a three-way showdown but Jeremy Jehanne opted to fold and show his pocket Jacks. Had he joined the party, he would have landed quads and swept it against Andy Li Q♠ Q♦ and Jhon Hendri A♣ Q♣ . Li doubles through.

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11/23/2023, 3:05:00 PM

First break of the day

Level 16: 2,000 / 5,000

5,000 ante

First break of the day, there are 77 players remaining which means the bubble round approaches with 71 paid.

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11/23/2023, 3:00:00 PM

Junnie Pamplona rails Luo

Level 15: 2,000 / 4,000

4000 ante

Junnie Pamplona with A♠ J♠ , Xixiang Luo risks it with A♦ 9♦ , with the board running 8♠ 4♥ 3♣ 2♥ 8♣ , Luo is eliminated.

Chip Counts

Player	Chips	Progress
JP Junnie Pamplona	250,000(63 BB)	150,000
XL Xixiang Luo	busted	-73,000

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11/23/2023, 2:55:00 PM

Vishal Ojha vs Vinay B

Level 15: 2,000 / 4,000

4000 ante

Cutoff Vishal Ojha and Vinay B stare down a board Q♦ 3♦ Q♣ Q♠ 4♥ and 110,000 in the pot. Both players use up a couple of time-banks then check. Ojha has A♣ J♠ , Vinay mucks.

Chip Counts

Player	Chips	Progress
VO Vishal Ojha	432,000(108 BB)	25,000
VB Vinay B	120,000(30 BB)	36,000

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11/23/2023, 2:50:00 PM

Jaeshie Kim cracks kings and celebrates

Level 15: 2,000 / 4,000

4000 ante

Hand opens with Daoxing Chen limping in from the button, big blind Jaeshie Kim (Manila Satellite Package winner) raises to 22,000, back to Chen who three-bet jams, Kim uses up two time-banks then calls for his tournament life. Kim opens K♥ Q♦ and is well dominated by Chen’s K♦ K♣ . When the board runs J♠ 7♠ 9♦ J♥ T♦ , Kim improves to a straight to exuberantly double up.

Chip Counts

Player	Chips	Progress
JK Jaeshie Kim	110,000(28 BB)	110,000
DC Daoxing Chen	50,000(13 BB)	50,000

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11/23/2023, 2:40:00 PM

Jeremy Jehanne in back to back hands

Level 15: 2,000 / 4,000

4000 ante

From cutoff Jeremy Jehanne raises to 9000 and big blind Guoliang Wei defends, the flop runs 5♥ A♦ 3♦ . Jehanne c-bets 6,000, Wei check-raises to 18,000, Jehanne folds.

Immediately following that hand, Jehanne raises again to 9,000, button Eric Tsai calls, the flop runs A♦ 7♠ A♥ , Jehanne c-bets 6,000, Tsai folds.

Chip Counts

Player	Chips	Progress
JJ Jeremy Jehanne	85,000(21 BB)	-61,000

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11/23/2023, 2:35:00 PM

Thomas Carlin rails Gonzales

Level 15: 2,000 / 4,000

4000 ante

Martin Gonzales got fancy pushing all in with T♥ 9♠ only to run into Thomas Carlin’s K♥ K♣ and bust out.

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11/23/2023, 2:30:00 PM

Hal Rotholz happy for the double up

Level 15: 2,000 / 4,000

4000 ante

Hal Rotholz is all in preflop with K♠ Q♦ and is challenged by Feng Li with A♥ Q♠ . With the board running 5♦ A♠ T♣ 3♥ J♣ it’s a straight for Rotholz.

Chip Counts

Player	Chips	Progress
HR Hal Rotholz	62,000(16 BB)	-110,000

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11/23/2023, 2:25:00 PM

Nevan Chang moved to a new table and quickly fills up

Level 15: 2,000 / 4,000

4000 ante

Another all in at Dylan Foster’s table but this time he isn’t in the hand, instead it is newly moved player Nevan Chang all in with A♠ A♦ that doubles through Jimmy Torres'{100h} T♣ .

Chip Counts

Player	Chips	Progress
JT Jimmy Torres	374,000(94 BB)	154,000
NC Nevan Chang	125,000(31 BB)	57,000

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11/23/2023, 2:20:00 PM

Evgenii Nekrasov rails Kato

Level 15: 2,000 / 4,000

4000 ante

Junichi Kato gets it all in with K♥ J♣ and is ahead of caller Evgenii Nekrasov Q♠ J♠ however with the board running 9♠ 6♣ A♦ Q♣ 5♠ Nekrasov improves to eliminate Kato.

Chip Counts

Player	Chips	Progress
EN Evgenii Nekrasov	235,000(59 BB)	-845,000
JK Junichi Kato	busted	-118,000

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11/23/2023, 2:10:00 PM

Tian Yuan Tang wins the pot but argues over paying the time-bank

Level 15: 2,000 / 4,000

4000 ante

From mid position, Junnie Pamplona raise to 8000 and big blind Tian Yuan Tang calls. At the flop 9♠ 8♣ 7♥ , Pamplona c-bet 8,000 and Tang check-calls. No bets come on the turn 3♠ but on the river Tang leads out 18,000 and Pamplona folds.

After shipping in the pot, the dealer asks to pay one time-bank. According to the dealer he bet on the river after the counter was at Zero. Tang says otherwise. The TD was called and it was decided, Tang owed the time-bank as he let second lapse before betting after the initial 30 seconds.

Chip Counts

Player	Chips	Progress
TY Tian Yuan Tang	180,000(45 BB)	20,000
JP Junnie Pamplona	100,000(25 BB)	-2,915,000

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11/23/2023, 2:05:00 PM

Dylan Foster rails Reskallah

Level 15: 2,000 / 4,000

4000 ante

Dylan Foster is in another all in showdown with A♣ J♠ flipping against Aladin Reskallah’s 2♠ 2♦ . With an ace landing on the river, out goes Reskallah.

Chip Counts

Player	Chips	Progress
DW Dylan Wayne Foster	200,000(50 BB)	200,000

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11/23/2023, 1:55:00 PM

Hua Wei Lin gives up the pot

Level 14: 1,500 / 3,000

3000 ante

On a board showing 7♠ {2s] 9♥ 4♦ 2♦ and 112,500, Hua Wei Lin checks to Feng Qu who bets 35,000. Lin tank folds.

Chip Counts

Player	Chips	Progress
FQ Feng Qu	270,000(90 BB)	270,000
HW Hua Wei Lin	72,000(24 BB)	-528,000

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11/23/2023, 1:50:00 PM

Tian Yuan Tang drag in a big pot, Xixiang down

Level 14: 1,500 / 3,000

3000 ante

Tian Yuan Tang and Xixiang Luo in an stare down over a board A♥ 3♣ 2♠ 6♦ T♠ and 62,000 in the pot. They decide to check it. Luo with A♣ 8♣ and is outkicked by Tang’s A♦ K♥ .

Chip Counts

Player	Chips	Progress
TY Tian Yuan Tang	160,000(53 BB)	160,000
XL Xixiang Luo	73,000(24 BB)	-15,000

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11/23/2023, 1:40:00 PM

Back to back for Foster

Level 14: 1,500 / 3,000

3000 ante

Back to back shoves for Dylan Wayne Foster who first gets it all in on the river board 5♦ J♥ 7♣ 8♦ A♠ holding T♥ T♣ and loses to Jimmy Torres A♦ Q♦ .

Down to 43,000, Torres shoves on the next hand with A♣ K♥ and is up against Chit Chuan Lim with J♥ J♠ . The board drops an ace on the turn for a double up.

Chip Counts

Player	Chips	Progress
JT Jimmy Torres	220,000(73 BB)	-2,505,000
DF Dylan Foster	93,000(31 BB)	93,000
CC Chit Chuan Lim	30,000(10 BB)	30,000

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11/23/2023, 1:30:00 PM

Cheng Zhang ships it, Somashekar ships out

Level 14: 1,500 / 3,000

3000 ante

Action opens with three players in on a raised pot and the cards come 6♥ 3♠ Q♠ , Cheng Zhang bets 12,000, Charlie Chiu and Somashekar call. On the turn 8♥ Zhang checks, Chiu calls, Somashekar jams, Zhang calls, Chiu folds. Somashekar has Q♥ 9♥ top pair, Zhang has him trapped with K♦ K♣ . The river 4♣ is no help to Somashekar.

Chip Counts

Player	Chips	Progress
CZ Cheng Zhang	470,000(157 BB)	71,000

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11/23/2023, 1:25:00 PM

Vellucci doubles through Heng

Level 14: 1,500 / 3,000

3000 ante

From lojack, Kien Tat Heng opens, hijack Andy Li calls, button calls, small blind Enzo Vellucci shoves his remaining 51,000, back to Kien who calls, the rest fold. Vellucci has A♠ K♥ and is flipping against Kien’s 8♦ 8♥ , the board comes A♦ 6♠ 3♦ K♣ 9♣ for a double up to Vellucci.

Chip Counts

Player	Chips	Progress
EV Enzo Vellucci	120,000(40 BB)	-50,000
KT Kien Tat Heng	50,000(17 BB)	-745,000

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11/23/2023, 1:20:00 PM

Jianming Luo rails Pham

Level 14: 1,500 / 3,000

3000 ante

Van Binh Pham all in with J♠ J♦ and is dominated by Jianming Luo’s K♥ K♦ , no help comes on the board to get the boot.

Chip Counts

Player	Chips	Progress
JL Jianming Luo	180,000(60 BB)	180,000
VB Van Binh Pham	busted

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11/23/2023, 1:15:00 PM

Eike Strub doubles through Zhong

Level 14: 1,500 / 3,000

3000 ante

Eike Strub all in with K♥ Q♦ and doubles through Jiazhi Zhong with K♦ J♦ on a running board 5♦ Q♥ 7♣ J♠ 4♥ .

Chip Counts

Player	Chips	Progress
ES Eike Strub	105,000(35 BB)	73,800
JZ Jiazhi Zhong	90,000(30 BB)	57,000

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11/23/2023, 1:14:00 PM

Main Event Day 2 underway!

DJR00872

Welcome to Day 2 of the APPT Main Event here at NagaWorld Phnom Penh, Cambodia. Back on the felt are the 133 Day 1 qualifiers. They are gunning for a spot in the money round with 71 players guaranteed a piece of the US$ 623,322 prize pool. It will be a long grind with blinds increasing at a slower 60 minute pace. The day ends once the final 9 players is determined.

Stick with us here as we track down the bubble and hunt down the biggest hands.

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11/23/2023, 12:32:30 PM

APPT Cambodia Main Event - Final 9 players

After twelve hours of play, the APPT Cambodia Main Event Final 9 players was formed! Filipino Junnie Pamplona bagged the largest stack with Taiwan’s Eric Tsai and Colombia’s Jimmy Torres close behind. The finalists return at 1pm on Monday, May 15, 2023 and will chase down the coveted title, trophy, and six figure US$ 120,300 payout. Somuchpoker will bring you the blow-by-blow action via Live Updates.

Payouts

Chip Counts

Player	Chips	Progress
JP Junnie Pamplona	3,015,000	365,000
ET Eric Tsai	2,960,000	200,000
JT Jimmy Torres	2,725,000	1,025,000
CT Chao Ting Cheng	1,825,000	-575,000
EN Evgenii Nekrasov	1,080,000	-140,000
CL Curtis Lim	850,000	450,000
KT Kien Tat Heng	795,000	-805,000
HW Hua Wei Lin	600,000	600,000
BM Bien Mai	410,000	16,000

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11/23/2023, 1:10:00 AM

Philip Tan eliminated in 10th place - US$ 9,038

Level 24: 15,000 / 30,000 ante: 30,000

Philip Tan sends his last 290,000 out front and is quickly called by Jimmy Torres. Tan has A♥ 4♣ , Torres with 9♥ 9♦ , the board runs {8s|} 4♥ Q♦ 6♥ 9♣ to further improve Torres and clean out Tan in 9th place.

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11/23/2023, 1:00:00 AM

Big pot for Pamplona

Level 24: 15,000 / 30,000 ante: 30,000

Cutoff Jimmy Torres opens for 60,000, button Chao Ting Cheng three-bets to 185,000, small blind Pamplona calls, Torres calls for a three-way to the flop A♠ 7♣ Q♣ . Two checks, Cheng bets 150,000, Pamplona calls, Torres folds. Both players check the turn K♠ . The river 4♦ , Pamplona leads out for 525,000, Cheng tanks then gets timed out.

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11/23/2023, 12:50:00 AM

Curtis Lim doubles up

Level 24: 15,000 / 30,000 ante: 30,000

Small blind Curtis Lim goes all in with A♠ T♥ , big blind Kien Tat Heng calls with J♦ 4♦ , the board runs 5♠ Q♥ 5♥ A♣ 5♦ . Double up for Lim

Chip Counts

Player	Chips	Progress
KT Kien Tat Heng	1,600,000(53 BB)
CL Curtis Lim	400,000(13 BB)	80,000

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11/23/2023, 12:45:00 AM

Kien Tat Heng gets some pay for his straight

Level 24: 15,000 / 30,000 ante: 30,000

On a board showing J♠ K♣ 8♠ A♣ 9♦ and 300,000 in the pot, Kien Tat Heng bets 275,000 on the river, Evgenii Nekrasov calls, Heng shows Q♠ T♠ straight.

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11/23/2023, 12:40:00 AM

Chao Ting Cheng nuts on the flop

Level 24: 15,000 / 30,000 ante: 30,000

From under the gun, Junnie Pamplona raises to 65,000, small blind Jimmy Torres and big blind Chao Ting Cheng both call to see the flop 3♠ 5♠ 2♦ . Torres leads out 75,000, Cheng calls, Pamplona folds. The turn K♦ , another 205,000 by Torres called by Cheng. On the river 8♣ , Torres slows to a check, Cheng bets a large 700,000, Torres calls then pays Cheng’s 6♠ 4♦ straight. Torres shows 3♦ 3♣ set.

Chip Counts

Player	Chips	Progress
CT Chao Ting Cheng	2,400,000(80 BB)	1,210,000
JT Jimmy Torres	1,700,000(57 BB)	1,700,000

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11/23/2023, 12:35:00 AM

Eric Tsai claims a good pot against Kien

Level 24: 15,000 / 30,000 ante: 30,000

From under the gun, Eric Tsai raises to 65,000, big blind Kien Tat Heng defends to bring a flop 6♥ 7♦ 2♠ . Kien leads out 60,000, Tsai calls. On the turn 4♠ Tsai calls a 125,000 bet, then on the river 2♦ , same action, Kien fires a 250,000 bet, Tsai calls. Kien has A♠ 5♠ , Tsai ships it with K♠ 6♠ pair.

Chip Counts

Player	Chips	Progress
ET Eric Tsai	2,760,000(92 BB)	2,640,000
KT Kien Tat Heng	1,600,000(53 BB)	1,495,000

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11/23/2023, 12:30:00 AM

Evgenii Nekrasov doubles through Tsai

Level 24: 15,000 / 30,000 ante: 30,000

All in preflop, at risk player Evgenii Nekrasov with Q♦ Q♠ , challenger Eric Tsai attempts to eliminate with 2♠ 2♥ . The board runs 7♥ 7♦ 6♣ 6♥ 3♥ for a double up.

Chip Counts

Player	Chips	Progress
EN Evgenii Nekrasov	1,220,000(41 BB)	1,220,000

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11/23/2023, 12:25:00 AM

Jun Lai eliminated in 11th place - US$ 9,038

Level 24: 15,000 / 30,000 ante: 30,000

Short stacked Jun Lai is all in with K♥ J♥ and big stacked Junnie Pamplona gives him a sweat with A♣ 6♦ . The board runs A♥ 6♠ 9♦ T♠ 9♣ .

Chip Counts

Player	Chips
JP Junnie Pamplona	2,650,000(88 BB)

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11/23/2023, 12:15:00 AM

Break time

Level 23: 10,000 / 25,000

25,000 ante

Players are on a ten minute break. 11 remaining.

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11/23/2023, 12:05:00 AM

Chao Ting Cheng lands another full boost

Level 23: 10,000 / 25,000

25,000 ante

Another double up for Chao Ting Cheng who pushes with A♦ K♣ , Junnie Pamplona calls with A♥ Q♣ . No hits on the board for Pamplona to pay the double up to Chao.

Chip Counts

Player	Chips	Progress
JP Junnie Pamplona	2,650,000(106 BB)	2,650,000
CT Chao Ting Cheng	1,190,000(48 BB)	995,500