Main Event

After 13 heads up hands, Taiwan’s Chao Ting Cheng defeated Filipino Junnie Pamplona in dramatic fashion. Pamplona had a full house, Cheng had quads. What a great way to end this exciting tournament! Cheng earned an ICM deal payout of US$ 94,448 and the coveted PokerStars Shard trophy.

*Heads up deal

30,000 ante

From utg+1, Curtis Lim opens for 60,000, big blind Eric Tsai calls, the flop runs 3♥ 3♠ 5♠ . Tsai check-raises from 55,000 to 165,000, Lim calls. Both players check the turn 4♦ and river Q♦ . Tsai opens K♣ 5♥ two pair, Lim mucks.

Next hand, Tsai picks up a small pot. Hua Wei Lin raises to 80,000 from the button, Tsai shoves from the small blind. Lin folds. 

30,000 ante

And they’re off! The hunt for the APPT Cambodia Main Event title has kicked off! Everyone is guaranteed a minimum US$ 10,908 but all eyes will be on the PokerStars Shard Trophy and US$ 120,300 top prize.

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♦ .

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.

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

2,500 ante

In desperation, Heng Seng Lau goes all in with his remaining 10,500 and K♥ 6♦ to battle with then goes bust against Curtis Lim’s K♣ Q♦ . The board was A♠ {7c{}ac} 6♠ K♦ .

1500 ante

Level 11 is underway with 102 seated out of 219 entries. Here are the top three in chips.