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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

2,500 ante

On a board showing K♣ 8♦ K♠ J♦ and 11,000 in the pot, a player bets 6,000, Kien Tat Heng raises to 12,000, gets called. On the river K♦ , player bets 13,000, Heng calls. Player has A♠ T♥ air, Heng wins the pot with 6♠ 6♥ .