APPT Main Event ($1,650)

The final flight of the third annual APPT Cambodia Main Event wrapped up with 219 entries, bringing the total to 518 across all starting days. This turnout not only shattered the guarantee but also set the stage for an exciting Day 2 wherein 71 out of the 93 remaining players will walk away with a piece of the US$ 746,153 prize pool. By the end of the schedule 15 rounds of play, only 42 players remained, earning their spot at Day 2.

One player with a high chance of reaching ITM is Singapore's Curtis Lim who bagged the biggest at Day 1C of 377,000 (94 bb). Lim surged late in the day with a big blind special 2♦ 3♦ improving to a full house.

Locking up second and third rank are Aladin Reskallah and David Erquiaga, both players also making late day strides to bag hefty stacks. Reskallah hot streak continues having already won a side event at the series. And further down the leaderboard is Sha Chengchun who finished 3rd at the Mystery Bounty event.

The 42 remaining players now join the 51 others that survived the previous heats into Day 2. The money bubble is close at hand with 71 players paid. The minimum payout is US$ 2,700 while way up top is US$ 147,500. This is the largest top prize to be awarded to an APPT champion in Cambodia.

Read up on the Day 1C action below.

Last hand of the day and again it is Erik Rozhynskyi seen in the hand up against Nicola Spicher. Defending from the big blind Rozhynskyi check-raises from 7000 to 19,000 on the flop 5♥ A♥ 5♠ . Spicher calls and they both slow down on the turn 7♥ . When the river 2♥ completes the board, Rozhynskyi sends out 12,000, Spicher wants to see his hand. Rozhynskyi has it showing 4♠ 5♣ trips.

More chips for Erik Rozhynskyi who kicks off the hand with an 8000 raise then fires down the streets 3♣ 8♣ T♥ A♠ Q♦ for 16,500, 27,000 and 33,000. Big blind challenger Agharazi Babayev folds to the river bet.

Sha Chengchun and Siarhei Chudapal build a 21,000 pot preflop, the cards run 7♣ 8♥ 3♥ . Chudapal then checks to Sha who wastes no time counting and announces all in for 112,000. Chudapal is way covered and opts not to risk it.

Three players contribute 8000 preflop and watch the cards land 9♦ T♠ T♥ . Action is checked to button player Nohad Teliani who tosses in 10,500, only Sunghak Lee continues to head to the turn 6♠ . Checked to Teliani once again, she jams 55,000, and this time takes it down without further challenge.

Louis Bilodeau takes charge with a 9000 bet but doesn’t get by big blind Erik Rozhynskyi who defends to go post flop 2♥ 3♦ 3♥ . The action is passed to Bilodeau who continues for 17,000, Rozhynskyi challenges with a check-raise of 27,000, Bilodeau flats to bring the turn 5♦ . Rozhynkskyi takes the reins and shoves and it’s enough to stop Bilodeau in his tracks.

Ilya Firstov defended his big blind by calling Oliver Schulze’s 8500 raise. Both check the flop 6♣ 4♣ 4♠ , Firstov takes a stab with a lead out bet of 12,000 on the turn 8♠ . Schulze calls to see the river J♠ . Firstov repeats with a 12,000 bet, Schulze doesn’t believe and calls and is right. Firstov shows T♦ 9♦ bluff, Schulze wins the pot with K♥ Q♥ better air.

Although Bellanger failed to pair up, the three hearts on the board improved him to the nut flush to send ducks out of the field.

We are on the last level of the day.

Blinds 2,000/4,000 (4,000)

Alston Wang is tested by Erik Rozhynskyi with a three-bet of 16,000, Wang calls then both players proceed to check it all the way down 6♦ 8♥ 3♣ K♠ J♥ . Wang has 7♦ 7♣ and takes it down.

Ziad Zebib takes control preflop with a 7000 raise then maintains aggression by betting down the board Q♣ K♦ 7♥ 6♦ 9♣ . Big blind caller Takashi Yagura calls 6500 and 11,000 but doesn’t reach in on the river to award Zebib the pot.

Jun Beum Chun raises 6000 and big blind Yinfei Xiao calls with A♦ 6♦ . Landing bottom pair on the flop 9♣ Q♦ 6♥ , Xiao check-calls 7500, then they both check the turn A♣ . With the river A♠ , Xiao value-bets his monster hand sending in 15,000, Chun calls then quickly mucks to the unexpected full house.

Deepstack Freezeout champion Wooseok Kim calls from the button and goes head to head for everything at the flop 8♣ 9♠ 7♣ . Following a check, Kim bets 15,000, Panitan Poopadsri raises 35,000, Kim shoves a stack that dominates Poopadsri’s nearly four times more, Poopadsri opts out.

Sunghak Lee opens 6000, gets raised by Yadi Yao o 18,000, Lee answers with a shove of 103,500, Yao lets it go.

Nonstop betting by Erik Rozhynskyi that he starts preflop for 7000. Big blind Agharazi Babayev takes the challenge. The dealer fans the flop K♥ 3♠ Q♥ , Rozhynskyi continues for 6500 and the challenge continues with Babayev calling. On the turn A♠ , another 27,500 bet from Rozhynskyi is called by Babayev but on the river 5♠ , Rozhynskyi’s shove ends the battle uncontested.

Curtis Lim just won a pot over 100,000 to chip up to 424,500. He currently leads with 48 players remaining.

Up until the turn, Schulze is leading then Firstov improves on the river to stay in the game.

Following a raise by Joshua Figuerres that’s called by Somashekhar Sanampuri, Azizjon Rakhimov calls from the big blind. They all check the flop 3♦ K♣ 5♠ but not the turn K♦ with Rakhimov sliding out 10,000. No one bites to add more chips to his six figure stack.

Two players take interest in John Clyde Tan’s 7000 raise preflop but only Takashi Yagura continues to the turn by calling Tan’s 10,000 c-bet of the flop 6♦ 2♦ 3♥ . With Q♦ on fourth street, Tan fuels the pot a larger 23,000 and it’s enough to win the pot without further challenge.

Supanat Rojsukthavorn limps from hijack then calls Xianqi Chan’s big raise of 21,000 from the big blind. When the flop comes 2♣ 4♣ 2♦ , Chan c-bets 16,000, Rojsukthavorn shoves 59,500, Chan gives it up.

Curtis Lim defends his big blind from min-raiser Sunghak Lee. No c-bet on the flop 2♥ 5♣ 7♥ cues Lim to bet the turn 3♥ for 10,000. Lee calls. On the river 3♠ , Lim goes for a larger 25,000 bet, Lee calls for the last time then mucks to Lim’s big blind special 2♦ 3♦ full house.

Level 14

Blinds 1,500/3,000 (3,000)

Luke James Wozniak exerts dominance by raising preflop then firing down every street. From the big blind, Mr Vaicheslav check-calls the board 3♣ 8♣ K♥ Q♠ A♠ for 4500, 14,500 and 32,500. Wozniak flips over 3♠ 3♥ set for a well deserved pot.

Curtis Lim is dealt Q♥ Q♠ and three-bets 13,000, initial raiser Nohad Tehani wants to see the flop and makes the call. When the cards land 4♥ A♦ 2♠ , Tehani defers to the aggressor Lim who continues for 8000, Tehani calls, then they check the turn 5♠ . On the river Q♣ , Tehani checks, Lim sends 40,000 out front, the call comes and so does a nice pile of chips after Tehani is shown the set.

At the showdown, Kuwahata is drawing dead. The river T♠ is of no consequence.

Following a raise, Guan Hong Liew three-bets 13,500 and Somashekhar Sanampuri defends his stake on the pot. Both players then keep it friendly, checking down the board 6♦ 3♦ 2♦ 4♣ T♣ . Liew shows A♠ Q♦ and wins another light pot.

Kunwoo Kim defends his raise by calling Oliver Schulze’s 14,500 three-bet to head to the flop 5♦ A♦ 9♠. Both keep it friendly and head to the turn Q♣ . Kim resumes betting and sends in 15,000, Schulze matches it and they get a river Q♦ . Again, Kim leads out, this time a large 25,000, Schulze lets it go.

Not only is Jacks ahead but it goes on to ensure victory with quads to ship the entire load.

Level 13 Blinds 1,000 / 2,500 (2,500)

Joshua Figuerres and Somashekhar Sanampuri stare down a flop J♣ Q♣ 8♠ with 11,000 brewed preflop. Figuerres checks his hand and had K♣ Q♦ top pair. He bets 5000 and Sanampuri calls for his gutshot K♣ 9♥ . The heat turns down on the turn 9♦ and river 4♦ with both checking. Figuerres rakes in the pot.

With a pot of 15,000 in the middle, big blind Yan Yu bets a light 3000 on the flop of J♦ 5♣ Q♦ , button Oliver Schulze thinks it should be more and makes it 11,000 to continue. Yu calls, the turn is 3♠ . Yu checks to Schulze who fires 19,000, again Yu calls. On the river 7♠ , Schulze pushes, this time Yu doesn’t follow suit.

David Erquiaga looks down at A♠ K♣ and gives it a mini bump, big blind Yinfei Xiao defends his big blind and it’s off to the flop Q♥ A♣ K♠ . Pairing both of his cards, Erquiaga continues for 4000, Xiao check-calls then both pass on the turn 2♣ . When the river 5♦ lands, it’s another check from Xiao, Erquiaga bets 16,000 which is enough for Xiao to see Erquiaga’s hand. Xiao mucks.

Five players in for 4000 go to the flop 5♥ 2♠ 4♦ then only Rindra Norodom bets sending out 15,000. No takers for an easy pot.

Luke James Wozniak finds two callers to his 4000 raise preflop and sees J♣ 6♥ K♠ land on the felt. Following two checks, Nohad Teliani tests the waters with a 4500 bet, only Wozniak calls then both check the turn Q♠ . On the river J♥ , Wozniak goes back to betting for 15,000, Teliani pays to see, then mucks to the Q♦ Q♣ full house.

Level 12 Blinds now is 1,000/2000 (2000)

Matsuda’s draw misses on the river T♠ to get ousted.

Arthur Pierre Eldin raises preflop and Yinfei Xiao calls. Eldin continues to fire for 5000 on a flop 4♥ 2♣ J♣ and Xiao calls. The turn 9♠ , Eldin makes it 15,000 which is enough to induce a fold.

Sergius Santos commands the action with a 3000 bet and stays in the driver’s seat throughout the flop Q♥ A♠ T♣ with a 2000 c-bet that’s called by Xianqi Chan. Tides switch for a brief moment with his small 2000 bet on the turn T♥ met with a raise of 12,000, Santos calls to buy the river 6♠ . For the third time, Santos leads out 11,000, this time he wins the pot uncontested.

A big pot of 26,000 built preflop sees the cards land J♥ 5♥ 2♣ . Small blind Ziad Zebib takes charge for 9000 and hijack John Clyde Tan calls to stake his claim on the pot. Zibab continues on the turn 9♥ for 15,000, again Tan calls, then both check the river K♣ . Zebib flips open A♦ A♣ and takes down the pot.

With 14,500 already splashed in the pot Aladin Reskallah check-raises 15,000 on a flop 3♥ 9♣ 9♠ and Yan Yu calls. On the turn 4♣ , Reskallah goes ahead and leads out 25,000, Yu calls, the pot grows further as the river comes 4♠ . Grabbing a chunk, Reskallah bets 125,000 sending Yu to the tanker then wins the pot with Yu not wanting to risk it.

No help comes for Charassang to bite the dust early in this level

Francicso Sanchez three-bets all in with one of the most favorite hands by players J♣ T♣ however, he is behind Ilya Firstov’s K♥ Q♥ . With the board running T♥ 5♦ 7♣ A♠ 4♠ , Sanchez connects and proves the value of his gamble.

That's it! The APPT Cambodia Main Event registration has closed with 218 entries added to the pool for a total of 517 entries. That sent the pot soaring past the guarantee for a larger US$ 744,713. The remaining players now resume until the end of Level 15.

Sunghak Lee enters the hand with a 2400 raise then calls Sergius Santos 11,700 re-raise. Santos continues to bet and Lee calls 6000 bets on the flop and turn Q♠ 6♠ 9♠ J♥ , and on the river Q♦ , with Santos slowing down to a check, Lee test bets pot of 48,000 and takes it down without a fight.

From the start of the hand, button player Will Kwok exerted dominance with a 3500 raise and bets of 3200 and 7000 through the flop and turn K♥ K♠ J♠ 3♦ . Big blind Masaya Sakamoto check-called then switched up on the river 3♠ leading out 10,500. Kwok's fire fizzled out as he was seen folding.

Andrei Eldin and Woojin Kim join a raiser to go hunting and check the board to the turn 9♦ 9♠ 5♠ 2♥ . Acting first, Kim bets 3500, and only Eldin calls. On the river Q♦ , Kim sends out 15,000, Eldin calls with less behind and shows Q♥ J♣ which in turn denies Kim who shows A♣ 6♦ bluff.

On a raised pot preflop with three players in, utg Manwoo Park continues for 4000 on a flop 3♠ A♥ 7♠ and only Valeriy Fokin calls from the small blind. The turn A♠ sees both check, then on the river 7♣ . Fokin decides to test the waters with a 3000 bet and it's good to win that pot quite easy.

From cutoff, Oliver Schulze calls Martin Gonzales's 2500 raise and chips go splashing after the 2500 c-bet on the flop 6♦ T♥ 9♣ is called. Gonzales barrels 10,000 on the turn 2♣ , Schulze goes all in, Gonzales risks for his last 22,000 and shows the J♣ 7♣ flush draw gutshot. Schulze is ahead K♦ T♦ . With the river 4♠ , Gonzales is eliminated.

Erik Rozhynskyi takes charge for 2500 and heads to the board with big blind defender Will Kwok. Both players check down T♥ 7♠ 7♥ 9♣ , then on the river 6♥ , Kwok test bets 2500, gets raised to 8500, no call for Rozhynskyi to deny the steal.

With a board of Q♦ 9♠ 3♣ showing and 9300 brewed preflop, big blind Jun Ogasahara check-calls 2500 by cutoff Mr Michael and 8000 on the turn 2♦ . When the river comes A♥ , Ogasahara rushes in with a shove and finds no resistance from Mr Michael who lets it go.

Tomoaki Miura pumps the pot 2500 from cutoff and big blind Aladin Reskallah won't let him steal his chips for the call. The flop runs 8♣ 6♥ 5♣ , Miura bets 2300 and still Reskallah calls for a look at the turn 5♦ . Liking the card, Reskallah leads out 3500 and Miura back pedals and calls. The exchange of blows continue on the river T♣ with Reskallah betting 23,500, Miura shoving 46,700, Reskallah tanks then finally gives up his stake on the pot.

Firstov mucks

Mitani spiked both of his cards for two pair at the flop that hold to the turn T♥ and river A♥ for a full house and a double up.

Roumy's set is good for a double up.

Raising 1600, Jun Beum Chun and the blinds see a flop J♥ 5♦ 9♦ , Chun c-bets 1800 and wins the light pot.

Battle of the blinds begins light with a friendly limp that's checked. On the flop Q♣ 3♠ A♦ , small blind Fabrice Ho test-bets 1000, and big blind Kien Tat Heng calls. Ho likes the turn 2♥ and makes it 3100 but Kien opts out for a good pot to Ho.

From hijack Xianqi Chan makes it 2000 to see the flop and two players think it's cheap enough to join in. The cards land 6♥ 5♦ 2♦ , Chan bets another 2000 and only Yagura goes to the turn 6♥ . With the river 8♣ , Chan barrels a much larger 16,000, Yagura pays to see then quickly mucks to Chan's 3♦ 4♦ straight.

With the turn 5♠ and river Q♥ , Feng misses the flush to get railed.

On a board running Q♥ 7♦ A♣ 5♦ Q♠ , Rindra Norodom bets every street for 1000, 2400, and 3000, and big blind Luke Keay check-calls to keep him honest. Norodom isn't bluffing and shows Q♦ 9♦ trips, Keay shows his K♠ T♠ hole cards.

Slaven Popov of Bulgaria opens from the HJ for 1,500 and gets a customer in the CO of Chan Xianqi of Singapore.

The flop comes 6♥ 9♦ 2♥ as Popov continues for 2,000. Chan makes the call. The turn is the 8♣ as the Bulgarian slows down and checks. Chan takes the betting lead and fires 3,500. Popov makes the call. The river is the 8♦ and Popov checks anew. The Singaporean now unloads 9,000 and is still called by Popov.

Chan flips over 8♥ 6♦ for a runner-runner full house. Popov mucks and has his stack reduced significantly.