Final Day
Vaicheslav I Eliminated In 9th Place - US$ 13,953

After taking down the first pot of the final table, Ziad Zebib claimed a larger one by cleaning out Vaicheslav I in 9th place. Entering with just 13 bb, Vaicheslav open shoved it and small blind Zebib called.
When the cards are flipped open, it's fifty-fiftly. Vaicheslav misses the board to bring the table down to 8 players.
Player | Hand | Chips |
---|---|---|
A♦K♥ MP | busted | |
ZZ Ziad Zebib | 7♣7♥ SB | 1,760,000 |
Day 2
Day 2 Ends At The Final 9 Players Led By Christopher Mateo

Another intense yet thrilling day came to a close at the record breaking APPT Cambodia Main Event with the field reduced to the last 9 players. This was determined at the fall of Sunghak Lee in 10th place to Christopher Mateo just before the eleventh hour kicked in. In turn, Mateo bagged up the largest stack of 3,275,000 (81 bb) with his closest challenger, Nicola Spicher, sitting 13 bb behind.

Running third rank is none other than Trong Hieu Ngo, the champion of the APPT Manila Championship that took place last month. Hieu has been running strong at the festival with a trophy already captured at the Megastack High Roller. Hieu is looking to be the first player to win the APPT Main Event in back to back tours.

Entering Day 2, Sven McDermott led the chase and became the first player to amass a million in chips very early on. McDermott caught Alexsandr Blokhin bluffing to bring about the bubble round.

After several attempts, the bubble burst on Jeremy Jehanne who was forced all in on the big blind and fell to small blind caller Noyan Slamiya.

Others down the lineup are the highly decorated David Erquiaga who is on a hot streak this year, Ceesvin Abraham, Vaicheslav I, and well known cash game slugger Donghyup Kim.
Standing out of that star loaded final 9 lineup is USA's Ziad Zebib, who is already looking at a substantial profit having won his seat via one of the flip out events for just US$ 165.
When the final 9 players return they are each guaranteed US$ 13,954 while awaiting the champion is a life-changing US$ 147,500. The remaining payouts are as follows:
1st US$ 147,500
2nd US$ 92,000
3rd US$ 66,000
4th US$ 50,600
5th US$ 39,000
6th US$ 30,000
7th US$ 23,000
8th US$ 17,700
9th US$ 13,953
Blinds continue for just over 2 minutes at Level 25. At the completion, Level 16 onwards will have blinds increase every 75 minutes.

Final 9 Players
Player | Chips |
---|---|
CM Christopher Mateo | 3,275,000(82 BB) |
NS Nicola Spicher | 2,600,000(65 BB) |
AC Abraham Ceesvin | 1,885,000(47 BB) |
DE David Erquiaga | 1,755,000(44 BB) |
SM Sven Mcdermott | 1,235,000(31 BB) |
ZZ Ziad Zebib | 1,100,000(28 BB) |
TH Trong Hieu Ngo | 850,000(21 BB) |
DK Donghyup Kim | 820,000(21 BB) |
530,000(13 BB) |
Chip Count Update
Player | Chips |
---|---|
HN Hieu Ngo | 2,225,000(74 BB) |
AC Abraham Ceesvin | 1,940,000(65 BB) |
LS Lee Sunghak | 1,650,000(55 BB) |
DK Donghyup Kim | 1,520,000(51 BB) |
SM Sven Mcdermott | 1,370,000(46 BB) |
CM Christopher Mateo | 1,325,000(44 BB) |
FL Ferdinand Lu | 1,100,000(37 BB) |
HJ Hu Jinlong | 950,000(32 BB) |
ZZ Ziad Zebib | 780,000(26 BB) |
JC John Clyde Tan | 765,000(26 BB) |
NS Nicola Spicher | 715,000(24 BB) |
615,000(21 BB) | |
DE David Erquiaga | 550,000(18 BB) |
AB Adrien Berger | 260,000(9 BB) |
NT Ngoc Thai Huynh | 260,000(9 BB) |
Short Stacked Vaicheslav Hangs In There

Vaichelsav sends his last chips out front and big blind Ceesvin Abraham duty calls from the big blind. At the runout, Vaicheslav survives to double through.
Player | Hand | Chips |
---|---|---|
Q♦T♦ | 295,000(12 BB) | |
AC Abraham Ceesvin | J♦7♠ | 1,050,000(42 BB) |
Chip Counts At The Break
Player | Chips |
---|---|
HN Hieu Ngo | 1,715,000(69 BB) |
SM Sven Mcdermott | 1,350,000(54 BB) |
AB Adrien Berger | 1,350,000(54 BB) |
AC Abraham Ceesvin | 1,300,000(52 BB) |
DK Donghyup Kim | 1,300,000(52 BB) |
AB Agharazi Babayev | 1,280,000(51 BB) |
LS Lee Sunghak | 1,200,000(48 BB) |
FL Ferdinand Lu | 1,125,000(45 BB) |
NS Nicola Spicher | 935,000(37 BB) |
HJ Hu Jinlong | 800,000(32 BB) |
CM Christopher Mateo | 760,000(30 BB) |
JC John Clyde Tan | 560,000(22 BB) |
NT Ngoc Thai Huynh | 400,000(16 BB) |
DE David Erquiaga | 400,000(16 BB) |
ZZ Ziad Zebib | 285,000(11 BB) |
100,000(4 BB) |
Leaderboard Update
With 23 fighters left the top spots go to:
Player | Chips |
---|---|
AB Agharazi Babayev | 1,550,000(129 BB) |
DK Donghyup Kim | 1,540,000(128 BB) |
HN Hieu Ngo | 1,510,000(126 BB) |
SM Sven Mcdermott | 1,200,000(100 BB) |
AB Adrien Berger | 1,200,000(100 BB) |
LS Lee Sunghak | 1,070,000(89 BB) |
CM Christopher Mateo | 800,000(67 BB) |
ZZ Ziad Zebib | 750,000(63 BB) |
ZX Zinan Xu | 675,000(56 BB) |
MF Michael Falcon | 530,000(44 BB) |
NS Nicola Spicher | 500,000(42 BB) |
AC Abraham Ceesvin | 500,000(42 BB) |
DE David Erquiaga | 500,000(42 BB) |
HJ Hu Jinlong | 475,000(40 BB) |
325,000(27 BB) | |
NT Ngoc Thai Huynh | 320,000(27 BB) |
275,000(23 BB) | |
265,000(22 BB) | |
JC John Clyde Tan | 260,000(22 BB) |
KA Khoa Anh Ngo | 175,000(15 BB) |
RN Rindra Norodom | 145,000(12 BB) |
130,000(11 BB) |
With the blinds going up to 6,000/12,000 we have some changes among the leaders :
Player | Chips |
---|---|
AB Adrien Berger | 1,190,000(99 BB) |
SM Sven Mcdermott | 1,143,000(95 BB) |
CM Christopher Mateo | 1,040,000(87 BB) |
DK Donghyup Kim | 750,000(63 BB) |
ZX Zinan Xu | 720,000(60 BB) |
HN Hieu Ngo | 700,000(58 BB) |
HA Huseyin Akgul | 700,000(58 BB) |
ZZ Ziad Zebib | 620,000(52 BB) |
AC Abraham Ceesvin | 586,000(49 BB) |
NS Nicola Spicher | 573,000(48 BB) |
QL Qi Li | 526,000(44 BB) |
428,000(36 BB) | |
AB Agharazi Babayev | 425,300(35 BB) |
BV Bernard Vu | 410,000(34 BB) |
MF Michael Falcon | 360,000(30 BB) |
MT Mike Takayama | 340,000(28 BB) |
300,000(25 BB) | |
FL Ferdinand Lu | 274,000(23 BB) |
267,000(22 BB) | |
JC John Clyde Tan | 262,000(22 BB) |
NC Nevan Chang | 215,000(18 BB) |
RN Rindra Norodom | 202,000(17 BB) |
LS Lee Sunghak | 200,000(17 BB) |
NT Ngoc Thai Huynh | 196,000(16 BB) |
ER Erik Rozhynskyi | 178,000(15 BB) |
KA Khoa Anh Ngo | 140,000(12 BB) |
99,000(8 BB) | |
HJ Hu Jinlong | 98,000(8 BB) |
NW Naoki Watanabe | 92,000(8 BB) |
JT Jean Testa | 90,000(8 BB) |
LS Leo Soma | 82,000(7 BB) |
Day 1C
End Of Day 1C - 42 Survivors
Player | Chips |
---|---|
CL Curtis Lim Siew Jian | 377,000(94 BB) |
AR Aladin Reskallah | 355,000(89 BB) |
DE David Erquiaga | 338,000(85 BB) |
YY Yadi Yao | 290,000(73 BB) |
LS Lee Sunghak | 277,000(69 BB) |
ZZ Ziad Zebib | 261,000(65 BB) |
KK Khamid Khudayberganov | 252,000(63 BB) |
ER Erik Rozhynskyi | 232,000(58 BB) |
NS Nicola Spicher | 229,000(57 BB) |
224,000(56 BB) | |
AB Adams Bellanger | 210,000(53 BB) |
AR Azizjon Rakhimov | 197,000(49 BB) |
OS Oliver Schulze | 196,000(49 BB) |
AB Agharazi Babayev | 191,000(48 BB) |
WK Wooseok Kim | 188,000(47 BB) |
KA Khoa Anh Ngo | 187,000(47 BB) |
166,000(42 BB) | |
FG Francis Garson | 148,000(37 BB) |
JC John Clyde Tan | 148,000(37 BB) |
RN Rindra Norodom | 145,000(36 BB) |
BV Bernard Vu | 143,000(36 BB) |
SS Somasekhar Sanampuri | 141,000(35 BB) |
140,000(35 BB) | |
JK John Kelly (13) | 138,000(35 BB) |
LW Luke Wozniak | 135,000(34 BB) |
LB Louis Bilodeau | 125,000(31 BB) |
HK Hyun Kyu Bae | 116,000(29 BB) |
PP Panitan Poopadsri | 115,000(29 BB) |
JF Joshua Figuerres | 100,000(25 BB) |
KK Kim Kunwoo | 95,000(24 BB) |
JB Jun Beum Chun | 93,000(23 BB) |
JM Jun Mitani | 89,000(22 BB) |
SC Sha Chengchun | 73,000(18 BB) |
TY Takashi Yagura | 70,000(18 BB) |
63,000(16 BB) | |
KO Kentaro Oe | 57,000(14 BB) |
SR Supanat Rojsukthavorn | 54,000(14 BB) |
KT Kien Tat Heng | 52,000(13 BB) |
SM Sakamoto Masaya | 51,000(13 BB) |
NT Nohad Teliani | 49,000(12 BB) |
SC Siarhei Chupadal | 26,000(7 BB) |
EB Eric Bennici | 17,000(4 BB) |
Chip Count
Player | Chips |
---|---|
AR Aladin Reskallah | 413,000(138 BB) |
CL Curtis Lim Siew Jian | 311,000(104 BB) |
YY Yadi Yao | 298,000(99 BB) |
NS Nicola Spicher | 272,000(91 BB) |
AB Agharazi Babayev | 256,500(86 BB) |
208,000(69 BB) | |
WK Wooseok Kim | 172,000(57 BB) |
LB Louis Bilodeau | 157,000(52 BB) |
KA Khoa Anh Ngo | 152,000(51 BB) |
LW Luke Wozniak | 144,000(48 BB) |
XC Xianqi Chan | 143,000(48 BB) |
Luke James Wozniak Plays His Set With Aggression

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.
Player | Chips |
---|---|
208,500(83 BB) | |
LW Luke Wozniak | 144,000(58 BB) |
Jiazhi Hong Sent Packing By Clubs
Jiazhi Zhong raises then four-bets 28,500, his challenger Mr Vaicheslav calls and they take it to the flop T♣ 7♣ 6♦ . Zhong bangs out 13,500 that doesn’t shake Vaicheslav. He tries again on the Q♦ turn for all of his chips totaling 52,000, and still Vaicheslav calls. At the showdown, Zhong is ahead until the river 6♣ grants Vaicheslav the flush to crush top pair.
Player | Hand | Chips |
---|---|---|
K♣Q♣ UTG+1 | 267,000(107 BB) | |
ZJ Zhong Jiazhi | A♥Q♠ UTG | busted |