APPT National ($1,000)

The 4th Annual APPT Cambodia taking place at NagaWorld in Phnom Penh, concluded its second of three flights to its featured APPT National with 179 runners added to the 61 Flight A entries to crack the $150K guarantee with another flight yet to complete.

When the bubble burst, Vietnam’s Manh Tuong Ha emerged as chip leader among the final 27 players, bagging a commanding 516,000. Ha climbed steadily throughout the day, capitalizing on short stacks at his table to claim the top spot in the Day 2 cumulative counts.

Hot on his heels was Mystery Bounty crusher Hao Lin, who kept the momentum going with a 497,000 stack. Also advancing with healthy stacks were notables Donghyup Kim — last year’s APPT Cambodia Main Event runner-up — and 2023 APPT Manila Main Event champion Yuanning Wu.

Players return to action on Wednesday, May 7 at 11:30am for the next stage in the chase for the title. Each one is now guaranteed a payout, easing the pressure as they continue their climb.

Big pot of 120,000 in the middle by the time the board completes 9♦ 7♠ A♣ 9♠ J♣ . Manh Tuong Ha bets 77,000 that sends Pang Seng tanking then folds.

He Zhou has A♥ K♥ in the hole and jams from early position. Small blind Pang Seng has K♦ K♣ and calls to place Zhou at risk. When the board runs 5♦ 8♥ 4♣ T♠ 7♦ , Zhou misses to be ousted four spots to the money.

The leader at the moment is Pang Seng with around 460,000 behind.