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.

However it is not the case. When the flop comes 3♠ Q♦ 3♣ , Quang jumps ahead. And with the turn 9♠ , Marquez is drawing dead to go down as the stone cold bubble.

From under the gun, Quang Trinh Do opens to 6,000 and gets one caller in Ping Soon on his immediate left. When the flop comes 6♦ J♥ 4♠ both players check for a free 9♦ turn. Quang takes the lead with a 6,000 bet, which Soon calls. On the river A♣ , Quang follows through with a larger 12,000 bet, and it's enough to force a fold and take down the pot.

With the board running T♠ 6♥ 8♥ A♠ J♠ , down go two players as Erquiaga's cowboys are cracked and Chawla behind the whole way.