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.

Quan Qiu defends his big blind against a 6,000 open by Xiaohua Fu then check-calls both the 5,000 flop and 14,000 turn barrels. When the board completes 2♦ 2♥ 7♣ 6♠ 5♣ , Qiu takes the reins for 10,000. The sudden aggression forces Fu into the tank before he opts to lay it down.

Having just lost a pot, Salih Kaya raises 5500 and big blind Xiaohua Fu defends. When the flop comes A♠ 4♥ Q♠ , Fu check-raises from 3500 to 8500 and Kaya calls. On the turn 8♦ , Fu jumps out for 25,000 big ones and it's enough to win the pot uncontested.