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.

Ivan Karatayeu is dealt pocket Aces and gets maximum pay from Yuanning Wu who had pocket Tens.

Sitting on the button, Yuanning Wu faces a raise of 4500 from Abhijith Cheruku and decides to three-bet to 11,000. Cheruku tanks then calls to go post flop Q♥ 2♠ 2♣ . Cheruku checks to the aggressor Wu who wastes no time betting out 8000. Cheruku folds.

Next hand, Quan Qiu raises from hijack and cutoff Wu makes it 11,000. Qiu calls. The flop A♣ A♠ 3♣ sees a 7000 bet from Wu that Qiu flats again. On the turn K♦ , Wu makes it 17,000 and still Qiu sticks around until the river J♦ where Wu barrels again this time for a larger 48,000. Qiu can afford it but opts to out losing his stake in the pot.