APPT Main Event ($1,750)

After five levels of 75-minutes each, Day 3 of the APPT Cambodia Main Event wrapped up with the Final 6 players determined. At the top of that short list is India's Somashekhar Nahadeva with a 73 bb stack which is a comfortable 25 bb lead over his closest challenger China's Yuanning Wu with 48 bb.

Nahadeva jumped far ahead after winning three big pots, kicked off by first burning Abhishek Paul's set with a straight. Second ranked Wu was also picked up a big pot late in the day when he exposed Le Ngoc Minh's bluff.

The next three down the rung were all Vietnamese players - Hai Ha Tran (40 bb), Le Ngoc Minh (31 bb), Minh Thang Tran (29 bb) - and rounding out the pack was Taiwan's Bo Su with 17 bb.

When they return on Tuesday, May 13, blinds pick up at 40,000-80,000 ante 80,000 with average at 40 bb. Everyone is guaranteed $38,840 with the top prize set at $191,000.

The APPT Cambodia Main Event kicked off on May 8 at NagaWorld and after four flights, it drew 643 entries with only 121 advancing to Day 2. The money flowed starting at 95th place and by the end of regulation, only 24 advanced to Day 3 led by Le Ngoc Minh.

First to go was Singapore's last hope, Lionel Loh fell to the chip leader followed out by Vietnam's Huu Dung Nguyen when his set was burned by a runner runner straight.

The field continued to thin as Huidong Gu, Mike Takayama, Yunsheng Sun, Phraikhieo Wutikrai, and Amit Kaushik all booted by dominated pocket pairs, and missing the final 6 by one spot was China's last hope, Xiaosheng Zheng with top pair falling to a set.

Read up on all the action down below.

Minh Tran opens 160,000 then gets faced with a three-bet of 425,000 from Bo Su, Tran tanks and after a minute, he jams. Action back on Bo who tanks as well then folds.

Only 7 players remaining which means one more bust for Day 3 to wrap up.

At cutoff, Somashekhar Nahadeva calls a min-raise from Minh Tran then calls an 80,000 c-bet on the flop 3♥ J♠ 3♠ . On the turn J♥ , Tran backs down and checks, Nahadeva gives it a go for 110,000, Tran tanks using up three time extensions then finally surrenders his hand.

After losing three pots, Le Ngoc Minh raises 100,000 again and finds two players to tango. They all check the flop Q♦ T♦ Q♠ while on the turn 2♠ , two checks to Hai Ha Tran at cutoff sees him test-bet 225,000. Only Le Ngoc check-calls to see the K♦ land on the turn.

Acting first, Le Ngoc fires 200,000, Tran tanks using up a time bank then tosses his hand in the muck.

Le Ngoc Minh kicks off the final table with a raise of 100,000 then gets challenged with a 320,000 bet from Minh Thang Tran. After using up a time-bank, Le Ngoc lets him have it.

Shankui Li kicked off the action for 100,000 at cutoff that drew in the blinds. Li continued to fire at the flop 2♣ T♦ A♦ for 100,000 and only Somashekhar Nahadeva continued.

On the turn 6♥ , Li fires again for 270,000 but this time it’s met with a raise of 650,000. Li calls to take them to 5th street where 2♥ lands. Nahadeva leads out 175,000 and after all that heavy betting, Li opts to fold.

With no action before him, Minh Thang Tran limps in then calls big blind Edgar Antezana’s 140,000 raise. When they get to the flop Q♣ 6♥ 7♠ , Antezana continues for 100,000 and Tran sticks with him. Both opt to pass on the turn Q♥ but on the river 9♥ , Tran takes command for 300,000 and easily wins the pot uncontested.

After Somashekhar Nahadeva opens, Chun Chieh Liu shoves, Minh Thang Tran calls, and it’s a heads up showdown with Nahadeva folding.

Tran is ahead with K♥ K♠, Liu has A♣ J♦ one overcard. The board comes down J♠ K♦ 7♥ 7♦ 8♦ to end Liu’s run in 16th place.