APPT Main Event ($1,750)

The biggest influx in the APPT Cambodia 2025 (Event #40) Main Event went down in Day 1C when 234 entries graced the NagaWorld Integrated Resorts here in Phnom Penh and when the dust settled, 45 advanced to join the 50 that had already trudged on from the first 2 qualifiers.

This merges with those who made it from the Turbo Day 1D that took place later in the evening that had 85 entries and 26 advancing now brings the runner total to 121 that will converge on Sunday (May 11) as Day 2 commences here at 12:00PM (UCT+7). A total of 643 entries were logged in this US$1,000,000 GTD event.

Among the notables that made it to Day 2 from Day 1C were the Philippines’ lone WSOP bracelet winner Mike Takayama, Pokerstars LIVE Manila Super Series 12 Main Event titlist Hu Jin Long of China, APPT Manila Championship Pokerstars Red Dragon winner Aladin Reskallah of Canada and multi-titled Australian Daniel Nielson.

The race for the chip lead was a harrowing one as so many players traded seats atop the leaderboard, but in the end China’s Hao He rose to the top after busting out two in one hand towards the twilight of the session with a flush. Hao, who has amassed nearly US$250,000 in his career, carries a stack of 518,000 into Day 2 and is followed distantly by Somashekar Kurkhepally Nahadeva of India with 382,000 while Ireland’s Frank Lillis is third with 374,000.

Day 1D saw the likes of APPT Main Event runner-up Kim Donghyup of Korea, 4-time WPT Cambodia trophy winner Erik Rozhynskyi of the Ukraine and international campaigner Guy Taylor of England among those who will be seeing action in Day 2.

Malaysian Victor Chong acquired the most chips from Day 1D with 248,000. Chong, among whose many trophies is the 2023 WPT Passport to the World Championship Super High Roller championship title, shoved his last hand and was called by Japan’s Akihiro Konishi ending up as a full house to surge ahead of the field. Second in chips is the Philippines’ Richard Marquez with 195,000 while Pranav Bathjia of India captured third with 175,000.

Of the 121 players that will return for Day 2, only 95 will be ITM so the fight will resume with the sane ferocity that was required to make it this far.

In the final hand of the flight, the action gets folded to the hijack where France’s Jean Philippe Testa (still on his lone bullet) makes a raise to 55,000, starting a cascade of folds until the BB of big stack Pulkit Totla of India who makes the call.

The flop is 2♣ 7♣ 6♥ as Totla checks and the Frenchman goes all in. Totla folds as Testa shows K♣ K♠ to conclude hostilities for Day 1C.

The action folds to the lowjack where India’s Pulkit Totla raises it up to 10,000. In the cutoff, Xin Yuan of China 3-bets to 47,000—and leaves one 1,000 chip behind. It doesn’t matter as the Indian 4-bet all-in and Xin makes the literal “one chip call”.

Totla tables 9♠ 8♦ and suddenly the Chinese player is liking his chances with A♣ 9♣ .

The first three community cards, though, were sweat-riddled: J♣ A♠ T♣ for an open-ended straight draw for the Indian. However, the runout concludes with the 3♣ and the 4♦ as top pair is enough for Xin to double up and overtake Totla’s stack.

Ha Manh tuong of Vietnam continues to stay active as he opens from the +1 position for 8,000 and gets calls from the SB of Korea’s Yun Jungsup and the BB of Englishman Craig Jones.

The flop goes 6♦ 3♥ 5♠ as the blinds check. Ha CBets to 16,000 and the blinds call. The turn card is the A♥ and the blinds check again. This time, Ha puts in 33,000. Both blinds are still in there. The river is the 5♦ and this time the Vietnamese player joins in the checkfest.

Yun is first to show and he tables A J for top pair and his opponents muck.

From the lowjack, big stack Zheng Xiaosheng of China raises to 9,000 and gets 3-bet when it gets to the cutoff of Ireland’s Henri Hinds to 22,000. Zheng calls.

The flop is J♦ 7♦ 6♥ as both players check. The turn card is the 5♥ as this time, Zheng comes out firing for 33,000 and gets his Irish opponent to fold.

Ha Manh Tuong of Vietnam has it folded to him on the button as he raises it up to 8,500. Malaysia’s Mok Jo Seng decides to defend his BB.

The flop goes J♦ 8♥ J♥ as Mok checks. Ha fires 6,500 and gets the Malaysian to walk away.

The action is folded to the cutoff where Ian Litster of Australia shoves his remaining stack of 72,500 and gets a call on the BB of India’s Sumit Sapra.

Litster shows 9♦ 9♥ while Supra has him crushed with T♦ T♣ .

The runout provided no surprises: 3♦ 5♦ 8♥ Q♣ 2♥ as Litster is railed and Supra’s stack nears the quarter million mark.

The action gets folded to the lowjack where Kaifan Wang of the United States makes a raise to 6,000 which is called by the Ukraine’s Anzhela Vasylenko on the button.

The flop is 9♠ 4♣ 6♥ as both players check. The turn is the J♥ and Wang leads out for 7,000. Vasylenko opts to fold.

China’s Zheng Xiaosheng opens from UTG for 6,500 and gets called by fellow Chinese player YU Yuan in the cutoff and Lionel Loh of Singapore in the BB.

The flop comes 3♣ 9♥ Q♠ as Loh checks. Zheng replicates his 6,500 bet and gets called by Yu. Loh exits. It is Heads Up to the turn that brings out the 2♥ as Zheng unloads 16,000. Yu still sticks around. The river card is the 8♥ and this time Zheng puts it all in there. Yu tanks for a while but decides on letting the hand go.

Big stack Ha Manh Tuong of Vietnam opens from UTG for 6,500 and it gets folded to the button where Korea’s Yun Jungsup—in dire need of a double-up—3-bets all-in for his last 70,500. When it gets back to Ha, he calls.

Yun turns over A♥ 2♦ while the Vietnamese player has him dominated with A♣ Q♣ .

The first three community cards gives the Korean a glimmer of hope, albeit also giving Ha a draw: J♠ 2♣ T♥ . That slight chance comes to fruition on the fourth card for Yun as the 2♠ arrives. Now down to any of the four Kings in the deck to reverse this situation, the last card is the 2♥ for running quads and still a chance to advance after the double up.

Alfie Adam of England opens from the button to 6,500 and Vietnam’s Nguyen Phuong Ngoc defends his BB.

The flop goes 3♣ Q♣ 3♦ as the Vietnamese player checks. Adam follows it up with a 6,000 CBet and has Nguyen folding for a completed steal.

It gets folded to the button where Australia’s Daniel Nielsen puts in a raise to 6,000 as India’s Somashekar Kurkhepally Nahadeva elects to defend his BB.

The flop goes K♦ A♥ 6♣ as Nahadeva checks. Nielsen fires a CBet of 3,000 as the Indian folds and the Australian snares the pot.

Vietnam’s Ha Manh Tuong has it folded to him on the button and comes out raising it to 6,500. Frank Lillis of Ireland makes the call from the SB but India’s Avnesh Munjal decides to 3-bet shove from the BB for his remaining 56,000. Ha folds but Lillis choose to call.

Munjal shows A♦ 4♦ while the Irishman has a made hand: T♦ T♠ .

The first three community cards gave the Indian player more outs: 7♦ 4♥ J♥ but none of them showed up as runout concluded with the 9♥ and the 5♦ .

Munjal’s permanent sidelining in the flight also gives Lillis over 300,000 in chips and is looking good to advance to Day 2.

Fritz Douhan of Sweden raises it up after the action gets folded to him on the hijack to 5,000 and gets greeted by a 3-bet to 13,500 by Vietnam’s Nguyen Phuong Ngoc from the cutoff. Douhan makes the call.

The flop comes 6♥ Q♥ T♦ and immediately the Swede goes all-in and is quickly called by Nguyen.

Douhan tables Q♣ 8♣ for top pair on the flop while the Vietnamese player unveils K♣ K♠ .

The turn card is the 2♦ and the river brings in the J♥ .

Nguyen gets a badly needed double up as we head to the twilight of Day 1C.

Ireland’s Frank Lillis opens from the cutoff for 5,000 and is met with a re-raise from the BB of Korean Yun Jungsup to 17,500. Lillis 4-bet shoves and gets called by Yun.

Lillis flips over K♠ T♠ while Yun has a slight lead with K♦ J♣ .

The runout goes: 5♣ 5♦ A♥ 2♠ 8♣ as Yun is awarded the pot by virtue of having a that Jack kicker over the Irishman’s ten kicker.

The double up puts the Korean back in contention while Lillis is still in the big stack conversation despite the hit.

The action is folded to the button where India’s Gagandeep Singh Malik raises it up to 5,500. In the SB, Chris Shebat of the United States 3-bets it to 11,000. In the BB, another Indian player in Abhinav Iyer 4-bets all-in. Malik folds but Shebat makes the call.

Iyer shows A♠ J♦ and is a hand that dominates his American opponent as Shebat tables Aad 9♠ .

The flop, though, changes everything: A♥ 9♥ 5♠ to give Shebat top two pair. The hand holds as the final two community cards are dealt: 6♥ and K♦ .

Since Shebat’s stack was so short, Iyer still has a serviceable stack of just under 80,000. Shebat is practically back to the starting stack.

Malaysia’s Victor Chong open shoves his remaining 19,000 from the +1 position and gets called by Pulkit Tota of India from the hijack. However, Macanese player Gu Huidong 3-bet shoves from the cutoff and when it folds back to the Indian, he elects to stand aside.

Chong turns over Q♦ J♣ while Gu shows Q♥ Q♣ .

The runout provided no subplots: K♦ 2♦ 7♠ K♠ J♥ as Chong busts and Gu’s stack approaches the double century mark.

It is folded to the hijack of China’s Zhi Tang who raises it to 4,500 but his bid to steal the blinds and ante is deterred by the 3-bet shove of Xin Yuan for his remaining 39,500.

Before folding, Zhi shows the A♦ .

The action gets folded to the blinds where Lithuania’s Ruslan Mandziuk makes a bid for the BB and ante posted by Mike Takayama of the Philippines by rising to 6,000. Takayama defends.

The flop comes 2♦ 7♦ A♠ as Mandziuk continues for 4,000. Takayama lets him have the pot.

Mandziuk grounds Takayama.

From the +1 position, a short-stacked Artur Akhmetzianov of Russia decides that it’s time to shine and ships his dwindling stack of 17,000. On the button, India’s Abhinav Iyer makes the call.

Akhmetzianov shows A♥ 3♥ while Iyer turns over T♠ T♦ .

The first three community cards are 8♠ K♦ 5♥ but then a sweat card arrives as the fourth card is the 7♥ threatening to go backdoor. Akhmetzianov hits the jackpot when the 8♥ arrives as last card and the backdoor nut flush is enough to keep the Russian afloat while dragging Iyer’s chips to close to the starting stack.

India’s Bagaria Raj Vardhan opens for 3,000 from UTG and it folds all the way to the BB of Englishman Craig Jones who decides to make the call.

The flop is A♦ Q♦ 8♠ as Jones checks. Vardhan CBets to 2,500 and gets check-raised to 9,000. The Indian makes the call. The turn is the J♠ as Jones now unleashes 25,000. Vardhan still makes the call. The river is the A♣ as Jones goes all-in and is quickly called by Vardhan.

Jones tables A♥ Q♣ for a full house on the river while a disgruntled Vardhan shows A♠ J♣ for a smaller boat. It’s one of the worst coolers in the tournament thus far and the result is the sidelining of Vardhan while Jones now eclipses the quarter of a million chip mark.

From UTG, Alfie Adam of England opens for 3,000 and gets calls from the cutoff of China’s Kai Li, the button where Le Ngoc Minh of Vietnam is and the BB of Indian lady Ankita Ajay Malik.

The flop goes 5♣ J♠ Q♣ as Malik checks. Adam continues firing, this time for 7,500 and gets Li to fold, but not Le who calls. Malik exits. It is Heads Up to the turn that produces the 4♠ as the Englishman keeps bombarding, this time for 19,000. The Vietnamese player still makes the call. The river card is the T♠ as Adam puts in a bet of 30,000. Le decides to fold.

Adam’s stack now nears 150,000 and is the author of yet another successful wielding.

Adam wields

From the +1 position, France’s Fabian Rolli opens for 3,500 and gets a call from Yu Yuan of China from the button.

The flop goes 4♥ 4♠ 9♠ as Rolli continues his tirade for 4,500 to which Yu calls. The turn is the 6♣ as this time the Frenchman check and Yu snares the betting lead and unloads 11,500. Rolli calls. The river is the J♣ as now Yu brings in a bet of 25,500 which is still called by Rolli.

England’s Matthew Ledger opens from the lowjack for 3,000 and gets 3-bet on the hijack by Anzhela Vasylenko of the Ukraine to 8,000. Ledger calls.

The flop comes A♦ T♠ K♣ as Ledger checks. Vasylenko CBets to 6,000 and gets called. T♥ turn card is the 7♣ as once again Ledger checks and this time the Ukrainian lady goes off for 15,000. Ledger still makes the call. The river is the 9cand the Englishman checks a third time. Vasylenko goes all-in for her remaining 25,000. Ledger can’t make the call.

Ledger’s chips have dwindled down to less than the staring stack.

A mini battle of Vietnam sees Nguyen Van Xuan raise it up from the +1 position to 3,000 and getting met with a 3-bet shove for 22,500 from Ngo Anh Tuan from the hijack.

Nguyen folds.

From UTG France’s Jean Philippe Testa limps in and it folds to the hijack where Kaifan Wang of the United States raises it up to 3,500. Testa calls.

The flop goes 7♠ T♥ 8♦ as both players check. The turn is the T♦ as Testa checks again. Wang now bets 3,500 and gets called. The river is the Q♥ . The Frenchman checks a third time, but now Wang slows down and checks behind.

Testa tables 7♠ 7♥ for bottom set on the flop while Wang shows J♠ J♥ and thankfully for the American that an over card came on the river, otherwise the trap that Testa so carefully set up may have been sprung.

The action is folded to the cutoff of China’s Zheng Xiaosheng who raises it to 2,500 and is called in the BB by fellow Chinese player Yu Yuan.

The flop comes 2♦ 9♥ A♣ as Yu checks. Zheng continues for 1,700 but gets check-raised to 4,700. Zheng calls. The turn card is the 6♦ as Yu now makes it 10,300 to go. Zheng still makes the call. The river is the 9♠ as now both slow down and check.

Yu shows Q♥ 3♥ as he tried to win the hard with aggression. Zheng tables A♠ 4♦ for top pair and a kicker that let a lot to be desired. Thankfully for Zheng, it was not an issue in this particular situation.

The action gets folded to the button where Australia’s Jack Maris makes a raise to 2,400. It gets folded to the SB of Filipino Isaac Hechanova who 3-bets it to 6,900. It gets back to Maris who 4-bet shoves. Hechanova makes the call.

Maris shows 9♣ 9♦ while Hechanova brandishes A♣ A♥ .

The first three cards of the runout are 3♣ 4♦ K♥ but the fourth card is the 9♠ to give the Australian the miracle he hoped for and the last card does not bail Hechanova out as the 7♥ arrives.

Hechanova’s stack dips below six figures while Maris gets a new lease on his tournament life via the fortuitous suck out.

A battle of China ensues as Yu Yuan raises from the cutoff to 2,400 and gets 3-bet by Zhou Tong to 8,200. Yu then 4-bets it to 23,100 and Zhou’s response is to tank for a moment before executing a 5-bet shove for his remaining 99,800.

Yu folds.

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The Philippines’ Joshua Figuerres open shoves from the +1 position for 10,500 and it gets folded to the SB where Evgeny Sirotenko of France calls.

Figuerres shows 7♦ 7♠ while Sirotenko has J♠ T♠ –a coinflip for the tournament life of the Filipino.

The runout goes: Q♣ 9♦ 4♠ Q♦ 3♠ as Figuerres’ pocket pair and sends the French’s stack to a mere six BBs as the close of registration draws near.

The action is folded to the hijack where short-stacked Santiago Soriano Ramos of Spain sticks in his remaining 8,100 as the action gets folded to the SB where India’s Pulkit Totla decides to isolate by 3-betting to 20,000. It wasn’t enough as Loo Junzhong of Malaysia 4-bet shoves for 51,000. Totla ponders a moment but does cover both and decides to call with a chance to eliminate two.

Ramos tables Q♦ T♦ while Loo shows Big Slick: A♦ K♠ . Totla turns over A♥ 4♥ and is in bad shape preflop.

The first three community cards are the 6♠ 7♥ J♦ which is great news for Loo. The fourth card, however, is the 4♠ giving the Indian player the lead with one card to go. That one card is the 6♦ as Totla takes out two players and has his stack soar to above the double century mark.

Isaac Hechanova of the Philippines opens from the button for 2,500 and gets a call from Ireland’s Frank Lillis who chooses to defend his BB.

The flop is 6♣ 7♦ J♥ as Lillis checks. Hechanova CBets 2,600 and the Irishman makes the call. The turn is the Q♣ and this time both check. The river card is the 2♠ as now it’s Lillis’ turn to bet for 3,500. Hechanova calls.

Lillis turns over J♦ 8♦ for top air on the flop. The Filipino decides to muck.

The action is folded to the blinds as China’s Hao He completes his SB and Kyle Bao Diep of Vietnam checks his option.

The flop comes 4♣ 7♦ 8♣ as both players check. The turn card is the T♠ and this time Hao bets 2,200. Bao calls. The river is the A♥ and this time the Chinese player puts in 6,500. Bao folds.

t is folded to the cutoff where Dinh Van Tien of Vietnam raises it up to 2,200 and gets a call from the SB of Ireland’s Frank Lillis.

The flop comes A♠ A♣ A♦ as Lillis checks. Dinh continues for 1,500 and gets called. The turn card is the 5♦ and the Irishman checks again. This time, Dinh makes it 4,500 to go while Lillis still makes the call. The river is the 5♠ as Lillis checks for a third time. Dinh now bets 16,000. Lillis raises all-in and he covers the Vietnamese veteran. Dinh calls.

Lillis tables A♥ J♥ for quads on the flop while Dinh shows 6♣ 5♣.

Dinh has been railed and Lillis’ stack now hits six figures.

Canada’s Sid Lukie has it folded to him on the cutoff and he raises it to 3,000. At the SB, Hao He of China 3-bets it to 8,500 and by the time it gets back to Lukie he 4-bets to 20,000. Hao 5-bet shoves and gets snap called.

Hao flips over Q♦ Q♠ while he sees the bad news that he’s up against the A♦ A♠ of the Canadian.

The first three community cards are 4♦ J♥ 3♠ . However, the fourth one is the Q♣ to give the Chinese player top set. Lukie misses his two-outer as the 4♣ shows up to give Hao a full house and Lukie’s aces get cracked on the suck out.

Hao’s stack suddenly climbs to almost 140,000 while the Canadian has a little over 15 BBs left.

The action is folded to the button of England’s Matthew Ledger who decides to limp in. Korean Kim Hyunbin opts to complete his SB and Jean Philippe Testa of France checks.

The flop is A♣ 5♥ J♥ as the blinds check. Ledger leads out for 2,000 as Kim folds but Testa sticks around for one more street and makes the call. The turn is the T♣ and the Frenchman checks again. This time, Ledger fires 8,500 and it’s enough to push Testa away.

India’s Pulkit Totla opens from the +1 position for 1,600 and gets 3-bet by Erik Rozhynskyi of the Ukraine for 3,200. It gets folded to the BB where Spain’s Santigo Soriano Ramos 4-bets it to 7,000. Totla gets out of the way as Rozhynskyi 5-bet shoves and gets called by the Spaniard.

Rozhynskyi shows K♥ K♠ while Ramos has T♣ T♦ .

The runout goes: J♥ 8♦ A♦ 8♣ 8♠ as Rozhynskyi doubles up via a higher full house against that of Ramos.

The roller coaster Day 1C continues for the Ukrainian.

Russia’s Oleg Titov makes the raise to 1,600 from the hijack and Lee Suya of Korea decides to make a BB defense.

The flop goes 9♦ K♥ T♣ as Lee checks. Titov fires 1,800 as the Korean ace calls. The turn card is the 5♥ as once again Lee checks. This time, the Russian unloads 4,000 and still gets called. The river is the 2♠ and Lee checks a third time. Titov announces he is all-in and gets snap called.

Titov turns over A♦ 3♦ for an ace-high bluff while Lee produces one of the ultimate bluff catchers in K♦ T♥ for top two pairs on the flop.

Lee now has over 130,000 in chips still in the early goings. Lee Suya catches Titov’s bluff

Lee now has over 130,000 in chips still in the early goings.

Folded to the hijack of Singapore’s Lyvin Soon, he raises it up to 2,000 and gets a BB defense from Karan Sitlani of India.

The flop is K♦ Q♦ 7♣ as Sitlani checks. Soon puts out another 2,000 and the Indian folds.

From the +1 position, China’s Li Shao Shuai raises to 1,600 and is met with a 3-bet to 4,500 from the hijack of Filipino Isaac Hechanova. It gets folded back to Li who makes the call.

The flop comes J♣ T♣ 3♦ as the Chinese player checks. Hechanova bets 2,700 and Li wants no further quarrel with the Filipino.

The action is folded to the hijack of Ireland’s Tadhg Conway who makes the raise to 1,600. From the SB, Jean Philippe Testa decides to make the call.

The flop goes 2♠ 4♠ T♣ as Testa checks. The CBet of 1,600 is executed by the Irishman, to which Testa makes the call. The turn card is the K♥ as the Frenchman checks again. This time, Conway bets 2,200 and it’s enough to take the pot down as Testa folds snowing an Ace before he throws his hand into the muck.

China’s Xin Yuan has it folded to him on the button and he raises it 1,300. The blinds come along.

The flop shows 7♥ 9♠ J♥ as all three players check. The turn is the 5♥ and still no action happens. The river card is the Q♠ as suddenly coming alive from the SB is Chinese player Zheng Xiaosheng who fires 2,200. Gregory Kiat of Singapore folds from the BB and Xin, the initial raiser, goes out as well.

Christian Cloutier of Canada opens from UTG for 1,200 and gets re-raised on the BB by Vietnam’s Dinh Van Tien to 5,000. Cloutier opts to call.

The flop comes J♣ 7♦ 3♦ as both players check. The turn is the 5♣ as Dinh leads out for 5,000 and the Canadian raises all-in. Dinh calls.

Cloutier tables A♣ Q♣ for a redraw to the nut flush while the Vietnamese player shows J♦ J♠ fr top set on the flop. The river card is the 5♦ to give Dinh a full house and rail Cloutier—who still has time to use another bullet.

Dinh fills up, ousts Cloutier

Christian Cloutier of Canada opens from UTG for 1,200 and gets re-raised on the BB by Vietnam’s Dinh Van Tien to 5,000. Cloutier opts to call.

The flop comes J♣ 7♦ 3♦ as both players check. The turn is the 5♣ as Dinh leads out for 5,000 and the Canadian raises all-in. Dinh calls.

Cloutier tables A♣ Q♣ for a redraw to the nut flush while the Vietnamese player shows J♦ J♠ fr top set on the flop. The river card is the 5♦ to give Dinh a full house and rail Cloutier—who still has time to use another bullet.

Two players who were simultaneous elimination victim of Englishman Craig Jones in Day 1B now meet each other in the blinds as the action is folded to them. Taiwan’s Chao Ting Cheng just completes his SB while John Matsuda of Japan checks his option in this unraised pot.

The flop is 8♥ 5♥ J♥ as both players check the monochrome board. The turn card is the T♠ as Chao bets 1,000. Matsuda folds.

France’s Fabian Rolli begins this from UTG by raising it up to 1,200. He gets calls from Yun Jungsup of Korea in the +1 position, Vietnam’s Ho Anh Tuan on the button and Sumit Sapra of India in the SB.

The flop goes 6♣ T♠ Q♠ as all four players check. The turn is the J♠ as Supra checks again and Rolli suddenly shows interest by betting 2,500. Yun and Ho fold, but the Indian is also interested and makes the call. The river card is the A♦ as Sapra checks a third time and the Frenchman unloads 4,000. Sapra calls.

Rolli shows A♣ K♥ while Sapra tables K♣ Q♣ as it becomes a split pot with both players holding a King. Much ado about chopping.

Hao Lin from Hong Kong, China opens from UTG for 1,200 and it gets folded all the way to the BB of Lithuania’s Ruslan Mandziuk who opt to defend.

The flop comes 5♣ 4♣ 8♦ and immediately the Lithuanian claims the betting lead for 2,000. Hao calls. The turn is the 7♠ and Mandziuk barrels anew for 4,000. Hao raises the white flag of surrender.

Canada’s Sid Lukie is the author of consecutive bust outs. His first victim being Chinese lady player Zhou He when he flush draw never materialized against Lukie’s set of eights followed by another conquest right after when the Canadian held pocket Kings versus an opponent’s Ace King .

Lukie is making a comeback in poker and Cambodia could just turn into his personal playground with the way he has been running of late.

The action is folded to the blinds where American Kaifan Wang raises it up 1,800 from the SB and gets called by Tadhg Conway of Ireland from the BB.

The flop is T♥ Q♥ A♣ as Wang continues barreling for 1,200. Conway calls. The turn card is the 5♣ and this time Wang opts to check. The Irishman takes the betting lead and unloads 2,000. Wang calls. The river is the 4♣ as Wang checks again. Conway lays down a 5,500 river bet which leads to a fold by the American.

Conway nears the 80,000 chip mark.

Gu Huidong from Macau, China raises from the hijack to 1,100 and gets a call from Singapore’s Kien Tat Heng from the button as everyone else folds.

The flop goes Q♣ J♠ 7♣ as Gu continues firing, this time for 1,900. Kien calls. The turn card is the T♥ as this time the Macanese player slows down and checks. Kien takes the betting lead for 3,000 and gets check-raised by Gu to 13,000. The Singaporean makes the call. The river is the 4♦ and GU goes all-in and is quickly called.

Gu shows A♠ J♥ for second pair on the flop while Kiem turns over K♣ Q♠ for top pair on the flop. Both players picked up backdoor straight draws on the turn.

Gu’s stack is just above ten BBs and is in emergency mode.

Korea’s Hong Sungheon has it folded to him on his cutoff and raises it up to 1,000. He gets a BB defense from Thai lady player Methavee Taveekitvatee.

The flop comes Q♥ A♥ K♣ as Taveekitvatee checks. Hong continues for 700 and gets called. The turn is the 3♦ and Taveekitvatee checks again. This time, the Korean makes it 3,000 to go and Taveekitvatee does not continue in the hand.

The action is folded to the Dinesh Alt in the cutoff and the Swiss national raises it up to 1,000. In the blonds are two Indian players who both make the call.

The flop goes A♣ 7♥ 3♠ as Anil Adiani checks from the SB and Karan Sitlani does the same from the BB. Alt CBets to 800 and gets check-raised by Adiani to 2,200. Sitlani folds and so does Alt.

Sahil Nair of India opens from the hijack for 800 and gets re-raised straightaway at the cutoff by China’s Zhou He to 2,500. Nai calls.

The flop is Q♥ 7♣ T♦ as Nair checks. The lady player from China then CBets to 3,200 and gets called. The turn is the A♣ and this time, Zhou unloads 7,000. Nair goes into the tank before declaring he is all-in for 17,800. Zhou calls.

Nair flips over K♠ J♠ for a Broadway straight on the turn while Zhou shows A♦ Q♦ for two pairs on the turn.

The river card is the K♥ .

Zhou’s stack still has over 30 BBs at this level and should still be enough to navigate back to contention.

Nair gets paid by Zhou

Sahil Nair of India opens from the hijack for 800 and gets re-raised straightaway at the cutoff by China’s Zhou He to 2,500. Nai calls.

The flop is Q♥ 7♣ T♦ as Nair checks. The lady player from China then CBets to 3,200 and gets called. The turn is the A♣ and this time, Zhou unloads 7,000. Nair goes into the tank before declaring he is all-in for 17,800. Zhou calls.

Nair flips over K♠ J♠ for a Broadway straight on the turn while Zhou shows A♦ Q♦ for two pairs on the turn.

The river card is the K♥ .

Zhou’s stack still has over 30 BBs at this level and should still be enough to navigate back to contention.