APPT National ($1,000)

Three players saw the flop for 700 apiece, with Erik Rozhynskyi kicking off the action. The flop came T♠ 3♣ 5♣, and it quickly narrowed to heads-up as Igor Vakhnenko called a 1,400 c-bet, while Craig Jones stepped aside.

On the 6♠ turn, Rozhynskyi ramped up the pressure with a 6,500 bet, and Vakhnenko stayed in to see the river. The final card 3♦ arrived, and Rozhynskyi went for the jugular, unloading 23,000 into the pot. The aggression paid off as Vakhnenko gave it up, awarding Rozhynskyi a well-earned pot.

Tom Eady picks up a couple of pots to slowly make his way to starting stack. On the first hand, players fold around to him on the button, Eady has A♣ 5♣ and boost the bet to 700. Big blind Maxim Sorokin defends then both players check the flop A♥ 9♦ 2♣ . When the turn comes 2♠ , Eady tosses in a light 600 that's called, and another 1000 bet on the river K♣ that's called once more. Eady flips open his cards and proceeds to claim the pot.

A few hands after, Eady three-bets from middle position and Igor Vakhnenko defends his raise. At the flop 9♥ J♣ K♠ , Eady continues for 5000 and it's enough to drag in the pot.

Both players have the same two pair with Jones holding the better kicker. The river 3♦ keeps Jones ahead to score a double.

Craig Jones has been getting involved in many pots to help drive his stack north but still below starting. He defends his big blind with a three-bet of 2500, initial raiser Tran calls from the button and they see a flop 7♦ 4♠ 6♣ . Jones jumps out for 2000 and it met with a raise of 5000, Jones tosses his cards to the muck.

Quang Trinh Do is back in and quickly puts his chips to work. Catching him in a hand, he raises 600 from under the gun, then two spots over, Jung Su Kim, who has been driving the action at the table, three-bets to 2000. Quang calls and the flop then comes 4♦ 6♦ K♣ . Quang checks to the aggressor Kim who continues the barrage for 2500 but no action from Quang to claim the pot right there.

Ronald Lane has A♣ K♣ and as first-to-act, he makes it 500 that finds a call from Igor Vahknenko down the orbit. Action now moves to the small blind Craig Jones and with just 3000 left he goes all in with 7♦ 7♠ . This gets a quick call from Lane while Vahknenko gets out of the firing line.

After the cards are shown, it's a fifty-fifty that goes Jones's way on a running board 4♦ Q♦ Q♠ 9♣ T♠ .

Jung Su Kim has been grinding successfully and Olivier Serrie decided to put a stop to it. From the button, Serrie calls Kim's 700 raise then jams his last 5300 on the flop 5♠ T♦ 7♣ . That does it as Kim surrenders his hand.

Igor Vakhnenko limped in with Q♣ T♣ then called a raise of 1500 from button Craig Jones. At the flop 7♦ K♣ A♣ , Vahknenko lands a straight flush draw and can't resist check-calling a c-bet of 1700. When the turn comes T♠ , Jones barrels again for 3500 and Vahknenko wants to see if his draw will connect on the river to check-call. The board completes 4♦ . Both players check. Vahknenko misses but has third pair which is surprisingly good for the pot.

Sebastien Lapp opens from early position then calls big blind Quang Trinh Do's three-bet. When the flop comes 5♣ 9♠ 8♣ , Quang continues to fire and Lapp calls again. On the turn T♠ , and nearly half of his stack in the pot, Quang goes all in for his last 10,000 and still doesn't shake off Lapp.

The cards are then flipped. Quang's K♦ K♥ is in trouble against Lapp's T♦ T♣ set. The river 5♠ seals the win for Lapp as Quang speeds off and will likely be re-entering.

Intending to raise only 400, Quang Trinh Do accidentally says 4000 and is forced to toss it in. Cutoff Jung Su Kim calls the big bet and they see a flop land A♦ K♠ 7♦ . Following a check from Quang, Kim overbets 10,000 and wins the pot.

Players start with a deep 30,000 that it's always a surprise to see an early bust but it does happen quite often and happened here just moments ago. On a board showing Q♥ J♦ J♠ 3♠ 6♠ and only 1400 in the pot, big blind Michael Bihari has J♣ 6♦ full house and shoved, Rozhynskyi snap-called. Rozhynskyi flipped open Q♠ Q♦ higher full house to deliver the first bust of the day.

Cards are now flying at the APPT National with 8 players signed up and several more seen about to take their seats. Registration is open until the end of Level 10 which is at 6:40pm so plenty of time to jump in. Buy-in is $1,000.

Get ready for action to heat up at the 4th Annual APPT Cambodia as the tour enters its fourth day in Phnom Penh, featuring the APPT National. A staple on the schedule, this event offers players a $150,000 guaranteed prize pool and the chance to hoist the first PokerStars shard trophy of the season. The event runs from May 5 to 8, kicked off by three starting flights at the NagaWorld Grand Ballroom.

For the past two years, this event has seen its guarantee crushed giving no reason for this edition to be any different. With the festival now three days in, the crowd has been steadily growing.

Among the players spotted and expected to hit the tables were Amit Kaushik, Kyle Bao Diep, Frank Lillis, Rayhaan Adam, Mike Takayama, Bien Mai, Aladin Reskallah, Leo Soma, Jinlong Hu and PokerStars LIVE Manila regulars Christian Cloutier and Joseph Magnotti.

To enter, buy-in is $1000 with late registration available until the end of Level 10. Players begin with a 30,000 stack which is a very deep and healthy 300 times the opening blinds. Blinds increase every 40 minutes with the turbo flight increasing at a faster 20 minutes.

Today's Day 1A will see cards start flipping at 11:30AM local time. Somuchpoker is onsite to bring you the action.