APPT $1,500 Main Event | 2022 APPT Cambodia

11-13-2022 16:52 UTC+7

Puchalski Near Even With Nguyen

Christian Zetzsche

Level 26 : Blinds 25,000/50,000, 50,000 ante

Quoc Dinh Nguyen raised it up to 100,000 and Alexander Puchalski called out of the big blind. They checked the flop and Puchalski bet the turn for 150,000, which Nguyen called.

Puchalski fired another bet worth 320,000 on the river and Nguyen folded after a couple of seconds.

Player	Chips	Progress
Quoc Dinh Nguyen	1,325,000	-275,000
Alexander Puchalski	1,275,000	425,000

Tags: Alexander Puchalski Quoc Dinh Nguyen

11-13-2022 16:45 UTC+7

Small Pots for Nguyen and Chang

Christian Zetzsche

Level 26 : Blinds 25,000/50,000, 50,000 ante

Renniel Galvez raised to 100,000 in the cutoff and Quoc Dinh Nguyen defended the big blind. They checked down the entire board of and Nguyen won the pot with the . "I had nines," Galvez said and pulled his from near the muck.

One hand later, Alexander Puchalski raised to 100,000 and Nevan Chang defended the big blind. On a flop, Chang check-called 75,000 and the turn was checked. Chang then bet the turn for 185,000 and Puchalski folded.

Player	Chips	Progress
Renniel Galvez	3,900,000	-400,000
Nevan Chang	2,550,000	50,000
Quoc Dinh Nguyen	1,600,000	200,000
Akshay Kapoor	1,300,000
Alexander Puchalski	850,000	-100,000
Chris Backhouse	750,000	-250,000

Tags: Alexander Puchalski Nevan Chang Quoc Dinh Nguyen Renniel Galvez

11-13-2022 16:37 UTC+7

Galvez Snap-Jams Into Kapoor

Christian Zetzsche

Level 26 : Blinds 25,000/50,000, 50,000 ante

Akshay Kapoor raised to 100,000 from under the gun and Nevan Chang defended the big blind to a flop of . Chang checked and Kapoor's bet worth 100,000 won the pot.

One hand later, Renniel Galvez opened to 100,000 from under the gun and Quoc Dinh Nguyen called on the button. Kapoor three-bet to 450,000 in the big blind and Galvez instantly pushed all-in. Nguyen folded quickly and so did Kapoor, who then started some table chat with Nguyen in which the latter mentioned he had ace-king of diamonds.

Player	Chips	Progress
Renniel Galvez	4,300,000	680,000
Nevan Chang	2,500,000
Quoc Dinh Nguyen	1,400,000	-350,000
Akshay Kapoor	1,300,000	-400,000

Tags: Akshay Kapoor Nevan Chang Quoc Dinh Nguyen Renniel Galvez

11-13-2022 16:31 UTC+7

Puchalski Drops Below a Million

Christian Zetzsche

Level 26 : Blinds 25,000/50,000, 50,000 ante

Renniel Galvez limped the small blind and subsequently called a raise to 150,000 by Alexander Puchalski. Both players checked the flop and Galvez then bet the turn for 100,000, picking up a call by Puchalski.

Following the river, Galvez bet 210,000 and Puchalski folded.

Player	Chips	Progress
Renniel Galvez	3,620,000	170,000
Alexander Puchalski	950,000	-400,000

Tags: Alexander Puchalski Renniel Galvez

11-13-2022 16:23 UTC+7

Chris Is Back In the House

Christian Zetzsche

Level 26 : Blinds 25,000/50,000, 50,000 ante

Nevan Chang min-raised before the blinds went up and folded when Akshay Kapoor made it 320,000 to go in the small blind.

Quoc Dinh Nguyen then opened to 100,000 from under the gun and table short stack Chris Backhouse forfeited the big blind and big blind ante.

The very next hand, Renniel Galvez raised to 100,000 in the cutoff and Backhouse jammed the last 450,000 in the small blind. Galvez asked for a count and then sigh-called after some 20 seconds.

Chris Backhouse:
Renniel Galvez:

The board delivered the double up for the Englishman, who jumped back to 20 blinds.

Player	Chips	Progress
Renniel Galvez	3,450,000	-350,000
Nevan Chang	2,500,000	325,000
Quoc Dinh Nguyen	1,750,000	150,000
Akshay Kapoor	1,700,000	-260,000
Alexander Puchalski	1,350,000	-50,000
Chris Backhouse	1,000,000	175,000

Tags: Akshay Kapoor Chris Backhouse Nevan Chang Quoc Dinh Nguyen Renniel Galvez

Level: 26

Blinds: 25,000/50,000

Ante: 50,000

11-13-2022 16:15 UTC+7

Markus Garberg Eliminated in 7th Place ($16,137)

Christian Zetzsche

Level 25 : Blinds 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante

Markus Garberg pushed all-in for the last 330,000 and it folded to Renniel Galvez on the button, who flat-called.

Markus Garberg:
Renniel Galvez:

"Your lucky hand?" Akshay Kapoor asked as the very same hand had given Galvez a double with quads via running nines.

The flop kept Garberg in the lead but Galvez went runner-runner once more with the turn and river, ending an atrocious run of fortune for Garberg in seventh place for a payday of $16,137.

Player	Chips	Progress
Renniel Galvez	3,800,000	400,000
Markus Garberg	Busted

Tags: Akshay Kapoor Markus Garberg Renniel Galvez

11-13-2022 16:12 UTC+7

Two Barrels Work for Nguyen

Christian Zetzsche

Level 25 : Blinds 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante

The was exposed preflop and Quoc Dinh Nguyen raised for Alexander Puchalski to call in the big blind. On the flop, Puchalski check-called for 90,000 and then checked the on the turn. Nguyen bet 225,000 and Puchalski folded.

Player	Chips	Progress
Quoc Dinh Nguyen	1,600,000	220,000
Alexander Puchalski	1,400,000	-170,000

Tags: Alexander Puchalski Quoc Dinh Nguyen

11-13-2022 16:06 UTC+7

Nguyen Cracks Queens; Garberg's Runbad Continues

Christian Zetzsche

Level 25 : Blinds 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante

Alexander Puchalski raised to 80,000 and then folded when Quoc Dinh Nguyen jammed for 610,000 on the button and Markus Garberg went over the top in the small blind.

Quoc Dinh Nguyen:
Markus Garberg:

"Did you fold a pair, Alex?" Nguyen asked and Puchalski nodded with a "sevens".

The flop gave Nguyen the superior flush draw and he paced away from the table. On the turn, Nguyen locked up the double and the became a formality. Puchalski would have made a full house and Garberg was left as the shortest stack all of a sudden.

Player	Chips	Progress
Alexander Puchalski	1,570,000	70,000
Quoc Dinh Nguyen	1,380,000	630,000
Markus Garberg	330,000	-610,000

Tags: Alexander Puchalski Markus Garberg Quoc Dinh Nguyen

11-13-2022 16:02 UTC+7

Garberg and Backhouse Chop in All-in Showdown

Christian Zetzsche

Level 25 : Blinds 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante

Markus Garberg raised to 80,000 and then called the three-bet shove by Chris Backhouse for 770,000 in the small blind after some hesitation.

Chris Backhouse:
Markus Garberg:

The board gave both players some back door outs but the turn and river ensured the split pot.

Nevan Chang then opened to 80,000 from under the gun and Garberg called in the big blind. The Norwegian check-called for 55,000 on the flop and check-folded the turn when facing a second barrel for 235,000.

Player	Chips	Progress
Nevan Chang	2,175,000	175,000
Markus Garberg	940,000	-260,000
Chris Backhouse	825,000	-235,000

Tags: Chris Backhouse Markus Garberg Nevan Chang