2022 APPT Cambodia

APPT $1,500 Main Event
Day: 1a
Event Info

2022 APPT Cambodia

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
q3
Prize
$96,028
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,500
Prize Pool
$494,991
Entries
378
Level Info
Level
29
Blinds
50,000 / 100,000
Ante
100,000
Players Info - Day 1a
Entries
113
Players Left
21

Triple Up for Souissi

Level 5 : Blinds 200/500, 500 ante
Selim Souissi
Selim Souissi

Selim Souissi already had 3,100 invested by the time Ido Aboudi reraised and Suparerk Totsaponvisad had pushed all-in. He inquired about the re-entry option for the day and then called it off, putting both his opponents on ace-king.

Selim Souissi: {5-Clubs}{5-Diamonds}
Suparerk Totsaponvisad: {k-Diamonds}{k-Clubs}
Ido Aboudi: {a-Spades}{k-Hearts}

"Shit, that is very bad," Souissi joked but added "I can make a straight ...". The {j-Hearts}{j-Diamonds}{10-Clubs} flop was of no help but Souissi spiked the {5-Hearts} on the turn, then held on for the triple up on the {3-Hearts} river. From being down to a mere 10,000, he now tripled for 17,500 total while Totsaponvisad doubled the 9,900 he had behind against Aboudi.

Player Chips Progress
Selim Souissi tn
Selim Souissi
51,000
34,200
34,200
Ido Aboudi il
Ido Aboudi
43,000
-27,000
-27,000
Suparerk Totsaponvisad vn
Suparerk Totsaponvisad
19,800
-12,200
-12,200

Tags: Ido AboudiSelim SouissiSuparerk Totsaponvisad

Brief Rush Gives Zhao a Decent Stack

Level 4 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante
Harry Ross
Harry Ross

Yu Qi Zhao bet the heads-up turn of {j-Clubs}{5-Spades}{2-Spades}{k-Hearts} for 3,400 and the button called. Zhao bet the {10-Hearts} river for 10,200 and was snap-called to reveal the {k-Clubs}{2-Diamonds}, the button mucked the {j-Diamonds}{10-Clubs} for inferior two pair.

One hand later, Harry Ross opened to 1,000 from under the gun off a short stack and Zhao raised to 4,000, then snap-called the shove for around 7,000.

Harry Ross: {a-Hearts}{q-Diamonds}
Yu Qi Zhao: {j-Spades}{j-Diamonds}

The {j-Hearts}{6-Clubs}{2-Spades} flop all but sealed the fate of Ross while the {10-Hearts} turn provided some outs. However, the {10-Clubs} river only gave Zhao a full house and Ross was knocked out.

Player Chips Progress
Yu Qi Zhao cn
Yu Qi Zhao
68,000
68,000
68,000
Day 1C Chip Leader
Harry Ross gb
Harry Ross
Busted

Tags: Harry RossYu Qi Zhao

The French Armada Has Arrived

Level 2 : Blinds 100/200, 200 ante
Clement van Driessche
Clement van Driessche

High Roller champion Clement van Driessche had the winner picture taken a few minutes ago with several other French players by his side and then jumped right into Day 1a of the Main Event. His table also features Vincent Chauve while Leo Soma sat down one table over.

Player Chips Progress
Vincent Chauve fr
Vincent Chauve
30,000
30,000
30,000
Clement van Driessche fr
Clement van Driessche
30,000
30,000
30,000
Leo Soma fr
Leo Soma
30,000
30,000
30,000
WSOP 1X Winner

Tags: Clement van DriesscheLeo SomaVincent Chauve

Notable Side Event Winners So Far

Clement van Driessche
Clement van Driessche

The 2022 PokerStars APPT Cambodia stop at NagaWorld Phnom Penh in cooperation with Connaissance has already commenced at November 3 and several PokerStars spadies trophies have been awarded.

Mai Bien was the first to lift the trophy for the winner shots after they came out on top of a 299-entry strong field in Event #1 $300 Kickoff, taking home $15,709 after defeating Mike Takayama in heads-up. Victor Chong then took down Event #2: $800 Freezeout for $5,276 while Benjamin Sai earned $3,968 for his victory in a $500 Turbo Event.

Chien-Chih "Maggie" Weng took down the 89-entry strong Event #8: $550 Mystery Bounty for a cash prize of $7,337 and the $800 APPT National drew a total of 204 runners. Chong was among the finalists once more and finished in sixth place while Eric Wasylenko made it to fourth place. India's Rajeev Kanjani had to settle for $20,288 as South Korea's Seongmin Lee lifted the trophy and took home a top prize of $30,133.

Takayama then got his trophy in Event #14: $500 NLH 6 Handed when he prevailed against fellow countryman Christopher Mateo in heads-up and Michael Soyza topped the $2,000 Mini High Roller for $18,490. Last but not least, Clement van Driessche cut a heads-up deal with Jean Robert Autran in the $3,000 High Roller as they took home $32,201 and $30,913 respectively.

Tags: Benjamin SaiChristopher MateoClement van DriesscheEric WasylenkoJean Robert AutranMai BienMichael SoyzaMike TakayamaVictor Chong

Welcome to the 2022 APPT Cambodia $1,500 Main Event

PokerStars Spadie Trophies
PokerStars Spadie Trophies

The PokerStars sponsored Asia Pacific Poker Tour (APPT) has returned to the live poker scene and the second series of the year is taking place at the five-star NagaWorld Integrated Resort in Phnom Penh. It is the first time that the APPT is visiting the Kingdom of Cambodia, which has become a popular destination for poker enthusiasts from near and far in recent years.

During the global coronavirus pandemic, the Asia-Pacific based live poker tour went on an extended hiatus of more than two years with its last prior stop and first occurrence after both taking place at Okada Manila on the Philippines. The only APPT Main Event in 2022 drew a total of 801 entries and Singapore's Lai Hua defeated Thijs Hilberts in heads-up. Notable finalists in August 2022 were Feng Zhao, Kim Enriquez, and Jason Magbanua.

The flagship tournament of the series in Phnom Penh comes with a buy-in of $1,500 and a guaranteed prize pool of $400,000. A total of three starting days are available on November 10 and 11, 2022 with two regular heats and a turbo heat all scheduled. Day 1a is set to get underway at 1 p.m. in the Grand Ballroom at Naga 1 where more than 30 poker tables are situated.

All players receive 30,000 in chips which is good enough for 300 big blinds in the first level at blinds of 100/100 and a big blind ante of 100. The late registration is open for the first ten levels during which a single reentry can be purchased and a total of 14 levels with a duration of 40 minutes each are scheduled for each Day 1.

The PokerNews live reporting team will be on the floor from start to finish until the latest APPT Main Event champion is crowned.

Tags: Feng ZhaoJason MagbanuaKim EnriquezThijs Hilberts