APPT $1,500 Main Event Day 1b | 2022 APPT Cambodia

11-11-2022 18:57 UTC+7

Erquiaga Out for Now

Christian Zetzsche

Level 9 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

David Erquiaga had just won a showdown pot with versus on a board of and was hovering around 16,000 in chips. Those went into the middle just after the blinds went up and he was facing Mai Bien in showdown.

David Erquiaga:
Mai Bien:

The ace-jack high remained ahead throughout the board to send Erquiaga to the rail.

Player	Chips	Progress
Mai Bien	130,000 15,000	15,000
David Erquiaga	Busted

Tags: David Erquiaga Mai Bien

Level: 9

Blinds: 600/1,200

Ante: 1,200

11-11-2022 18:48 UTC+7

Soma Pays Off Yong

Christian Zetzsche

Level 8 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

On the river of a board, Leo Soma had checked and then faced a bet worth 20,000 by Yan Chee Yong. Soma tanked for more than two minutes before he called and was shown the for the ace-high flush as the winning hand, which he could not beat.

Player	Chips	Progress
Yan Chee Yong	89,000
Leo Soma	48,000 -42,000	-42,000

Tags: Leo Soma Yan Chee Yong

11-11-2022 18:45 UTC+7

Karlsson Doubles; Kanjani Looking for a Comeback

Christian Zetzsche

Level 8 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Adalsteinn Karlsson was all-in for 18,800 with the and up against the of Rajeev Kanjani. The board gave Karlsson superior two pair as he doubled.

Kanjani was all-in for 1,000 right after as Michael Fullmer jammed to force out another player with deuces.

Rajeev Kanjani:
Michael Fullmer:

The board kept the hopes of a miracle comeback for Kanjani alive.

Player	Chips	Progress
Adalsteinn Karlsson	40,000 22,000	22,000
Michael Fullmer	16,000 -11,000	-11,000
Rajeev Kanjani	4,000 -14,000	-14,000

Tags: Adalsteinn Karlsson Michael Fullmer Rajeev Kanjani

11-11-2022 18:39 UTC+7

Takayama Back to the Starting Stack

Christian Zetzsche

Level 8 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

WSOP bracelet winner Mike Takayama was all-in for the final 14,400 on the button and looked up by the big blind.

Takayama rolled over the and needed to improve versus . The board just did that despite a major sweat on the turn and the Filipino moved back to the starting stack.

Player	Chips	Progress
Mike Takayama	32,000

Tags: Mike Takayama

11-11-2022 18:30 UTC+7

Updated Counts in the Field

Christian Zetzsche

Level 8 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Mai Bien	115,000 28,000	28,000
Luke Keay	115,000 15,000	15,000
Sofia Lovgren Fullmer	115,000 40,000	40,000
Hwany Lee	105,000 5,000	5,000
Ceesvin Abdulla	80,000 -35,000	-35,000
Minh Anh Nguyen	80,000 32,000	32,000
Kenneth Unger	75,000 55,000	55,000
Hua Wei Lin	70,000 30,000	30,000
Gary Thompson	45,000 -5,000	-5,000
Jonas Magdalinski	35,000 -15,500	-15,500
Max Menzel	22,000 22,000	22,000
Rajeev Kanjani	18,000 -40,000	-40,000
David Erquiaga	14,000 -16,000	-16,000
Pete Chen	7,000 -45,000	-45,000

Bryan Huang	Busted

11-11-2022 18:22 UTC+7

Crawshaw Drops Below the Starting Stack

Christian Zetzsche

Level 8 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Heads-up to the turn with some 28,000 in the middle, Hamish Crawshaw checked his option. He then faced a bet worth 3,000 by Meerwais Hussaini and quickly surrendered to see his third bullet plummet all the way to half the starting stack.

Player	Chips	Progress
Meerwais Hussaini	60,000 35,000	35,000
Hamish Crawshaw	16,000 -19,000	-19,000

Tags: Hamish Crawshaw Meerwais Hussaini

11-11-2022 18:14 UTC+7

"The Show Must Go On"

Christian Zetzsche

Level 8 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Konstantin Pogodin was down to a single T-100 chip and survived to be then all-in for 200 chips in the small blind. Huu Dung Nguyen min-raised for the big blind to call, who then check-folded the flop.

"The show must go on," Pogodin joked as he revealed the . He was ahead versus and that remained the case on the turn and river.

Pogodin then lost the last 1,400 chips to Jose Colada shortly after, exiting the table with a "good luck guys".

Player	Chips	Progress
Huu Dung Nguyen	105,000 15,000	15,000
Jose Colada	59,000 59,000	59,000
Michael Soyza	55,000 -5,000	-5,000
Konstantin Pogodin	Busted

Tags: Huu Dung Nguyen Jose Colada Konstantin Pogodin

Level: 8

Blinds: 500/1,000

Ante: 1,000

11-11-2022 18:04 UTC+7

Keay's Wild Ride Continues

Christian Zetzsche

Level 7 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

Luke Keay's stack has been all over the place and he scored yet another double up to get back to six figures. Once more he clashed with Sokmeng Hun when they got it in after the flop with Keay at risk for 46,100.