Chris Backhouse defended out of the big blind against a button raise by Mai Bien and then led the 
turn with a small bet. Bien raised for 26,000 more and Backhouse folded.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
270,000
-19,000
|
-19,000 |
|
145,000
27,000
|
27,000 |
A total of 378 entries consisting of 191 unique players and 187 re-entries generated a prize pool of $494,991 and the top 55 finishers will receive at least $2,425 for their efforts. Reaching the nine-handed final table comes with a payday of at least $9,454 while the winner can look forward to a top prize of $96,028 and the golden PokerStars APPT Main Event winner's trophy.
| Place | Prize | Place | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $96,028 | 10-11 | $7,821 |
| 2 | $60,884 | 12-13 | $6,782 |
| 3 | $44,005 | 14-15 | $5,989 |
| 4 | $35,590 | 16-17 | $5,395 |
| 5 | $28,165 | 18-20 | $4,900 |
| 6 | $21,681 | 21-23 | $4,405 |
| 7 | $16,137 | 24-27 | $3,911 |
| 8 | $11,682 | 28-31 | $3,416 |
| 9 | $9,454 | 32-39 | $2,921 |
| 40-55 | $2,425 |
Level: 15
Blinds: 2,000/4,000
Ante: 4,000
After the completion of three starting days in the Grand Ballroom at the multi-award winning, world-class integrated resort of NagaWorld in Phnom Penh, the inaugural PokerStars Asia Pacific Poker Tour stop in the Kingdom of Cambodia is set for the race to the final table of the 2022 APPT Cambodia $1,500 Main Event.
Out of a field of 378 entries, 75 players remain in contention to earn their share of the $494,991 prize pool. Only 55 of them will succeed with a min-cash worth $2,425 and the penultimate tournament day is set to play down to the nine-handed final table at Naga 1.
Leading the way is Day 1a chip leader Nam Hyung Kim with 410,000 in chips, which is just a single chip ahead of Valeriy Pak (409,000) with a trio of players not far behind. Omair Javed (397,000) and Brett Pullen (396,000) are separated by the same smallest of margins and Quoc Huy Phan (381,000) rounds out the overall top five.
Notables with above average stacks include Chris Backhouse, Tzai Wei Phua, Zdravko Duvnjak, Jean-Robert Autran, Hwany Lee, Bryan Huang, Ori Elul and Markus Garberg. They all have more than 50 big blinds at their disposal for the restart at 1pm local time as level 15 recommences with blinds of 2,000-4,000 and a big blind ante of 4,000. There is also a 30-second shot clock in play as well from Day 2 onwards.
Others to keep an eye on are familiar names such as David Erquiaga, Daniel Smiljkovic, Michael Soyza, Florencio Campomanes, Vincent Huang, Paul Newey, Sofia Lovgren-Fullmer, Natalie Teh, Victor Chong, and Eric Wasylenko who can be found in the middle of the pack and bottom half of the leaderboard respectively.
As of Day 2 and until a champion has been crowned on Sunday, November 13, 2022, the level duration lasts 60 minutes each. The money bubble will burst today and the action concludes once the field is whittled down to the final nine hopefuls.
Stay tuned for all the poker action from Cambodia right here on PokerNews en route to crowning the second APPT Main Event champion in 2022.
| Table | Seat | Player | Country | Chips | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Mai Bien | Vietnam | 118,000 | 30 |
| 1 | 2 | Vincent Huang | Australia | 108,000 | 27 |
| 1 | 3 | Chris Backhouse | United Kingdom | 289,000 | 72 |
| 1 | 4 | Collin Ho | Singapore | 58,000 | 15 |
| 1 | 5 | Victor Chong | Malaysia | 42,000 | 11 |
| 1 | 6 | David Erquiaga | Philippines | 191,000 | 48 |
| 1 | 7 | Renato Villanueva | Philippines | 75,000 | 19 |
| 1 | 8 | Valeriy Pak | Uzbekistan | 409,000 | 102 |
| 2 | 1 | Eric Wasylenko | Canada | 41,000 | 10 |
| 2 | 2 | Vu Thai Bao | Vietnam | 190,000 | 48 |
| 2 | 3 | Xiao Wang | China | 51,000 | 13 |
| 2 | 4 | Jonathan Sanborn | Canada | 313,000 | 78 |
| 2 | 5 | Benjamin Leblond | France | 33,000 | 8 |
| 2 | 6 | Zachary Duce | Australia | 136,000 | 34 |
| 2 | 7 | Chhay Lem Lim | Malaysia | 291,000 | 73 |
| 2 | 8 | Ido Aboudi | Israel | 152,000 | 38 |
| 3 | 1 | Hwany Lee | South Korea | 235,000 | 59 |
| 3 | 2 | Oliver Schulze | Germany | 146,000 | 37 |
| 3 | 3 | Ngoc Anh Cao | Vietnam | 128,000 | 32 |
| 3 | 4 | Jaeik Cho | South Korea | 73,000 | 18 |
| 3 | 5 | Jianguo Zhou | China | 181,000 | 45 |
| 3 | 6 | Hamish Crawshaw | New Zealand | 96,000 | 24 |
| 3 | 7 | Chik Fatt Chan | Singapore | 179,000 | 45 |
| 3 | 8 | Daniel Smiljkovic | Austria | 155,000 | 39 |
| 4 | 1 | Guodong Shi | China | 59,000 | 15 |
| 4 | 2 | Brett Pullen | United States | 396,000 | 99 |
| 4 | 3 | Takuya Shimabukuro | Japan | 71,000 | 18 |
| 4 | 4 | Akshay Kapoor | India | 115,000 | 29 |
| 4 | 5 | Paul Newey | United Kingdom | 106,000 | 27 |
| 4 | 6 | Tzai Wei Phua | Singapore | 279,000 | 70 |
| 4 | 7 | Robbie Schiffbauer | United States | 165,000 | 41 |
| 4 | 8 | Jean-Robert Autran | France | 238,000 | 60 |
| 5 | 1 | Jiazhi Zhong | China | 48,000 | 12 |
| 5 | 2 | Omair Javed | Pakistan | 397,000 | 99 |
| 5 | 3 | Yu-Chung Chang | Taiwan | 77,000 | 19 |
| 5 | 4 | Phuong Ngoc Nguyen | Vietnam | 136,000 | 34 |
| 5 | 5 | Lars Madsen | Denmark | 41,000 | 10 |
| 5 | 6 | Van Xuan Nguyen | Vietnam | 61,000 | 15 |
| 5 | 7 | Suparerk Totsaponisad | Thailand | 103,000 | 26 |
| 5 | 8 | Quoc Huy Phan | Vietnam | 381,000 | 95 |
| 6 | 1 | Diego Valencia | Chile | 66,000 | 17 |
| 6 | 2 | Finn Ove Penderak | Germany | 141,000 | 35 |
| 6 | 3 | Florencio Campomanes | Philippines | 110,000 | 28 |
| 6 | 4 | Yu Qi Zhao | China | 210,000 | 53 |
| 6 | 5 | Haozhen Gu | China | 97,000 | 24 |
| 6 | 6 | Nam Hyung Kim | South Korea | 410,000 | 103 |
| 6 | 8 | Quoc Dinh Nguyen | Vietnam | 69,000 | 17 |
| 7 | 1 | Jonas Magdalinski | Sweden | 105,000 | 26 |
| 7 | 2 | Hak Do Kim | South Korea | 188,000 | 47 |
| 7 | 4 | Zhao Feng | Singapore | 155,000 | 39 |
| 7 | 5 | Markus Garberg | Norway | 220,000 | 55 |
| 7 | 6 | Sofia Lovgren-Fullmer | Sweden | 102,000 | 26 |
| 7 | 7 | Hoa Thinh Nguyen | Vietnam | 52,000 | 13 |
| 7 | 8 | Benjamin Sai | Singapore | 98,000 | 25 |
| 8 | 1 | Yan Chee Yong | Singapore | 55,000 | 14 |
| 8 | 2 | Mohamad Abbouchi | Lebanon | 262,000 | 66 |
| 8 | 3 | Natalie Teh | Malaysia | 60,000 | 15 |
| 8 | 4 | Zdravko Duvnjak | Croatia | 258,000 | 65 |
| 8 | 5 | Keita Minami | Japan | 154,000 | 39 |
| 8 | 6 | Meerwais Hussaini | Australia | 141,000 | 35 |
| 8 | 8 | Renniel Galvez | Philippines | 347,000 | 87 |
| 9 | 1 | Po-Wen Fang | Taiwan | 42,000 | 11 |
| 9 | 2 | Jun Hao Wu | Singapore | 130,000 | 33 |
| 9 | 3 | Masamichi Hayashi | Japan | 246,000 | 62 |
| 9 | 4 | Ori Elul | Israel | 225,000 | 56 |
| 9 | 5 | Alexander Puchalski | Canada | 101,000 | 25 |
| 9 | 7 | Michael Soyza | Malaysia | 144,000 | 36 |
| 9 | 8 | Bryan Huang | Singapore | 229,000 | 57 |
| 10 | 1 | Nang Quang Nguyen | Vietnam | 42,000 | 11 |
| 10 | 2 | Duy Tung Nguyen | Vietnam | 71,000 | 18 |
| 10 | 3 | Huu Dung Nguyen | Vietnam | 74,000 | 19 |
| 10 | 4 | Seongmin Lee | South Korea | 52,000 | 13 |
| 10 | 5 | Clement Van Driessche | France | 38,000 | 10 |
| 10 | 6 | Yong Chen | China | 181,000 | 45 |
| 10 | 7 | Dhanesh Chainani | India | 106,000 | 27 |
APPT $1,500 Main Event
Day 2 Started
