APPT Main Event Day 1a | 2023 APPT Cambodia

05-12-2023 19:21 UTC+8

Mai Flips To a Big Stack

Christian Zetzsche

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

According to Selim Souissi, Bien Mai vaulted to a big stack when a preflop raising war saw him jam all-in with ace-king. An opponent from China called it off for around 60,000 with pocket eights and the overcards came out on top. Mai's healthy stack puts him in the current top five as the end of the late registration is looming.

Player	Chips	Progress
Bien Mai	150,000 70,000	70,000
Selim Souissi	65,000 -27,000	-27,000

Tags: Bien Mai Selim Souissi

05-12-2023 19:16 UTC+8

Munot Still Leads the Way

Christian Zetzsche

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

Dylan Foster was spotted on his way to the rail and the remainder of his stack was sent over to table captain Ashish Munot. It was a flip of sorts that spelled the end for Foster, who put his hopes on 8♥8♣.

Munot's J♣9♣ got there on the Q♣9♦3♥A♥10♥ board and the rich got richer, as the tower of chips in front of the Indian poker pro grew further.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ashish Munot	225,000 35,000	35,000
Dylan Foster	Busted

Tags: Ashish Munot Dylan Foster

05-12-2023 19:14 UTC+8

Pak and Arya Back in the Field

Christian Zetzsche

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

Valeriy Pak min-raised a bet of 2,500 to 5,000 with the flop showing 9♣8♥4♦ and his opponent folded while exposing the 9♠ face-up.

One table over, Aayush Arya is also back in action as he likewise took advantage of the re-entry option. He called a bet worth 1,500 by Thomas Carlin on the K♦6♣4♥ flop and they checked the Q♥ on the turn. Arya bet the 9♣ river for 3,000 and won the pot uncontested.

Player	Chips	Progress
Aayush Arya	40,000 40,000	40,000
Valeriy Pak	40,000 40,000	40,000
Thomas Carlin	17,000

Tags: Aayush Arya Thomas Carlin Valeriy Pak

Level: 8

Blinds: 500/1,000

Ante: 1,000

05-12-2023 19:07 UTC+8

Assorted Counts in the Field

Christian Zetzsche

Level 7 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Hao Tian	160,000 15,000	15,000
Vincent Ferrafiat	145,000 101,000	101,000
Bonifacio Mondalo	78,000 14,000	14,000
Abhinav Iyer	70,000 -10,000	-10,000

Anthony Cierco	70,000 -30,000	-30,000
Xixiang Luo	55,000
Jenam Yu	48,000 -11,000	-11,000
Shardul Parthasarathi	40,000
Grant Gardner	40,000 6,000	6,000
Eike Strub	35,000
Aladin Reskallah	35,000 5,000	5,000
Laury Vanlerberghe	Busted
Adam Seyer	Busted
Matt Douhan	Busted

05-12-2023 19:00 UTC+8

Vellucci Among the Bigger Stacks; Ko Denied a KO

Christian Zetzsche

Level 7 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

Enzo Vellucci doubled with top pair to leave an opponent from China short, who then jammed with the K♦7♦. Seunghun Ko aimed to deal the final blow with K♠10♠ but was denied the knockout on a A♥5♦2♣4♥3♥ runout as both hit a wheel.

The same player then busted shortly after.

Player	Chips	Progress
Enzo Vellucci	80,000 36,000	36,000
Seunghun Ko	42,000 42,000	42,000

Tags: Enzo Vellucci Seunghun Ko

05-12-2023 18:50 UTC+8

Breed Scores Another Knockout

Christian Zetzsche

Level 7 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

Aayush Arya was ahead when he got a short stack in with the A♣10♦ as table big stack Koen Breed was trailing with the A♦9♣. However, the A♥J♣9♦ flop improved Breed and he never looked back when two blanks followed on turn and river.

Player	Chips	Progress
Koen Breed	125,000 45,000	45,000
Aayush Arya	Busted

Tags: Aayush Arya Koen Breed

05-12-2023 18:44 UTC+8

Vellucci Gets a Shove Through

Christian Zetzsche

Level 7 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

Following a raise to 2,000, two players called with the big blind coming along out of turn. Eric Ceret then called in the small blind and the big blind's call stood. The K♠Q♥8♠ flop was checked to the big blind, who bet 5,000. Enzo Vellucci then pushed all-in for 31,800 and all players folded.

Player	Chips	Progress
Eric Ceret	52,000 52,000	52,000
Enzo Vellucci	44,000 44,000	44,000
Thanh Vinh Tran	Busted

Tags: Enzo Vellucci Eric Ceret

05-12-2023 18:39 UTC+8

Cierco Leaps to Six Figures

Christian Zetzsche

Level 7 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

Three ways to the Q♥10♠9♣ flop, Anthony Cierco in the cutoff called a bet worth 1,500 by a player in early position while Vincent Chauve in the blinds check-folded. It checked to Cierco on the 10♣ turn and his bet of 6,200 took down the pot uncontested.

While the hand played out, Charlie Chiu joked "welcome back" to Jianming Luo who sat back down in the four seat with a fresh stack.

Player	Chips	Progress
Anthony Cierco	100,000 55,000	55,000
Jianming Luo	30,000
Charlie Chiu	23,000 -1,000	-1,000
Vincent Chauve	12,200 4,200	4,200
Sameer Agarwal	9,000 -15,000	-15,000

Tags: Anthony Cierco Charlie Chiu Jianming Luo Vincent Chauve

05-12-2023 18:34 UTC+8

Pak's Demise Vaults Munot to the Top

Christian Zetzsche

Level 7 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

According to several players at the table, Valeriy Pak called down hefty bets by Ashish Munot and couldn't get there with pocket nines as Munot's kings came out on top. That sent the latter to nearly seven times the starting stacks while Pak was spotted at the registration desk during the previous break.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ashish Munot	190,000
Valeriy Pak	Busted

Tags: Ashish Munot Valeriy Pak