APPT Main Event Day 1bc | 2023 APPT Cambodia

05-13-2023 23:17 UTC+8

Chong Notches Up a Late Knockout

Christian Zetzsche

Level 13 : Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

Florent Remi raised and subsequently jammed his shorter stack in to get called by Victor Chong, which led to the following showdown.

Florent Remi: 10♥10♠
Victor Chong: A♦Q♦

Chong's run good continued on a board of A♥9♠7♦A♣2♣ as he improved to trips aces. One table over, Renniel Galvez doubled as did John Perry albeit both for very short stacks.

Player	Chips	Progress
Victor Chong	180,000 40,000	40,000
Alexander Puchalski	80,000 -30,000	-30,000

John Perry	45,000 20,000	20,000
Renniel Galvez	35,000 20,000	20,000
Florent Remi	Busted

Tags: Florent Remi John Perry Renniel Galvez Victor Chong

05-13-2023 23:11 UTC+8

Xu Falls to Nguyen

Christian Zetzsche

Level 13 : Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

A short-stacked Zinan Xu got his chips in with the A♦5♦ and he was up against the 9♣9♠ of Duy Tung Nguyen.

The board ran out 10♠7♣4♥8♦2♥ and the pocket pair remained ahead all the way.

Player	Chips	Progress
Duy Tung Nguyen	80,000 80,000	80,000
Zinan Xu	Busted

Tags: Duy Tung Nguyen Zinan Xu

05-13-2023 23:07 UTC+8

Huang Triples Up Against Zhong and Qiu

Christian Zetzsche

Level 13 : Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

Qiyuan Huang jammed for the last 37,500 and Jiazhi Zhong called from one seat over. Haisheng Qiu then reraised to 70,000 and was forced to min-raise to 75,000. Zhong went deep in the tank and called to leave himself just 30,000 behind.

On a flop of A♥10♦4♠, Zhong checked and Qiu jammed with the covering stack to force a reluctant fold from Zhong.

Qiyuan Huang: A♦10♣
Haisheng Qiu: 9♠9♦

The K♥ turn and A♣ river gave Huang a triple up while Qiu earned the side pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Haisheng Qiu	135,000 135,000	135,000
Qiyuan Huang	120,000 70,000	70,000
Jiazhi Zhong	30,000 -55,000	-55,000

Tags: Haisheng Qiu Jiazhi Zhong Qiyuan Huang

Level: 13

Blinds: 1,000/2,500

Ante: 2,500

05-13-2023 22:43 UTC+8

Final Break on Day 1b

Christian Zetzsche

Level 12 : 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Only 70 players remain at the end of level 12 and they have been sent on a brief unscheduled 10-minute break. Day 1c is also sent on a break as well with 56 players out of 59 entries still in contention.

05-13-2023 22:41 UTC+8

Choi's Roller Coaster Commences Again

Christian Zetzsche

Level 12 : 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Hun Tae Choi clashed with Jin Woo Kim and bet-jammed for 49,000 on the 9♠8♦5♥ flop for Kim to call with the covering stack.

Hun Tae Choi: J♥7♥
Jin Woo Kim: 9♥8♣

"Flush draw, straight draw," an excited Choi yelled but the flush draw only came on the 3♥ turn. No heart but the 6♣ river came to the rescue as Choi celebrated a double.

He was then all-in soon after with the superior stack, looking up Jennifer Cassell for 61,000.

Cassell had her A♣K♦ already exposed and Choi glanced at her, seemingly asking for permission to start his show again. He then grabbed his cards, smashed them in the middle of the table and yelled "pocket tens", revealing 10♠10♥.

The 8♦4♦2♦ flop gave Cassell the flush draw on top and she improved with the K♣ turn and A♦ river. Choi took it well when Cassell now leaped out of her seat to do a little happy dance as players from nearby tables clapped.

To top it off, Choi won the next all-in showdown to win back some chips.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jennifer Cassell	130,000 5,000	5,000
Jin Woo Kim	120,000 -55,000	-55,000
Hun Tae Choi	95,000

Tags: Hun Tae Choi Jennifer Cassell Jin Woo Kim

05-13-2023 22:36 UTC+8

Timely Double for Erquiaga

Christian Zetzsche

Level 12 : 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Just before their table broke, David Erquiaga was all-in for 30,500 with the A♠4♣. Feng Ji Chua looked hom up with the Q♦10♣ and had a lot of outs with the open-ender on the J♠9♦6♥ flop.

Yet, the 7♥ turn and 5♣ river were bricks as Erquiaga held onto his narrow lead.

Player	Chips	Progress
Feng Ji Chua	110,000 45,000	45,000
David Erquiaga	65,000

Tags: David Erquiaga Feng Ji Chua

05-13-2023 22:30 UTC+8

Late Night Counts for Day 1b

Christian Zetzsche

Level 12 : 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Vishal Ojha	310,000 45,000	45,000

Curtis Lim	265,000 35,000	35,000
Victor Chong	140,000
Guillem Segarra Lopez	130,000 -5,000	-5,000
Yan Chee Yong	120,000 -60,000	-60,000
Eric Tsai	110,000 10,000	10,000
Ashish Ghosh	70,000 -10,000	-10,000
Mauricio Salazar Sanchez	Busted
Eric Wasylenko	Busted
Grant Gardner	Busted
Calvin Tan	Busted

05-13-2023 22:27 UTC+8

Chen Gets Some Value to Chip Up

Christian Zetzsche

Level 12 : 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Three ways to the 9♦5♦5♣8♣ turn, Evgenii Nekrasov bet 8,000 out of the small blind. Daoxing Chen then raised it up to 21,000 in the big blind and the button reluctantly folded. Nekrasov mulled it over for a while and folded as Chen exposed the 7♠6♣ for a turned straight.