APPT Main Event Day 1bc | 2023 APPT Cambodia

05-13-2023 17:33 UTC+8

Guarantee in the Main Event Already Surpassed

Christian Zetzsche

Level 5 : Blinds 200/500, 500 ante

Near the end of level five, the tournament info shows 172 entries to boost the overall attendance to more than 350 entries. This has officially ensured that the $400,000 guarantee is not only met but easily surpassed already with five levels of late registration on Day 1b and the turbo heat 1c still to come.

So far, there are $455,706 in the pot but that number will very likely increase further in the hours to follow.

05-13-2023 17:26 UTC+8

Day 1b Pictures in the Opening Stages

Christian Zetzsche

05-13-2023 17:20 UTC+8

Back-to-Back Successful Showdowns for Chen

Christian Zetzsche

Level 5 : Blinds 200/500, 500 ante

Daoxing Chen committed the last 4,000 chips and left a single chip behind for Sven McDermott and one further player to call as Christopher Mateo also came along. On the 8♥7♥6♥ flop, Chen moved all-in and McDermott raised to 800 as Mateo check-folded.

Daoxing Chen: 5♣5♥
Sven McDermott: A♣J♣

The 7♠ turn and 10♦ river ensured a triple up for Chen, who then limped the next hand. McDermott raised to 1,500 and three players including Mateo and Chen came along this time.

On a 7♦6♠4♠ flop, Mateo bet out of the small blind and Chen raised to 7,000. It folded back to Mateo, who pushed as Chen called all-in for 11,100.

Daoxing Chen: 10♠9♠
Christopher Mateo: 5♣4♥

The 8♣ turn improved Chen, and so did the 2♠ river as he jumped back to the starting stack within two hands.

Player	Chips	Progress
Sven McDermott	43,000 -12,000	-12,000

Daoxing Chen	29,000 -1,000	-1,000
Christopher Mateo	10,000 -19,000	-19,000

Tags: Christopher Mateo Daoxing Chen Sven McDermott

05-13-2023 17:11 UTC+8

Double Knockout for Hendri

Christian Zetzsche

Level 5 : Blinds 200/500, 500 ante

Krishnan Menon and Nang Quang Nguyen were spotted on the way to the rail while Jhon Hendri was all smiles, as he had just sent both of them to the rail and boosted his already big stack further.

"Wait, was that raise, reraise and all-in with five-high?" Fang-Kei Yang inquired and couldn't resist a smile. Indeed, 3♦3♣ and 5♠3♠ were still exposed at the table but neither of them was good. Hendri's A♣4♥ flopped two pair and held on a board of A♣7♥4♠K♠J♥ to dispatch two opponents.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jhon Hendri	110,000 62,000	62,000
Fang-Kei Yang	65,000 27,000	27,000
Mauricio Salazar Sanchez	58,000 -7,000	-7,000
Krishnan Menon	Busted
Nang Quang Nguyen	Busted

Tags: Fang-Kei Yang Jhon Hendri Krishnan Menon Nang Quang Nguyen

05-13-2023 17:07 UTC+8

Parthasarathi Gets a Shove Through

Christian Zetzsche

Level 5 : Blinds 200/500, 500 ante

Four ways to a 9♥5♦3♠10♠ turn, Gokul Dharmarajan bet 3,500 and two opponents folded. Shardul Parthasarathi then pushed all-in for 22,500 and that sent the fellow player from India into the tank. Dharmarajan inquired if Parthasarathi would show one card if he folded to then let go, and none of the cards were exposed after all.

Player	Chips	Progress
Gokul Dharmarajan	52,000 24,000	24,000
Ashish Ghosh	45,000 45,000	45,000
Shardul Parthasarathi	33,000 3,000	3,000

Tags: Gokul Dharmarajan Shardul Parthasarathi

05-13-2023 17:00 UTC+8

More Than 150 Entries on Day 1b

Christian Zetzsche

Level 5 : Blinds 200/500, 500 ante

Especially after the break, the registration has picked up and nearly three dozen players entered. That included three satellite winners and the screens now show 155 total entries of which around 140 players remain.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jennifer Cassell	30,000 30,000	30,000
Chien Chih Weng	30,000 30,000	30,000
Thanh Vinh Tran	Busted
Zizheng Huang	Busted

Level: 5

Blinds: 200/500

Ante: 500

05-13-2023 16:54 UTC+8

Lim Knocks Out Pak

Christian Zetzsche

Level 4 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

Konstantin Generalov has re-entered and Valeriy Pak will have to do the same as he was just flipped out by Curtis Lim.

In a preflop flip, Pak got it in with 9♠9♦ versus A♣J♣ and Lim spiked a jack on the J♠7♦6♠5♥6♥ runout to dispatch the Kazakh poker player.

Player	Chips	Progress
Curtis Lim	75,000 75,000	75,000
Konstantin Generalov	30,000 18,000	18,000
Valeriy Pak	Busted

Tags: Curtis Lim Konstantin Generalov Valeriy Pak

05-13-2023 16:49 UTC+8

Galvez Triples Up Against Erquiaga

Christian Zetzsche

Level 4 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

Renniel Galvez had previously lost a big portion of his stack and was then all-in preflop earning two customers. David Erquiaga was one of them and went all-in over the top, which forced out a third player from South Korea.

Renniel Galvez: A♣9♥
David Erquiaga: J♠J♣

The ace got there on the A♦K♦4♦A♥8♣ board and Galvez tripled up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Guoliang Wei	65,000 65,000	65,000

Julian Warhurst	22,000 22,000	22,000
David Erquiaga	15,500 -14,500	-14,500
Renniel Galvez	10,000 10,000	10,000

Tags: Renniel Galvez David Erquiaga

05-13-2023 16:43 UTC+8

Assorted Counts in the Field

Christian Zetzsche

Level 4 : Blinds 200/400, 400 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Jin Woo Kim	80,000 18,000	18,000
Hyunkyou Park	72,000 72,000	72,000
Yan Chee Yong	70,000 5,000	5,000
Grant Gardner	45,000 13,000	13,000
Guillem Segarra Lopez	42,000 14,000	14,000
Denis Pham	36,000 10,000	10,000
Seongmin Lee	35,000 35,000	35,000
Christopher Mateo	29,000 29,000	29,000
Vinay Boob	28,000 28,000	28,000
Yannick Jobin	28,000 -2,000	-2,000
Tien Thanh Dinh	28,000 28,000	28,000
Feng Ji Chua	25,000 25,000	25,000
Bonifacio Mondalo	8,000 8,000	8,000