APPT Main Event
Day 1bc Started
2023 APPT Cambodia
APPT Main Event
Day: 1bc
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 1bc
2023 APPT Cambodia
Buy-in
$1,500
Prize Pool
$623,322
Entries
476
Level
31
Blinds
80,000 / 160,000
Ante
160,000
Entries
300
Players Left
91
Two Flights Remain in the 2023 APPT Cambodia $1,500 Main Event
A busy day is expected in the grand ballroom of the five-star NagaWorld Integrated Resort in Phnom Penh as the PokerStars Asia Pacific Poker Tour (APPT) gets ready for the business end of the festival. After a successful first starting day for the 2023 APPT Cambodia $1,500 Main Event with 176 entries, the flagship tournament is destined to easily surpass the $400,000 guarantee.
Another two starting days are available for poker enthusiasts from near and far in one of the up and coming live poker hotbeds of the Asia-Pacific region, as NagaWorld has hosted several international stops throughout the last few years with prize pools reaching seven figures.
Day 1b is slated to get underway at 1 p.m. local time and features the same 40-minute level duration as the first flight, while the turbo heat 1c will follow at 8 p.m. local time. The goal of all participants for both flights is the same: Surviving 13 levels and bagging up chips to advance to Day 2, when the race to the money and nine-handed final table continues.
The late registration is open for the first ten levels and following break and during that period, a single re-entry option is available. All participants receive 30,000 in chips, which is good enough for 300 big blinds in the first level of play at blinds of 100-100 with a big blind ante of 100.
Chip leaders so far from the first flight are Cheng Zhang (399,000) and Bien Mai (394,000), who increased their initial stack more than 13-fold. Whether or not anyone will surpass them on the overall leaderboard in the last two Day 1s today remains to be seen. Defending champion Alexander Puchalski is expected to give his title defence another shot after he failed to make it through Day 1a.
The PokerNews live updates will focus on Day 1b while full chip counts of the turbo heat 1c are published once they are provided.
Level: 1
Blinds: 100/100
Ante: 100
Shuffle Up and Deal for Day 1b
Level 1
: Blinds 100/100, 100 ante
With a short delay, the action for Day 1b is underway on all tables with at least three players in their seats. Some 18 contestants are registered while the early satellite has three tables running as well.
A first batch of entries is to follow shortly.
First Batch of Entries
Level 1
: Blinds 100/100, 100 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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30,000
30,000
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30,000 |
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30,000
30,000
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30,000 |
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30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
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30,000
30,000
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30,000 |
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30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
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30,000
30,000
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30,000 |
|
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
|
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
|
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
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30,000
30,000
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30,000 |
|
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
Nilcolle Departs After Two Minutes
Level 1
: Blinds 100/100, 100 ante
The dealer announced a seat open after just two minutes over on table three, which had commenced with three-handed action. Jin Woo Kim was the beneficent and recapped the action.
According to Kim, Peter Nilcolle had raised the button to 700 and was called by Kim in the big blind. On a flop containing three queens, Nilcolle missclicked for 5,500 and Kim raised to 11,000, then called the shove by Nilcolle with ace-queen for quads. Nilcolle had pocket tens and was drawing dead, as a 10x turn and Ax river didn't matter anymore.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
60,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
|
|
Busted |
Nearly 40 Entries in Play
Level 1
: Blinds 100/100, 100 ante
The players keep coming in as another three tables opened and among those to enter were Thijs Hilberts, Konstantin Generalov and Hoa Thinh Nguyen.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
|
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
|
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
Ghosh More Than Doubles Early On
Level 1
: Blinds 100/100, 100 ante
Four ways to the A♥7♥2♥ flop, Ashish Ghosh bet for 1,200 in the small blind. Guillem Segarra Lopez called and Thijs Hilberts in the cutoff raised to 3,700. Konstantin Generalov on the button called for Ghosh to call, while Segarra Lopez folded.
The 8♦ followed on the turn and it checked to Generalov, who bet 8,000 and received two calls. That brought around the 9♠ river and once more, Ghosh and Hilberts checked. Generalov pushed all-in and Ghosh called all-in for 11,900 within a few seconds.
Hilberts was stunned and folded to get shown the K♥J♦ by Generalov, as Ghosh doubled with the A♣J♥. That left Hilberts and Segarra Lopez even more stunned as they all wondered what had just happened.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
62,000
32,000
|
32,000 |
|
|
29,000
-1,000
|
-1,000 |
|
|
23,500
-6,500
|
-6,500 |
|
|
5,500
-24,500
|
-24,500 |
Chumakov Chips Up Early; Hougaard Follows Suit
Level 1
: Blinds 100/100, 100 ante
Krishnan Menon had been eliminated by Dmitry Chumakov and re-entered to a different table. On his former table, Lars Hougaard bet the K♦6♥3♣Q♦ turn and called a raise to 3,100 by Chumakov, which led them to the 10♠ river. Both now checked and Hougaard won the pot with the K♣10♠, as Chumakov grinned and shook his head.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
52,000
52,000
|
52,000 |
|
|
39,000
9,000
|
9,000 |
|
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
New Entries on Day 1b
Level 1
: Blinds 100/100, 100 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
|
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
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30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
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30,000
30,000
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30,000 |
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30,000 | |
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30,000
30,000
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30,000 |
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30,000
30,000
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30,000 |