Main Event Day 1B closes with 32 players and Valeriy Pak up top

After 14 rounds of scheduled play, Day 1B of the Main Event bagged up with 32 players remaining. Up top was Russia’s estrela bet:Valeriy Pak with 409K in chips, just 1K shy of matching up to the Day 1A leader. We♒ will have the chip counts posted shortly. Congratulations to the qualifiers! For those that missed the mark, Day 1C is  still ongoing. Registration closes at 🐈12:40am.

Day 1B – Top 10 in chips

Valeriy Fedorovich Pak	409,000
Omair Javed	397,000
Brett Colmar Pullen	396,000
Quoc Huy Phan	381,000
Jonathan Wayne Sanborn	313,000
Chhay Lem Lim	291,000
Abbouchi Mohamad	262,000
Zdravko Duvnjak	258,000
Hwany Lee	235,000
Bryan Diwei Huang	229,000

estrela bet:APPT Main Event – CHIP COUNTS

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23:10: Benjamin Sai lays down top pair to Mohamad
Level 14: 1500-3000-3000 BB Ante

Last hand of the night and it’s quite intense with Benjamin Sai facing a big raise. On a flop , Sai bet 25,000 onto a pot of 46,000 and Mohamad Abouchi fires a raise of 80,000. Sai tanks for a some time and finally folds while showing top pair. Mohamad returns the gesture and shows set.

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22:40: Calvin Tan falls to Chik Fatt Chan
Level 14: 1500-3000-3000 BB Ante

Calvin Tan goes all in on a board and Chik Fatt Chan calls, costing him only 36,000. Tan is behind with and is only hoping for the flush against Chan’s . However the river is to end his run.

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22:35: Zdravko Duvnjak ends Mangal
Level 14: 1500-3000-3000 BB Ante

Christopher Mangal all in on a flop with and is called by Zdravko Duvnjak who is also looking for the flush with . The turn comes and river to end Mangal’s day.

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22:30: Hak Do Kim sends Minami to the tank
Level 14: 1500-3000-3000 BB Ante

With 43,500 in the pot and a board showing [ah}, Hak Do Kim check-shoves Keita Minami’s 20,000 bet to make it 142,000. Minami tanks for a long time and folds when the clock is called.

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22:25: Brett Pullen picks up a pot with cowboys
Level 13: 1000-2500-2500 BB Ante

Catching the action on a board , Brett Pullen calls the 26,500 bet and wins the hand with . He is over 280k.

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22:20: Corine Shi dusts it all to Sanborn
Level 13: 1000-2500-2500 BB Ante

Corine Shi’s aggression got the best of her while all her chips went to Jonathan Sanborn. The hand saw a raise war preflop that began with Sanborn calling a raise from the button, big blind Shi three-betting to 24,000, initial raiser dropped out, Sanborn flat. At the flop more chips found the pot with Shi betting 16,000 and Sanborn calling. The turn was checked by both. On the river , Shi jammed with , snap-called by Sanborn with ꦏ nut flush. Shi packed up as Sanborn stacked up nearly 🀅400k.

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22:00: Corine Shi ends Newey’s day
Level 13: 1000-2500-2500 BB Ante

Paul Newey moves all in for his remaining 32,000 with and is called by Corine Shi with . A queen finds🧸 the turn to ensure the win for Shi as Newey packs up to go.

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21:45: Jacob Yong rails Ido Aboudi
Level 13: 1000-2500-2500 BB Ante

Jacob Yong all in preflop with and is called by Jacob Yan Chee Yong with . N𓆉o help for Aboudi on the board to pack🀅 up and go. Yong rises to 145,000.

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21:30: Jonathan Sanborn eliminates Harry Ross
Level 12: 1000-2000-2000 BB Ante

Utg Harry Ross raises preflop and gets called by utg+1 Jonathan Sanborn and big blind Hak Do Kim. At the a flop , Sanborn bets 7500, Kim check-folds, Ross check-jams to send Sanborn tanking. He eventually makes the call and is ahead with , Ross with . The turn and river are no help to Ros𒁃s to leave the 🦩field. Sanborn climbs to 277,000.

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21: 20: Corine Shi goes aggro
Level 12: 1000-2000-2000 BB Ante

Cutoff player raises 4000 and big blind Corine Shi defends. At the flop {d}, Shi check-raises from 4000 to make it 11,500, and is called. On the turn Shi jams, player folds.

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21:10: Guodong Shi shoves for the pot
Level 12: 1000-2000-2000 BB Ante

On a turn board , Guodong Shi check-jams Yota Mitusi’s 15k bet and takes it. He chips up to 82,000.

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20:50: Quan Qiu claims the pot
Level 11: 800-1600-1600 BB Ante

From utg, estrela bet:Pak Valeriy raises and gets called by the blinds. On the flop , Valeriy c-bets 6500, Quan Qiu goes check-raises to 18,000, big blind folds, Valeriy calls. On the turn Qiu shoves for 41,800, Valeriy folds.

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20:40: Michael Soyza vs Keita Minami
Level 11: 800-1600-1600 BB Ante

Catching the action on the river with a board showing , and 28,000 in the ꦍpot, Michael Soyza bets 10,000, Keita Minami thinks about it then folds. Soyza ♒at around 125,000, Minami sitting on 130,000.

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20:25: Short stacked Paul Newey survives overcards
Level 11: 800-1600-1600 BB Ante

Short stacked Paul Newey tosses it all in with hole cards, he is called by Nevan Yu Chung Chang with . No bad beat lands on the board for a double up to 🦩Newey to 50,000.

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20:20: Day 1B closes with 186 entries
Level 11: 800-1600-1600 BB Ante

That’s it! Day 1B registration closed with 186 entries. Combined with Day 1A, that’s 199 entries. For those that missed the mark in this heat, Day 1C is up next. Day 1B continues for another four rounds. 70 players remaining.

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20:15: Harry Ross doubles through Yota Mitsui 
Level 10: 600-1200-1200 BB Ante

All in preflop with Yota Misui and at risk player Harry Ross with . It ends with a Jack-😼high board with no hits for either player for a double up to Ross who is up ot 41,000. Mitsui down tom 51,200.

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20:10: Keita Minami soars, Kristian Lunde plunges and out
Level 10: 600-1200-1200 BB Ante

Utg player Keita Minami raises for 1300 and big blind Kristian Lunde defends to see the flop land . Lunde checks, Minami c-bets 4000, Lunde jams 55,400, Minami tank-call🀅s.

Lunde two pair
Minami

The turn doesn’t help Minami but the river award♓s him a higher two pair to double up to 109,200. Lunde plunges to 3000 then busts on the next hand.

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20:00: Mohamad Abbouchi doubles up through Yu Qi Zhao
Level 10: 600-1200-1200 BB Ante

Mohamad Abbouchi bags the max through Yu Qi Zhao with pocket Jacks staying ahead of pocket Sixes. He is up to 45,000.

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19:50: Nines good for Lim to win it
Level 10: 600-1200-1200 BB Ante

On a flop and 16,500 in the pot, Chhay Lim check-calls 8500. On the turn , same betting action with Lim check-calling a 15,000 bet. On the river , both players check, Lim has full house and wins it.

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19:40: Vu Thai Bao rails Sanh Bao Huy Thai
Level 10: 600-1200-1200 BB Ante

From hijack, Vu Thai Bao raises to 2400, small blind Sanh Bao Huy Thai shoves his 29,000 stack, Bao tanks then makes the call.

Vu Thai Bao
Sanh Bao Huy Thai

When the flop comes , Sanh is adds outs to his overcards but the turn and river aren’t them to bust. Vu chips up to 70,000.

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19:30: Sofia Lovgren cleans one out
Level 9: 600-1200-1200 BB Ante

Sofia Lovgren is now at 170,000 having just eliminated a player who calls her river shove. Both players face a board with 65,500 in the pot. Lovgren lays out a stack of oranges that covers her opponent’s stack. He tanks for a long time then decides to risk his tournament life. Lovgren shows which is way ahead of his .

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19:20: Shaun Conroy rails Hua Wei Lin
Level 9: 600-1200-1200 BB Ante

Hua Wei Lin shoves with and is denied the blinds and antes with estrela bet:Shaun Conroy calling with . No help arrives for Lin to send her to th🌞e rail.

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19:10: Brett Pullen vs Hwany Lee
Level 9: 600-1200-1200 BB Ante

Hwany Lee raises to 3000 preflop and big blind Brett Pullen defends. The flop comes , Lee bets 3000 and Pullen check-calls. On the turn , both players check it and the river lands . Pullen leads out 7000, Lee raises to 20,000, Pullen calls. Lee shows and pays Pullen’s boat. Lee down to 113,000, Pullen up to 215,000.

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18:50: Mai Bien rails Erquiaga
Level 9: 600-1200-1200 BB Ante

NagaWorld Kickoff champion Mai Bien sends David Erquiaga to the rail with staying ahead of on a dry board. Bien rises to 170,000.

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18:40: Dale Townsend pushes short stacked Zong Chi He
Level 8: 500-1000-1000 BB Ante

Dale Townsend and Zong Chi He stare down a board , Townsend bets 1500, Zong calls. On the river , Townsend lays down a stack of yellows that well covers Zong’s stack and wins the pot then and there. Zong down to 17,000, Townsend up to 118,000.

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18:30: Rajeev Kanjani on the rise
Level 8: 500-1000-1000 BB Ante

 According to players at the table, Rajeev Kanjani was down to 800 in chips and has now won his third all in to jump back to 18,500. The hand was all in with over , Queen on the flop to hold.

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18:20: Leo Soma vs Kristian Lunde
Level 8: 500-1000-1000 BB Ante

Leo Soma and Kristian Lunde go head to head in back to back hands. The first clash saw a flop and 6000 already in the pot. From late position Soma bet 4000, sb Lunde called. On the turn , Lunde led out for 4000, Soma raised to 8000, Lunde called. The river both opt to check. Lunde shows bottom pair, Soma takes it with second pair.

On the very next hand, Soma raised to 2200 and button Lunde called. At the flop , Soma check-raised from 7000 to make it 17,000, Lunde answered wi🐲th a three-bet all in, Soma folded. Soma down to 33,000, Lunde back up to 84,000.

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18:00: Pak Valeriy claims a good one against Campomanes
Level 7: 400-800-800 BB Ante

A pot of 18,000 is in the middle and hijack estrela bet:Pak Valeriy and cutoff Florencio Campomanes are staring down a board . Valeriy checks to Campomanes who bets 10,000, Valeriy raises to 32,000, Campomanes tanks then calls showing . Valeriy opens flush and wins i𝔉t. Campomanes down to 49,000, V🌼aleriy rises to 130,000.

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17:45: Konstantin Pogodin down to one 100 chip, doubles 3x then falls
Level 7: 400-800-800 BB Ante

Down to 13,200, Konstantin Pogodin sends all his chips out front with and is joined by Oliver Schulze with 13,100 and a better . At the runout, it is a Jack-high board. Schul💞ze doubles up to 30,000, Pogodin chunked🧜 down to one 100 chip.

Pogodin wins the next two hands to rise to 1400 but no chip and a chair story as he busts on the next shove.

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17:35: Chhay Lim mucks to Minh A Nguyen
Level 7: 400-800-800 BB Ante

The board drops the turn with 8,900 in the pot. Minh A Nguyen calls Chhay Lim’s 4500 bet and the river comes . Lim sends out 7500, Nguyen doesn’t hesitate to call all his chips. Lim quickly mucks. Nguyen takes it without having to show.

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17:30: Quang Nguyen rivered by Soyza
Level 6: 300-600-600 BB Ante

APPT champion Michael Soyza ships himself a stack while apologizing. Facing Quang Nguyen’s all in, Soyza calls. Nguyen ahead with , Soyza , the board is good to Nguꦉyen until the river slaps down a Jack. Nguyen busts and Soyza climbs to over 50,000.

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17:25: Hak Do Kim jams for it
Level 6: 300-600-600 BB Ante

Hak Do Kim shoves his remaining 11,900 stack on a board of and a pot of 16,000. Vu Thai Bao doesn’t bite and folds.

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17:20: Hieu Ngo’s bluff exposed, Quan Qiu doubles up 
Level 6: 300-600-600 BB Ante

On a board of and 17,5000 in the pot, sb positioned Hieu Ngo shoves and mp player Quan Qiu calls for his tournament life. Ngo showed bluff, Qiu wins it with straight. Ngo drops below st❀arting🐼 to 21,000, Qiu rises to 53,000.

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17:10: Clement Van Driessche and Hwany Lee 
Level 6: 300-600-600 BB Ante

Three way to the flop and 5600 in the pot, Clement Van Driessche bets 1700 and only Hwany Lee calls. On the turn , both check it to get a free river . Lee ꩲleads out for 6,000, Van Driessche raises to 21,000, back to Lee who tank-folds. Van Driessche takes it to rise to 68,000, Lee dips to 100,000.

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17:00: Sofia Lovgren doubles up through Aaron Lam
Level 6: 300-600-600 BB Ante

On a board and a pot of 26,000 brewed, Sofia Lovgren goes all in and sends Aaron Lam tanking. She shows set, Lam mucks, she🍷 doubles up to 74,000ꦅ. Lam down to starting stack.

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16:40: Ceesvin Abdulla zooms over 100K
Level 5: 200-500-500 BB Ante

As told by the winner of this hand…. Action folds to the small blind who raises to 1500, big blind Ceesvin Abdulla three-bets to 5000 and is called. On the flop , both players check. The turn , sb bets 4000, Abdulla calls. The river , sb risks it all, Abdulla calls and ships ꦆit a set of Jacks over pocket Aces. Abdulla climbs over 100K.

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16:35: David Erquiaga folds to Chik Fatt Chan’s river shove
Level 5: 200-500-500 BB Ante

On a board that completes a🍬nd a pot of 26,600, Chik Fatt Chan is all in for his remaining 25,500. David Erquiaga tanks then folds.

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16:30: Zong Chi He wins the raise war
Level 5: 200-500-500 BB Ante

Action opens with Chi Ling Tsang with a 1200 raise, Mohamad Abbouchi three-bets to 3600, Yu Qi Zhao calls, Zong Chi He four-bets all in, no callers and no show.

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16:25: Luke Oliver Keay jams and takes it
Level 5: 200-500-500 BB Ante

On a flop , hijack player Luke Oliver Keay bets 8000 then faces a raise to 18,000 from the button player. This sends Keay tanking and says “I am not calling. Just deciding if I push or fold, that’s it.” After several seconds, Keay shoves for a total of 45,200 and wins it with the raiser folding.

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16:15: Cao Ngoc Anh doubles up
Level 5: 200-500-500 BB Ante

Cao Ngoc Anh is all in with and needs to hit the board with his challenger showing . The board grants it as it runs . He doubles up to over 40,000.

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16:10: Tung Nguyen versus Chi Ling Tsang
Level 4: 200-400-400 BB Ante

Tung Nguyen raised to 1100, called by two players, Chi Ling Tsang three-bets to 4000, called by Nguyen and another player. At the flop , Tsang c-bets 9000 and takes it without further challenge. He says “just this time” then shows . Tsang chips up to 45,000.

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16:00: Akshay Kapoor’s failed bluff boosts Holmedahl
Level 4: 200-400-400 BB Ante

On a flop , cutoff Akshay Kapoor bets 1800 and hijack player Daniel Holmedahl check-calls. On the turn , same action with Kapoor’s 3500 bet called. On the river , Kapoor shoves and still can’t push out Holmedahl to have to show his bluff. Holmedahl ships a double up to 45,000 with top two pair.

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15:55: Champions go head to head, Seongmin Lee busts
Level 4: 200-400-400 BB Ante

With 9000 already in the pot by the river , small blind High Roller champion shoves his 20,200 stack, APPT National winner Seongmin Lee tanks with less chips. Lee eventually risks it all and shows two pair then busts to Van Driessche’s trips. Van Driessche up to 40,000.

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15:50: Sofia Lovgren triple barrels 
Level 4: 200-400-400 BB Ante

Button player Mohamad Abbouchi raises to 400, gets called by the small blind but big blind Sofia Lovgren three-bets to make it 1800 to go. Only Abbouchi calls and the flop comes . Lovgren c-bets 1800, Abbouchi calls. The turn , Lovgren sends out 🦂3500 and wins the pot as Abbouchi 🔯folds.

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15:40: Fritz Douhan jams for the pot
Level 4: 200-400-400 BB Ante

Fritz Douhan is on his second bullet today and isn’t afraid to test it against his new tablemates. Action opens with cutoff player raising to 1000, button Douhan and sb David Koy call, big blind re-raises to 5000, and loses only the initial raiser from cutoff. At the flop [6c}, Douhan jams, no callers.

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15:35: Terry Nguyen wins a pot versus Breed
Level 4: 200-400-400 BB Ante

A pot of 5,500 is in the middle and a board . Koen Breed bets 1100 then faces a raise of 6700 from Terry Nguyen. Breed calls and the river is . Breed checks to the aggressor Ng♏uyen who se⛦nds out 16,000, Breed folds.

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15:30: More notables flood the felt
Level 4: 200-400-400 BB Ante

More notables at the scene, Hieu Ngo, Terry Nguyen, Maggie Chien Chih Wei, David Erquiaga, Zong Chi He, Chi Ling Tsang, and Vu Thai Bao.

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15:20: Level 4 begins with 104 entries
Level 4: 200-400-400 BB Ante

Three levels have come and gone. Players are back from the first break of the day. Day 1B has already breached the 100 marker and should exceed the 113 Day 1A entries before the level closes. Among the new arrivals are APPT champion Florencio Campomanes, NagaWorld Kickoff champion Seongmin Lee, Poker Dream champion Minh Anh Nguyen, two time WSOP bracelet winner Pete Chen, High Roller winner Clement Van Driessche, Natalie Teh, Hak Do Kim, and Vietnamese pro Cao Ngoc Anh.

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14:30: New level, 80 entries and climbing
Level 3: 100-300-300 BB Ante

Another 40-minute level has gone by. The field has now climbed to 85 entries with more seen at registration. If this pace keeps up, we should see the $400K guarantee breached. Among the late arrivals are Akshay Kapoor, Zarvan Tumboli, Benjamin Lai, Satoshi Kuriga, and Hwany Lee.

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14:15: Vietnam in the house
Level 2: 100-200-200 BB Ante

More Vietnamese players have joined the action. Seen out there are Harry Duong, Tung Nguyen, Xuan Van Nguyen, Dang Duy Thanh, and Le Ngoc Khanh.

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13:50: New level, more notables 
Level 2: 100-200-200 BB Ante

New level with more notables around the room, Super High Roller winner Gary Thompson, Sofia Lovgren, Huu Dung Nguyen, Quang Nguyen, Jun Hao Wu, and Konstantin Pogodin. Currently over 50 players seated.

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13:40: More arrivals
Level 1: 100-100-100 BB Ante

The entries have now more than doubled with 46 seated. One table has APPT National runner up Freezeout winner Hassaan Arif, WSOP bracelet winner Leo Soma, and NLH KO champion Yu Qi Zhao.

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13:10: Cards in the air!
Level 1: 100-100-100 BB Ante

Cards in the air for Day 1B of the Main Event! The screens currently have 17 players with more lined up at registration. Among the early birds are Hamish Crawshaw, Aladin Reskallah, Rajeev Kanjani, Dale Townsend, Ceesvin Abdulla, Fritz Douhan, Masatoshi Tanaka, and NagaWorld Kickoff champion Mai Bien.

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Welcome to Day 1B of the Main Event $400K GTD!

Good afternoon players and welcome to another day at the Main Event. Today’s schedule is Day 1B with 10 levels of late registration open, closing at the start of Level 11. Buy in is $1,500. For those that enter by the starting gun, you start with a 30,000 stack which is equivalent to 300 times the opening blinds. Blinds increase every 40-minutes. This is a single-re-entry tournament which means you are only allowed one re-entry per starting day. Multiple stacks are not allowed.

At yesterday’s Day 1A, 93 players entered with 20 using their second bullet for a total of 113 entries. estrela bet:Nam Hyung Kim bagged up a massive stack of 410,000, he will be the player to catch for today’s race. You can read up on the action via the estrela bet:Day 1A LIVE UPDATES.

Good luck to all!

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Main Event Day 1C ends with 22 remaining led by Yu Qi Zhao

Main Event Day 1C is a wrap! That means all three starters have completed. Bagging up the chip lead was USA’s Yu Qi Zhao with just over 200K. We will have the complete Day 2 chip counts via the link provided.

estrela bet:APPT Main Event – CHIP COUNTS

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01:50: Good pot for Florencio Campomanes
Level 14: 1500-3000-3000 BB Ante

The board completes with Florencio Campomanes laying out a 28,000 bet onto a 31,000 pot. Haozhen Gu tank calls. Campomanes has straight that beats Gu’s trips.

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01:45: Chen Yong rails Max Menzel
Level 14: 1500-3000-3000 BB Ante

Max Menzel all in with , Chen Yong puts pressure with overcards. The flop runs clean but the turn and river spelled the end fo🌸r Menzel with a full house to Yong.

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01:40: David Erquiaga rivers it to stay alive
Level 13: 1000-2500-2500 BB Ante

David Erquiaga three-bet jams with and initial raiser Seongmin Lee calls iwth . An ace turns up on the river fꦐor Erquiaga to surviveℱ.

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01:35: Tit for tat between Huu Dung Nguyen and Jiazhi Zhong
Level 14: 1500-3000-3000 BB Ante

Huu Dung Nguyen looks down at and shoves. Jiazhi Zhong has . The board runs for a double up to Nguyen.

Immediately following that hand, Zhong goes all in with and Nguyen calls with . No hits on the board for Nguyen to send some of his earlier wi🅷nnings back to Zhong.

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01:10: Mike Takayama eliminated by Haozhen Gu
Level 12: 1000-2000-2000 BB Ante

Quang Nguyen raises to 3000, Mike Takayama three-bet jams for 9500, Haozheng Gu calls, Nguyen folds. Takayama is ahead with to Gu’s however the flop runs for a pair to Gu to clean out Takayama.

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01:05: Yu Qi Zhao boots one
Level 11: 1000-1500-1500 BB Ante

Yu Qi Zhao raises to 4500, one player jams, David Erquiaga tank-folds, back to Zhao who calls while saying “I am way behind”. Zhao opens and sees he is live with the at risk player holding . The board comes . Zhao ships it and rises to 120,000.

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01:00: Donation for Jiazhi Zhong
Level 11: 1000-1500-1500 BB Ante

Zong Chi He raises to 3500, Japanese female player three-bets to 10,000, small blind Jiazhi Zhong four-bet jams which was enough to push out Zong but not the three-bettor who risks it all as well. She turns over and stays behind Zhong’s throughout the board. Zhong rises to 80,000.

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00:55: Meerwais Hussein doubles up
Level 11: 1000-1500-1500 BB Ante

We got to the table and Meerwais Hussein was already shipping a double up with pocket Kings standing firm against Ace-Queen. He now has 69,500.

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00:50: Oliver Schulze gets max from Cao Ngoc Anh
Level 11: 1000-1500-1500 BB Ante

Oliver Schulze all in with Ace-King and gets the maximum from Cao Ngoc Anh who tried to eliminate with Ace-Four suited.

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00:30: Yu Qi Zhao versus Haozhen Gu
Level 10: 500-1000-1000 BB Ante

Action opens with Leo Soma raising to 2500 and finds three callers to the flop . Zhao c-bets 3300, one player folds, Haozhen Gu check-raises to 7300, another player folds. On the turn and river , both check it. Gu shows and Zhao has him outkicked with 🌳to win the pot. Zhao rises to 111,000, Gu drops to 11ꦦ6,000.

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00:20: Le Ngoc Khanh bags a double 
Level 10: 500-1000-1000 BB Ante

Utg player makes it 2800, Yu Qi Zhao calls, Le Ngoc Khanh goes all in for 20,700, utg player all in right back, and Zhao folds. Khanh has , utg player with , the board runs for a straight to Khanh and a double up.

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00:15: Ido Aboudi boots Pete Chen
Level 10: 500-1000-1000 BB Ante

On a flop with 20,300 in the pot, both utg Pete Chen and button Ido Aboudi check to see the turn . Chen checks, Aboudi bets 13,000, Chen shoves, quick call by Aboudi who shows . Chen needs help with top pair. The river isn’t it to pack up to leave. Aboudi rises to 80,000.

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00:10: Cao Ngoc Anh rails one
Level 10: 500-1000-1000 BB Ante

A player limps in, Cao Ngoc Anh raises to 7000, back to the limper who jams. Anh quickly calls. At risk player is ahead with , Anh with , the board runs for a straight to Anh🌄 to send one packing. Anh chips up to 126,000.

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00:00: David Erquiaga shoves out Soma
Level 9: 400-800-800 BB Ante

With 18,400 in the pot and a flop , sb Leo Soma bets 5,000 and is called by cutoff David Erquiaga. On the turn , Soma checks, Erquiaga shoves, no call.

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23:50: Quang Nguyen muscles Huu Nam Nguyen
Level 9: 500-1000-1000 BB Ante

On a board and 18,000 already in the pot, Quang Nguyen bets 5600 and Huu Nam Nguyen calls. The river , Quang shoves and takes it.

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23:20: 66 entries with reg still open for until 12:40am
Level 7: 400-800-800 BB Ante

The tables are buzzing with players trying to find their way into Day 2 of the Main Event. Registration closes at the start of Level 11. Currently in action are notables Florencio Campomanes, Minh A Nguyen, Quang Nguyen, David Erquiaga, Dhanesh Chainani, Gary Thompson, Natalie Teh, Terry Nguyen, and Rajeev Kanjani. We will have more updates once it closes.

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Main Event Day 1C underway! 

Main Event Day 1C is up and running and quickly 25 sign up which means, the $400K guarantee has been breached! Registration stays open  until the start of Level 11. Blinds for this heat increases at a faster 20 minute pace so make sure to sign up by the latest of 1230am. Notable players seen on the felt are Zong Chi He, Gary Thompson, Leo Soma, Seongmin Lee, Natalie Teh, and Max Menzel. Others also seen are Satoshi Kuriga, Mark Hammond, Christopher Mateo, and Huu Nam Nguyen.

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Main Event Day 2 ends with the final 9 formed! 

After nine hours of play, the Main Event reached its final 9 contenders led by Taiwan’s Nevan Yu Chung Chang with 3,165,000. On the opposite end of the counts is APPT Korea 2018 champion Michael Soyza, the only player seeking a second title. Players return on Sunday, November 13 at 1pm to chase down the coveted PokerStars shard trophy and the $96,028 up top. We’ll be back then!

Player	Chips	BB
Yu Chung Chang	3,115,000	125
Markus Garberg	2,420,000	97
Alexander Puchalski	1,700,000	68
Akshay Kapoor	1,485,000	59
Christopher Backhouse	990,000	40
Huy Phan	565,000	23
Quoc Dinh Nguyen	530,000	21
Renniel Galvez	340,000	14
Michael Soyza	165,000	7

Chips in play: 11,340,000
Average stack: 1,260,000
Blinds: 10,000-25,000-25,000 BB Ante

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22:00: Nam Hyung Kim eliminated in 10th place – $7,821
Level 23: 10,000-25,000-25,000 BB Ante

The day’s entering chip leader estrela bet:Nam Hyung Kim had difficulty recovering after a cooler that paid big to Akshay Kapoor two levels prior. Grinded down below 400K, Kim risked it all with and faced Kapoor again who had   for a flip. The board ran . Kim busted in 10th place, missಞing the final table for the first time this series.

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21:45: Michael Soyza chunked down; Nevan Chang barrels every stage
Level 23: 10,000-25,000-25,000 BB Ante

Michael Soyza is down to 6 BB after losing a monster pot to Nevan Yu Chung Chang. From cutoff, Chang opens with a raise and Soyza calls from the big blind. At the flop, turn, and river Chang fires bets . Soyza calls him throughout then mucks to Chang’s full house. Soyza down 𒐪to 150,000, Chang zooms to o⛦ver 3.1M.

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21:25: Markus Garberg doubles up on Kapoor bluff
Level 22: 10,000-20,000-20,000 BB Ante

On a board that completes with 950,000 in the pot, massive stacked Akshay Kapoor goes all in sending Markus Garberg tanking. Garberg eventually finds a call and Kapoor shows bluff. Garberg ships a double with . Garberg up to 1.325M.

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21:10: Sofia Lovgren-Fullmer bluffs out in 11th place – $7,821
Level 22: 10,000-20,000-20,000 BB Ante

Action opens with utg Sofia Lovgren raising to 45,000 that finds three callers. On flop , Lovgren c-bet and only Akshay Kapoor continued to see the turn . Both players checked. The river landed . Lovgren jammed for 677,000, Kapoor called, Lovgren opened bluff, Kapoor shipped it with . Kapoor zoomed to 2.25M and is now chip leader.

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21:00: Payouts from 12th place – 55th place

12th	Zdravko Duvnjak	$6,782
13th	Hoa Thinh Nguyen	$6,782
14th	Jiazhi Zhong	$5,989
15th	Jean Robert Autran	$5,989
16th	Ido Aboudi	$5,395
17th	Dhanesh Chainani	$5,395
18th	Natalie Teh	$4,900
19th	Jonas Magdalinski	$4,900
20th	Paul Newey	$4,900
21st	Chhay Lem Lim	$4,405
22nd	Jianguo Zhou	$4,405
23rd	Valeriy Pak	$4,405
24th	Bryan Huang	$3,911
25th	Mohamad Abbouchi	$3,911
26th	Mai Bien	$3,911
27th	Phuong Ngoc Nguyen	$3,911
28th	Zhao Feng	$3,416
29th	Jonathan Sanborn	$3,416
30th	Benjamin Sai	$3,416
31st	Yong Chen	$3,416
32nd	Omair Javed	$2,921
33rd	Vincent Huang	$2,921
34th	Chik Fatt Chan	$2,921
35th	Brett Pullen	$2,921
36th	Tzai Wei Phua	$2,921
37th	Suparerk Totsaponisad	$2,921
38th	Finn Penderak	$2,921
39th	Oliver Schulze	$2,921
40th	Cao Ngoc Anh	$2,425
41st	Lars Madsen	$2,425
42nd	Masamichi Hayashi	$2,425
43rd	Vu Thai Bao	$2,425
44th	Robert Schiffbauer	$2,425
45th	Collin Ho	$2,425
467th	Renato Villanueva Jr	$2,425
47th	Ori Haim Elul	$2,425
48th	Ho Xiao Wang	$2,425
49th	David Erquiaga	$2,425
50th	Zachary Duce	$2,425
51st	Hamish Crawshaw	$2,425
52nd	Daniel Smiljkovik	$2,425
53rd	Florencio Campomanes	$2,425
54th	Keita Minami	$2,425
55th	Duy Tung Nguyen	$2,425

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00:45: Zdravko Duvnjak falls to Kapoor in 12th place – $6,782
Level 22: 10,000-20,000-20,000 BB Ante

Zdravko Duvnjak all in preflop with and falls to Akshay Kapoor’s with the board running . He earns $6,782 for 12th⛎ place. Kapoor chips up to 1.25M.

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20:40: Akshay Kapoor doubles up through Kim
Level 21: 8000-16000-16000 BB Ante

Akshay Kapoor raises to 35,000, estrela bet:Nam Hyung Kim three-bets to 100,000, Kapoor four-bet jams and is called. When they open, it’s a cooler with Kapoor and Kim . No 💯bad beat comes for a double up to Kapoor to 1M, Kim dro🙈ps to 660,000.

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20:25: Christopher Backhouse doubles up through Soyza
Level 21: 8000-16000-16000 BB Ante

Action folds to the small blind Christopher Backhouse who raises and big blind Michael Soyza defends. On the flop , Backhouse checks, Soyza bets, Backhouse calls. On the turn Backhouse checks again, Soyza bets, Backhouse jams, Soyza tanks then calls with top pair. Backhouse turns over straight. The river is . Soyza drops to around 𒅌800,000, Backhouse zooms to nearly 1.1M.

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20:10: Hoa Thinh Nguyen falls to Chang in 13th place – $6,782
Level 21: 8000-16000-16000 BB Ante

Action opens with utg+1 Michael Soyza raising to 32,000, button player Hoa Thinh Nguyen calls, small blind Nevan Yu Chung Chang three-bets to 200,000, Soyza calls, Nguyen jams, Chang jams while simultaneously saying to Soyza “I cover you so you can’t call”. Soyza folds and shows . Nguyen has , Chang dominates with , the board runs for a p🌳air to Chang and 13th place for Nguyen. He ea😼rns $6,782 for his efforts.

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20:05: Jiazhi Zhong busts to Soyza in 14th place – $5,989
Level 21: 8000-16000-16000 BB Ante

Jiazhi Zhong all in for his remaining 172,000 and to try to save him. Michael Soyza calls with a better . A king ℱfinds the board to finish off Zhong in 14th place for $5,989.

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20:00: Jean Robert Autran eliminated in 15th place – $5,989
Level 21: 8000-16000-16000 BB Ante

Jean Robert Autran three-bet shoves with , initial raiser Alex Puchalski calls with . The flop quickly awards the better hand an improvement to two pair which holds to end Autran’s day in 15th place. He earns $5,989.

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20:00: Nevan Chang on a rush
Level 21: 8000-16000-16000 BB Ante

Back from the break, it was Nevan Yu Chung Chang again. He five bets Hoa Thinh Nguyen from 45,000 to 100,000, to 245,000 to 1.1M, Nguyen folds. Chang shows .

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19:35: Nevan Chang ships it
Level 20: 6000-12,000-12,000 BB Ante

On a turn board , heavy betting action with three battling for the pot, Akshay Kapoor decides to get out of the way leaving Renniel Galvez and Nevan Yu Chung Chang to fight it out. Chang is all in with set, Galvez drawing dead with . The river is . Chang rises to just under 1.1M.

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19:20: Ido Aboudi rivered by Soyza, falls 16th – $5,395
Level 20: 6000-12,000-12,000 BB Ante

Catching the action only on the turn with a board and 45,000 in the pot, Ido Aboudi sends nearly his entire stack out amounting to 110,000, leaving himself 4,000 behind. Soyza puts Aboudi all in. Aboudi puts his remaining chips in. Soyza shows , Aboudi with , the river completes a straight for Soyza to end༒ Aboudi in 16th place. Aboudi earns $5,395.

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19:15: Quoc Huy Phan rails Dhanesh Chainani in 17th place – $5,395
Level 20: 6000-12,000-12,000 BB Ante

From utg, Dhanesh Chainani goes all in preflop with , big blind Quoc Huy Phan calls with . The board runs . Cbainani eliminated in17th place for $5,395.

It is down to two tables. Redraw time.

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19:10: Natalie Teh out in 18th place – $4,900
Level 20: 6000-12,000-12,000 BB Ante

Natalie Teh is almost all in again. She send everything but one 1K chip out front, Akshay Kapoor calls the 101,000, and with no other customers, the flop runs . After takin🔴g a bit of time to see if someone at the other table goes bust for a pay jump, no one does so she checks. Kapoor bets the remaining 1K, Teh calls for her tournament life.

Teh has which is behind Kapoor’s . The turn   and river ends Teh’s run in 18th place for $4,900.

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19:00: Hoa Thinh Nguyen eliminates Magdalinski
Level 20: 6000-12,000-12,000 BB Ante

Jonas Magdalinski all in with and is flipping with caller Hoa Thinh Nguyen . When the flop lands , all Magdalinski can hope for is a split but it doesn’t come. The turn is and river .

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18:47: Akshay Kapoor claims a big pot 
Level 20: 6000-12,000-12,000 BB Ante

Ido Aboudi is all in on a board that completes  and around 140,000 in the pot, Akshay☂ Kapoor bet🥂s 86,000, Aboudi tanks then folds.

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18:45: Jiazhi Zhong doubles through Lovgren
Level 20: 6000-12,000-12,000 BB Ante

Another all in here with Jiazhi Zhong sending his last 93,000 into the pot. Sofia Lovgren gives him some action and turns over . She is behind Zhong’s . A k💙ing finds the turn for a d🎉ouble up to over 200,000.

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18:40: Paul Newey exits in 20th place 
Level 20: 6000-12,000-12,000 BB Ante

Paul Newey has been struggling with his short stack for sometime and despite a double up he is still far behind the big stacks. He sends it all in with and is facing a flip with Markus Garberg turning over . The board run꧂s a dry Jack-high to exit in 20th place.

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18:38: Nevan Chang doubles through Puchalski
Level 20: 6000-12,000-12,000 BB Ante

Having laddered up, Nevan Yu Chung Chang goes all in for his remaining 93,000 and gets called by Alex Puchalski. Chang turns over , Puchalski , the flop runs for a set to Chang, and with the turn and river , he happily doubled up to over 200,000.

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18:35: Jean Robert Autran banks it off Kim
Level 20: 6000-12,000-12,000 BB Ante

Jean Robert Autran scores a double with standing firm against estrela bet:Nam Hyung Kim‘s . The board was .

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18:30: Chhay Lim falls to Galvez 
Level 19: 5000-10,000-10,000 BB Ante

Chhay Lim three-bet shoved his last 233,000, initial raiser Renniel Galvez slow-rolled and turned over . Lim had . The ladies won the fliౠp to send Lim out in 21s💟t place.

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18:20: Jiazhi Zhou eliminated
Level 19: 5000-10,000-10,000 BB Ante

Jiazhi Zhou shoves with pocket Nines and is challenged by Dhanesh Chainani with overcards , the board has an Ace land on the flop for Zhou🃏 to exit in 22ಌnd place.

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18:10: Michael Soyza delivers a double KO
Level 19: 5000-10,000-10,000 BB Ante

Three way action with Bryan Huang all in, Michael Soyza shoves his much much larger stack, then estrela bet:Valeriy Pak 🍌also dominated by Soyza decides to join the party.

Soyza
Huang
Pak

The flop comes for a set to Pak, the turn keeps him ahead, but the river is exactly what Soꦜyza needed to overtak🗹e and boot out the two.

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18:05: Mohamad Abbouchi falls to Kapoor
Level 19: 5000-10,000-10,000 BB Ante

Mohamad Abbouchi jams his 143,000 stack and nearly gets through with the blinds and antes but Akshay Kapoor on the big blind calls and send him home. Abbouchi had , Kapoor with , no hits on the board for a 25th place finish for Abbouchi.

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18:00: Hoa Thinh Nugyen doubles up through Soyza
Level 19: 5000-10,000-10,000 BB Ante

Catching the hand just at the payout, the board completed , Hoa Thinh Nguyen with doubles up through Michael Soyza with . Nguyen climbs to over 700,000.

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17:50: Sofia Lovgren up and up and up
Level 19: 5000-10,000-10,000 BB Ante

Sofia Lovgren is now sitting with around 1.2 Million after going pound for pound multiple times that sent one plunging and another packing. The first clash was against Mai Bien whose missed the board against Lovgren’s to pay the double up.

Following that hand, Phuong Ngoc was all in with pocket Jacks, Lovgren had pocket Kings to drag more chips in.

Hands later, Bien was all in again, this time with but missed the board to fall to Lovgren’s . The board was .

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17:40: Eliminations

29th	Jonathan Sanborn	Canada	$3,416
30th	Benjamin Sai	Singapore	$3,416
31st	Yong Chen	China	$3,416
32nd	Omair Javed	Pakistan	$2,921
33rd	Vincent Huang	Australia	$2,921
34th	Chik Fatt Chan		$2,921
35th	Brett Pullen		$2,921
36th	Tzai Wei Phua	Singapore	$2,921
37th	Suparerk Totsaponisad	Thailand	$2,921
38th	Finn Penderak	Germany	$2,921
39th	Oliver Schulze		$2,921
40th	Cao Ngoc Anh	Vietnam	$2,425
41st	Lars Madsen		$2,425
42nd	Masamichi Hayashi	Japan	$2,425
43rd	Vu Thai Bao	Vietnam	$2,425
44th	Robert Schiffbauer	USA	$2,425
45th	Collin Ho	Singapore	$2,425
467th	Renato Villanueva Jr	Philippines	$2,425
47th	Ori Haim Elul	Israel	$2,425
48th	Ho Xiao Wang	China	$2,425
49th	David Erquiaga	Philippines	$2,425
50th	Zachary Duce	Australia	$2,425
51st	Hamish Crawshaw	New Zealand	$2,425
52nd	Daniel Smiljkovik	Germany	$2,425
53rd	Florencio Campomanes	Philippines	$2,425
54th	Keita Minami	Japan	$2,425
55th	Duy Tung Nguyen	Vietnam	$2,425

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17:30: More chips for Kim as Sai goes bust
Level 18: 4000-8000-8000 BB Ante

More chips for the leader estrela bet:Nam Hyung Kim with dusting Bejamin Sai’s shove. The board was .

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17:25: Paul Newey scores another double but still short
Level 18: 4000-8000-8000 BB Ante

Paul Newey gambles all of his chips with and is called by a player with . The board runs for a flush to stay in the running.

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17:20: Yong Chen busts to Ido Aboudi
Level 18: 4000-8000-8000 BB Ante

Yong Chen all in with , Ido Aboudi looking to eliminate with . With the board running {7s|} , out went Chen.

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17:15: Clement Van Driessche gets the max 
Level 18: 4000-8000-8000 BB Ante

Action opens with a raise by Renniel Galvez, beside him Clement Van Driessche shoves, Hoa Thinh Nguyen calls, and Galvez folds. Van Driessche has , Nguyen with , it’s a Jack-high board for a double up to 380,000 for Van Driessche. Nguyen dipped to 475,000.

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17:10: Omair Javed eliminated by Bien
Level 18: 4000-8000-8000 BB Ante

Omair Joved entered the day as one of the big stacks but couldn’t bring it further than 32nd place. He tumbled to Mai Bien with way dominated by .

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17:00: Bryan Huang banks it 
Level 18: 4000-8000-8000 BB Ante

Bryan Huang all in with and fades estrela bet:Nam Hyung Kim‘s with the board running . He rises to 160,000.

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16:50: Natalie Teh bags two double ups
Level 18: 4000-8000-8000 BB Ante

Natalie Teh is hanging in there with a short stack and finds herself on the better end of two shoves to rise to 270,000. The first was a double up through Dravko Duvnjak with flush cracking on a board .

Her next win was against Jonathan Sanborn with standing firm against that missed the board. Sanborn down to 6 BB.

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16:40: Paul Newey doubles up through Galvez
Level 18: 4000-8000-8000 BB Ante

Paul Newey raises to 45,000 then faces Renniel Galvez’s push. Newey tanks then risks his tournament life. At the showdown, Newey is surprised to see he is ahead to Galvez’s . A Five comes in the flop 🥂and holds for a double up to Newey to over 110,000.

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16:30: Jack-Seven good to Markus Garberg 
Level 18: 4000-8000-8000 BB Ante

Markus Garberg was seen playing two Jack-Seven hole cards and both times he got some good pay out of it. The first one was all in on a turn board . Garberg had two pair to double up through Chik Fat🍌t Chan. On the next Jack-Seven hand, Garberg landed a straight to eliminate Vincent Huang.

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16:20: Ido Aboudi rails Tzai Wei Phua
Level 18: 4000-8000-8000 BB Ante

Tzai Wei Phua all in with a premium but misses the board to fall to Ido Aboudi’s pocket Queens.

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16:15: Quoc Huy Phan pays Jiazhi Zhong in full
Level 18: 4000-8000-8000 BB Ante

Quoc Huy Phan just sent Suparerk Totsaponisad when he decides to call a Jiazhi Zhong’s shove. He shows which stays behind Zhong’s . At the end of the runout Phan says “I shouldn’t have called, but it was 10 BB” with the board showing {}10h}.

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16:10 Suparerk Totsaponisad falls with second nuts
Level 18: 4000-8000-8000 BB Ante

On a board , Suparerk Totsaponisad bet 20,000, Quoc Huy Phan jams, Totsaponisad tanks then opts to risk his tournament life. He turns over flush but is not good enough against Phan’s nut flush. Phan rises to 580,000.

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16:00: Quoc Huy Phan five-bet jams Bien
Level 17: 3000-6000-6000 BB Ante

Heated preflop war with Mai Bien raising to 13,000, big blind Quoc Huy Phan three-bets, Bien fouඣr-bets to 88,000, Phan five-bet jams, Bien tank-folds. Phan up to 440,000, Bien down to 265,000.

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15:50: Michael Soyza doubles again, Hayashi down 8K
Level 17: 3000-6000-6000 BB Ante

Michael Soyza and Masamichi Hayashi face a flop and 49,000 in the pot. Big blind Soyza calls Hayashi’s all in and is ahead with two pair over over pair. The turn further improes Soyza to a boat, and with the river , Hayashi pays the double up and drops to 8000. Two hands later, Hayashi goes down in 42n🎀d place.

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15:45: Big stacks
Level 17: 3000-6000-6000 BB Ante

There are two players with monster stacks here, estrela bet:Nam Hyung Kim with 950,000 and Alex Puchalski with 850,000.

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15:40: Vu Thai Bao falls to Duvnjak’s straight
Level 17: 3000-6000-6000 BB Ante

On a flop and 38,000 built preflop, Vu Thai Bao is in for all he has with , however, Zdravko Duvnjak has straight. The turn and river are not Bao’s outs to exit the tournament in 43rd place.

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15:30: Quoc Dinh Nguyen rails Schiffbauer
Level 17: 3000-6000-6000 BB Ante

All in preflop with Robert Schiffbauer needing help with his against bigger stacked Quoc Dinh Nguyen’s . The board runs to end Schiffbauer’s run in 44th place.

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15:20: Michael Soyza doubles through Natalie Teh
Level 17: 3000-6000-6000 BB Ante

Michael Soyza is on his second shove and finds a customer in Natalie Teh. Soyza has , Teh hoping to ship it with . The board however runs for a double up to Soyza. He is the last APPT Main Event champio🅺n in the field with F♉lorencio Campomanes eliminated in 53rd place.

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15:00: Break time – 49 players remaining
Level 17: 3000-6000-6000 BB Ante

Players are on their first break. 6 players have already cashed out.

50th	Zachary Duce	Australia	$2,425
51st	Hamish Crawshaw	New Zealand	$2,425
52nd	Daniel Smiljkovik	Germany	$2,425
53rd	Florencio Campomanes	Philippines	$2,425
54th	Keita Minami	Japan	$2,425
55th	Duy Tung Nguyen	Vietnam	$2,425

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14:50: Bubble bursts! Sofia Lovgren rails Guodong Shi
Level 16: 2000-5000-5000 BB Ante

Bubble bursts! Short stacked Guodong Shi is all in with , is called by Sofia Lovgren with , the board runs .

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14:45: Bubble round: Sofia Lovgren doubles through Yong Chen 
Level 16: 2000-5000-5000 BB Ante

All in on a board , Sofia Lovgren with for a set to double through Yong Chen with .

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14:40: Bubble round: Jean Robert Autran vs Alexander Puchalski
Level 16: 2000-5000-5000 BB Ante

On a flop , Jean Robert Autran is all in and is called by Alexander Puchalski who has less chips. Autran shows draw, Puchalski with set. The turn and river are no help to Autra𒁏n for 🅷a double up to Puchalski.

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14:30: Hwany Lee outkicked by Jianguo Zhou
Level 16: 2000-5000-5000 BB Ante

All in at the flop . Hwany Lee with , Jianguo Zhou with a better kicker , the turn and river ends Lee’s day just one spot from the money.

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14:20: Zhao Feng delivers a double bust
Level 16: 2000-5000-5000 BB Ante

Hand opens with Hak Do Kim all in with {}, Meerwais Hussain joins with , then bigger stacked Zhao Feng puts them both at qsrisk by calling with a dominating . The board comes for a sweep. Zhao chips up to 225,000.

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14:10: Zdravko Duvnjak earns a good pot 
Level 16: 2000-5000-5000 BB Ante

On a board showing , button player Zdravko Duvnjak bets 45,000 onto a pot of 77,000 with trips and big blind Chhay Lim calls then pays.

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14:05: Guodong Shi doubles through Lovgren
Level 16: 2000-5000-5000 BB Ante

Guodong Shi jams his remaining 17,000 stack with and on the big blind Sofia Lovgren feels obligated to call with . Though she is happy to see she has overcards, the board runs for a set to Shi and a double up.

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13:55: Nam Hyung Kim claims another stack
Level 15: 2,000-4,000-4,000 BB Ante

We only caught the hand as the player eliminated was walking away and APPT beast estrela bet:Nam Hyung Kim smiling while raking it in. It was a cooler with Kim holding over . Kim now sits with 760,000.

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13:50: Eric Wasylenko doubles up through Duvnjak
Level 15: 2,000-4,000-4,000 BB Ante

Big blind special for Eric Wasylenko with his landing trips on a board to stay alive against Zdravko Duvnjak’s .

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13:40: Three way sends Yu Qi Zhao out early
Level 15: 2,000-4,000-4,000 BB Ante

Day 1C chip leader Yu Qi Zhao gambled his stack that ended up in a three way showdown. The hand opened with Haozhen Gu all in, Zhao joined in, then top dog estrela bet:Nam Hyung Kim called them both.

Kim
Zhao
Gu

Kim hit the turn to🐈 deliver a 💯double knockout. He zoomed to 630,000.

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13:30: Quang Nguyen in then out
Level 15: 2,000-4,000-4,000 BB Ante

At last night’s Day 1C turbo flight, Quang Nguyen said he just wanted to qualify into Day 2. He got his wish but his time in was very brief with his pocket Eights running into Dhanesh Chainani’s pocket Tens.

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13:25: Natalie Teh doubles up through Jun Hao Wu
Level 15: 2,000-4,000-4,000 BB Ante

Natalie Teh all in with , and is in danger of elimination against estrela bet:Jun Hao Wu with , however, the gods of poker shined down on her with two Aces on the flop for trips Ac🦹es.

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13:20: Xiao Wang doubles up with rockets
Level 15: 2,000-4,000-4,000 BB Ante

While players are being picked off, Xiao Wang is happy to survive his all in with dominating Chhay Lim’s . He climb to over 100,000.

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13:18: Akshay Kapoor eliminates Shimabukuro
Level 15: 2,000-4,000-4,000 BB Ante

Another player goes bust. Takuya Shimabukuro jams with but runs into Akshay Kapoor’s . Kapoor at the 200,000 mark.

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13:16: Chik Fatt Chan drags in a pot
Level 15: 2,000-4,000-4,000 BB Ante

Three players build a pot of 32,000 and the flop comes , all check. The turn sees utg Chik Fatt Chan take a stab with a 9000 bet, called only by Daniel Smiljkovic as Cao Ngoc Anh folds. On the river , Chan sends out 26,000 and claims the pot.

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13:15: Benjamin Leblond eliminated by Duce
Level 15: 2,000-4,000-4,000 BB Ante

Runt of the pack, Benjamin Leblond pushed his last 8 BB in the middle with but could not improve to fall to Zachary Duce’s .

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13:10: Lars Madsen doubles up through Nevan Chang
Level 15: 2,000-4,000-4,000 BB Ante

Nevan Yu Chung Chan all in with , two spots over Lars Madsen joins the shove with . No bad beat arrives for a ♔double up to Mad🍰sen to 85,000.

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13:05: Michael Soyza wins a big pot against Ori Elul
Level 15: 2,000-4,000-4,000 BB Ante

On a board , Ori Elul has , Michael Soyza has 🌼to win the 140,000 pot. Soyza just under 200,000.

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Cards in the air for APPT Main Event Day 2!

We are back at the Grand Ballroom of NagaWorld Phnom Penh with the Main Event seeing 75 players on the hunt for a piece of the $494,991 prize pool and a seat to tomorrow’s final table race. The money begins at 55th place with the first payout earning $2,425. Good luck to all!

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Canada’s Alexander Puchalski wins the Main Event! 

After seven hours of play, Canadian player Alexander Puchalski wins the first ever APPT Cambodia Main Event! He defeated Akshay Kapoor at heads up to seize the PokerStars shard trophy and the $96,028 top cash prize. Congratulations to the champ!

1st	Alexander Puchalski	$96,028
2nd	Akshay Kapoor	$60,884
3rd	Renniel Galvez	$44,005
4th	Yu Chung Chang	$35,590
5th	Dinh Nguyen	$28,165
6th	Christopher Backhouse	$21,681
7th	Markus Garberg	$16,137
8th	Quoc Huy Phan	$11,682
9th	Michael Soyza	$9,454

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20:00: Akshay Kapoor eliminated in 2nd place – $60,884
Level 29: 50,000-100,000-100,000 BB Ante

Alexander Puchalski limps in and big blind Akshay Kapoor checks it. Both players check it the flop and the turn . The river , Kapoor bets 400,000, Puchalski jams, Kapoor snap calls and shows trips, Puchalski wins it with full house.

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19:50: Another double up for Akshay Kapoor
Level 29: 50,000-100,000-100,000 BB Ante

Akshay Kapoor limps in, Alexander Puchalski shoves, Kapoor snap-calls. Puchalski shows , Kapoor with a premium , the board runs for another double up t📖o Kapoor to 2,680,000. Puchalski 🌌dips to 8,660,000.

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19:45: Akshay Kapoor doubles up
Level 29: 50,000-100,000-100,000 BB Ante

On the second heads up hand, Akshay Kapoor scores a double up to rise to 1,590,000. The hand opens with Alexander Puchalski shoving , Kapoor snap calls for his tournament life with . The board is . Puchalski dips to 9,750,000.

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19:21: Heads up between Alexander Puchalski and Akshay Kapoor
Level 28: 40,000-80,000-80,000 BB Ante

We are now heads up here at the Main Event with Alexander Puchalski sitting on a massive 10,175,000 (127 BB) stack to Kapoor’s 1,165,000 (14 BB).

Remaining payouts 

1st $96,028
2nd $60,884

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19:20: Three way all in! Renniel Galvez eliminated in 3rd place – $44,405
Level 28: 40,000-80,000-80,000 BB Ante

Three way showdown here at the Main Event sends Renniel Galvez out in 3rd place for $44,405 and Alexander Puchalski soaring to the lead with over 10 Million in chips. The hand opens with button Akshay Kapoor raising to 160,000, small blind Galvez shoves his 2.25M stack, big blind Puchalski also moves all in for a larger 3.855M, Kapoor calls with the largest stack.

Galvez
Puchalski
Kapoor

Kapoor ahead and looking like a sweep when the flop land however with the turn , the staunch Puchalski shows life for the first time and stands up to celebrate his set. The river no 🏅change. Puchalski soars to 10,175,000, Kapoor down t𓂃o 1,165,000.

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19:10: Akshay Kapoor grinds to chip leader
Level 28: 40,000-80,000-80,000 BB Ante

Akshay Kapoor and Alexander Puchalski are active at the final three with both players getting small bets in to see the full board. Kapoor has been winning most of the pots and has now taken the lead. The most recent hand sees Puchalski limp in and Kapoor check the big blind. The board completes . Kapoor bets 80,000 on the flop then 170,000 on the river that doesn’t get called. Kapoor shows .

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18:55: Alexander Puchalski wants to play
Level 28: 40,000-80,000-80,000 BB Ante

After cleaning out Yu Chung Chang, Akshay Kapoor asks the table again if they want to look at the numbers. The first time he asked was at four-handed and Yu Chung Chang said no. This time Alexander Puchalksi turns it down and say he want to continue playing. From here on, the blinds increase every 30 minutes instead of 60 minutes.

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18:50: Yu Chung Chang eliminated in 4th place – $35,590
Level 28: 40,000-80,000-80,000 BB Ante

End of the road for Taiwan’s Yu Chung Chang in 4th place. On his last hand, he raises from the button 160,000, small blinds Akshay Kapoor three-bets to 340,000, back to Chang with a four-bet jam, Kapoor calls.

Chang
Kapoor

The flop runs for Chang to take the lead. The turn adds more outs for Kapoor which he hits on the river for a victorious straight. Chang is eliminated and earns a p🎃ayout of $35,590. Kapꦚoor rises to 4,300,000.

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18:35: Alexander Puchalski now in the driver’s seat
Level 28: 40,000-80,000-80,000 BB Ante

Akshay Kapoor’s time up top was short lived after losing a pot to Alexander Puchalski. It opens with utg Puchalski raising to 160,000, small blind Kapoor three-bets to 600,000, Puchalski calls and the flop runs . Kapoor c-bets 300,000 and Puchalski smooth-calls. Both players check the turn , and the river lands . Kapoor checks again, Puchalski announces all in. Kapoor folds then spends the next five minutes trying to get Puchalski to tell him what he had, at least one card. Puchalski says “maybe I had 4-5 suited, you know it’s one of my favorite hand”.

Puchalski climbs to 4,440,000, Kapoor drops to 2,855,000.

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18:23: Akshay Kapoor steals the lead
Level 27: 30,000-60,000-60,000 BB Ante

From the small blind Akshay Kapoor limps then calls Renniel Galvez’s 260,000 raise to see the flop . Kapoor check-calls the 175,000 c-bet and the turn comes . Both players check. The river , Kapoor checks, Galvez bets 700,000, Kapoor jams, Galvez with the fast fold. Galvez down 🧸to 2.735M, Kapoor zooms to 3,850,000 and is the new race leader.

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18:20: Renniel Galvez  under pressure
Level 27: 30,000-60,000-60,000 BB Ante

Renniel Galvez is no longer chip leading here having lost two pots back to back. The first one Akshay Kapoor limps from the small blind, big blind Renniel Galvez raises to 200,000, Kapoor three-bets all in, Galvez folds.

Now on the small blind, Galvez limps then calls Alexander Puchalski’s 200,000 raise. Both check the flop . The turn Galvez check-calls 200,000. The river both check again. Galvez has that loses to Puchalski’s two pair.

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18:05: Akshay Kapoor celebrates his luck
Level 27: 30,000-60,000-60,000 BB Ante

From under the gun, Akshay Kapoor shoves his remaining 785,000 and big blind Yu Chung Chang calls. Kapoor is behind to Chang’s . The board runs out for a big ch꧟eer coming from Kapoor. He doubles up ▨to 2,120,000. Chang drops to 2,540,000.

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18:00: Yu Chung Chang wins half a mil off Puchalski
Level 27: 30,000-60,000-60,000 BB Ante

Action opens with utg player Yu Chung Chang raising to 125,000, big blind Alexander Puchalski defends, the flop comes . Chang c-bets 150,000, Puchalski check-calls. The turn is checked by both, but the river sees chips back on the felt with Chang betting 225,000. Puchalski calls then mucks to Chang’s . Chang over 3.5M, Puchalski drops to 2.5M.

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17:50: Chips moving around the felt
Level 27: 30,000-60,000-60,000 BB Ante

Action has slowed significantly with everyone picking up small pots. Renniel Galvez won a couple to boost his stack to 4.25M to stay in high command. Short stacked Akshay Kapoor is sitting 1M even after winning a couple of pots.

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17:30: Preflop war goes to Puchalski
Level 27: 30,000-60,000-60,000 BB Ante

Button Alexander Puchalski raises to 120,000, small blind Yu Chung Chang three-bets to 400,000, Puchalski four-bets to 1M, Chang folds. Chang down to 3.1M, Puchalski rises again to 3M.

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17:25: Alexander Puchalski shave half a mil off Kapoor
Level 27: 30,000-60,000-60,000 BB Ante

On a  board , big blind Alexander Kapoor bets 320,000 and button Akshay Kapoor calls. Puchalski had straight, Kapoor mucks his pocket Aces. Kapoor down to 1.25M, Puchalski rises to 1🍎.76M.

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17:15: Break time, 4 remaining
Level 27: 30,000-60,000-60,000 BB Ante

Second break of the final table, 4 players remaining. Average stack is 2,835,000.

Player	Chips	BB
Renniel Galvez	4,035,000	67
Nevan Yu Chung Chang	3,560,000	59
Alexander Puchalski	1,880,000	31
Akshay Kapoor	1,760,000	29

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17:10: Dinh Nguyen eliminated in 5th place – $28,165
Level 26: 25,000-50,000-50,000 BB Ante

From the button Dinh Nguyen shoves 1,030,000, small blind Yu Chung Chang tanks then announces all in, big blind Akshay Kapoor folds.

Nguyen
Chang

The board runs to end Nguyen’s run in 5th place. He earns $28,165. Chang charges north to 3.7 Million.

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16:50: Christopher Backhouse eliminated in 6th place – $21,681
Level 26: 25,000-50,000-50,000 BB Ante

Hand opens with cutoff Akshay Kapoor bumping it up to 100,000, small blind Alexander Puchalski calls, big blind Christopher Backhouse three-bet jams, Kapoor folds, Puchalski calls and shows . It is a flip with Puchalski holding . The board runs empty for Backhouse  to pack up in 6th place for $21,681. Puchalski c🐼limbs to 1,400,000.

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16:45: Alexander Puchalski muscles Nguyen
Level 26: 25,000-50,000-50,000 BB Ante

Under the gun +1 Dinh guyen raises to 100,000, big blind Alexander Puchalski calls, the flop comes . Both players check. The turn lands , Puchalski bets 150,000 and is called. The river , Puch🦄alski𓆏 double barrels with a 320,000 bet, Nguyen folds.

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16:40: Yu Chung Chang picks up some off Puchalski
Level 26: 25,000-50,000-50,000 BB Ante

From cutoff, Alexander Puchalski raises to 100,000 and big blind Yu Chung Chang defends to see the flop . Cbang check-calls 75,000 then both check the turn . The river , Chang leads out 185,000 and wღins the pot. Chang rises to 2,600,000, Puchalski drops to 1 Million.

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16:30: Renniel Galvez wins another two good pots
Level 26: 25,000-50,000-50,000 BB Ante

Chip leader Renniel Galvez is in command of the final 6 table picking up two pots to rise to 4.3 Million in chips. The first hand he siphons 275,000 off Alexander Puchalski’s stack with a river bet of 210,000 on a board {ks].

Galvez’s next winning hand he raises from utg to 100,000, button Dinh Nguyen calls, big blind Akshay Kapoor three-bets to 450,000, Galvez shoves, no callers.

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16:20: Christopher Backhouse outdraws Galvez
Level 26: 25,000-50,000-50,000 BB Ante

From cutoff, Renniel Galvez raises to 100,000 then faces a jam of 450,000 from the small blind Christopher Backhouse. Galvez calls and shows , Backhouse is behind with . At the flop a King is on the window a⛄nd the pair holds for a double up to Backhouse to 1 Million. Galvez drops a bit to 3,250,000 and is still chip leader.

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16:10: No break for Markus Garberg, ousted in 7th place – $16,137
Level 25: 20,000-40,000-40,000 BB Ante

Markus Garberg sends the last of his chips out front amounting to 330,000 and is called by button player Renniel Galvez. Garberg shows , Galvez with same hand where he won with quads. The board came for a flush to Galvez and 7th place for Gaꦗrberg for $16✱,137. Galvez chips up to 3,800,000.

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15:50: Dinh Nguyen turns the nut flush to avoid the rail
Level 25: 20,000-40,000-40,000 BB Ante

Another player doubles up through Markus Garberg with Dinh Nguyen spiking the flush to avoid the rail. Hand opens with an 80,000 raise from mid positioned Alexander Puchalski. Button player Nguyen shoves his 610,000 stack, small blind Garberg joins the jam, Puchalski gets out of the way.

Nguyen
Garbeg

The board runs for the nut flush to Nguyen. Ngu♈yen rises to 1,48ꦚ0,000, Garberg down to 330,000.

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15:35: Heavy action ends with Akshay Kapoor banking a double up
Level 25: 20,000-40,000-40,000 BB Ante

Action hand sees utg Markus Garberg raising to 80,000, called by three players to the flop . It folds to Alexander Puchalski who bets 130,00, Dinh Nguyen check-folds, Markus Garberg check-raises to 325,000, mid position Akshay Kapoor check-raise-jams, instant fold from Puchalski and Garberg tanks. Garberg eventually calls and shows that’s behind Kapoor’s . The turn and river close the hand ✃with a double up to Kapoor to 1,960,000. Garberg doꦅwn to 1,150,000.

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15:30: Renniel Galvez gets max pay for quads, new chip leader
Level 25: 20,000-40,000-40,000 BB Ante

Change of leadership here with short stacked Renniel Galvez at the start of day now the new chip leader. After cracking aces, he proceeds to double up again, this time getting maximum pay for quads.

The hand opens with button Yu Chung Chang raising to 90,000, big blind Galvez defends. At the flop , Galvez check-calls the 100,000 bet. The turn lands , Chang bets 150,000, Galvez check-raises to 350,000, Chang tank-calls and shows full house but Galvez has the nuts quads. ๊Galvez soars to the lead with 3,175,000, Chang drops to𒆙 2,100,000.

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15:20: Renniel Galvez cracks aces to stay in the running
Level 25: 20,000-40,000-40,000 BB Ante

Renniel Galvez is not going anywhere! Action opens with utg Nevan Chang raising to 80,000, mid position Galvez pushes with , big blind Markus Garberg calls, Chang folds.

Galvez
Garberg

The cards come for a set to at risk player Galvez, the turn and river keep him ahead to cr🅠ack aces and double up to 1,540,000. Garberg drops to 1,980,000.

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15:05: Break time
Level 25: 20,000-40,000-40,000 BB Ante

First break of the day. 7 players remaining. Average stack 1,620,000.

Player	Chips	BB
Nevan Yu Chung Chang	3,585,000	90
Markus Garberg	2,680,000	67
Alexander Puchalski	1,630,000	41
Akshay Kapoor	905,000	23
Christopher Backhouse	1,060,000	27
Quoc Dinh Nguyen	860,000	22
Renniel Galvez	620,000	18

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14:50: Renniel Galvez doubles up 
Level 24: 15,000-30,000-30,000 BB Ante

From lojack, Renniel Galvez pushes it all out front amounting to 310,000, Alexander Puchalsi calls, the rest fold. It is a flip with Puchalski , Galvez . No hits on the board for Galvez until the river for a double up to ♉715,000. Puchalski dips 🧔to 1,600,000.

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14:25: Christopher Backhouse wins two pots
Level 24: 15,000-30,000-30,000 BB Ante

Action opens with cutoff Christopher Backhouse bumping it up to 60,000 and finding one caller in button player Dinh Nguyen. The flop , Backhouse c-bet 60,000, Nguyen calls. On the turn no bets land for a river . Backhouse checks again, Nguyen sends out 110,000, Backhouse calls and wins it with two pair beating Nguyen’s .

Several hands later, Backhouse wins another pot, this time defending his big blind from Yu Chung Chang who opens from hijack to 60,000. On the flop , Chang c-bets 55,000, Backhouse calls. On the turn Backhouse switches up and leads ouౠt 180,000, Chang folds. Backhouse goes over 1.2M.

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14:00: Yu Chung Chang in action
Level 24: 15,000-30,000-30,000 BB Ante

Chip leader Yu Chung Chang continues to grind for chips. He was seen in three hands within the orbit. The first one he min-raises and big blind Christopher Backhouse calls to see no bets to the turn . On the river Chang bets 50,000, Backhouse folds.

Next hand, Chang raises from the big blind and small blind limper Markus Garberg calls. The board completes , Garberg fires an overb🌳et of 325,000, Chang loses this pot with 💯a fold.

The very next hand, Chang raises from the small blind to 90,000 and is called by big blind Akshay Kapoor. At the flop , Chang bets 60,000, Kapoor raises to 150,000, Chang answers with a shove, Kapoor folds while showing top pair. Kapoor drops to 915💙,000, Chang rises t꧑o 3,450,000.

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14:00: Renniel Galvez doubles up with Jacks
Level 23: 10.000-25,000-25,000 BB Ante

Short stacked Renniel Galvez down to 220,000 and shoves with black Jacks, he is called by Markus Garberg on the small blind with red Nines. The board runs low, no hits for Garberg for a double up to Galvez to 500,000. Garberg dips to 2.5M.

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13:50: Quoc Huy Phan flushed out in 8th place – $11,682
Level 23: 10.000-25,000-25,000 BB Ante

Quoc Huy Phan raises 50,000 from under the gun, small blind Alexander Puchalski calls to see the flop . Puchalski check-calls a 75,000 bet. The turn Phan bets 150,000, Puchalski check-raises all in, and Phan call for his tournament li﷽fe.

Puchalski
Phan

The river grants the flush to end Phan’s run in 8th place for $11,682.

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13:45: Akshay Kapoor gains a little from the big blind
Level 23: 10.000-25,000-25,000 BB Ante

Action folds to the small blind Yu Chung Chang who bumps it up to 100,000, big blind Akshay Kapoor defends, the flop comes , both check. The turn Chang bets 155,000, Kapoor calls. The river is checked by both. Chang shows bottom pair, Kapoor wins it with to rise to 1.3M. Chang drops to 2.85M.

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13:37: Alexander Puchalski versus Yu Chung Chang
Level 23: 10.000-25,000-25,000 BB Ante

For the second time, Nevan Yu Chung Chang raises 50,000 from cutoff and big blind Alexander Puchalski defends. The first round, Chang wins it with a flop bet. This time, both players check down the board , Puchalski shows his nut flush that gets a chuckle from Chang.

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13:35: Dinh Nguyen doubles up through Kapoor
Level 23: 10.000-25,000-25,000 BB Ante

Dinh Nguyen raises from hijack and small blind Akshay Kapoor shoves, no thinking for Nguyen who risks his tournament life.

Nguyen
Kapoor

The board runs clean for Nguyen for a fist pumping double ꦕup. He is over 1.1M, Kapoor drops to 1M.

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13:25: Michael Soyza eliminated in 9th place – $9,454
Level 23: 10.000-25,000-25,000 BB Ante

Michael Soyza is the first casualty of the final table. From mid position, Yu Chung Chang raises to 50,000, small blind Soyza three-bet jams, instant call by the leader Chang who has to Soyza’s . The cards ran for an open ended to Soyza, the turn gave him more outs with a straight flush draw, but the river isn’t one of them to end Soyza’s bid for second title short in 9th place. He earns $9,454 for his deep run.

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13:20: Michael Soyza shoves on first hand
Level 23: 10.000-25,000-25,000 BB Ante

First hand of the day, short stacked Michael Soyza raises from mid position, no callers. He says “Okay ten more of those and then we’re good.” He climbs to 9 BB.

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13:15: Cards in the air for the Main Event final day!
Level 23: 10.000-25,000-25,000 BB Ante

Welcome to the final day of the APPT Cambodia 2022 Main Event! The final 9 players are at the table and the first deal has been tabled. Up for grabs is $96,028 and the PokerStars shard trophy. Good luck to all!

Player	Chips	BB
Nevan Yu Chung Chang	3,115,000	125
Markus Garberg	2,420,000	97
Alexander Puchalski	1,700,000	68
Akshay Kapoor	1,485,000	59
Christopher Backhouse	990,000	40
Huy Phan	565,000	23
Quoc Dinh Nguyen	530,000	21
Renniel Galvez	340,000	14
Michael Soyza	165,000	7

Chips in play: 11,340,000
Average stack: 1,260,000

Remaining payouts

1st	$96,028
2nd	$60,884
3rd	$44,005
4th	$35,590
5th	$28,165
6th	$21,681
7th	$16,137
8th	$11,682
9th	$9,454

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