The first ever Asia Pacific Poker Tour (APPT) festival in Cambodia was off to a smashing start with the NagaWorld Kickoff event drawing 299 entries over three starting heats. Day 1A pulled in an impressive 118 entries, Day 1B stormed in creating a larger 126 field, then the Day 1C Turbo flight added another 55 to the mix. With buy in at $300 each, the $50K guarantee was easily crushed. 46 players advanced to the final day and were now guaranteed a piece of the boosted $78,326 prize pool.
Mike Takayama
Earning the overall chip lead was Filipino pro Mike Takayama who surged at Day 1B, just before the bubble round. Tabled with Korea’s Namhyung Kim who had amassed a towering stack, Takayama won three pots against Kim nearly back to back and all without a showdown. The biggest pot saw Kim raise preflop, big blind Takayama defended, at the flop 
, Takayama fired 80K, Kim called. On the 
turn, Takayama jammed and won the 280k pot. The loss in chips dropped Kim down to second rank. Rounding out the top three was Day 1A chip leader Yu Qi Zhao.
Day 1B ended with Korea’s Wanki Baik falling to Australia’s Roy Khor Wai Meng with 
dominated by 
. Other players missing the mark at Day 1B and Day 1C were Singapore’s Feng Zhao, New Zealand’s Hamish Crawshaw, and Taiwan’s Zong Chi He.
Bubble time: Wanki Baik and Roy Khor Wai Meng
The next stage of the race is on Saturday, November 5 starting at 2pm at the Grand Ballroom of NagaWorld Phnom Penh. Everyone is due to pocket a minimum of $446 but what they will be chasing is the iconic spade trophy and the $15,709 first prize.
Day 2 qualifiers – 46 players
Mike Takayama
601,000
Namhyung Kim
460,000
Yu Qi Zhao
390,000
Jonathan Wayne Sanborn
375,000
Quoc Huy Phan
375,000
Ori Haim Elul
341,000
Eike Soren Strub
299,000
Selim Souissi
295,000
Yu Chung Chang
288,000
Bin Chen
284,000
Kim Lay Ly
267,000
Jonas Magdalinski
255,000
Le Hai Nhu
246,000
Pete Chen
219,000
Mai Bien
217,000
Christopher Mateo
203,000
Dhanesh Chainani
203,000
Panitan Poopadsri
201,000
Luke Oliver John Keay
199,000
Davidyouveakreach Koy
197,000
Zarvan Tumboli
183,000
Veronika Safonova
175,000
Adrien Franck Berger
175,000
Tony Phaysith
170,000
Renniel Galvez
161,000
Quan Qui
161,000
Le Ngoc Khanh
160,000
Trent Fechter
160,000
Nguyen Tung Duy
152,000
Kristian Wiermyhr
145,000
Marc Joseph
145,000
Leo Du Boisbaudry
140,000
Wai Meng Khor
136,000
Jonggu Choi
124,000
Ido Aboudi
123,000
Kyle Bao Diep
101,000
Mohamad Abbouchi
81,000
Jonathan Tek Wye Looi
77,000
Jerome Khao
72,000
Koen Breed
72,000
Benjamin Sai
63,000
Frederic Souksamlane
61,000
Akshay Kapoor
59,000
Kang Yoon Ko
51,000
Ricky Sun Kim Gov
46,000
Go Mori
43,000
More events to conquer at APPT Cambodia 2022. Up next is the highly popular Mystery Bounty with buy in of $550. Two flights are offered, both running on Saturday, November 5 – Flight A is at 1pm, Flight B is at 6pm. Other key events to seek out are the APPT National $100K GTD taking place on November 6 to 8, and the APPT Main Event featuring a rich $400K guarantee on November 10 to 13.
APPT Cambodia 2022 – full schedule
Stay tuned to Somuchpoker for all the action as we bring you updates from start to finish.
Links:
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