Games are in full swing at the Asia Pacific Poker Tour Cambodia 2022 with Day 5 of festivities in the books and eight players minted with brand new spade trophies. Today’s main highlight was Day 1B of the APPT National $100K GTD. WSOP bracelet winners Mike Takayama and Leo Soma were among the notables in the field which saw 112 entries.
With 92 signed up for Day 1A, the combined number of starters grew to 204 to send the prize pool surging past the guarantee. The remaining 51 players are now looking at a richer $142,474 prize pool. They return on Tuesday, November 8 at 1pm to chase down the $30,133 first prize and the iconic PokerStars trophy. Follow the final day action via our Live Updates.
Running simultaneously was the $2K buy in Mini High Roller which ran until 4am. Clinching it was Malaysian pro / 2018 APPT Korea Main Event champion Michael Soyza but not before enduring a rollercoaster heads up battle against Korea’s hot running Namhyung Kim. We’ve got those stories for you down below.
APPT National update
The talk of the series is Korea’s Namhyung Kim who has been dominating the felt since opening day. Kim carried the second largest stack into the NagaWorld Kickoff final day, and now at APPT National, he brings in the largest stack having bagged a jaw dropping 221 BB stack at Day 1A.
At Day 1B, players attempted to surpass the leader, and after 12 rounds, Korea’s Bonil Koo topped the counts with 227,000 (110 BB). Though commendable, it was still far behind. Koo will return running fifth overall. Other notables advancing from this heat were female players Natalie Teh and Hua Wei Lin.
Bonil Koo
Buy in: $800
Guarantee: $100,000
Entries: 204 (126 unique, 78 re-entries)
Prize pool: $142,474
ITM: 31 places
Day 1A: 92 entries / 17 advance
Day 1B 112 entries / 34 advanced
Final day qualifiers – 51 players
Chips in play: 6,120,000
Average stack: 120,000
Opening blinds: 1000-2500-2500 Ante BB
Player
Chips
BB
Namhyung Kim
553,500
221
Yu Qi Zhao
275,000
110
David Erquiaga
232,500
93
Rajeev Kanjani
229,000
92
Bonil Koo
227,000
91
Florencio Campomanes
202,000
81
Harry Ross
199,000
80
Hua-Wei Lin
196,500
79
Hak Do Kim
195,000
78
Alessio Isaia
183,000
73
Raja Sekhar Puttamsetty
174,000
70
Pete Yen Han Chen
165,500
66
Chao Ting Cheng
151,500
61
Dale Andrew Townsend
149,500
60
Duc Thanh Nguyen
147,000
59
Lars Lind Madsen
141,500
57
Natalie Teh
138,000
55
Emmanuel Segismundo
133,000
53
Po Wen Fang
128,000
51
Chay Lem Lim
123,000
49
Eric Wasylenko
119,500
48
Marc Joseph
109,500
44
Meerwais Hussain
108,000
43
Jimmy Hien Diep
108,000
43
Chi Ling Tsang
105,500
42
Dhanesh Chainani
104,500
42
Jonas Magdalinski
104,000
42
Hoa Thinh Nguyen
98,500
39
Patrick Liang
96,500
39
Michael Soyza
90,500
36
Clement Van Driessche
88,500
35
Trent Fechter
88,000
35
Quan Qiu
78,500
31
Victor Chong
72,000
29
Zhao Feng
70,500
28
Zdravko Duvnjak
62,000
25
Derek Wei-Yee Wang
62,000
25
Yu Chung Chang
60,000
24
Ngoc Khanh Le
58,000
23
Kyle Bao Quoc An Diep
57,000
23
Gyula Ryan Revai
52,000
21
Hassaan Arif Siddiq
51,000
20
Koen Breed
48,000
19
Seongmin Lee
48,000
19
Daniel Holmedahl
46,500
19
Ceesvin Abraham Abdulla
45,500
18
Hamish Crawshaw
39,000
16
Renniel Galvez
38,500
15
Zarvan Tumboli
33,000
13
Max Menzel
27,500
11
Go Mori
21,500
9
MICHAEL SOYZA seizes a spadie at the Mini High Roller
On his debut Cambodia appearance, APPT Korea 2018 Main Event champion Michael Soyza captured a spade trophy at the Mini High Roller however it was no walk in the park. Korea’s Namyoung Kim was just as determined and threw everything he had at the pro. Meeting up for the title, the pair engaged in an hour long heads up match that saw stacks swinging until Soyza finally put a lid on it. He pocketed the $18,490 first prize while Kim settled for a runner up payout of $12,743.
Taking the action back before registration closed, Soyza jumped in at Level 8, just after qualifying for the APPT National final day. By then, Kim was already holding court. As usual, he was sitting on an enormous stack which he carried into the final table. Registration closed with 28 entries for a prize pool of $49,974.
Down to the final seven players, and the money two spots away, Soyza began his ascent. He doubled up through Kim with pocket Queens over pocket Jacks to take the lead for the first time. Victor Chong delivered the bubble with 
straight dusting Taiwan’s Nevan Yu Chung Chang 
on a board 
.
The next five all in showdowns saw Zarvan Tumboli tumble in 5th place to Soyza with pocket Nines outdrawn by Ace-Jack, the perpetually short stacked Fritz Douhan doubled up twice, Kim lucked out on Soyza with 
finding two Eights against 
to regain the lead, and Chong falling in 4th place with 
outdrawn by Kim’s 
flush on a board 
. Down to three, Soyza recouped some of his lost chips with pocket Nines surviving Kim’s Ace-Five, then climbed back up top after railing Douhan in 3rd place.
Heads up
Heads up began with Soyza up 64 BB to Kim’s 44 BB. The first big pot of the swingy match saw Kim overtake. On a board that completed 
, Soyza raised pre flop, double barreled, then checked the river. Kim had beating Soyza’s 
.
The next big pot was a failed bluff by Kim to send him plunging down to 10 BB. Kim raised preflop then triple barreled. Soyza called and won with 
to Kim’s 
. Kim would not go down easy, he grinded to 20 BB then doubled up with Ace-King (king on the board) against pocket Nines to send Soyza plummeting to 6 BB.
In desperation, Soyza shoved twice and won both to slightly edge Kim. The second shove his Queen-Jack found a lady on the river to dust Ace-Seven. The one hour heads up battle ended with Soyza’s spiking the six on the river to bust Kim’s 
.
Buy in: $2,000
Entries: 28
Prize pool: $49,974
ITM: 5 places
1st
Michael Soyza
$18,490
2nd
Namhyung Kim
$12,743
3rd
Fritz Mattias Douhan
$8,121
4th
Victor Chong
$5,872
5th
Zarvan Tumboli
$4,748
APPT Cambodia 2022 – full schedule
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Links:
APPT Cambodia 2022: APPT National Day 1A; Mike Takayama wins 6-Handed
Inaugural APPT Cambodia 2022 underway
APPT Cambodia 2022 Opening ceremony and Day 1 winners
APPT Cambodia 2022 Guarantee breached!
APPT Cambodia 2022 Mike Takayama leads the Kickoff
APPT Cambodia 2022: Mai Bien wins the Kickoff, Wei Jiang, Jeungu Seo win trophies
Get ready for APPT Cambodia – 2 days away
Huge turnout anticipated at APPT Cambodia
Full schedule and tournament structures
PokerStars LIVE announces Inaugural APPT Cambodia
APPT heads to Cambodia
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