In partnership with Connaissance Management, the fourth day of the Asia Pacific Poker Tour (APT) Cambodia saw a significant increase in participants, as the APPT National event attracted many new arrivals to the felt. Among the players were Le Ngoc Khanh, Hua Wei Lin, and Natural8’s Victor Chong all of whom reached the final table last year. Also in the crowd were defending Main Event champion Alex Puchalski, India’s Abhinav Iyer, Shardul Parthasarathi, Ashish Munot, Australia’s Dylan Wayne, John Perry, and China’s Yunsheng Sun.
Hua Wei Lin
Abhinav Iyer and Dylan Wayne
Le Ngoc Khanh
Yunsheng Sun
Within the first hour, the guaranteed prize pool of US$ 100,000 was breached, and by the end of the day’s final two flights, 240 entries were added to the initial 74 Day 1A entries, bringing the total prize pool to an impressive US$ 219,298.
During Day 1B, numerous players fought for the chip lead, but in the end, a newcomer from England, Paul King, emerged as heat leader. King’s 
both paired up, allowing him to win a pot against a player with 
. This victory resulted in King bagging 279,000 chips, putting him fourth overall in the Day 2 lineup.
Paul King
The last flight was a turbo format with 81 finding their way to the races. Last year’s fourth placer, Canada’s Eric Wasylenko, railed Indonesia’s Anton Widjaya with 
outdrawing 
on a board of 
to earn the top spot with 272,000 in chips. This put him 5th overall in the Day 2 lineup.
Eric Wasylenko
Buy in: US$ 800
Guarantee: US$ 100,000
Entries: 314
Prize pool: US$ 219,298
Starting stack: 30,000
Chips in play: 9,420,000
Average stack: 120,769
Top 9 in chips
Rank
Player
Flag
Stack
BB
1
Minwoo Kang
Korea
451,000
150
2
Choi Hun Tae
Korea
322,500
108
3
Cheng Zhang
China
305,500
102
4
Paul King
England
279,000
93
5
Eric Wasylenko
Canada
272,000
91
6
Liu Yuhan (Hans)
China
271,500
91
7
Xiaosheng Zheng
China
264,000
88
8
Adam Smith
UK
250,000
83
9
Vincent Ferrafiat
France
243,500
81
You can find the complete list of Day 2 qualifiers in the SMP Live Updates. Just follow the link provided below. The payout breakdown will also be posted as soon as it has been made available.
When the players return to host venue NagaWorld Integrated Resorts on Tuesday, May 9 at 1pm, they will chase down a spot at the final table. Random updates will be provided throughout the day.
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Yao Yao wins the PLO KO Bounty Turbo
Yao Yao
Another PokerStars spade left the awards table with China’s Yao Yao closing out the PLO KO Bounty Turbo. Yao bested the 70-entry field, claiming 13 bounties in total, to pocket a combined US$ 4,614.
Buy in: US$ 300
Entries: 70
Prize pool: US$ 11,333
ITM: 10 places
* Bounties not included
Place
Player
1
Yao Yao
$3,314
2
Cheng Bei Li
$2,380
4
Konstantin Generalov
$1,547
5
Armon Van Wijk
$1,167
6
Tom Maguire
$907
7
Yoke Woon
$703
8
Chun Chan
$555
9
Jani Malmivara
$431
10
Lars Hougaard
$329
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