Yesterday’s intense race saw 75 players return to the Grand Ballroom of NagaWorld Phnom Penh for Day 2 of the Main Event, each one hoping for a piece of the bloated $494,991 pot and a seat to the finals. After nine hours of play, the chase ended with all the nine spots spoken for and Taiwan’s Yu Chung “Nevan” Chang bagging a commanding stack. Chang rose from just an 8 BB stack to 125 BB in three levels.
The race to the first ever Asia Pacific Poker Tour Cambodia Main Event title begins today at 1pm. The champion will claim the coveted PokerStars shard trophy and $96,028. Cards in the air at 1pm. Read up all the past action and today’s race via the Live Updates.
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
Among the players in the final 9 lineup is well known Malaysian pro Michael Soyza, the only player seeking a second APPT Main Event title. Out of Soyza’s long list of poker achievements, one of them is a victory at the APPT Korea 2018 Main Event. Soyza has a steep climb ahead if he plans to catch the leader, which is very manageable as we have seen him return from just 6 BB at the series Mini High Roller and go on to win it.
Michael Soyza
Another player to watch is Norway’s Markus Garberg who finally reached the final table after coming close at two APPT Manila Main Event runs with a 12th place finish in 2016 and 17th place in 2018.
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
Main Event Day 2 review
The Main Event opened on November 10 and after three starters it drew 378 entries to exceed the guarantee for a richer $494,991 prize pool. Day 2 sped off with 75 players and a flurry of busts that included Day 1C race leader Yu Qi Zhao’s fall on a three way with the day’s entering chip leader Nam Hyung Kim shipping it. Kim eventually became the first player to breach a million in chips.
Namhyung Kim
Two rounds in, it was bubble time with Alexander Puchalski first to be at risk. which ended in a double up that kickstarted his rise to the final table. Sweden’s Sofia Lovgren also survived her shove then proceeded to clean out short stacked Guodong Shi on the bubble.
With the money intact, the remaining players raced for a final 9 seat. Soyza and Puchalksi were rising fast. Soyza delivered a double knockout that saw the end of Singapore’s Bryan Huang and Day 1B chip leader Russia’s Valeriy Pak. Chang earned his first double up with pocket Fives surviving overcards.
Akshay Kapoor
Down to the final two tables with 12 remaining, India’s Akshay Kapoor stole the lead with several big pots that started with a double up off Kim with pocket Kings dominating pocket Queens. Kapoor went on to rail Zdravko Duvnjak (12th) and Lovgren (11th) who shoved on a bluff that failed.
Nevan Chang
Just before the day wrapped up, Chang banked a mammoth pot with a full house against Soyza to catapult way up top. A couple of hands after, Kim shoved with Ace-Queen and lost the flip to Kapoor’s pocket Sixes. For the first time this series, Kim missed the final table.
Payouts 10th to 55th
10th
Nam Hyung Kim
$7,821
11th
Sofia Lovgren-Fullmer
$7,821
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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