The first of three PokerStars Asia Pacific Poker Tour (APPT) festivals in 2025 is rapidly approaching. APPT Cambodia is scheduled to take place at Phnom Penh, NagaWorld, between May 2 and 13. Over $1.5 million is guaranteed across a packed schedule, which includes a $1 million guaranteed APPT Cambodia Main Event.
The 2025 edition of APPT Cambodia marks the fourth time PokerStars has headed to Phnom Penh since 2022. The first two iterations had 25 events on their schedule, with last year seeing that number increase to 42. Between May 2-13, APPT Cambodia sees 68 events and satellites planned, making it the largest APPT Cambodia festival yet.
APPT Cambodia 2025 kicks off with the aptly named NagaWorld Kickoff, a $500 buy-in, $50,000 guaranteed tournament. Other eagerly anticipated events include a $750 Mystery Bounty with $100,000 guaranteed, a $1,000 APPT National boasting a $150,000 guarantee, and the $3,000 APPT High Roller, which also has $150,000 guaranteed.
This year’s APPT Cambodia Main Event commands a $1,750 buy-in and features a $1 million guarantee on its prize pool. A myriad of live APPT Cambodia Main Event satellites will be available during the festival, as will online satellites and Power Path specials at PokerStars closer to the festival’s dates.
2025 APPT Cambodia Key Dates
Dates
Event
Guarantee
May 2-5
$500 NagaWorld Kickoff
$50,000
May 3-5
$750 Mystery Bounty
$100,000
May 5-7
$1,000 APPT National
$150,000
May 8-11
$1,750 APPT Main Event
$1,000,000
May 11-12
$600 Suvivor KO
$75,000
May 11-12
$3,000 APPT High Roller
$150,000
2025 APPT Cambodia Schedule
Expand the table below and feast your eyes on the full 2025 APPT Cambodia schedule, including all the planned satellites.
Date
Time
Event
Fri 2 May
11:30 a.m.
$500 NAGAWORLD Kickoff Flight A
1:00 p.m.
$1,500 Warm-Up High Roller
5:00 p.m.
$500 NAGAWORLD Kickoff Flight B
7:00 p.m.
$300 Knockout Turbo Bounty
9:00 p.m.
$200 APPT Main Event Qualifier
Sat 3 May
11:30 a.m.
$750 Mystery Bounty Flight A
11:30 a.m.
$3,00 SuperStack Day 1
11:30 a.m.
$500 NAGAWORLD Kickoff Final Day
1:00 p.m.
$2,500 Megastack High Roller
5:00 p.m.
$400 Bubble Rush
7:00 p.m.
$300 Megastack Turbo
9:00 p.m.
$200 APPT Main Event Qualifier
10:00 p.m.
$70 Step 1 APPT Main Event Super Qualifier
Sun 4 May
11:30 a.m.
$300 Shot Clock
11:30 a.m.
$750 Mystery Bounty Flight B
11:30 a.m.
$300 SuperStack Final Day
1:00 p.m.
$1,000 PLO
5:00 p.m.
$750 Mystery Bounty Flight C
8:00 p.m.
$70 Step 1 APPT Main Event Super Qualifier
8:00 p.m.
$300 Win The Button
8:30 p.m.
$1,500 Mini High Roller Hyper Turbo
9:00 p.m.
$200 APPT Main Event Qualifier
Mon 5 May
11:30 a.m.
$1,000 APPT National Flight A
11:30 a.m.
$300 Double Stack PLO
11:30 a.m.
$750 Mystery Bounty Day 2
1:00 p.m.
$2,000 Mini High Roller
3:00 p.m.
$400 Split Hold’em
7:00 p.m.
$250 6-Handed Turbo
9:00 p.m.
$200 APPT Main Event Qualifier
Tue 6 May
11:30 a.m.
$300 NLHE
11:30 a.m.
$1,000 APPT Natonal Flight B
1:00 p.m.
$2,500 Knockout High Roller
3:00 p.m.
$500 PLO Knockout
7:00 p.m.
$1,000 APPT National Flight C
8:00 p.m.
$250 Showtime Hold’em
8:00 p.m.
$70 Step 1 APPT Main Event Super Qualifier
9:00 p.m.
$200 APPT Main Event Qualifier
Wed 7 May
11:30 a.m.
$600 Super Knockout Bounty
11:30 a.m.
$1,000 APPT National Day 2
1:00 p.m.
$10,000 APPT Super High Roller Day 1
2:00 p.m.
$70 Step 1 APPT Main Event Super Qualifier
4:00 p.m.
$290 APPT Main Event Super Qualifier
7:00 p.m.
$400 PLO Turbo
8:00 p.m.
$2,000 High Roller Turbo
9:00 p.m.
$400 APPT Main Event Qualifier
9:00 p.m.
$200 NLHE 10/10/10
Thu 8 May
11:00 a.m.
$400 APPT Main Event Hyper Turbo Qualifier
11:30 a.m.
$300 6-Handed
11:30 a.m.
$1,750 APPT Main Event Flight A
11:30 a.m.
$600 Super Knockout Bounty Final Day
11:30 a.m.
$1,000 APPT National Final Day
12:00 p.m.
$10,000 APPT Super High Roller Final Day
1:00 p.m.
$3,000 Single Day High Roller
3:00 p.m.
$500 NLHE/PLO
7:00 p.m.
$300 Deepstack Turbo
9:00 p.m.
$400 APPT Main Event Qualifier
Fri 9 May
11:00 a.m.
$400 APPT Main Event Hyper Turbo Qualifier
11:30 a.m.
$500 Megastack
11:30 a.m.
$1,750 APPT Main Event Flight B
1:00 p.m.
$3,500 Mystery Big Bounty High Roller
3:00 p.m.
$400 6+ Hold’em
7:00 p.m.
$300 Run It Twice Turbo
9:00 p.m.
$400 APPT Main Event Qualifier
Sat 10 May
11:00 a.m.
$400 APPT Main Event Hyper Turbo Qualifier
11:30 a.m.
$270 NLHE 25/15/10
11:30 a.m.
$1,750 APPT Main Event Flight C
1:00 p.m.
$2,000 Freezeout Challenge
3:00 p.m.
$600 Teams Event
6:00 p.m.
$500 5-Card PLO Turbo
6:30 p.m.
$1,750 APPT Main Event Flight D
9:00 p.m.
$2,000 High Roller Hyper Turbo
Sun 11 May
11:30 a.m.
$600 Survivor Knockout Flight A
12:00 p.m.
$1,750 APPT Main Event Day 2
4:30 p.m.
$3,000 APPT High Roller Day 1
5:00 p.m.
$600 Survivor Knockout Flight B
6:00 p.m.
APPT Players Party
7:00 p.m.
$400 PLO Bomb Pot Turbo
9:00 p.m.
$300 6+ Hold’em Hyper Turbo
Mon 12 May
11:30 a.m.
$400 APPT Mini Main Event Day 1
11:30 a.m.
$600 Survivor Knockout Day 2
12:00 p.m.
$3,000 APPT High Roller Day 2
12:00 p.m.
$1,750 APPT Main Event Day 3
4:30 p.m.
$2,000 Knockout High Roller
5:00 p.m.
$500 NLHE Double Stack Day 1
9:00 p.m.
$300 NLHE 15/10/5
Tue 13 May
11:30 a.m.
$300 Deepstack
11:30 a.m.
$500 Double Stack Final
11:30 a.m.
$400 APPT Mini Main Event Final
12:00 p.m.
$1,750 APPT Main Event Final
3:00 p.m.
$300 Knockout Turbo
3:00 p.m.
$2,000 Last Chance High Roller Turbo
5:00 p.m.
$200 Last Chance Super Hyper Turbo
2025 APPT Cambodia Main Event Has Twice the Guarantee as 2024
Reigning APPT Cambodia champion Christopher Mateo
November 2024 was the last time an APPT Cambodia Main Event occurred. Then, it cost $1,650 to enter and PokerStars placed a $500,000 guarantee on its prize pool. Including re-entries, 518 players bought in and created a $746,153 prize pool.
The nine-handed final table was a cosmopolitan affair, with eight countries represented. Four finalists, Vyacheslav I, Ziad Zebib, Nicola Spicher, and runner-up Donghyup Kim, bagged career-best prizes despite contending with some vastly experienced opponents.
Ireland’s Sven McDermott finished seventh for $23,000, with Singapore superstar Abraham Ceesvin collecting $30,000 for his sixth-place finish. David Erquiaga, a player with over $2 million in cashes, finished fifth for $39,000.
Trong Hieu Ngo, the Vietnamese grinder who took down the 2024 APPT Manila event, was the third place finisher and scooped $66,000.
Christopher Mateo defeated Donghyup Kim heads-up, after striking a deal, and reeled in $126,500; Kim received $113,000. Mateo will almost certainly be in Cambodia to attempt a title defense; he is a regular on the Asian poker circuit and has so far racked up over $1.1 million from 220 cashes in Asia.
2024 APPT Cambodia Main Event Final Table Results
Rank
Player
Country
Prize
1
Christopher Mateo
Philippines
$126,500
2
Donghyup Kim
South Korea
$113,000
3
Trong Hieu Ngo
Vietnam
$66,000
4
Nicola Spicher
Switzerland
$50,600
5
David Erquiaga
Philippines
$39,000
6
Abraham Ceesvin
Singapore
$30,000
7
Sven McDermott
Ireland
$23,000
8
Ziad Zebib
United States
$17,700
9
Vycheslav I
Russia
$13,953
2024 APPT Cambodia Results
Mike Takayama won the High Roller for $75,600
Expanding the table below reveals every result from the 2024 APPT Cambodia festival, so you know what to expect if you head to Phnom Pehn in May.
Event
Entrants
Prize Pool
Champion
Prize
$1,650 NLHE APPT Main Event
518
$746,153
Christopher Mateo
$126,500
$5,000 NLHE High Roller
51
$232,509
Mike Takayama
$75,600
$10,000 NLHE Super High Roller
14
$131,726
Artem Vezhenkov
$66,000
$900 NLHE APPT National
278
$218,425
Hyeinsik Yun
$44,350
$3,000 NLHE Single Day High Roller
27
$72,284
Anonymous
$27,470
$3,000 NLHE 6-Max High Roller
27
$72,284
Chengcai Pan
$27,468
$2,000 NLHE Mini High Roller
37
$66,038
Dmitriy Suchkov
$22,783
$3,000 NLHE High Roller Bounty
32
$53,670
Roy Putra
$18,500
$600 NLHE Mystery Bounty
341
$187,616
Anton Poliakov
$18,518
$2,000 NLHE High Roller Hyper Trubo
24
$44,232
Jinlong Hu
$16,800
$2,000 NLHE High Roller Turbo
21
$37,481
Takashi Yagura
$16,120
$400 NLHE NAGAWORLD Kickoff
254
$86,726
Homma Itsuki
$14,350
$1,500 NLHE Warm-Up High Roller
26
$34,804
Aladin Reskallah
$13,226
$500 NLHE Double Stack
106
$45,241
Aleksey Ignatyev
$11,818
$400 NLHE APPT Mini Main Event
137
$46,777
Francis Garson
$11,628
$500 NLHE APPT Turbo
108
$50,000
Chudapal Siarhei
$11,342
$1,500 NLHE Last Chance High Roller Turbo
$10,936
$500 NLHE/PLO
82
$34,998
Ivan Zabiyakin
$9,855
$300 NLHE SuperStack
156
$39,948
Jussi Rintalahti
$9,347
$2,500 NLHE Megastack High Roller
8
$17,848
Tong Hieu Ngo
$8,924
$300 NLHE Megastack
170
$43,534
Seong Park
$8,830
$1,100 PLO
20
$19,206
Leo Kamiya
$8,258
$500 NLHE Survivor KO
127
$54,224
Piyawat Tangwilai
$7,235
$300 NLEH APPT Hyper Turbo
91
$30,000
oliver Biles
$6,945
$300 NLHE Shot Clock
90
$23,047
Matuphoom Pangsrivinij
$6,148
$200 NLHE Megastack Turbo
152
$25,949
Alan Lambert
$6,070
$300 NLHE Deepstack Turbo
88
$22,986
Zhang Lei
$6,010
$300 PLO
70
$17,926
Tuomas Urtti
$5,378
$300 NLHE Deepstack Freezeout
73
$18,694
Woo Kim
$5,266
$400 NLHE 6-Max
77
$19,718
Seyed Ebrahimi
$4,568
$600 NLHE Teams Event
18
$9,428
Hyung Chul Hyun
$4,054
$300 NLHE Knockout
91
$14,203
Yoke Woon
$3,788
$400 PLO Turbo
29
$9,902
Seungil Song
$3,763
$400 NLHE Win the Button
28
$9,560
Dorian Debals
$3,633
$400 NLHE 6+ Hold’em
25
$8,536
Ebiya Yoshimune
$3,244
$200 NLHE Run it Twice
61
$10,414
Adrien Zychowski
$3,175
$500 NLHE Super KO Turbo
58
$10,254
Jiaofang Duan
$3,054
$200 NLHE Turbo
51
$8,707
Aleksandr Kraev
$2,829
$200 NLHE 25/15/10
56
$9,560
Ryoma Hasegawa
$2,596
$250 NLHE Bubble Rush
40
$8,536
Arun Godiyal
$2,433
$200 NLHE Showtime Hld’em
32
$5,463
Yi Lin
$1,885
$200 NLHE Last Chance Hyper Turbo
27
$4,714
Anton Poliakov
$1,791
Other 2025 APPT and PokerStars LIVE at Okada Manila Stops
Two other APPT stops are currently scheduled between now and the end of 2025. APPT Manila runs from July 23 to August 4, guaranteeing over $2.4 million. Then there is the APPT Championship at Coral Lounge, Okada Manila, from October 16-27. It has combined guaranteed prize pools tipping the scales at over $2.6 million.
Several series and festivals are confirmed at the PokerStars LIVE room at Okada, Manila, in the Philippines. The Super Series 21 is already done and dusted, but ten events, including the aforementioned APPT Manila and APPT Championship are upcoming.
Matthew Pitt hails from Leeds, West Yorkshire, in the United Kingdom, and has worked in the poker industry since 2008, and worked for PokerNews since 2010. In September 2010, he became the editor of PokerNews. Matthew stepped away from live reporting duties in 2015, and now concentrates on his role of Senior Editor for the PokerNews.
