APL MAIN EVENT (26,000 TWD)

Running thin, Suya Lee utg, went with 8♦ 8♥ for his last 485,000, and was followed by another shove from Junya Yamaguchi with A♥ 7♥ a seat after. All else got out of the way, leaving the two to showdown.

The flop 3♦ 4♣ 4♥ kept Lee's pocket pair ahead, but was ultimately crushed as the runout A♦ T♥ paired up Yamaguchi's ace to bag the win.

Suya Lee opened 160,000 in early position, and Seunghyuk Jung completed his big blind,

On flop K♥ 4♥ 7♠ , Jung check called a 100,000 cbet, and headed to turn K♣ . Both checked to river 8♠ , where Jung led for 150,000. Lee raised all-in, putting maximum pressure on his opponent.

Jung however, wasn't going anywhere as he called off his remaining 535,000 with 9♦ 9♣ . Lee's bluff A♦ J♣ was exposed, sending him plummeting down to nine big blinds.

Folded to the hijack, Anson Lau open raised 925,000, leaving himself with barely 100,000 behind. Suya Lee on the big blind, demanded for the rest, and Lau flicked it in.

A coinflip for a 35 big blind pot, Lee's overcards instantly landed the advantage on board A♣ 8♠ 3♥ Q♥ 8♥ , sending Lau's pocket pair bound for the muck.

Short stacked and sitting in the small blind, Sanggyu Lee moved all in for his last 520,000 after a hijack open from Suya Lee. Suya made the call without hesitation, putting Lee at risk entirely.

Board T♦ 6♠ 4♠ 7♠ 5♠ remained in Suya's favor all the way through, leaving Lee to exit as the day's first casualty.