APPT National

A couple of hands from chip leader Gary Thompson with the first one against William Ysmael who defends the big blind on Thompson's raise. Thompson continues on a flop K♣ A♣ 9♠ , Ysmael calls. Thompson fires 33,000 on the turn Q♠ and wins the pot uncalled.

Four hands later, Thompson is on the big blind and lays out a three-bet of 140,000. Initial raiser Li Mu Ze re-pops it to 250,000, small blind folds and Thompson ends the battle by calling.

Both players check the flop 8♣ 6♠ 4♠ , Li bets 125,000on the turn A♣ , Thompson check-calls. Both check the river 8♥ . Li's kicker plays.

William Ysmael opens and big blind Yasuaki Kimura defends the big blind. At the flop 5♣ J♣ 2♦ , Kimura check-calls 7000 then leads out 10,000 on the turn 6♦ . Ysmael calls. On the river K♠ , Kimura sends out 40,000 and wins the pot.