APPT Main Event ($1,650)

Although Bellanger failed to pair up, the three hearts on the board improved him to the nut flush to send ducks out of the field.

Italy’s Alessandro Collauto opens the action from UTG for 500 and it is folded all the way to the BB of Frenchman Adams Bellanger who makes the call.

The flop is 3♠ 2♠ T♣ as Bellanger checks. Collauto CBets it to 600 and Bellanger calls. The turn is the K♥ and this time, both check. The river is the 8♥ as Bellanger now assumes the betting lead and fires 3,000. The Italian opts to call.

Bellanger shows 8♣ 2♣ for two pairs on the river. Collauto mucks.

With 13,500 already in the middle preflop Uzbekistan’s Khamid Khudayberganov in the UTG position sees a flop against Adams Bellanger of France, who is in the +1 position.

That flop is T♣ 8♣ Q♣ as Khudayberganov bets 2,200 and gets called. The turn is the 5♦ and this time, the Uzbek fires 11,000. Bellanger raises to 20,000, effectively putting Khudayberganov all-in. Khudayberganov makes the call. The Frenchman tables K♣ K♠ for an over-pair to the board, while Khudayberganov is forced to show A♥ 5♥ for just a pair of fives on the turn. The river, however, is the A♦ and suddenly all the chips in the middle go the way of Khudayberganov, who leaves Bellanger with just under 12,000 in chips.