APPT Main Event ($1,650)

Yohn Paredes looks down at A♦ K♣ and naturally gives it a bump to 1300. The blinds call, dealer flops Q♥ A♥ 2♣ giving Paredes top pair which he defends with a 2300 bet. Only Aleksandr Kraev continues to the turn 3♦ . Paredes goes the max for 9700, Kraev still calls and shows his A♠ J♣ one point behind. The river 3♠ doesn't see a change for Paredes to claim a double up.

With the action already having amassed a pot of 18,500 in the middle, Uzbekistan’s Khamid Khudayberganov figures in a duel against Aleksandr Kraev of Russia.

With the flop of 6♠ J♥ 9♥ already on the board, Khudayberganov bets 7,300 on the turn card of J♣ and is called by Kraev. The river brings the 5♦ to which the Uzbek unloads a massive bet of 20,500. Kraev decides to let the hand go.