APPT Main Event ($1,650)

Tomoaki Miura of Japan opens from the HJ for 500 and gets re-raised to 2,500 by Russia’s Aleksander Simakin in the BB. Miura makes the call.

The flop is K♣ 7♥ Q♦ as Simakin continues for 1,500. The Japanese player makes the call. The turn is the J♣ as Simakin fires again, this time for 6,500. Miura raises all-n for his remaining 29,000 as Simakin calls.

Miura reveals A♣ T♣ for a Broadway straight on the turn and a redraw to a Royal Flush while Simakin shows Q♠ Q♥ for a set on the flop. The river did not pair board and the Russian hits the sidelines for the moment.

A preflop raising war sees UTG’s Aleksander Simakin of Russia head into a tussle against India’s Puneet Gupta in the BB. The preflop pot is 2,800.

The flop shows 5♠ 9♣ 7♠ as Gupta unleashes a bet of 3,300 and it’s big enough to make the Russian fold.

Te Sik Kak raises from the +2 position to 300 and gets called by Russia’s Aleksandr Simakin in the HJ and Puneet Gupta of India in the BB.

The flop goes 9♥ 6♣ T♥ as Gupta and Te check. Simakin leads out for 300 and it’s enough to make the opposition fold.

Yu Yan of Taiwan opens from the HJ for 600 and gets 3-bet by Russia’s Aleksander Simakin in the SB to 2,000. Yu makes the call.

The flop is 6♥ 5♠ 9♠ as both check. The turn is the 7♥ as Simakin checks again. This time, Yu bets 4,000 and it’s enough to make the Russian fold.

Simakin's pocket pair holds for a double up however still very short.

With the river 8♠ , Simakin's cowboys do the job and clean out Suchkov.

Action begins with a raise from UTG by Aleksandr Simakin for 2,000. He gets four callers in fellow Russian Dmitry Suchkov in the +1, Japan’s Jun Mitani in the HJ, and a pair of Chinese players in the CO’s Qiu Weiren and Li Shaoshuai in the BB.

They all see the flop of 3♠ 6♦ 2♥ as Li and Simakin check. Suchkov leads out for 3,500 and gets calls from Mitani and Qiu. Li then check-raises to 11,000 forcing the original raiser and the flop aggressor out of the hand. Mitani and Qiu, however, makes the calls. The turn is the 6♣ and now Li goes all-in. Mitani calls all-in as Qiu folds.

Li shows 3♣ 3♦ for a set on the flop and a full house on the turn. Mitani reveals 4♣ 4♥ for a gutshot on the flop and now reduced to two outs to stay in the tournament.

The river card is the Q♣ sending the player from Japan to the rail and bringing Li’s stack over the 100,000 mark.