APPT Main Event ($1,650)

American Luke Oliver Keay opens from the D for 700 and gets 3-bet on the BB Russia’s Artem Vezhenkov for 2,500. Keay makes the call.

The flop is 3♠ T♣ 8♦ as Vezhenkov continues for 4,600. Keay raises it to 7,000 and the Russian opts to call. The turn is the A♥ as Vezhenkov fires again, this time for 6,000. Once again, Keay raises it, now to 18,000. Vezhenkov once again calls. The river is the 6♥ as now Vezhenkov checks. Keay moves all-in and Vezhenkov puts his remaining 15,500 in the middle for the call.

Keay shows A♣ T♥ for two pairs on the turn while Vezhenkov turns over A♠ A♦ for top set on the turn. The cooler now brings Vezhenkov’s stack close to the 90,000 mark.

Russia’s Artem Vezhenkov raises from UTG and gets three callers, one being Kentaro Oe of Japan in the BB.

The flop comes J♠ T♣ 2♦ and after Vezhenkov CBets for 1,500, gets check-raised by Oe to 5,000 and makes the call, it is heads up to the turn of the 6♥. Oe checks and the Russian once again fires, this time for 5,500. Oe calls. The river is the Q♦ and this time both players check.

Oe flips over K♣ J♣ while Vezhenkov tables K♦ K♥ to take down the huge pot and reduce the Japanese player’s stack to just above 20 BBs.