APPT Main Event ($1,650)

Siarhei Chupadal is all-in for 26,000 from UTG, Nevan Chang and yesterdays top stack Curtis Lim Siew Jian call from +1 and +2 to see the flop 3♠ 5♦ 6♥ . Chang leads 30,000 with A♠ T♠ to go heads up against Chupadal's A♥ 7♦ . No help for the underdog for first the elimination of the day.

Puneet Gupta of India opens from the CO for 700 and gets one caller in the SB before Thailand’s Siarhei Chudapal 3-bets all-in for his remaining 7,300. Gupta’s call makes it heads up on the showdown.

Chudapal turns over 7♠ 7♥ while the Indian reveals A♥ Q♥.

The flop of 3♥ J♥ 8♦ gave Gupta additional out with the nut flush draw to go with his over cards, but the Thai player maintained his lead. The turn card is the T♦ to add another out for Gupta as a straight draw became a possibility. The river made the nightmare for Chudapal real as the 9♠ appears and eliminates the Thai player via Gupta’s runner-runner straight.

India’s Puneet Gupta opens from the HJ for 400 and Siarhei Chudapal of Thailand plays BB defense.

The flop is 8♥ A♦ 8♣ as Chudapal checks. Gupta bets 500 and it is enough to take down the pot.

With 4900 in the pot, Siarhei Chudapal bets 1200 in position on a flop 8♥ 7♥ 8♦ . Small blind Nageshwara Alaparthy Prasad check-raises 5100, big blind Emad Zarghami check-calls, action back to Chudapal who opts to fold. According to Alaparthy, he didn't intend to bet that much.

On the turn 4♠ , both players check it to the river 6♥ . Alaparthy shoves 5400, Zarghami snap-calls, Alaparthy shows A♥ 5♥ flush that dusts Zarghami's T♠ 8♠ trips.