APPT Main Event ($1,650)

From the small blind, Adam Lawler has 9♣ 9♦ and calls Sha Chengchun's 500 raise, big blind Daijiro Fukuoka also calls. At the flop 8♥ K♠ 3♥ , Sha continues for 700, called again by both. The turn 3♣ and river 3♦ bring no action. Lawler's pocket pair sees two mucks.

Daijiro Fukuoka looks down at A♦ 8♦ and limps from utg, cutoff Vlad Litasov raises 500 and Fukuoka calls for a flop 8♣ K♠ T♥ . Litasov c-bets 2500 and Fukuoka check-calls. Action slows on the turn 9♥ with both checking, however on the river 8♠ , Fukuoka jumps out for 3500, Litasov calls then quickly mucks to the trips.

Daijiro Fukuoka min-raises, finds one caller, then gets re-raised by Carsten Klug to 1000. Back to Fukuoka who calls and Kenneth Unger joins in for a three way. Klug continues for 1000 at the flop A♠ 7♣ 6♦ that's again called by both players to bring the turn 8♠ . This time Klug slows down and checks, Fukuoka takes charge for 2200, Unger calls while Klug loses momentum and folds. Fukuoka fires again on the J♥ river for 5000 and takes down the pot without further challenge.

The action is folded to the CO where Canada’s Louis Bilodeau opens for 1,500. Daijiro Fukuoka of Japan makes the call from the D but Sven McDermott of Ireland re-raises to 7,700. Bilodeau gets out of the way and Fukuoka decides to stick around.

The flop is 6♣ 4♥ 5♥ as McDermott decides to check. Fukuoka bets 9,000 but the Irishman check-raises all-in for 29,800. Fukuoka tanks but eventually opts to fold.