APPT Main Event ($1,650)

Christopher Mateo tests the waters with a 35,000 open from the button and Huseyin Akgul defends his BB. Checked down to the turn 6♦ 5♦ 6♣ A♥ we see Akgul take over the reigns with a 40,000 lead, answered by a call. The 7♥ river has Huseyin Akgul bluff for 200,000 with a missed flush draw J♦ 3♦ and a happy customer with A♦ 8♦

Huseyin Akgul opens 25,000 from HJ, Adrien Berger makes it 85,000 and Akgul's four-bet-jam is too much for Adrien Berger to stay in the hand.

With the remaining 71 players all guaranteed at least $2,700 the top stacks are :

UTG Arthur Eldin raises to 10,000 with a call by Huseyin Akgul on the button to see the flop 6♥ 4♦ 8♦ . Akgul tests the waters with a 15,000 bet when checked to him and we see the turn K♣ and a double check to the river 3♦ . Akgul slides 60,000 in the middle, Eldin goes in the tank and lets it go after losing two time banks.

Facing a raise from Itsuki Homma that's called by Chun Meng Chua, Huseyin Akgul three-bets 7500. Both Homma and Chua want to play and toss in the chips, dealer felts 7♦ J♦ J♣ . Checked to Akgul who bets 4500 that finds no takers.

Cyrill Rousset opens then fires down every street A♦ J♦ 3♥ 5♥ 3♣ for 900, 1700, 2800. Huseyin Akgul calls then folds on the river.

After the action is folded to him on the D, Howard Barry Appledorf of the United States raises to 1,500 but gets calls from the blinds in Huseyin Akgul of Turkey in the SB and the BB of fellow American Shane Saito.

The flop shows 9♦ J♥ 8♥ as all check. The turn is the T♦ and once again everyone elects to skip this street. The river is the Q♣ as Akgul checks, Saito takes a shot by betting 3,000. Appledorf suddenly wakes up and raised to 7,500. Eventually both Akgul and Saito opt to fold.

Kolja Lucking of Germany raises from UTG for 600 and gets a call from Singapore’s Jacson Feng in the CO. Then Turkey’s Huseyin Akgul 3-bets to 2,500 from the D. The action is folded back to Lucking who 4-bets all-in and greeted by a call from Feng. Akgul gets out of the way.

Lucking flips over Q♥ Q♦ while Feng shows A♦ J♥ .

The runout stayed low: 6♥ 4♣ 5♥ T♠ 5♣ as the Singaporean bids adieu for the moment and Lucking inches closer to the 80,000 chip mark.