APPT Main Event ($1,650)

With 120,000 already in the pot on a board 8♥ 5♠ K♥ T♠ , hijack Ira Blumenthal checks to cutoff Khoa Anh Ngo who tank-shoves nearly double his challenger's stack. Blumenthal folds giving up the big pot.

Ira Blumenthal picks up a couple of pots, first taking a little fro Anzhela Vasylenko. Blumenthal three-bets Vasylenko's raise of 2500 to make it 7500 to see the flop. Vasylenko defends her raise and they see a flop 8♣ 6♣ T♣ . Blumenthal continues 8000 and quickly wins the pot.

One orbit later, Blumenthal three-bets from the big blind again and small blind Nevan Yu Chung Chang tosses in the call. Blumenthal bets the flop and turn 3♥ 6♠ Q♥ 2♣ , 3500 and 4500, Chang check-calls both. Blumenthal keeps the fire going on the river A♣ for 7500, this time Chang gives up his hand.

Raised pot preflop brings three players to a flop K♣ 6♣ A♥ . Akihiro Konishi c-bets 4000 finds one callers in cutoff Ira Blumenthal. More chips tossed in the pot with Konishi betting 7500 on the turn 3♣ and still doesn't shake off the caller Blumenthal. Konishi then checks the river, Blumenthal does the same. Blumenthal's A♣ J♠ top pair earns a muck from Konishi.

Heavy action opened by Ira Blumenthal for 800 is called by Manwoo Park then button Agharazi Babayev three-bets 3200. This doesn't shake off Blumenthal and Park to go o the flop 3♦ 9♥ 6♠ . Action is checked to Babayev who c-bets 2500 and is called again by both to head to the turn 5♠ . Betting a larger 8000 still sees no folds to boost up the pot further and the river comes A♥ . Babayev shoves, and surprisingly this time takes it down without further challenge.

The turn 9♦ and river 3♣ are no help to Vasylenko for Blumenthal's pair earning him a double up.

Simon Cowe's raise is called by two players, the board runs A♠ T♣ 8♦ K♦ with Crowe c-betting 700 and 700 again. Ira Blumenthal calls and fold while Manwoo Park doesn't continue at all. Cowe collects the pot.