APPT Main Event ($1,650)

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.

A preflop raising war sees UTG’s Aleksander Simakin of Russia head into a tussle against India’s Puneet Gupta in the BB. The preflop pot is 2,800.

The flop shows 5♠ 9♣ 7♠ as Gupta unleashes a bet of 3,300 and it’s big enough to make the Russian fold.

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.

Japan’s Tomoaki Miura raises from the CO to 300 and Puneet Gupta defends his BB.

The flop comes 3♦ 4♥ 2♠ as both players check. The turn is the 9♣ and once again, they check it. The river is the 2♣ and both players opt to take it showdown.

Gupta shows 8♣ 7♣ while Miura takes it down with K♠ Q♠.