APPT Main Event ($1,650)

With three hearts on the board, Qui is saved while Vasylenko plunges.

With two pair for Qiu, the pot is sent his way.

Action packed preflop opens with a 600 raise by cutoff Shaun Harmer, small blind Quan Qiu bumps it up to 2000, big blind Dmitry Suchkov four-bets 5000 losing Harmer while Qiu calls. On the flop 2♣ T♥ 4♦ , Suchkov lays out 3000, Qiu check-calls for the turn 3♥ . Suchkov wastes no time counting and shoves, Qiu surrenders his hand.

In a preflop raising war akin to a cash game with deep stacks, Quan Qiu of China called the 5-bet shove of Azerbaijan’s Agharazi Babayev and the latter’s tournament life was on the line. The cards are tabled and Quan shows A♠ 2♥ while Babayev holds A♦ 4♦ — much to the surprise of the members of the table.

The flop immediately gave Babayev the edge: 6♦ 6♠ 8♦. However, the turn card is the 8♠ and what looks to be a certain split pot turns into a victory for the Azerbaijani as the 9♦ shows up on the river, giving the nut flush. Quan’s stack dropped to below 14,000 while Babayev fortunate win puts him above the 65,000 chip mark.