APPT Main Event ($1,650)

The action begins with Japan’s Tetsuya Tsujisaka raising from the +1 position to 600 and gets calls from fellow Japanese player Tomoaki Miura in the HJ and Felix Von Rahden of Germany in the BB.

The flop comes 6♠ 9♦ 5♣ as Von Rahden and the initial raiser Tsujisaka check. Miura leads for 500 and both his opponents call. The turn is the 2♦ as once again it is checked to Miura who again bets, this time for 2,600. Von Rahden folds, but Tsujisaka stays sticky. The river is the 3♣ and as Tsujisaka checks, Miura unloads 2,800. It’s enough to get the job done as Tsujisaka folds.

End of the road for Tetsuya Tsujisaka, well at least for today. Tsujisaka shoved with J♠ J♥ , Yunsheng Sun called with 4♦ 4♠ , the board ran 3♥ Q♣ 4♥ K♠ 8♦ for a set to Sun.

Yannick Leonard and Tetsuya Tsujisaka go tit for tat with the latter defending his big blind. On the flop Q♣ Q♥ 6♥ , both check. Tsujisaka bets 6300 on the turn J♣ that Leonard calls. Tsujisaka fires again on the river T♥ for 23,500, Leonard shoves 35,500, not much more for Tsujisaka to call but chooses to fold.

Though not needed, Hussaini's kings improve to ensure the triple up while Lius falls to giving Tsujisaka the side pot.

Meerwais Hussaini has Q♥ 8♥ and gives it a bump to 4000 from hijack. Button Tetsuya Tsujisaka has A♣ 8♠ and makes the call. After the blinds fold, both players land top pair on the flop 6♥ 8♦ 3♣ to add in more chips to the pot with Hussaini betting 8000 that's called. On the turn T♣ , Hussaini checks to the overcard, Tsujisaka bets 15,000 to try to take it down but Hussaini calls. On the river J♠ , both players check, Tsujisaka wins the pot with the higher kicker.

By the turn J♣ , Tsujisaka is drawing dead to pay up.

Battle of the blinds has Tetsuya Tsujisaka limp in then call big blind Ihor Yerofieiev's 4500 raise. At the flop T♠ 3♦ K♣ , Tsujisaka passes the action to Yerofieiev who continues for 3200, Tsujisaka check-raises 7000 which is strong enough to win the pot.

With two kings on the board, Scheld is denied as rockets go bust.