APPT Main Event ($1,650)

Jun Chun shoves 58,000 A♣ J♣ from utg and sees the bad news when Vladimir Litasov flips over A♦ Q♣ . Failing to improve on 6♠ 3♣ 8♦ T♥ 2♠ , Chun is out.

Daijiro Fukuoka looks down at A♦ 8♦ and limps from utg, cutoff Vlad Litasov raises 500 and Fukuoka calls for a flop 8♣ K♠ T♥ . Litasov c-bets 2500 and Fukuoka check-calls. Action slows on the turn 9♥ with both checking, however on the river 8♠ , Fukuoka jumps out for 3500, Litasov calls then quickly mucks to the trips.

Puneet Gupta opens then calls the 3200 by button Vlad Litasov. Gupta takes control back on a board J♥ 3♦ 5♠ 9♦, firing 3500 and 5500, Litasov calls both then they check the river 6♥ . Gupta with Q♥ Q♦ wins the pot against Litasov's A♠ K♦ that missed.

Crafty Philippine veteran Pro Christopher “Big Time” Mateo makes a raise from the +1 position to 1,200 and the action is folded to the D of Russia’s Vladimir Litasov who 3-bets it to 4,200. Mateo decides to call.

The flop brings the 8♣ 2♦ Q♦ as the Filipino checks. Litasov continues for 2,700 as Mateo calls. The turn is the A♥ as Mateo checks anew. The Russian a bet of 5,000 and is greeted with a check-raise shove from Mateo for 23,100. Litasov calls.

Mateo shows J♦ 7♦ for a flush draw while Litasov tables A♣ 9♦ for top pair on the turn. Needing to avoid a diamond, Litasov did just that when the 4♣ hit the river.

With the triumph, Litasov not only rid his table of a threat but also allowed to garner a six-figure stack.

Vladimir Litasov of Russia opens from UTG to 1,100 and the action is folded to the HJ of England’s David Paul Anstice who 3-bets to 3,600. Litasov makes the call.

The flop is K♦ 3♣ 7♠ as the Russian checks, Anstice continues firing for 2,200. Litasov calls. The turn is the 4♥ and the Englishman now makes it 5,600 to go. Litasov does not continue in the hand.

The action is opened from the HJ by Paul David Anstice of England for 700 and gets a phalanx of callers in Vietnam’s Hieu Ngo in the CO and the blinds in John Kelly of United Kingdom in the SB and Russia’s Vladimir Litasov in the BB.

The flop is 7♦ 5♠ 9♠ as Kelly checks. Litasov leads out for 1,000 as Anstice folds, buts Hieu makes the call. Kelly also exits. It is heads up to the turn which is the K♦ . Both Litasov and Hieu skip the street. The river card is the 6♥ and this time the Russian fires 3,500. Hieu folds and has his stack dwindle to 11,000. Litasov comes closer to eclipsing the 90,000 chip mark.

Vladimir Litasov opens from the HJ for 600 and gets re-raised by fellow Russian Ivan Zabiiakin on the D for 1,800. Litasov makes the call.

The flop is 8♣ 8♦ T♥ as Litasov checks. Zabiiakin CBets for 1,600 and Litasov check-raises to 4,200. Zabiiakin calls. The run is the 3♣ Litasov continues firing, this time for 6,000. Once again, Zabiiakin stays sticky. The river card is the A♣ as Litasov decreases his bet size to 2,500.Zabiiakin then declares he is all-in for 18,200 and Litasov makes the quick call.

Zabiiakin shows J♦ 9♦ for a missed open-ended straight draw while Litasov flips over 8♥ 7♥ for trips on the flop and the ousting of his countryman.

Russia’s Vladimir Litasov earlier crippled Hieu Ngo of Vietnam and finds himself defending his BB against a min-raise from the CO of Hieu.

The flop comes J♣ 9♥ 7♥ as Litasov checks. Hieu CBets to 400 and the Russian makes the call. The turn is the 9♣ as Litasov grabs the betting lead and fires 700. Hieu calls. The river is the Q♥ and Litasov slows down to check. Hieu overbets the pot as he goes all-in for his remaining 3,800 and Litasov quickly calls.

Hieu turns over 6♥ 4♥ for a flush on the river while Litasov can only shake his head as he tables 9♦ 4♦ for trips on the turn and allowing his Vietnamese opponent to double up through him.