APPT National ($900)

David Anstice opens 24,000 from UTG, Aladin Reskallah announces his all-in for 250,000 from SB and gets called by Anstice. Reskallah turns over A♥ Q♥ and is flipping against Anstice's T♦ T♠ . The board 2♠ 2♦ 9♥ 5♣ 3♥ brings no help to the big cards to end Reskallah's run.

Ihor Yerofieiev three-bet shoves A♠ K♥ from the BB against Reskallah's 80,000 open, who throws in his last 48,000 and shows K♠ 8♠ .

The board comes 8♥ 6♠ Q♠ J♣ 5♣ , giving Reskallah a pair and a double up.

First to act Valeriy Fokin opens 20,000 and finds two callers in Hyeonsik Yun from HJ and Aladin Reskallah from the BB. Fokin continues 35,000 on J♠ T♥ 5♦ with only Yun electing to call. The turn 9♣ has Fokin fire another 42,000 only to be met by Yun's all-in for 110,000 after using a time bank. Tanking himself, Fokin ends up folding, also handing over a time bank.

Bruno Moyse opens 12,000 from the button with Falcon and Reskallah filling up their blinds. The flop 7♠ 9♥ 6♠ has Falcon check-raise 40,000 against Moyse's 18,000 bet-call. Falcon takes it down with a 57,000 lead on the turn 7♥ .

Open shove from Jeorge Lagatuz 6♣ 6♥ and a call from Aladin Reskallah with A♠ Q♠ for a flip. The board comes 6♦ 6♠ 2♦ 5♣ 8♥ for a dramatic quads to the winner.

Ihor Yerofieiev (HJ) raises 8,000 preflop and Aladin Reskallah (BB) calls. The flop comes 8♣ 3♠ 7♠ . Aladin checks and Ihor bets 12,000. Aladin responds by raising to 40,000. Ihor unwilling to back down three-bets all-in 259,500. Aladin calls with a shorter stack of 119,500. Both players reveal their cards. Ihor has K♣ K♥ while Aladin has 7♥ 8♥ giving him two-pair. The turn and river come out J♣ and 9♦ . Two pair takes it down.

Aladin Reskallah (CO) opens strong with an all-in preflop raise of 45,000. Masaki Ando (SB) calls and both players reveal their cards.

Aladin has A♠ 5♣ while Masaki has 4♣ 4♥ . The board runs 8♦ 2♦ 9♦ 5♠ and 6♣ . Aladin just edges Ando's pocket pair to double through.

Aladin Reskallah (HJ) raises pre-flop 5,000 and Haile Rafik Kuo (CO) three-bets 6,000. Aladin four-bets all-in 111,000. Haile calls with 103,000. The players open their cards, Aladin has A♦ K♠ while Haile has A♠ A♣ . The board runs 7♥ A♥ 8♣ T♣ 5♥ . Haile’s pocket rockets further improve to a send Reskallah plunging.

Aladin Reskallah (HJ) raises 2,500 Masala Ando (CO) calls followed by Dongsheng Xia (BB) who also calls. The flop bring sin 9♥ 2♥ 4♠

Dongsheng checks while Aladin bets 4,500. Masala calls and so does Dongsheng. The turn carries in K♠ . Dongsheng checks while Aladin bets 22,000. This makes Masala fold while Dongsheng raises the bet with an all-in. Aladin calls Dongsheng’s all-in and both players reveal their cards. Aladin held K♦ J♦ while Dongsheng held K♥ T♥ . The river brought in 6♣. While both players had K pairs Aladin’s J♦ kicker was bigger landing him the victory.

Aladin Reshkallah (CO) raises 2,000 making Shaun Grame Harmer (D) three-bet 6,000. Aladin retailiates with a four-bet of 16,700 not backing down Shaun five-bets 57,500 and this bold move makes Aladin fold. Shaun wins this short pre-flop battle.

Players are returning to their seats after a short break, and the action resumes with the stakes climbing. Here are the chip counts:

Let the exciting play continue as players aim to climb the leaderboard!