APPT Main Event ($1,750)

Japan’s Kyosuke Nagami raises it to 800 from the +1 position and it gets folded around to fellow Japanese player Akihiro Konishi who chooses to defend his bb.

The flop comes 2♥ 9♠ 8♥ as Konishi checks. Nagami continues for 2,800 and is called. The turn is the 6♦ and once again Konishi checks. Nagami fires again, this time for 6,500 and is put all-in on the check-raise by Konishi. Nagami decides to make the call.

Konishi tables T♠ 7♠ for a straight on the turn while Nagami turns over K♥ 7♥ for a flush draw that improved to an open-ended straight draw on the turn. Needing any heart to overturn the impending outcome, the K♣ is what shows up on the river.

Nagami is shown the door momentarily while Konishi nears the 70,000 chip mark with the conquest of his countryman.

Joining a hand already in progess with 4,000 in the middle and the board showing 5♥ K♣ 6♥ T♠ , Japan’s Akihiro Konishi (in the utg position) bets 1,600 and gets raised to 4,500 by Ha Hoseung of Korea from the cutoff. Konishi makes the call. The river is the 9♣. Konishi leads out anew for 2,000 and gets raised anew by Ha, this time for his remaining 12,000. Konishi calls.

Ha shows K♦ J♥ for top pair while Konishi reveals Q♥ J♣ for a straight on the river, busting his Korean opponent—for the moment.