APPT Main Event ($1,750)

This was a heated duel from the get go with Adrei Kalgin of Russia eventually going all-in on the river and getting called by Hamid Siddiqui of the United States on a board of 3♦ 2♦ 2♥ 5♠ 4♥ as well as a pot of well over 50,000.

Kalgin tables Q♠ J♣ using aggression on every street to try and outmuscle Siddiqui to no avail as the American called him all the way with A♦ 7♦ with the nut flush draw that eventually became a backdoor straight.

The Russian is bounced as a result and Siddiqui has almost a quarter of a million in chips.

Kazakhstan’s Ilya Firstov opens from the cutoff for 4,500 and gets the SB in American Hamid Siddiqui and the BB in Adrei Kalgin of Russia to come along.

The flop shows 2♣ 7♥ 8♥ as Kalgin checks and Firstov CBets to 5,000. Siddiqui folds but the Russian sticks around. It is Heads Up to the turn that produces the J♠ as Kalgin checks again and the Kazakh unloads again, this time for 20,000. Kalgin still calls. The river is the A♦ as Kalgin checks a third time. Now, Firstov opts to check behind.

Kalgin flips over 9♣ 9♠ while a relieved Firstov shows Q♦ Q♠ for a substantial pick up in chips.