APPT Main Event ($1,750)

After opening from UTG for 5,000, Leo Soma of France finds himself all-in preflop against two players in Vietnam’s Mai Bien and Japanese player Takashi Hirukawa.

Mai is first to show, shoving first and tables A♠ K♦ while Hirukawa has Q♣ Q♥ . Soma is ahead preflop, however, with K♣ K♠ .

The flop immediately turns the tide: 2♥ A♣ 6♥ and if that isn’t enough, the turn card is the A♦ . With the two player on the ropes (Hirukawa being at risk) needing to hit one of their two outs, the 9♣ officially busts Hirukawa and dents Soma as Mai’s stack now becomes healthy again with over 30 BBs.

Soma’s stack is still above the century mark.

Sameer Agarwal of India opens from the lowjack for 3,000 and gets calls from Vietnam’s Mai Bien in the hijack and Chinese player Zhang Lei in the BB.

The flop comes A♠ 3♥ 5♠ as all players check. The turn is the Q♠ and this time, Zhang leads out for 5,500 and gets a call from Agarwal. Mai folds. It is Heads Up to the river where the K♥ arrives. Zhang bets 7,000 and the Indian player surrenders.

Zhang remains in six figures.

Vietnam’s Mai Bien opens from the hijack for 1,100 and gets 3-bet by Lei Zhang of China in the sb for 3,700. Mai calls.

The flop comes 4♠ 5♦ 4♥ as Ye CBets 2,500 and gets called by his Vietnamese opponent. The turn is the 9♥ and this time, the Chinese player more than triples the next barrel for 7,800. Mai still calls. The river is the Q♥ and now Ye unloads 15,000. Mai gives it a think through but eventually folds.