APPT Main Event ($1,750)

Indian poker legend Abhinav Iyer opens the action from the +1 position for 1,300 and gets called by famous Spanish grinder Santiago Ramos on the button and Irish icon Frank Lillis in the SB before Zhang Hongru of China 3-bets it to 6,000 from the BB. Iyer makes the call, Ramos exits and Lillis sticks around.

The flop is 6♣ K♦ K♠ as Lillis checks. Zhang continues his bombardment for 6,300 as Iyer folds. Lillis makes the call. It is Heads Up to the turn where the 2♠ appears. Lillis checks again and this time, Zhang unloads 16,200. Lillis goes into the tank but yields.

The win has Zhang overtaking Lillis in stacks.

Frank Lillis of Ireland has the action folded to his cutoff and makes a raise to 1,100. He gets one caller in Thailand’s Jakkapong Sreprasom in the sb. The player in the bb comes along for the ride.

The flop goes 5♣ T♣ 3♦ as the blinds check. Lillis continues for the same amount of 1,100. Sreprasom calls and the payer in the bb folds. It is Heads Up to the turn which produces the 9♦ and this time, both players slow down. The river is the 7♣ as Sreprasom fires a small bet of 1,600. It’s enough to snare the pot as Lillis opts to fold.