APPT Main Event ($1,750)

They meet again in a battle of the blinds as Chinese nationals Luan Haitao (completed the SB) and Yao Liu raises from the BB to 7,500. Luan makes the call.

The flop is 2♣ 4♣ 4♠ as Luan checks. Yao fires 10,000 and gets an almost immediate fold from Luan.

Yao earns some chips after being hit earlier by his opponent.

Macao’s Gu Huidong is at it again, this time raising from UTG to 2,500. Li Shao Shuai makes the call from the +1 position but then another Chinese player in Luan Haitao 3-bets from the cutoff for 9,200. When it gets folded back to Gu, he 4-bets to 25,400. Li steps aside and Luan stacks off on the call.

Gu shows 9♥ 9♣ while Luan is in a flip with K♦ Q♦ .

The flop immediately switches the favors: K♣ 3♦ 8♠ while the next two community cards didn’t make a difference as the 4♠ and the 4♣ arrived.

The double-up brings Luan closer to the 50,000 chip mark while Gu goes back to five figures.