APPT Main Event ($1,750)

A pot that went 4-bet preflop between Kim Su Jung in the hijack and Neeraj Gajria of India in the bb sees the flop: 8♥ K♣ 5♠ .

Gajria picks up all his remaining 8,600 in chips and puts them in the middle of the table and gets called by the Korean.

The Indian flips over A♠ A♣ while Kim shakes his head again in revealing he has Q♥ Q♠ .

The turn is the A♥ to have Kim drawing dead while the river makes it official as the 6♥ arrives.

This time, though, Kim does not bust out but has his stack reduced to just 9,000 as Gajria now approaches the 90,000 chip mark.

Both already on their second bullets, Korea’s Kim Jung Su and Kyosuke Nagami of Japan lock horns by going all-in preflop.

Kim shows T♠ T♥ while Nagami brandishes A♦ A♥ .

After just acquiring a fresh set of artillery, Kim shakes his head as hopes for a miracle on the runout, which goes: 8♣ 3♣ 7♦ K♣ 2♥ .

Kim’s stack dives down to just over 15,000 while Nagami climbs back to just over the starting stack.

Hoping to get a much needed double up, Korea’s Kim Jung Su goes all-in preflop from utg and the action gets folded to the blinds where sb Hammid Siddiqui of the United States makes the call and drags in bb Nguyen Hoa Thinh of Vietnam along.

The flop is 5♠ Q♠ 8♠ as the blinds check. The turn is the 3♥ and no one makes a move and the river is the T♥ with the blinds opting to take their hands to showdown.

Kim flips over K♦ 5♦ for a pair of fives on the flop. Siddiqui has J♣ T♦ for a pair of tens on the river while Nguyen shows 4♣ 4♦ .

By virtue of the river card, Siddiqui rails Kim but with registration still open Kim is expected back in the fray soon.

A struggling Kim Jung Su of Korea opens from utg for 700 only to get 2-bet from the hijack by England’s Craig Jones for 1,600. However, Hoa Nguyen 4-bets it from the button to 4,500 prompting Kim to fold but Jones opts to stay sticky.

It is Head Up to the flop of 5♦ J♠ K♥ as both choose to check. The turn is the Q♦ and still no action ensues. The river is the 3♥ as both take it to showdown.

Nguyen quickly turns over T♠ T♦ while Jones mentioned he had a six as he mucks his hand.

England’s Craig Jones begins the action by raising to 500 from utg and has customers in the blinds with Hamid Siddiqui in the sb and Kim Jung Su of Korea in the bb making the calls.

The flop comes A♠ 3♦ 2♦ as the blinds check. Jones continues firing for 500 anew and gets called by Siddiqui. However, Kim check-raises to 2,200 and gets re-raised by Craig to 3,700. Suddenly, Siddiqui declares he is all-in for 21,000 and gets the call from Kim. Craig ponders for a moment before electing to fold.

Siddiqui shows 3♣ 3♠ for a set on the flop while Kim has A♦ 6♦ for top pair on the flop. The turn brings out the 7♣ while the river is the 6♣ as Siddiqui seriously trims the Korean’s stack and nears the 50,000 chip mark in the process.