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.

In a hand that has already hit the river with a pot of 30,000 and a board of T♠ Q♦ 5♥ K♠ 2♠ China’s Chen Yubo bets 20,000 after it is checked to him and his opponents in Kim Seongje of Korea in the SB folds while Japan’s Takashi Hirukawa makes the call.

Chen shows K♦ J♦ for top pair on the turn while Hirukawa mucks and ends up losing a huge chunk of his chips as the Japanese player is now down to less than 40,000 in chips.

Korea’s Kim Seongje opens from the +1 position for 1,800 and gets a call from Takeshi Hirukawa of Japan in the hijack.

The flop is 6♦ 9♦ Q♦ as Kim checks. Hirukawa takes over the betting lead for 2,500 and gets no response from the Korean.