APPT Main Event ($1,750)

The action gets folded around to the button of Korea’s Lee Won Jong who raises it up to 4,000 as the SB in Qiu Quan of China and the BB in Vietnamese player Nguyen Pham Duy decide to join in.

The flop is 5♥ 4♥ 2♣ as all three players check. The turn is the T♦ as Qiu checks but this time, Nguyen leads out for 6,500. Lee drops out, but Qiu stays sticky. It is Heads UP to the river that shows the 2♦ . Qiu checks anew and Nguyen fires 17,000. The Chinese player relents.

Lee Won Jong of Korea opens from the button for 3,000 and gets greeted by a re-raise from the BB of Macau’s Gu Huidong.

Lee folds as Gu celebrates a successful heist.

With the action folded to him on the cutoff, Japan’s John Matsuda raises to 3,500 and gets a BB defense from Lee Won Jong of Korea.

The flop comes 8♠ 3♦ 4♠ as both players skip the flop. The turn is the 4♦ as Lee takes the betting lead by firing 4,000. Matsuda calls. The river is the 3♥ . The Korean takes one final stab with a bet of 11,000. Matsuda still calls.

The Japanese player shows A♦ K♣ for ace high while Lee shows the K♠ before mucking his hand.

The hero call by Matsuda brings him to six figures in chips.

China’s Wang Yanfeng starts this off from UTG for 1,600 and right beside him on at the +1 position gets re-raised by Le Jong Won of Korea for 3,600. The action gets folded back to Wang who makes the call.

The flop is 4♠ 4♦ 9 as Wang checks. Lee keeps the pressure on by continuing for 4,500. The Chinese player still calls. The turn is the Q♣ and after Wang checks, the Korean unleashes 10,000. Wang relents and sees Lee outchip him after the hand.