APPT Main Event ($1,750)

Opening from UTG for 6,000 is Charlie Chiu from Taiwan and when the action gets folded around to the SB of China’s Zheng Xiaosheng, he goes over the top all-in for his remaining stack of 57,500. Chiu makes the call.

Zheng flips over A♣ J♣ while Chiu shows 6♣ 6♠ . Zheng is once again holding overcards against a made pair, the same situation that got him crippled a few hands back.

The flop instantly dashed the Chinese player’s hopes: 2♦ 6♥ T♦ . Needing running cards for a straight, a sweat card arrived when the turn produced the Q♣ . However, the river was the 5♣ and Zheng bids farewell to his fellow players as he is officially bounced from Day 1A action.

Chiu’s stack now approaches the 200,000 mark.

China’s Zhang Hongru ends up going all-in preflop against compatriot Zheng Xiaosheng with Zhang tabling J♣ J♠ and Zheng showing A♥ K♥ .

With Zhang’s tournament life on the line, the runout goes: Q♦ 4♠ Q♥ 8♣ 3♦ as Zheng could not find the overcard required to knockout Zhang.

Zhang climbs to six figures anew while Zheng plummets to less than the starting stack.

England’s Alberto Flores opens it from UTG for 4,000 and gets a BB defense from Zheng Xiao Sheng of China.

The flop is 7♦ 4♠ 4♥ . Zheng checks and Flores continues for 5,000 and it is enough to take it down.