APPT Main Event ($1,750)

The action is folded to the hijack where Sweden’s Fritz Douhan raises it up to 1,600 and gets a BB defense from Luan Haitao of China.

The flop is T♥ Q♥ 5♥ as the monochrome board makes both players check. The turn is the J♠ and again both opt to skip this street. The river is the 9♦ as Luan checks a third time. Now, Douhan bets 4,000. Luan gives it a think before folding and showing a Q before throwing his hand into the muck.

Sweden’s Fritz Douhan limps from UTG only to be raised by Sanjeev Kapoor of India in the +1 position to 1,500. In the cutoff Pongrut Lemongkol of Thailand 3-bets it to 3,600 and gets the duo to call.

The flop comes 3♥ Q♦ Q♣ as Douhan and Kapoor check. Lemongkol CBets to 3,500 and is instantly called by the the Swede. Kapoor folds. It is Heads UP to the turn that produces the 5♥ as now, both check. The river is the K♦ . This time, Douhan takes over the betting lead and fires 11,000. The Thai player goes into the tank and eventually lets it go.

From UTG, Sweden’s Fritz Douhan limps and is met by a raise from Mok Jo Seng of Malaysia at the +1 position to 800. Vietnam’s Nguyen Trung Chien makes the call from the BB and Douhan comes along.

The flop goes 7♥ 9♥ 5♦ as suddenly the Swede takes the betting lead for 800. Mok calls but Nguyen folds. It is Heads Up to the turn which brings in the 3♦ as Douhan fires another 800 bet. Mok still calls. The river is the J♦ and this time, Douhan checks. Mok then unloads 4,000 and gets called.

Mok unfurls K♥ K♦ while Douhan shows 9♣ 2♣ for top pair on the flop, quashed by the Malaysian’s cowboys.

Dinesh Alt of Switzerland raises from the +1 position to 400 and gets two callers in Sweden’s Fritz Douhan and Nguyen Trung Chien of Vietnam.

The flop comes 6♥ 9♠ J♥ as Alt CBets to 700. Both of his opposition call. The turn is the 8♦ and this time Alt slows down and checks. Douhan takes over the betting lead and fires 1,300. Nguyen and Alt make the call. The river is the 5♣ as the Swiss national checks again. Douhan bets again, this time for 5,000 and still gets called by the Vietnamese player and Alt.

The Swede turns over K♥ T♦ for a missed straight draw while Nguyen shows K♠ J♣ for top pair. However, Alt tables A♣ J♠ for top pair-top kicker and it’s enough to take down the three-way pot.

Alt now brings his stack to beyond the 40,000 mark.