APPT Main Event ($1,750)

Among the chip leaders is Vietnam’s Tran Hai Ha who raises from the +1 position to 3,000 and the action is folded to the button where Sanjeev Kapoor of India re-raises it to 9,500. Tran calls.

The flop goes 4♣ 3♦ J♦ as Tran leads out for 2,200. Then Kapoor shoves his substantial stack of 81,500. The Vietnamese player goes into the tank and eventually decides to make the call.

Kapoor turns over K♠ K♦ while Tran shows A♦ J♥ for top pair-top kicker on the flop, of course now behind to the Indian’s Cowboys.

The turn is the 5♣ but the river card is the J♠ which gives Tran trips and boots out Kapoor.

Tran is now among the big stacks in Day 1B.

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.