APPT Main Event ($1,750)

In the final hand of the flight, the action gets folded to the hijack where France’s Jean Philippe Testa (still on his lone bullet) makes a raise to 55,000, starting a cascade of folds until the BB of big stack Pulkit Totla of India who makes the call.

The flop is 2♣ 7♣ 6♥ as Totla checks and the Frenchman goes all in. Totla folds as Testa shows K♣ K♠ to conclude hostilities for Day 1C.

The action folds to the lowjack where India’s Pulkit Totla raises it up to 10,000. In the cutoff, Xin Yuan of China 3-bets to 47,000—and leaves one 1,000 chip behind. It doesn’t matter as the Indian 4-bet all-in and Xin makes the literal “one chip call”.

Totla tables 9♠ 8♦ and suddenly the Chinese player is liking his chances with A♣ 9♣ .

The first three community cards, though, were sweat-riddled: J♣ A♠ T♣ for an open-ended straight draw for the Indian. However, the runout concludes with the 3♣ and the 4♦ as top pair is enough for Xin to double up and overtake Totla’s stack.

Malaysia’s Victor Chong open shoves his remaining 19,000 from the +1 position and gets called by Pulkit Tota of India from the hijack. However, Macanese player Gu Huidong 3-bet shoves from the cutoff and when it folds back to the Indian, he elects to stand aside.

Chong turns over Q♦ J♣ while Gu shows Q♥ Q♣ .

The runout provided no subplots: K♦ 2♦ 7♠ K♠ J♥ as Chong busts and Gu’s stack approaches the double century mark.

The action is folded to the hijack where short-stacked Santiago Soriano Ramos of Spain sticks in his remaining 8,100 as the action gets folded to the SB where India’s Pulkit Totla decides to isolate by 3-betting to 20,000. It wasn’t enough as Loo Junzhong of Malaysia 4-bet shoves for 51,000. Totla ponders a moment but does cover both and decides to call with a chance to eliminate two.

Ramos tables Q♦ T♦ while Loo shows Big Slick: A♦ K♠ . Totla turns over A♥ 4♥ and is in bad shape preflop.

The first three community cards are the 6♠ 7♥ J♦ which is great news for Loo. The fourth card, however, is the 4♠ giving the Indian player the lead with one card to go. That one card is the 6♦ as Totla takes out two players and has his stack soar to above the double century mark.