APT Main Event (36,000,000 VND)

Lee Donghyeok opened from early-position and got one caller before Andrei Kosarev on the button raised it to 4,000. Shankui Li in the big-blind cold called, and Lee Donghyeok, the original raiser called as well.

The flop came down Q♣ 8♦ 3♥ and after Shankui Li in the big-blind checked, Donghyeok led out for 1,500. Kosarev made it 6,000, Li folded and the Korean player called.

The turn brought the board pairing 8♠ which both players checked.

The river came the 7♠ and both players checked once again. Lee Donghyeok showed A♥ Q♠ and Kosarev K♦ Q♦ .

Wai Ching Chiang raised from under the gun, and Zhuoqun Zhang three-bet to 1,200, which only Donghyeok Lee called from the small blind.

Both players saw the flop of 9♠ A♥ 9♦ and checked through to the 6♠ turn, where Lee checked the action to Zhang, who bet 2,200 and Lee stuck around.

The 8♥ dropped on the river, and Lee checked it to his opponent again. Zhang then fired 5,000, forcing Lee to much the hand.

The action was picked up on the turn with a board showing 9♠ 7♠ 8♠ 2♦ when Donghyeonk Lee checked from the small blind to Tuan Tai Nguyen from the cutoff, who also checked after thinking for a while.

The river carried out a T♥ , and the action went check-check again. Lee tabled king-high with K♦ Q♦ , but it was not enough to beat the flopped pair of nines from Nguyen’s K♥ 9♥ .