APT Main Event

The action picked up with Kunal Patni all-in for his tournament life. Wai Cheung Ka was faced with a tough decision—calling would bring him back to his starting stack. After thinking it over, Ka ultimately made the call.

Kunal Patni: 7♦ 7♠

Wai Cheung Ka: 9♣ 9♥

The board ran out 4♦ 7♣ T♦ 6♠ 2♥ , giving Patni a set of sevens on the flop. Ka’s decision to call Patni's shove, quickly turned into regret as Patni’s scooped the pot, keeping him alive in the tournament.

Hsuan-Cheng Lai raised to 1,200 from under the gun and received calls from Kunal Patni on the button and Ka Wai Cheung from the big blind.

Three players read a flop of Q♦ 9♥ A♠ , and Cheung checked the action to Lai, who bet 2,200. Only Cheung made the call to see a 7♥ land on the turn, where Cheung check-called again after Lai bet 4,500.

The river carried out the K♦ , and the action went check-check. Cheung quickly tabled a pair of queens with Q♥ 8♥ , but it still couldn’t rival a higher pair of aces from Lai’s A♥ J♥ .