APT Main Event

With only three and a half hours left until registration closes, players are scrambling to build their stacks, and that was the exact scenario for Khanh Linh Tran and Peter Kiem.

The action unfolded with the board completed, and Peter Kiem was all-in for his tournament life.

Peter Kiem: A♠ K♦

Khanh Linh Tran: A♣ Q♦

Kiem had the upper hand with ace-king, but Tran was hoping for a queen to hit and a shot at eliminating Kiem. The flop came down K♠ 4♠ 9♦ , keeping Kiem’s lead intact.

The T♦ turn gave Tran a gutshot straight draw, offering him a glimmer of hope. However, the river T♣ sealed his fate, leaving Tran with just 16 big blinds and a crippled stack.

On the flop of 8♥ 2♦ 9♦ , Nguyen Ngoc Son from the small blind and Pham Duy Anh from the big blind checked it to Peter Kiem from the hijack, who bet 2,200, which Tripoak Worrakrit from the cutoff and Le Thanh Hung on the button stuck around. Son and Anh got out of the way.

The 5♦ fell on the turn, and three players checked through to see the 8♦ drop on the river, where Kiem checked it over, and Worrakrit fired out 2,200, forcing both of his opponents to fold.