A huge hand took place in Table 3, with all the action and the drama someone can expect in the last three tables of a big event such as APPT National. It all started with Yang Li opening to 60,000 from under-the-gun, while Qi Xu shoved for 255,000 on the very next position.
Next to act was Hoai Linh Tran, and he called the shove, with the action folding to Shintaro Nozawa on the button. He was considering his options, and while he was still tanking, the initial raiser left his seat, going near the bar, looking like he wanted to order something. Lihn Tran is the one who noted to the dealer that since he left his seat, his hand must be dead. The dealer asked for the floor manager to come, who ruled out that his hand is dead, taking Li's cards to the muck.
Nozawa said that since the initial raiser is out of the way, then he is all in, putting 630,000 chips in the middle. There was a chatter in the table regarding how this move by the initial raiser changed the whole action, but Lihn Tran quickly called Nozawa's all in to put two players at risk, and an end to all discussions, since the most important thing was the actual hand at the moment.
The three players opened their cards:
Xu:
Linh Tran:
Nozawa:
The flop was as interesting as the rest of the hand, with the giving set to Tran and Nozawa, and a gutshot to Xu.
The brought celebrations for Xu, who now was a big favorite to win the pot, and the on the river kept her safe from full houses, tripling up her stack. The victim of the hand was Nozawa who busted, with Tran winning the side pot.
Day 1a's chip leader is out of the field in a dramatic way. He was left short and jammed all in from the big blind, after Tae Hoon Han's open from the hijack. Han decided to call and Lee was on risk.
Tae Hoon Han:
Alex Lee:
The flop gave a huge lead to Lee, with the giving him top two pair. The turn was the , which put Han back into the game, and the on the river gave a better two pair to Han, ending Lee's run in 25th place.
Tae Hoon Han bet 120,000 out of the small blind into a pot of 450,000 on a flop. His opponent, Jason Kyle Magbanua called and the pair both checked the river.
Han turned over for top pair and that was enough to take down the pot.
Ayoung Na put her last eight big blinds in the middle from the cutoff, when it was folded to her. Eran Shaham was in the button and decided to call, with the blinds getting out of the way.
Ayoung Na:
Eran Shaham:
Everything was over on the turn, with the final board being , and the field is down to 25 players.
Weiyu He didn't last for long after the redraw at the three final tables. He was left with around ten big blinds and shoved them in the middle with , only to get called by Jianlun Sun's .