APPT High Roller

The turn 8♦ and river 4♣ don't improve Nguyen to fall in 2nd place for a payout of PHP 3,350,000 (~USD 57, 898).

For the champion Crivell, he banked the PHP 5,203,950 (~USD 89,940) top prize and the special APPT shard trophy.

Patrick Crivell is staging a comeback by claiming two full boosts. The first one he limps then calls Trung Quan Nguyen's shove.

Crivell K♥ K♦

Nguyen K♣ Q♦

Board A♥ 3♦ 9♥ 6♠ J♠

Next hand, Crivell gets kings again. Nguyen limps, Crivell raises 270,000, Nguyen shoves, Crivell snap-calls.

Crivell K♦ K♣

Nguyen Q♥ T♦

Board 3♥ A♣ 5♦ 6♦ 8♣

Patrick Crivell watched his stack dwindle below 10 bb after Trung Quan Nguyen's three consecutive steals.

Limped pot sees a flop 2♠ A♦ 4♣ , big blind Trung Quan Nguyen bets100,000, Patrick Crivell calls. Same on the turn with a 300,000 bet from Nguyen that's called. The river 7♣ is checked by both, Nguyen has Q♣ 2♦ that outkicks Crivell's 2♥ 3♥ .

With Nguyen improving on the board, he doubles up and retakes the lead.

Limped pot, the board is checked to the turn 7♠ K♠ 5♥ T♣ , Trung Quan Nguyne bets 100,000, Crivell check-calls to bring the river A♦ . Nguyen bets 300,000,, Crivel check-calls once more, Nguyen has K♥ 5♦ two pair that beats Crivell's A♥ 8♣ to claim the pot.

On a limped pot, the board runs 2♣ J♠ K♦ K♠ 7♦ , Crivell bets 80,000, 175,000 and 950,000, Nguyne check-calls throughout then mucks to Crivell's K♥ 9♥ trips.

Patrick Crivell min-raises and big blind Trung Quan Nguyen calls. They check to the turn 3♦ T♦ 8♣ 4♣ , Nguyen bets 200,000, Crivell calls. On the river Q♦ , Nguyen shoves 1,010,000, Crivell tank for one time-bank then folds.

Patrick Crivell continues to dominate heads up with another pot to his section of the felt. On a limped pot, Nguyen bets 80,000 on the flop 5♥ K♠ K♦ , Crivell check-calls and both check the turn 5♣ . The river Q♣ sees Crivell lay out 225,000, Nguyen calls, Crivell revealas 5♦ 6♦ full house and rakes in the pot.

Patrick Crivell may have been behind at the start of heads up but has now taken the lead after four consecutive pots going his way. The fourth hand Crivell raises 175,000 from the big blind and Nguyen calls. They check it to the turn 9♦ 9♥ 8♥ 3♥ , Crivell bets 180,000, Nguyen folds.

Yamato Nakai just doubled up when he faced off against Trung Quan Nguyen in two hands that sent him out in 3rd place.

The first hand has Nguyen raising 150,000 from the button, small blind Nakay three-bets 450,000, Nguyen four-bets all in for 1,310,000, Nakai folds.

Several hands later, Nguyen raises 125,000, Nakai three-bets 475,000, Nguyen four-bets all in and Nakai calls for his tournament life.

Patrick Crivell opens 80,000 from the button, big blind Yamato Nakai calls, and the flop runs A♦ J♦ Q♦ . Nakai leads out 50,000 then calls Crivell's 150,000 raise.

On the turn 5♦ , Crivell continues for 105,000, Nakai check-raises 270,000, Crivell calls. More chips get dumped on the river with Nakai leading out 340,000, Crivell answers with a shove of 740,000, Nakai tank-folds.

Patrick Crivell limps then calls Trung Quan Nguyen's 130,000 raise. Nguyen c-bets 75,000 on the flop J♠ Q♠ J♥ . Crivell calls and they proceed to check the turn 5♥ and river A♠ .

Patrick Crivell raises then calls Yamato Nakai's 180,000 re-raise. On the flop and turn 3♣ 8♦ 4♠ 6♦ , Nakai c-bets 100,000 that's called then jams, Crivell folds.

Jun Beum Chun opens and two callers join to the flop 8♠ 3♣ Q♣ , Following two checks, Trung Quan Nguyen bets 60,000, Patrick Crivell folds, and Chun calls. On the turn 3♥ , Nguyen bets again sending out 105,000, Chun folds.

Gary Thompson raises 50,000 then calls small blind Yamato Nakai's 215,000 shove. Thompson has A♦ 7♥ , Yamato A♣ 8♠ , board runs J♣ 9♠ J♦ 4♦ 8♦ . Nakai doubles through.

The river 4♥ doesn't improve Crivell for Nakai's straight to hold and double up.

From the button Gary Thompson raises, big blind Patrick Crivell calls and they head to the flop 6♠ Hs 5♦ . Thompson c-bets 30,000, Crivell check-raises 105,000, Thompson calls, the turn is 3♥ . Crivell leads out 205,000, Thompson tanks using up a time bank then folds.

From the button, Patrick Crivell opens then calls Jun Beum Chun's 125,000 three-bet. Chun continues at the flop A♠ T♠ J♠ and turn 3♠ , betting 25,000 and 80,000, Crivell calls then both check the river 6♥ . Chun turns over Q♣ T♣ , Crivell wins the pot with A♦ 9♥ top pair.

Button Patrick Crivell opens, big blind Trung Quan Nguyen defends. Both check to the turn 8♦ 8♥ J♦ 5♣ , Nguyen leads out 35,000, Crivell calls for the river Q♦ . Check from Nguyen, Crivell sends out 140,000 and wins the pot.

Small blind Patrick Crivell limps then calls big blind Jun Beum Chun's 66,000 raise. Chun continues for 30,000 on the flop T♠ 2♦ A♠ , Crivell check-raises 95,000, Chun calls. On the turn Q♠, Chun pumps out 45,000, Crivell makes the call then both check the river J♠ .

Jun Beum Chun raises 25,000 and big blind Gary Thompson calls. Chun continues for 18,000 on the flop Q♦ 2♠ 6♣ , Thompson check-calls. The turn 6♦ , Thompson leads out 26,000, Chun calls. Both check the river 8♠ , Thompson flips over A♦ 8♣ , Chun claims it with T♣ T♥ .

Soyza misses the board to fall on the stone cold bubble.

With a pot of 64,000 brewed Youhyun Kim bets 15,000 on a flop 7♣ 5♠ 6♠ , Liao Po Hsun calls. On the turn Q♥ and river A♠ , Kim continues for 30,000 and a large 140,000, Liao calls the turn bet then tanks for three time-banks before calling. Kim has J♠ 8♠ flush, Liao mucks.

From the button, Gary Thompson opens 20,000 and big blind Yamato Nakai calls. Thompson c-bets 13,000 at the flop 6♠ 3♠ J♠ , Nakai check-calls. The turn Q♥ is checked to bring the river K♦ . Nakai lead out 20,000, Thompson raises 80,000, Nakai calls and shows the winning K♣ J♥ two pair. Thompson shows A♣ 9♣ .

Small blind Patrick Crivell raises 19,000 and big blind Rishi Mehra calls. At the flop J♣ 8♠ 6♠ , Crivell c-bets 18,000, gets called by Mehra, then checks the turn 8♥ . Mehra takes the reins and sends out 30,000, Crivell calls. They both check the river K♥ .

Crivell opens K♣ 9♠ top pair and Mehra mucks.

Small blind Michael Soyza limps then calls big blind Oliver Krefeldt's 28,000 raise. On the flop and turn A♥ J♥ 9♣ A♣ , Krefeldt fires 25,000 and 30,000, Soyza calls the first then folds to the turn bet.

The river 7♠ doesn't bring a heart for a third double up to Chong.

From utg, Patrick Crivell opens, four players call for a look at the flop 4♠ 5♠ 3♠ . Small blind Ngo Khoa Anh checks, big blind Marc Rivera bets 15,000, two folds follow, button Jun Beum Chun joams 62,000. Only Rivera makes the call.

Oliver Krefeldt raises 10,000, button Youhyun Kim and big blind Gary Thompson call. They all check to the turn 3♦ Q♠ 4♦ K♥ , check-check to Kim who lays out 18,000, called by both . The river A♣ , Krefeldt bets 45,000, no callers.

From utg+1 Trung Quan Nguyen opens 10,000, big blind Jun Hao Chong calls. When the board runs T♥ 3♥ T♦ 6♦ 9♠ , Nguyen continues for 10,000, 17,000, and 25,000, Chong check-calls the first two then folds to the river bet.

Chong lands the straight to survive and get the boost.

Third double up for Kei Kuda with Siyoung Lee losing the flip. Okuda open shove 8 bb holding J♥ T♣ , Lee calls wit 8♠ 8♦ , board runs 2♣ J♠ T♥ K♦ 6♦ .

Trung Quan Nguyen raises 9000, cutoff Victor Chong three-bets 25,0000, Nguyen calls and head to the flop K♠ 4♦ 2♥ . Chong c-bets 15,500, Nguyen check-calls. The turn Q♦ and river J♥ are checked, Chong reveals A♠ K♠ in the hole and wins the pot.

On a board showing 8♠ 9♠ K♠ and 29,000 in the pot, small blind Youhyun Kim bets 7000, big blind Gary Thompson calls, both check the turn 2♦ to bring the river 5♠ . Kim bets 12,000, Thompson uses a time-bank then raises 57,000, Kim folds.

Button raise of 6000 from Rishi Mehra is called by the blind Trung Quan Nguyen and Yamato Nakai. At the flop Q♥ T♣ 5♦ , Nguyen checks, Nakai bets 6500, Mehra uses up two time banks then raises 13,000, both players call. The turn 2♥ is checked to Mehra who shoves 28,000 which is enough to win the pot.

Gary Thompson raises 6000 from utg and the blinds Youhyun Kim and Im Heesoo call. On a flop 6♠ 3♣ 7♠ , Kim checks, Im Heesoo jams 126,500, Thompson and Kim call for the turn Q♥ . Thompson kicks off the side pot with a 38,000 bet, Kim calls, but on the river 6♦ , Kim folds to the 88,000 bet.

Catching the action with two players staring down a board J♣ 5♥ J♥ with Gary Thompson check-raising Kenneth Kong's 6000 bet to make it 18,000 to continue. Kong calls to see the turn A♣ . Thompson leads out 23,500, Kong call again. On the T♥ river, Thompson slides out 26,000, Kong shoves 83,000, Thompson tanks using up two time-banks then calls. Thompson ship is with the full house denying Kong's bluff.

The turn 5♦ changes nothing while the river 2♣ grants Krefeldt the flush.