APPT High Roller (250,000 PHILIPPINE PESO)

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 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♠ .

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

James Mendoza raises 2500, called by small blind Rishi Mehra, then big blind Trung Quan Nguyen three-bets 5000, both players call. Nguyen c-bets 6000 on a flop K♥ 6♣ K♣ , only Mendoza continues to the turn K♦ . Nguyen fires 10,000, and wins the pot with no further challenge.

Seongjun Jeong opens and heads to the flop with two callers Trung Quan Nguyen and Sejin Park. At the flop 4♣ 2♣ T♥ , action is checked to Nguyen who bets losing big blind Park while Jeong calls. The turn J♥ Nguyen sends out 11,000, this time it is met with a check-raise from Jeong of 2800, Nguyen calls. On the river 7♠, Jeong tanks for one time bank then bets 35,000 covering Nguyen who calls all in with 32,300.