APT High Roller (200,000 PHP)

Hand 53 Alexander Lynskey raised to 200,000 from middle position, and when the action folded to Jason Magbanua in the big blind, he shoved all-in for 1,200,000 chips, putting his tournament life on the line. It was an easy call for Lynskey.

Jason Magbanua: K♦ Q♦

Alexander Lynskey: A♣ Q♥

The dealer flopped 2♠ J♠ 6♠ , keeping Lynskey in the lead and offering no help to Magbanua. Still hoping to hit one of his outs, Magbanua watched as the dealer dealt the 5♣ turn. The A♠ river sealed Lynskey’s victory, and Magbanua was eliminated, hitting the rail.

Hand 41 Vamerdino Magsakay with K♠ J♥ raised to 200,000 at cut-off and got a three-bet from Alexander Lynskey to 320,000 with A♥ A♣ and won the pot.

Hand 42 Lynskey with Q♦ T♥ shoved all-in in small blind and won the pot.

Hand 43 Gary Thompson raised to 160,000 with A♦ 6♠ and got an all-in shove for 2,400,000 from Teng Hoo with nine-seven suited. Thompson folded.

Hand 44 Lynskey opened to 160,000 with A♥ 7♣ and got a call from Daniel Neilson with Q♦ 9♦ on the button. The flop showed 4♦ Q♥ 6♠ , Neilson bet 110,000 after action was passed to him and won the pot.

Hand 45 Jason Magbanua got a walk.

Hand 46 Lynskey raised to 160,000 with A♥ J♠ under-the-gun and Jason Lau shoved all-in with A♣ 8♣ for 560,000 and got called by Lynskey. The board displayed 2♣ T♣ 2♥ 4♣ 8♥ . Lau doubled up.

Hand 47 Magsakay raised to 800,000 with ace-eight offsuit and won the pot.

Hand 31 Action folded to Alexander Lynskey in the small blind, who raised to 200,000 and stole the big blinds.

Hand 32 Teng Hoo raised to 160,000 with A♦ Q♦ from early position and Gary Thompson calls in the big blind with A♥ 8♣ . The flop came 9♣ 7♥ T♣ where both checked to see a J♣ on the turn. Thompson bet 100,000 and Hoo matched to see a 5♦ river. Thompson fired 290,000 and Hoo called. Thompson's straight scooped the pot.

Hand 33 Lynskey shoved all-in from the cut-off with 6♣ 4♣ and took down the blinds.

Hand 34 Lynskey raised all-in from the hijack and took more blinds.

Hand 20 Jason Lau with A♦ 3♣ raised to 120,000 on the button and Vamerdino Magsakay shoved all-in with K♥ Q♠ in the big blind and won the pot.

Hand 21 Jason Magbanua raised to 100,000 on the button with J♠ 8♠ and got called by Alexander Lynskey with 9♣ 5♠ . Both saw the flop K♠ K♥ 3♥ where Lynskey checked and Magbanua bet 75,000 and won the pot.

Hand 22 Lynskey completed in the small blind with 4♣ 3♠ and Jordan Westmorland in the big blind checked with A♣ 9♥ . The flop 5♦ 9♠ 9♦ was checked by Lynskey and Westmorland bet 60,000 and won the pot.

Hand 23 Daniel Neilson raised to 120,000 with A♦ T♦ and won the pot.

Hand 16 Alexander Lynskey raised 125,000 from the hijack and collected the blinds.

Hand 17 Vamerdino Magsakay min-raised from early position with 7♠ 7♦ and Lynskey three-bet to 250,000 with Q♣ 7♣ . Magsakay called to see a flop of Q♦ 4♦ K♥ , pairing Lynskey's queen. Magsakay checked and folded when Lynskey bet out only 60,000.

Hand 18 Jason Magbanua min-raised to 120,000 with K♥ Q♠ from under the gun and Lynskey called with A♥ 2♥ two seats down. Both saw a flop of 3♠ 4♣ K♠ , giving Magabanua top pair. Magbanua check-called Lynskey's 60,000 bet to see a J♣ on the turn. Magbanua check-raised all-in for 660,000 over the 160,000 bet of Lynskey, who immediately gave up.

Hand 13 Alexander Lynskey completed the small blind with J♣ T♦ and Jordan Westmorland raised to 100,000 with T♠ T♣ . Lynskey called to see a flop of Q♠ 6♣ Q♣ where he check-called the 150,000 bet from Westmorland to see a J♥ on the turn. Both checked to see the 3♥ on the river. Lynskey popped 250,000 and Westmorland called. The pot of 650,000 was shipped to Lynskey.

Hand 14 Lynskey with K♠ 4♣ raised to 100,000 and won the pot.

Hand 15 Jason Magbanua raised to 100,000 in middle position and got called by Daniel Neilson with T♥ 8♥ to see a flop of 4♥ 5♥ J♠ . Neilson checked, Magbanuna bet 140,000, and got called by Neilson.

The turn 6♦ was once again checked by both players. Neilson shoved for 750,000 on the river 5♣ . Magbanua surrendered the hand.

Hand 11 Alexander Lynskey with 2♠ 2♦ under the gun raised to 100,000. Daniel Neilson with 9♠ 9♦ three-bet to 620,000 and won the pot.

Hand 12 Gary Thompson raised to 100,000 with A♥ T♣ and got called by Lynskey in the big blind. Both players checked the flop of K♥ Q♣ A♣ . Both players checked the turn Q♦ and the 7♦ river and Thompson scooped the pot with his ace.

Hand 1 Yuhang Chen raised to 100,000 with 4♠ 4♣ on the button and won the pot.

Hand 2 Jason Lau got 6♠ 6♥ and shoved all-in. Everybody else folded.

Hand 3 Chen with K♣ Q♠ raised to 100,000 and Vamerdino Magsakay in the small blind with A♣ Q♣ shoved all-in and took down the pot.

Hand 4 Alexander Lynskey opened A♣ 2♥ from the small blind and won the pot.

Hand 5 Chen with 9♠ 9♦ raised to 100,000 in middle position and scooped the pot.

Hand 6 Lynskey raised 100,000 with A♣ 9♠ and scooped the pot.

Hand 7 Jason Magbanua with A♠ K♠ raised to 100,000. Teng Hoo with Q♦ J♥ in the big blind called. The flop came down 9♠ T♥ 6♣ , which went check-check. The turn 7♥ was checked by both players again. Teng Hoo bet 180,000 on the river 3♦ and Magbanua folded.

Alexander Lynskey holds a commanding chip lead heading into the final table, but he can convert his lead into a Bronze Lion Trophy?

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Action was picked up with Jason Magbanua betting 150,000 on the flop of 5♥ 7♦ 6♠ . Juns Leong was considering what to do and finally shoved his remaining chips worth about 140,000 all-in for his tournament life.

Juns Leong: A♥ 9♦

Jason Magbanua: 9♣ 7♣

Magbanua hit a pair of sevens on the board, but Leong had numerous outs including a gutshot draw. A♠ Leong prayed for just one of his outs to come out, the dealer dealt the turn of 5♠ and river 9♠ . Without a redraw, Leong exited the premises.

Ryosuke Tomuro shoved from the small blind for around 440,000 and Jason Magbanua called out of the big blind.

Ryosuke Tomuro: A♣ T♥

Jason Magbanua: K♦ 8♣

Tomuro had been patient and found a great spot to close in on a million-chip stack, and held firm on the 4♠ 2♣ 6♦ flop. However, an 8♥ on the turn gave Magbanua a pair, which left Tomuro one card from the rail.

No ace or ten came on the 9♠ river, which left Tomuro sidelined in 15th.