APT Super High Roller

William Teoh is the Day 1 chip leader of the PHP 600,000 (~USD $10,300) APT Super High Roller. The Malaysian won a massive pot against second-in chips John Matsuda late in Day 1, putting him in a great starting position for Day 2.

A total of 59 entries (42 unique) led to a total prize pool standing at a mouth-watering PHP 32,621,100 (~USD $545,560) and the eventual winner taking home a PHP 9,785,100 (~USD $166,350) top prize.

Teoh accumulated a total of 3,550,000 in chips over the sixteen 40-minute levels played. A fourth place in this tournament would mean a career-high score for him. He achieved his best score at the 2022 APT Manila Championship which he finished in second position for PHP 2,797,700.

Second in chips with 1,770,000 finished the New Zeeland professional Vincent Huang. Throughout the day he could be seen chipping up nicely, never losing any huge pots. Closely following him comes seasoned pro Paulius Plausinaitis with 1,390,000. Other notable names making it to Day 2 include Jordan Westmorland (1,245,000), Nevan Chang (1,070,000), Thomas Ward (1,030,000), and Daniel Neilson (765,000).

Out of the 12 remaining players, 8 will make it to the money, but all eyes will be on the glorious Lion Trophy. For sure, it will be an action packed day which can either be followed on the live blog or via the live stream.

Here are the chip counts of the 12 remaining players.

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With just still twelve players remaining, the day has come to an end. The finalists will come back to battle it out for the trophy tomorrow.

A full write-up of the day's action will follow shortly.

With the final six hands of the day being played Joonhee Yea opened from the button and got put all-in by Daniel Neilson in the big-blind for his 20 big blinds. Yea called and his tournament life on the risk.

Joonhee Yea: A♣ Q♣

Daniel Neilson: 8♠ 7♠

The flop of Q♥ 5♠ 2♠ gave hope to both players and the 7♦ made it even more interesting. But the river 6♥ will let Yea sleep well tonight.

Jordan Westmorland raised to 50,000 from under the gun, and Toan Truong called from the big blind.

Truong checked the action to Westmorland as the flop rolled off 5♣ Q♥ 4♥ , and Westmorland bet 35,000. Truong called.

Both checked through the 8♦ turn to see the J♥ land on the river, where Truong bet 50,000 and received a call from his opponent. Truong tabled a rivered pair of jacks with A♦ J♠ , making Westmorland muck his hand.

After Jordan Westmorland took most of Alexander Keating's chips a couple of levels earlier, did he just take the rest of his stack. John Matsuda opened from early-position and Westmorland three-bet from the button. Next to him, Keating jammed all-in for around 20 big blinds. Westmorland quickly called.

Jordan Westmorland: K♠ K♥

Alexander Keating: A♣ J♣

The board ran out 9♦ 8♦ 5♥ 4♣ 2♥ busting Keating in the last level of the day.

On the flop of 3♥ A♣ 7♠ , there were around 170,000 chips in the pot when Alexander Keating from under the gun checked to Teoh William, who bet 55,000. Keating dropped in the call.

A 7♥ hit on the turn, where Keating check-called again after William bet 75,000 to see the T♥ fall on the river. Keating kept his strategy and checked over, which William fired out 180,000 this time, sending Keating in the tank. Eventually, Keating elected to muck his hand.

Jordan Westmorland raised to 50,000 from under the gun and Toan Truong called from the big blind.

On the 4♣ 6♥ 2♦ flop, Truong bet 45,000 and Westmorland made the call to see the 2♣ turn, which both checked through.

A 9♥ dropped on the river, where Truong fired 180,000 and delivered the pressure to Westmorland. After a while, Westmorland mucked his hand.

Nevan Chang opened to 32,000 on the button, and Daniel Neilson re-raised to 475,000. Chang shoved all in, which Neilson called of his last few chips.

Daniel Neilson: 7♦ 7♣

Nevan Chang: A♣ Q♦

The board swiftly came 9♣ 8♦ 9♥ J♣ 7♣ favoring Neilson, who evened out Chang’s stack when the tournament entered the last two levels.

The German DJ Topic has been eliminated after he pushed his remaining 120,000 from the big blind against Alexander Keating's open and William Teoh's flat call. Keating isolated Topic by jamming himself, giving Topic a good chance to double up.

Alexander Keating: K♠ J♥

Tobias Topic: A♣ 7♣

The flop A♥ J♠ 5♦ came out great for Topic, but unfortunately, the J♣ on the turn eliminated him shortly before the end of Day 1.

With around 100,000 chips in the middle, the board showed 7♣ 4♣ 7♥ A♠ Q♠ . Renji Mao bet 75,000 from the cutoff before Nevan Chang check-called from the big blind.

Mao turned over A♦ T♦ for turned two pair, making Chang throw his cards back to the dealer without showing.

Nevan Chang raised to 50,000 from the hijack and Toan Truong called from the small blind.

The action went check-check on the J♦ 8♣ J♥ flop. A T♦ landed on the turn, where Truong bet 60,000 and Chang stuck around.

Another T♠ dropped on the river, both decided to check to showdown. Truong tabled K♦ Q♥ for two pair, but it failed to best the two pair from Chang’s A♥ A♣ .

In this hand the two biggest stacks of the tournament went head to head with each other. John Matsuda opened to 40,000 from early position and got three-bet by the button William Teoh to 135,000. Matsuda called and to the flop they went.

This came out T♣ 9♥ 5♦ and Teoh continued with a 100,000 bet, which got called by Matsuda. On the board pairing 5♠ Teoh continued his aggression with a 300,000 bet. Matsuda called once more. The river brought the Q♥ and Teoh once more bet out 600,000, which sent Matsuda into the tank. After using one of his time banks he decided to call, just to be shown the bad news as Teoh rivered a straight with his K♠ J♠ .

With the end of the registration, the players are nearing the money quickly. Only 16 players remain out of which 8 will get paid. Today though, they will only play two more 40 minute levels after they took there final break now.

Here are the current top stacks.

Toan Truong raised to 32,000 from under the gun and Ting Yi Tsai called from the big blind.

On the 4♣ 8♦ 2♥ flop, Tsai checked to Truong, who then made a continuation bet of 55,000, prompting Tsai to shove all in for around 90,000.

Ting Yi Tsai: 8♣ 4♥

Toan Truong: A♦ A♠

Tsai picked up two pair against the bullets from Truong. However, soon the dealer delivered an unfortunate runout of 7♦ 2♦ , improving Truong to higher two pair and showing Tsai the way out.

Jordan Westmorland opened from middle-position and Alexander Keating next to him three-bet. Westmorland responded with a four-bet and Keating decided to jam all-in. "Okay, I am ready to run it" Westmorland said out loud and called.

Jordan Westmorland: T♥ T♣

Alexander Keating 8♣ 8♠

The board brought Keating no help and Westmorland is sitting in a very comfortable position now.

Phachara Wongwichit limped in from under the gun, and Joonhee Yea three-bet to 32,000. Wongwichit called.

A flop rolled of A♠ T♥ 2♠ , and Wongwichit checked it to Yea, who then bet 55,000. Wongwichit stuck around to see the J♥ turn, where Wongwichit checked again and Yea fired out 130,000 this time. Wongwichit called.

The board-pairing T♠ landed on the river, both players slowed down and the action went check-check. At showdown, Wongwichit tabled Q♦ J♠ for a turned pair of jacke, but it was no match for a flopped pair of aces from Yea’s A♦ Q♠ .

Nevan Chang opened from under the gun to 32,000 and Alexander Lynskey defended from the big blind.

On the J♦ 7♠ 9♠ flop, both checked through to see the K♦ turn, and the action went check-check.

A 9♣ dropped on the river, where Lynskey bet 120,000 and Chang called to bring it to a showdown. Lynskey tabled 5♣ 6♥ for a bluff while Chang showed T♥ J♥ for two pair.

Gary Thompson was all in from the small blind for 150,000. This was followed by a string of folds until Nang Quang Nguyen from the cutoff made the call.

Gary Thompson: Q♠ J♠

Nang Quang Nguyen: A♠ 8♦

It seemed that the board already made decision to keep Thompson as it ran out K♥ T♣ 3♦ 4♥ A♦ to give him an unbeatable straight. Thompson received a much-needed double up.

Alexander Keating opened the cutoff to 30,000 and Marco Rivera defended form the big blind.

Both players saw the K♥ Q♣ 9♠ flop, and Rivera checked it to Keating, who then continued with a bet of 15,000, which was enough to make Rivera fold.

Daniel Smiljkovic was all in for 210,000 from the small blind and called by Nang Nguyen on the button to put him at risk.

Daniel Smiljkovic: K♦ Q♠

Nang Nguyen: A♣ Q♦

The board rolled off T♣ K♠ 5♣ 4♣ 6♣ , giving Nguyen an unbeatable flush and leaving Smiljkovic out of the felt.

The action was picked up on the turn with a board showing Q♥ 6♦ J♦ Q♦ , and there are around 90,000 chips in the pot when Jordan Westmorland from the big blind checked it to Alexander Keating from middle position. Keating also checked.

An A♥ landed on the river, and the action went check-check. At showdown, Keating flipped 7♣ 5♣ , which was no match for Westmorland’s two pair with K♦ 6♥ .

Ting Yi Tsai raised to 20,000 from early position and received two callers, Phachara Wongwichit from middle position and Aidan Tam from the big blind.

Three players read the 3♣ 7♦ K♠ , and Tam check it to Tsai, who then made a continuation bet of 25,000, which both Wongwichit and Tam called.

A 2♥ fell on the turn, and Tam checked again. Tsai fired 80,000, resulting in the snap-folds from the other two players.

The players are now on a 75 minute dinner break. After this the registration will be closed. In total there have been 46 entries out of which 19 currently remain.

The action was picked up when Ngo Khoa Anh shoved all in on the cutoff for around 120,000, and James Mendoza raise-called from the hijack to put Anh at risk.

James Mendoza A♣ Q♥

Ngo Khoa Anh A♣ K♦

The dry board ran out 4♠ J♠ 4♦ 8♦ J♥ , improving nothing for both sides, which meant that Anh’s kicker king secured the pot for his double-up.

Nang Nguyen raised to 18,000 from under the gun, and William Teoh three-bet to 30,0000 from the hijack. This was followed by a string of folds from other players until the action went back to Nguyen. Nguyen then shoved all in for 250,000. Teoh dropped in the call to put his opponent at risk.

Nang Nguyen: A♣ Q♥

William Teoh: J♠ J♥

The board swiftly came 7♥ Q♣ 6♦ J♦ A♥ , improving Nguyen to two pair, but it still couldn’t best a turned set of jacks from Teoh, who terminated Nguyen’s tournament life.

Playing only five handed, Thomas Ward opened from early-position and got three-bet by Daniel Neilson to 90,000 in the big-blind. He made the call and both players were off to a flop.

The flop came down 5♣ 3♥ 3♣ and Neilson continued with a 95,000 bet. Ward called. The turn brought the spicy A♠ and Neilson put out another half pot bet, equaling 180,000 chips. Ward looked annoyed, saying his hand is too strong to fold. But yet, decided to let his cards go. "You had Jacks?" Neilson asked his opponent. "I had Tens" he said with a chuckle.

With a board running out 5♠ 2♠ J♣ 6♦ , there were around 83,500 in the middle, and Weissman checked from the big blind to Vincent Huang on the button, who then fired 45,000. Weissman called.

Both saw a 8♦ land on the river. Weissman checked to Huang again, and Huang set a small bet of 18,000, which Weissman dropped in the call to take it to a showdown.

Weissman tabled J♦ 4♣ for a flopped pair of jacks, and after checking his hand again, Huang mucked.

John Matsuda opened from early-position and Jordan Westmorland defended his big-blind. Both players elected to check the 9♦ 8♥ 5♣ flop. On the board pairing 8♠ on the turn Westmorland led out a pot size bet of 45,000. Matsuda called.

The river brought the T♥ and Westmorland polarized himself by jamming all-in for 175,000. After thinking it over for a bit, Matsuda eventually made the call.

Jordan Westmorland: K♠ 8♦

John Matsuda: A♣ 9♥

Nevan Chang opened the button to 20,000 only to be jammed by Ngo Khoa Anh from the big blind for around 330,000. After a while, Chang called.

Nevan Chang: A♥ T♣

Ngo Anh: 3♣ 3♦

When the flop ran out T♦ A♣ 8♠ , Chang improved to two pair and joked, “Please give me one more eight,” Soon after, the dealer delivered the runout of K♥ 4♣ to close Anh’s small hope for winning the hand.

Marc Rivera raised to 16,000 from under the gun and received two callers from William Teoh on the cutoff and John Matsuda from the big blind.

Three players read the flop of Q♥ 3♣ 6♥, and Matsuda checked over. Rivera bet 25,000, which Teoh made the call. the action went back to Matsuda, who then raised to 120,000, forcing the other two players to fold.

Nevan Chang opened to 15,000 from middle position, and Joey Weissman defended from the big blind.

Both saw a flop roll off K♠ T♠ 8♣ and checked through to see the T♥ fall on the turn, where Weissman checked to Chang, who bet 11,000. Weissman called.

A K♥ landed on the river. Weissman checked to Chang again. Chang bet 16,000 after thinking a while and Weissman called to take it to a showdown.

Weissman flipped A♥ J♣ for ace-high while Chang turned over J♥ 8♥ for jack-high, which made him relinquish the pot to Weissman.

The players are on their third break of the day. After this the registration will be open for two more levels. So far 38 players have registered to the tournament, out of which 22 currently remain. Here are the top 5 chip counts.

On the flop of 7♠ Q♠ K♦ , there were around 45,500 chips in the pot when Jordan Westmorland from under the gun and Chaoui Mehdi from middle position checked through.

Both saw a 6♦ come on the turn, and the action went check-check. The river brought the board-pairing K♠ , where Westmorland bet 60,000 and Mehdi stuck around.

Westmorland quickly tabled a rivered set with A♠ K♥ , making Mehdi forfeit the pot.

Quang Nguyen opened in middle-position and got three-bet by William Teoh sitting next to him. The flop came down Q♥ 9♠ 4♦ and Teoh continued with a continuation bet. Nguyen called.

On the 3♠ Teoh jammed all-in for 135,000 and after some deliberation time Nguyen called.

William Teoh: Q♣ 6♣

Quang Nguyen: T♣ 9♣

The river did not improve Nguyen hand, giving Teoh a full double up.

Nang Nguyen limped in from the small blind, and Juji Yajinuma raised to 22,000 from the big blind. Nguyen dropped in a call.

Nang Nguyen checked on the flop of K♣ 6♣ 8♦ , and Yajinuma continued with a bet of 40,000 only to be jammed by Nguyen for 177,000. After thinking for a while, Yajinuma threw one purple chip in the middle and announced “Call.”

Juji Yajinuma: A♠ A♥

Nang Nguyen: 9♣ 7♣

Nguyen picked up a flush and straight draw, meaning Yajinuma needed to fade many cards to win the pot. The dealer soon delivered a runout of 5♥ T♠, improving Nguyen to a straight.

While waiting for the dealer to count the chips for a few seconds, Nguyen asked, “You do it or I do it?” The dealer smiled and started to count the chips. Yajinuma still stays alive in the tournament.

Alexander Lynskey limped in from the small blind and Nevan Chang checked to take it into the streets.

Both saw a monotone flop of 8♠ 7♠ J♠ and checked through to see the 9♥ land on the turn, where the action went check-check again.

A 3♠ dropped on the river, and Lynskey checked the action to Chang, who changed his strategy and bet 12,000. Lynskey then raised to 75,000, but it didn’t defer Chang from dropping in a call.

Chang tabled an unbeatable flush with K♠ 5♣ , leaving Lynskey no choice but to concede the pot.

Florencio Campomanes and Joseph Cheong are two notable names busting in level 8 of the Super High Roller. First, Florencio Campomanes got it all in for around 20 big-blinds after opening from middle-position and getting jammed on by Vincent Huang in the big-blind.

Vincent Huang: A♠ 9♣

Florencio Campomanes: A♦ T♦

Unfortunately, for the Filipino the board ran out 9♠ 2♥ 4♥ J♣ K♥ busting Campomanes.

For Stephen Song his tournament life ended after he three-bet from the button against Joey Weissman's cut-off opening. Weissman jammed and Song made call for his around 30 big blinds.

Joey Weissman: Q♠ Q♦

Stephen Song: T♥ T♠

The board ran out J♥ 3♠ 3♦ 5♣ 9♣ and Song headed to the exit.

Trong Hieu Ngo opened the button to 12,000, and Edoc Lester three-bet to 30,000 from the small blind, which sent Ngo into the tank. Eventually, Ngo opted to muck his hand and showed one A♣ to Lester before returning the cards to the dealer.

Paulius Plausinaitis limped in from under the gun, and Joey Weissman raised to 11,000 from the cutoff, which Joseph Cheong made the call on the button. Plausinaitis also stuck around.

Plausinaitis and Weissman checked on the flop of T♦ 4♣ 9♣ , where Cheong bet 15,000. This time, only Weissman called.

A 6♣ fell on the turn, bringing flush possibilities and Weissman checked. Cheong bet 60,000, prompting Weissman to muck his hand.

This level did not go well for Toan Truong from Vietnam. First, he doubled Khoa Anh up with K♠ Q♠ vs Anh's A♥ Q♥ on a Qx high board then shortly after following hand happened:

Vincent Huang opened from middle-position and Truong defended his big-blind. On A♦ K♣ 9♠ Huang continued with a small bet, which Truong called. Huang continued his aggression on the J♠ turn with a 25,000 bet. Truong called once again.

The river brought the inconspicuous 4♥ and Huang put full pressure on Truong by putting him all in for his remaining 68,000 chips. After some deliberation time, the Vietnamese decided to call.

Vincent Huang: 4♦ 4♠

Toan Truong: A♠ 7♦

The action was picked up on the flop J♣ K♥ K♠ with around 29,500 chips in the middle. Both Nguyen Nang from the big blind and Chaoui Mehdi from under the gun checked through.

Both saw a 6♣ fell on the turn, where the action went check-check, and the river brought T♦ , which Nang checked the action to Mehdi, who then bet 17,000 this time. Nang called to take it to a showdown.

Mehdi showed two pair with Q♠ Q♥ , making Nang muck his hand.

On the flop of T♣ K♣ 2♥ , there were around 127,000 chips in the pot when Mendoza James bet 32,000 from the small blind and Nevan Chang called from the hijack, which Lester Edoc raised to 105,000 on the button. Mendoza snap-folded. The action went to Chang, who tanked for over 1 minute before eventually throwing his cards back to the dealer.

Another 15-minute break time for players.

Trong Hieu Ngo raised the button to 10,000 and only Daniel Neilson made the call from the big blind.

Neilson check-called on the flop of Q♠ 8♣ 4♣ after a continuation bet of 7,000 from Ngo. The two read a K♥ on the turn, where Neilson checked to Ngo, who fired 25,000 before his opponent called

The river revealed a 5♣ , and Neilson kept in check-call mode when Ngo fired out 65,000 this time. Ngo showed a flopped set of queens with Q♣ Q♦ , leaving Neilson no motivation to show his cards.

Chaoui Mehdi opened the cutoff to 8,000 and received two callers from the blinds, James Mendoza and Trong Hieu Ngo.

Three player saw a flop roll off 4♣ 9♣ Q♥ . Both Ngo and Mendoza checked the action to Mehdi, who made a continuation bet of 14,000. Quickly, Ngo and Mendoza mucked their cards.

Trong Hieu Ngo raised to 6,000 from under the gun, and Daniel Neilson three-bet to 20,000 from the cutoff, which Ngo called.

The flop dealt 6♥ J♠ A♦ , and Ngo check-called after Neilson bet 12,000. Both saw a 2♠ turn, where Ngo kept his check-called mode in this street as Neilson bet 60,000.

A 4♥ fell on the river. Ngo checked the action to Neilson, who fired out 260,000, giving Ngo a tough situation. After a while Ngo mucked his hand.

“Show what you got!” said Nang Nguyen. “King-queen,” replied Neilson without turning over his cards.

Vincent Huang limped in from the small blind and Joey Weissman checked from the big blind to take it to the streets.

A flop rolled of J♠ 3♠ K♣ , and Huang checked to Weissman, who bet 6,000. Huang called to see the 3♥ turn, where Huang checked again. Weissman bet 16,000 this time, making Huang fold.

Currently, there have been 14 players registered of which 10 are remaining. Here are their chip counts at the beginning of level 5.

On the flop of 6♠ K♥ T♣ , there were 7,500 chips in the middle. The dealer delivered the board-pairing K♦ on the turn, and Chaoui Mehdi checked too Chang, who bet 2,500. Mehdi called.

A 4♦ landed on the river, where Mehdi bet 9,000 and Chang snap-folded.

Yu Chung Chang opened to 5,500 from the cutoff and only Nang Nguyen called from the big blind.

Both saw a flop of 8♥ Q♥ 8♣ and the action went check-check. A 9♦ hit on the turn, where the two kept the pace and checked through.

The J♥ fell on the river. Nguyen checked to Chang, who then bet 9,000 which was enough for him to collect the pot as Nguyen snap-folded.

After opening the button and putting out a small continuation bet, Sean Ooi bet 17,000 into a pot of 26,000 on the turn with the board reading 9♣ 8♠ 7♥ 4♥ . From the big-blind, Vincent Huang, then put Ooi all-in for around 100,000 more, and Ooi called.

Vincent Huang: 9♠ 8♥

Sean Ooi: J♠ 9♦

The river bricked out, busting Ooi early. He still has plenty of time should he decide to re-enter the tournament.

Chaoui Mehdi is back for his second bullet and started action from the button with a raise to 6,000. Only Daniel Neilson called from the big blind.

Both saw the A♦ 7♦ 5♥ flop, and Neilson checked the action to Mehdi, who continued with a bet of 7,500. Neilson made the call.

A 8♣ landed on the turn, where Neilson check-called again after Mehdi fired 24,000. The river showed 7♠ , and Neilson checked. Mehdi delivered another barrel of 125,000, making Neilson hesitate a bit before he threw his cards in the muck.

Players are now on 15 minutes break.

On the flop of 5♣ 2♥ 7♥ , Alexander Lynskey from the small blind checked the action to Chaoui Mehdi from the cutoff. Mehdi then bet 6,500 and Lynskey called.

A J♦ fell on the turn, where Lynskey checked again to Mehdi, who fired out 22,000 this time. Lynskey called quickly to see the 2♥ river. Lynskey kept his strategy and checked. Mehdi shoved all in for around 100,000. Lynskey snap-called.

Mehdi flipped A♦ J♥ for a pair of jacks but it was no match for a flopped set of sevens from Lynskey’s 7♣ 7♠ .

Jun Obara opened the button to 4,000, and Daniel Neilson three-bet to 17,500 from the big blind. Obara made the call.

Both saw a flop of T♥ T♣ Q♣ , and Neilson continued with a bet of 50,000. Obara called to see the 9♦ turn, where Neilson fired 40,000. Obara stuck around.

The river brought a K♣ , prompting Neilson fired out 100,000. Obara tossed his cards in the muck.

Sean Ooi opened the button to 4,000 and received the calls from Yoon Kang and Vincent Huang from the blinds.

A flop showed 7♥ 7♠ 4♠ , and three players checked through to see the J♥ turn, where they all decided to check through again.

The river brought 6♣ , which Huang changed his strategy and bet 3,500 this time. Only Kang made the call to take it to a showdown. Huang tabled K♦ T♥ for a bluff and Kang turned over two pair with T♦ 6♦ to collect the chips.

Felix Favre limped in from the small blind and Sean Ooi defended from the big blind.

On the flop of 3♣ 7♥ 8♣ , Favre checked the action to Ooi, who then bet 3,500. After thinking for a while, Favre decided to fold.

Felix Favre raised to 4,000 from under the gun, and Yoon Kang three-bet to 18,000 form the small blind, which Favre called.

Both saw a flop come 4♥ K♥ 4♣ , and Kang continued with a bet of 11,500, which was enough to make Favre muck his hand.

The cut-off opened and Chaoui Mehdi, who joined the tournament a few minutes earlier, three-bet to 11,000. Sitting in the big-blind, Alexander Lynskey cold four-bet to 32,000, Obara got out of the way, and Mehdi called.

On 7♥ 3♥ 2♣ Lynskey bet out 35,000, which got called by Mehdi. The turn brought the 3♠ and the Aussie put full pressure on Mehdi by going all in for 130,500. Mehdi could not believe it but decided to lay down his hand. Lynskey then cold-blooded showed the 5♠ .

Zhi Ooi opened from under the gun to 2,500 and received two callers, Yoon Kang on the button and Felix Favre from the big blind.

Three players read the flop of 4♥ 2♠ K♠ , and both Favre and Ooi checked over. Kang continued with a bet of 3,000, which only Ooi made the call.

A 5♦ fell on the turn, where Ooi check-called after Kang fired 15,000. The river brought a 3♣ , and Ooi checked over again, prompting Kang sent another barrel of 66,000. After tanking for around one minute, Ooi dropped in a call.

Kang quickly showed a turned set with 5♣ 5♥, leaving Ooi hopeless to win the pot and muck his hand.

There are 9,500 chips in the middle with a board rolling off Q♦ 3♥ Q♠ J♣ as Felix Favre checked the action from the big blind to Zhi Ooi from under the gun. Ooi then bet 4,000. Favre checked again his cards before he threw his cards back to the dealer.

The action was picked up on the turn with a board showing 5♥ 4♣ 8♠ T♥ when Joey Weissman bet 3,000 from the big blind and Vincent Huang called from the button.

Both saw river bring an A♥ and the action went check-check. Joey flipped a rivered pair of aces with A♠ 3♠ while Huang also tabled a pair of aces accompanied by a stronger kicker card with A♦ K♣ , which secured the pot for him.

"Shuffle up and deal" has been announced, and the curtain has been lifted for the Super High Roller.

Good morning, everyone, and welcome back to APT Manila.

The action kicks off today at City of Dreams with APT Super High Roller taking the stage at 11:15 am local time. Featuring a substantial PHP 15,000,000 guarantee for players to compete for, the event requires a buy-in of PHP 600,000.

Contestants will start with a stack of 250,000 and play through sixteen 40-min levels, beginning with blinds 500/1,000 and a 1,000 big blind ante, aiming to progress to tomorrow’s Final Day.

Registration will be open till 8:35 pm local time. Don’t miss out!

Stay tuned with us for full coverage of what is sure to be an exciting day of poker thrills and spills.