APT Super High Roller

William Teoh has been crowned the champion in the PHP 600,000 APT Super High Roller and bagged up a top prize of PHP 9,785,100 (~$166,350) after a short heads-up duel with John Matsuda, who had no choice but to settle for second together with a nice payday of PHP 7,079,000 (~$120,340).

Teoh navigated his way to the trophy through 59 entries that comprised 42 unique entries, which generated a prize pool of PHP 32,621,100 (~$ 554,560). The Malaysian player started the day as the chip leader, and continued his momentum to life the first flagship trophy event of the series, eliminating four players on the final table.

APT Super High Roller Final Table Results

After sixteen 40-minute levels yesterday, just twelve players returned for Day 2, and it was Natural8 Ambassador Nevan Chang who fell short of the final table. Chang got it in with ace-ten, which was no match for Matsuda’s ace-jack on a dry board.

However, Chang might not be the one having the most regret in mind as the last player to leave empty-handed in ninth was Thomas Ward, whose pocket kings were brutally cracked by the eventual champion's pocket tens when Teoh turned a set, bursting the bubble and guaranteeing the remaining eight players a slice of the prize pool.

The first bustout in the money happened just two hands after Ward's departure, when Toan Truong went all in with his ace-six and encountered the pocket sixes of Paulius Plausinaitis. A dry board came just to announce it time for Truong to head to the payout desk for PHP 1,305,000 (~$22,185).

The pace of elimination slowed down until Jordan Westmorland elected to shove with an ace on hand. He was in the lead when his opponent showed king-eight against his ace-eight. But the bad news came quickly as the dealer delivered a king on the flop to seal Westmorland’s elimination in seventh.

Joonhee Yea joined the rail soon after. His pocket threes encountered the ace-nine from Teoh, whose momentum never stalled as he paired a nine on the flop, making Yea’s journey stop in sixth, together with PHP 2,088,000 (~$35,495).

Alexander Lynskey was hoping for a double when he shoved with his Big Slick, but found himself in a bad situation by the river where his opponent, Teoh backdoored two pair with queen-jack, leaving Lynskey to exit in fifth and bag up a prize of PHP 2,675,000 (~$45,475).

Three hands later, it was Plausinaitis heading to cash out his prize next as he failed to best Matsuda’s pocket queens with jack-nine suited, which ended his run in fourth for PHP 3,458,000 (~$58,790).

When running into Teoh, Vincent Huang made the wrong decision to believe that his Snowmen could hold against the Malaysian players’ ace-nine. The board proved its favor again and gave Teoh an ace on the turn, which meant Huang finished third and banked PHP 4,567,000 (~$77,640) for his efforts.

Teoh held a towering ten-to-one chip lead over Matsuda when heads-up play began, and despite the Japanese player managing to double up with ace-three against ace-king, his hopes of a comeback were shot down when he jammed with ace-eight and ran into the pocket kings of Teoh. No help from the board meant Matsuda was the runner-up, and Teoh got to hoist the trophy.

Congratulations to Teoh on an excellent performance to grab his third lion trophy in APT Events. What a way to do it!

Hand 53 John Matsuda opened to 160,000 and William Teoh raised it up to 670,000. Feeling like being pushed around, Matsuda decided to jam his 32 big blinds, but got snap called by Teoh.

William Teoh: K♦ K♣

John Matsuda: A♥ 8♣

The board ran out 9♥ 8♠ 4♣ 5♣ 4♦ making William Teoh the APT Manila Super High Roller Champion.

Hand 52 William Teoh open jammed 8♠ 8♥ , but did not get called by Matsuda's A♣ 7♥ .

Hand 51 John Matsuda shoved all in from the button for 1,400,000 and William called from the big blind.

John Matsuda: A♣ 3♦

William Teoh: A♦ K♣

The board came 8♥ J♣ 2♥ 3♣ Q♠ , not only saving Matsuda’s tournament life but also giving him a much-needed double up.

Hand 47 John Matsuda shoved all in for 1,400,000 and won the pot.

Hand 48 William Teoh shoved all in for 13,000,000 and won the pot.

Hand 49 John Matsuda limped in on the button and Willam Teoh checked from the big blind.

The flop came 2♥ 6♥ 7♦ , Teoh shoved all in for 13,00,000 and won the pot.

Hand 50 Willam Teoh limped in, and Matsuda shoved all in for 1,300,000, which Teoh folded. Matsuda won the pot.

William Teoh takes a ten-to-one chip advantage into heads-up play against John Matsuda. Stay tuned to see if Matsuda can make a dramatic comeback or if Teoh will cruise to victory.

The Malaysian player has already eliminated three players on this final table, if he makes it four, he will be the APT Super High Roller champion!

Play will resume in around 20 minutes.

Hand 45 Vincent Huang limped in from the small blind. William Teoh shoved from the big blind for 11,000,000 and won the pot.

Hand 46 Vincent Huang raised to 160,000 on the button. William Teoh shoved from the small blind for over 11,000,00, and Huang called off his last 2,000,000.

Vincent Huang: 8♦ 8♣

William Teoh: A♥ 9♣

Huang's Snowmen retained their lead on the K♥ 7♠ J♥ flop, but a huge roar could be heard from Teoh as the A♦ dropped on the turn, giving him a pair of aces. Only an eight on the river could save Huang, but instead the Q♣ rolled off, which meant Huang was out in third.

Hand 43 William Teoh put Matsuda all-in in a blind-versus-blind situation. Matsuda folded

Hand 44 Teoh continued his aggression and opened 9♠ 8♣ on the button. Having enough of him, Matsuda went all-in with Q♣ 9♣ and took down the pot.

Hand 41 John Matsuda completed the small-blind and Huang checked his action with Q♦ J♦ . On J♣ T♣ 5♥ Matsuda checked and Huang bet out two big blinds, which is enough to take down the pot.

Hand 42 Vincent Huang completed his small blind with Q♥ T♥ and Teoh raised it up to three big blinds with K♣ 9♣ . Huang called and they went off to see a flop.

The flop was an action flop considering both players holding. 9♥ 8♣ 6♥ and Teoh put a hefty bet of 425,000. Huang just decided to call. The turn brought the 8♦ and Teoh continued with a small bet of 150,000 which Huang called once more. The river 9♦ continued Teoh sun run, but after trying to win all of Huang's chips by announcing an all-in, he got a fold the New Zealand national.

Hand 38 John Matsuda limped in from the small blind and Vincent Huang raised to 190,000 from the big blind. Matsuda then shoved all in for 1,600,000. Huang folded.

Hand 39 John Matsuda rasised to 125,00 on the button, and William Teoh shoved all in for 9,900,000 from the big blind, which forced Matsuda to muck his hand.

Hand 40 William Teoh raised to 120,000 from the small blind and John Matsuda called from the big blind.

The flop ran out A♥ 3♥ 3♣ , and Teoh bet 75,000 which was enough to make Matsuda fold.

Hand 37 William Teoh raised to 120,000 from the small blind and John Matsuda called from the big blind.

The flop came Q♠ K♦ 2♥ , and Teoh bet 105,000 which Matsuda raised to 290,000. Teoh dropped in the call to see the J♠ turn, where Teoh checked to Matsuda, who fired out 575,000, giving a tough decision to Teoh. Teoh eventually elected to call.

The river brought a 6♣ , and Teoh bet 650,000, forcing Matsuda to fold.

Hand 35 Having all the chips in the world, William Teoh opened from the button and Vincent Huang defended his big-blind. Teoh continued with a small bet on T♠ 6♥ 3♦ which got called by Huang. The turn brought 7♠ and both players checked. Once again it went check-check on the Q♦ river.

William Teoh: 9♣ 3♣

Vincent Huang: 8♠ 7♣

Hand 36 John Matsuda opened from the button with J♠ 2♠ and Teoh defended his big-blind with K♣ 3♣ . The flop A♠ J♦ 5♦ favoured the range of Matsuda, which led Teoh to fold against Matsuda's small continuation bet.

Hand 34 Paulius Plausinaitis shoved all in for 630,000 from the small blind and called by John Matsuda from the big blind.

Paulius Plausinaitis: J♦ 9♦

John Matsuda: Q♥ Q♦

The runout rolled off K♦ A♥ 2♣ 7♥ 6♥ , sending Plausinaitis out of the felt in fourth place for PHP 3,458,000 (~$58,790).

Hand 31 William Teoh raised to 130,000 from under the gun and won the pot.

Hand 32 Vincent Huang limped in from the small blind and William Teoh raised to 300,000 from the big blind, sending Huang into the tank before he made the call.

The flop came 7♠ 3♣ 4♠ , and Huang check-folded after Teoh fired out 300,000 again.

Hand 33 William Teoh shoved all in for 9,200 from the small blind and won the pot.

Hand 30 William Teoh opened from the cut-off and it folded to Alexander Lynskey who went all-in with his remaining 12 big blinds. Teoh made the call and Lynskey's tournament life was on the line.

William Teoh: Q♦ J♠

Alexander Lynskey: A♥ K♣

The flop came out safe for Lynskey, 9♥ 7♦ 5♠ , but the turn brought the Q♥ and river the J♣ sending Lynskey out in 5th place for PHP 2,675,000 (~$45,475).

Hand 27 Alexander Lynskey opened A♠ 5♦ on the button, and got three-bet by Vincent Huang in the small-blind with K♥ K♦ . The opener wisely decided to let his hand go.

Hand 28 Once again Vincent Huang is in the mix, this time opening T♠ 6♠ on the button. He instantly got punished by William Teoh next to him, who three-bet big. Nothing Huang could do and Teoh continues to increase his chip advantage.

Hand 29 No action and John Matsuda got a walk.

Hand 26 Steve Yea shoved all in for 630,000 from under the gun and William Teoh called from the hijack to put Yea at risk.

Steve Yea: 3♦ 3♣

William Teoh: A♠ 9♠

In the typicaly flip hand, the board came K♥ J♥ 9♣ 5♦ 7♠ , offering Teoh a higher flopped pair of nines and setting the tone for Yea's elimination.

Hand 23 Alexander Lynskey opened A♣ T♠ from early-position but nobody wanted to take part in this hand so he took down the blinds.

Hand 24 It folded around to William Teoh who opened on the button. John Matsuda defended his big-blind. On the flop K♣ 5♦ 4♥ Teoh continued with a small continuation bet, which got called by Matsuda. Both players checked T♦ on the turn. Again no action on the 3♣ river and the players went to showdown.

William Teoh A♦ 5♣

John Matusda 5♥ 3♥

Hand 25 It folded around to Matsuda in the small-blind who completed with Q♦ 9♦ . Lynskey checked his big-blind. The flop came down favorable for Matsuda, J♠ 9♥ 9♠ . He put out a small bet, but did not get any action from the Australian.

With six players remaining, here are the current chip counts.

Hand 22 In this last hand before the break Steve Yea found himself in a nice spot to open-jam K♦ Q♦ on the button for his 11 big blinds. Both blinds folded and the Korean picked up a few easy chips.

Players are now on a 15-minute break.

Hand 21 Vincent Huang shoved all in for 2,500,000 on the button and Jordan Westmorland called off his last 585,000 from the big blind.

Vincent Huang: K♠ 8♦

Jordan Westmorland: A♣ 8♣

The board came K♥ 6♦ 7♠ J♥ Q♠ , sending Westmorland for a payday of PHP 1,664,000 (~$ 28,290).

Hand 19 Jordan Westmorland raised to 100,000 from early position and Paulius Plausinaitis three-bet to 220,000 on the cutoff. Vincent Huang shoved all in from the small blind for 2,500,000 and won the pot.

Hand 20 John Matsuda limped in from the cutoff and Steve Yea checked from the big blind. The flop came K♣ K♥ T♦ , and Yea check-folded after Matsuda bet 75,000.

Hand 17 It folded around to William Teoh on the button who opened with 6♠ 5♥ and took down the blinds.

Hand 18 Paulius Plausinaitis opened the button and Alexander Lynskey jammed all-in with his less than ten big blinds. Plausinaitis made the call and Lynskey was at risk of busting the tournament in 7th place

Paulius Plausinaitis: 8♣ 8♠

Alexander Lynskey: A♣ Q♦

And off to the races we went. The flop came out great for Lynskey as it read A♥ 9♥ 5♥ . On the 2♠ turn and J♠ river no help for Plausinaitis arrived and Lynskey got a much-needed double up.

Hand 13 Willaim Teoh raised to 100,000 and won the pot.

Hand 14 John Matsuda raised to 100,000 and won the pot.

Hand 15 Jordan Westmorland limped in from the small blind and Willam Teoh checked from the big blind.

The flop came K♥ 7♦ 5♦ , and Westmorland bet 75,000. Teoh called to see the A♠ turn, where Westmorland bet 275,000, which Teoh raised to 550,000. Westmorland folded, and Teoh won the sizable pot.

Hand 16 Vincent Huang raised to 100,000 from the hijack and Paulius Plausinaitis called from the small blind.

The flop went 5♠ 2♦ 4♦ , and Plausinaitis checked to Huang, who then bet 250,000. Plausinaitis folded and Huang won the pot.

Hand 9 No action in this hand and Paulius Plausinaitis got a walk.

Hand 10 Vincent Huang opened A♥ Q♦ from middle-position and John Matsuda defended his big blind with T♠ 9♣ . The flop came favorable for the preflop aggressor as it came A♦ 6♠ 4♠ . Huang continued with a two big blind bet and Matsuda folded.

Hand 11 It folded around to John Matsuda in the small-blind who uses his stack advantage to put full pressure on Lynskey by jamming 7♣ 3♥ for the Aussie's effective ten big blinds. Lynkey folded.

Hand 12 William Teoh opened and took down the blinds without any resistance.

Hand 8 John Matsuda raised to 100,000 from early position, and William Teoh called from the big blind.

On the flop of K♥ K♦ 5♠ , Teoh checked, and Matsuda bet 70,000. Teoh raised to 200,000, which Matsuda called to see the 4♣ turn, which Teoh checked over. Matsuda then raised to 90,000. Teoh raised to 300,000. Matsuda called.

An A♥ fell on the river, the action went check-check. Teoh scooped with his flopped full house with K♠ 5♣ against Matsuda’s pocket sixes for two pair.

Hand 4 Steve Yea raised to 80,000 from early position. William Teoh called on the button. John Matsuda from the small blind shoved all in for 1,700,000. The other two folded and Matsuda won the pot.

Hand 5 William Teoh raised to 115,000 from the hijack and won the pot.

Hand 6 Alexander Lynskey raised to 100,000 on the button only to be jammed by Steve Yea for 125,000 from the big blind. Lynskey folded and Yea won the pot.

Hand 7 William Teoh raised to 115,000 from under the gun and won the pot.

Hand 3 It folded around to Toan Truong in the cut-off who decided to put his remaining 10 big blinds into the middle. Covering him easily, Paulius Plausinaitis in the small-blind made the call.

Paulius Plausinaitis: 6♦ 6♣

Toan Truong: A♠ 6♥

The flop did not bring any help to Truong as it came down J♦ 5♥ 4♠ . The turn 7♣ however, gave Truong some additional chop outs. Though the 9♥ sealed Truong's fate he finished the tournament in 8th place, taking home PHP 1,305,(~$22,185).

Hand 1 Nobody wants to mess with chip leader William Teoh in the big-blind so he got a walk.

Hand 2 Alexander Lynskey opened from early-position with 9♣ 9♠ and it folded around to Paulius Plausinaitis who defended his big-blind with K♣ Q♣.

The flop came down the J♠ 5♦ 4♠ and Plausinaitis called a small continuation bet from Lynskey. The turn brought the K♥ which both players elected to check. On the river 7♦ Plausinaitis took over the action and bet out an overbet equaling 350,000. This was enough to take down the pot, as Lynskey folded his pair.

With that devastating elimination of Thomas Ward on the bubble, updates on the SHR final table will now be hand-for-hand.

Here's a reminder of those payouts.

Thomas Ward raised to 80,000 from under the gun and Willliam Teoh three-bet to 300,000. When the action got back to Ward, he shoved all in for 1,200,000. Teoh went into the tank, but eventually, he dropped in the call.

Thomas Ward: K♥ K♠

William Teoh: T♠ T♥

Ward was in great shape to double up, and the flop of J♦ 6♥ J♣ kept his Cowboys well in the lead. However, things took a turn for the worse for Ward when the T♦ dropped, which improved Teoh to a full house. Only a river king or jack could save Ward from bubbling, however the A♦ hit the river, which meant Ward departed empty-handed.

Play has resumed on the final table of the Super High Roller.

There are 26 minutes left on the clock in Level 18, and it's bubble time!

Here's the stacks for the final nine, and William Teoh holds a commanding stack to start.

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There will be a short break while the final nine players prepare for the final table.

From the cut-off Taiwanese Pro Nevan Chang opened with his 19 big-blinds and it folded around to John Matsuda in the big-blind who decided to put Chang all-in, covering him by a handful of big blinds. Chang seemingly was in his tough spot, but eventually decided to risk his tournament life at the bubble of the final table.

John Matsuda: A♣ J♥

Nevan Chang: A♦ T♦

The board ran out A♥ 7♠ 6♥ 6♦ 4♥ busting Chang in 10th place.

While other players went to the feature table checking the who would be the last elimination to go into the final table, William Teoh was in the hand against Vincent Huang.

Teoh opened the small blind to 100,000 and Huang defended from the big blind.

Both saw the flop roll off 8♦ A♣ K♦ , and Teoh bet 55,000. Teoh called to see the A♦ turn, where the action went check-check.

A 6♠ landed on the river, prompting a huge bet of 400,000 from Teoh, which gave Huang a tough decision. Eventually, Huang opted to muck his hand.

Paulius Plausinaitis limped in from the small blind and William Teoh defended from the small blind.

Plausinaitis checked over on the flop of 4♥ 9♠ 6♠ , and Teoh bet 65,000. Plausinaitis called to see the 3♥ turn, where Plausinaitis check-called again after Teoh fired out 125,000.

The T♦ dropped on the river, Plausinaitis checked the action to Teoh. Teoh sent again bet of 125,000, forcing Plausinaitis throw his cards back to the dealer. Before returning the cards, Teoh was friendly enough to show his two pair with T♠ 9♥ .

Five-handed Vincent Huang opened from early-position and it folded around to Renji Mao in the big blind who decided to jam his remaining 490,000 chips. After a few seconds of deliberation time, Huang said he is "ready to gamble" and made the call.

Vincent Huang: 7♦ 7♣

Renji Mao: 4♠ 4♣

The board A♥ T♥ 5♦ A♠ 2♠ did not bring any help to Mao who busted in a disappointing 11th place.

The Australian pro opened from early-position and got called by the chip leader William Teoh on the button. The flop came down A♣ 8♦ 6♥ and both players elected to check. Lynskey checked once more the K♦ turn, which led Teoh to put out a 125,000 bet. The Aussie called and both players saw the J♦ on the river. However, this street went again without any action and to the showdown they went.

Alexander Lynskey: A♦ Q♥

William Teoh: 7♠ 5♠

Renji Mao limped in from the small blind and Vincent Huang checked to take it into the streets.

On the flop of A♥ A♦ 5♣, Mao bet 50,000 and Huang made the call to see the Q♣ turn, where the action went check-check.

A K♥ dropped on the river, and Mao bet 35,000. However, Huang raised to 175,000 this time, forcing Mao tossed his cards into the muck.

Daniel Neilson opened the hijack to 60,000 only to receive a three-bet to 180,000 from Jordan Westmoreland on the button. Neilson dropped in a call.

Both saw a flop of T♥ 8♦ Q♥ , and Neilson checked the action to Westmorland, who then fired out 125,000. However, this didn’t deter Neilson from shoving all in. After few seconds, Westmorland made the call to put his opponent at risk.

Daniel Neilson: Q♠ J♠

Jorda Westmorland: A♣ Q♣

The two flopped a queen, and Westmorland picked up the lead with his ace. The dealer swiftly sent the unfortunate news for Neilson as the dry runout came 6♠ T♠ , showing Neilson out of the door.

Vincent Huang raised from under the gun to 60,000 and received a call from Paulius Plausinaitis on the button.

On the J♠ Q♠ Q♥ flop, bringing the possibilities of flush draw, Huang checked the action to Plausinaitis, who then bet 70,000. Huang snap-folded.

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Five-minute warning!

Day 2 of the APT Super High Roller has kicked off, with the final twelve players competing for the Pewter Lion Trophy.

Updates will be delayed by 30 minutes, to match the live stream.

Good morning from thrilling APT Manila.

After a competitive Day 1, the APT Super High Roller returns for its second and final day with twelve players remaining in the field.

Out of 59 entries (42 unique), Malaysia’s William Teoh leads the pack with over three million chips (3,550,000), holding a commanding lead of more than double the next closest stack - Vincent Huang (1,770,000).

Over half of the survivors accumulated stacks of over one million yesterday. Among them are 2012 APT Manila Deepstack Turbo & 2019 APT Ho Chi Minh High Roller champion Joonhee Yea (1,165,000), and 2024 APT Taipei Hyper Turbo - High Roller champion Natural8 Ambassador Nevan Chang (1,070,000), who was also crowned the champion in the Turbo High Roller event on the first day of this series. Both are in pursuit of another APT title.

The prestigious pewter lion trophy awaits the winner as does a payday of PHP 9,785,100 (~$166,350).

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