APT Super High Roller (600,000 PHP)

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).

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

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.

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

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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♠

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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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.

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.

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.

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 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.

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♠ .