APT Super High Roller (600,000 PHP)

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.

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 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 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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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.

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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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.

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♥

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.