APT Super High Roller (600,000 PHP)

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.

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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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 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.

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♠ .