APT Super High Roller (600,000 PHP)

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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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.

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♣ .

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.