APT Super High Roller (600,000 PHP)

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.

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).

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

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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♥ .

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.

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 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.

Paulius Plausinaitis limped in from under the gun, and Joey Weissman raised to 11,000 from the cutoff, which Joseph Cheong made the call on the button. Plausinaitis also stuck around.

Plausinaitis and Weissman checked on the flop of T♦ 4♣ 9♣ , where Cheong bet 15,000. This time, only Weissman called.

A 6♣ fell on the turn, bringing flush possibilities and Weissman checked. Cheong bet 60,000, prompting Weissman to muck his hand.