APT Super High Roller (600,000 PHP)

Thomas Ward raised to 80,000 from under the gun and Willliam Teoh three-bet to 300,000. When the action got back to Ward, he shoved all in for 1,200,000. Teoh went into the tank, but eventually, he dropped in the call.

Thomas Ward: K♥ K♠

William Teoh: T♠ T♥

Ward was in great shape to double up, and the flop of J♦ 6♥ J♣ kept his Cowboys well in the lead. However, things took a turn for the worse for Ward when the T♦ dropped, which improved Teoh to a full house. Only a river king or jack could save Ward from bubbling, however the A♦ hit the river, which meant Ward departed empty-handed.

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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Playing only five handed, Thomas Ward opened from early-position and got three-bet by Daniel Neilson to 90,000 in the big-blind. He made the call and both players were off to a flop.

The flop came down 5♣ 3♥ 3♣ and Neilson continued with a 95,000 bet. Ward called. The turn brought the spicy A♠ and Neilson put out another half pot bet, equaling 180,000 chips. Ward looked annoyed, saying his hand is too strong to fold. But yet, decided to let his cards go. "You had Jacks?" Neilson asked his opponent. "I had Tens" he said with a chuckle.