APT Super High Roller (600,000 PHP)

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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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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Jordan Westmorland raised to 50,000 from under the gun, and Toan Truong called from the big blind.

Truong checked the action to Westmorland as the flop rolled off 5♣ Q♥ 4♥ , and Westmorland bet 35,000. Truong called.

Both checked through the 8♦ turn to see the J♥ land on the river, where Truong bet 50,000 and received a call from his opponent. Truong tabled a rivered pair of jacks with A♦ J♠ , making Westmorland muck his hand.

Jordan Westmorland raised to 50,000 from under the gun and Toan Truong called from the big blind.

On the 4♣ 6♥ 2♦ flop, Truong bet 45,000 and Westmorland made the call to see the 2♣ turn, which both checked through.

A 9♥ dropped on the river, where Truong fired 180,000 and delivered the pressure to Westmorland. After a while, Westmorland mucked his hand.

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♣ .

Toan Truong raised to 32,000 from under the gun and Ting Yi Tsai called from the big blind.

On the 4♣ 8♦ 2♥ flop, Tsai checked to Truong, who then made a continuation bet of 55,000, prompting Tsai to shove all in for around 90,000.

Ting Yi Tsai: 8♣ 4♥

Toan Truong: A♦ A♠

Tsai picked up two pair against the bullets from Truong. However, soon the dealer delivered an unfortunate runout of 7♦ 2♦ , improving Truong to higher two pair and showing Tsai the way out.

This level did not go well for Toan Truong from Vietnam. First, he doubled Khoa Anh up with K♠ Q♠ vs Anh's A♥ Q♥ on a Qx high board then shortly after following hand happened:

Vincent Huang opened from middle-position and Truong defended his big-blind. On A♦ K♣ 9♠ Huang continued with a small bet, which Truong called. Huang continued his aggression on the J♠ turn with a 25,000 bet. Truong called once again.

The river brought the inconspicuous 4♥ and Huang put full pressure on Truong by putting him all in for his remaining 68,000 chips. After some deliberation time, the Vietnamese decided to call.

Vincent Huang: 4♦ 4♠

Toan Truong: A♠ 7♦