APT Super High Roller (600,000 PHP)

Hand 45 Vincent Huang limped in from the small blind. William Teoh shoved from the big blind for 11,000,000 and won the pot.

Hand 46 Vincent Huang raised to 160,000 on the button. William Teoh shoved from the small blind for over 11,000,00, and Huang called off his last 2,000,000.

Vincent Huang: 8♦ 8♣

William Teoh: A♥ 9♣

Huang's Snowmen retained their lead on the K♥ 7♠ J♥ flop, but a huge roar could be heard from Teoh as the A♦ dropped on the turn, giving him a pair of aces. Only an eight on the river could save Huang, but instead the Q♣ rolled off, which meant Huang was out in third.

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.

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

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While other players went to the feature table checking the who would be the last elimination to go into the final table, William Teoh was in the hand against Vincent Huang.

Teoh opened the small blind to 100,000 and Huang defended from the big blind.

Both saw the flop roll off 8♦ A♣ K♦ , and Teoh bet 55,000. Teoh called to see the A♦ turn, where the action went check-check.

A 6♠ landed on the river, prompting a huge bet of 400,000 from Teoh, which gave Huang a tough decision. Eventually, Huang opted to muck his hand.

Five-handed Vincent Huang opened from early-position and it folded around to Renji Mao in the big blind who decided to jam his remaining 490,000 chips. After a few seconds of deliberation time, Huang said he is "ready to gamble" and made the call.

Vincent Huang: 7♦ 7♣

Renji Mao: 4♠ 4♣

The board A♥ T♥ 5♦ A♠ 2♠ did not bring any help to Mao who busted in a disappointing 11th place.

Renji Mao limped in from the small blind and Vincent Huang checked to take it into the streets.

On the flop of A♥ A♦ 5♣, Mao bet 50,000 and Huang made the call to see the Q♣ turn, where the action went check-check.

A K♥ dropped on the river, and Mao bet 35,000. However, Huang raised to 175,000 this time, forcing Mao tossed his cards into the muck.

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.

With a board running out 5♠ 2♠ J♣ 6♦ , there were around 83,500 in the middle, and Weissman checked from the big blind to Vincent Huang on the button, who then fired 45,000. Weissman called.

Both saw a 8♦ land on the river. Weissman checked to Huang again, and Huang set a small bet of 18,000, which Weissman dropped in the call to take it to a showdown.

Weissman tabled J♦ 4♣ for a flopped pair of jacks, and after checking his hand again, Huang mucked.

The players are on their third break of the day. After this the registration will be open for two more levels. So far 38 players have registered to the tournament, out of which 22 currently remain. Here are the top 5 chip counts.

Florencio Campomanes and Joseph Cheong are two notable names busting in level 8 of the Super High Roller. First, Florencio Campomanes got it all in for around 20 big-blinds after opening from middle-position and getting jammed on by Vincent Huang in the big-blind.

Vincent Huang: A♠ 9♣

Florencio Campomanes: A♦ T♦

Unfortunately, for the Filipino the board ran out 9♠ 2♥ 4♥ J♣ K♥ busting Campomanes.

For Stephen Song his tournament life ended after he three-bet from the button against Joey Weissman's cut-off opening. Weissman jammed and Song made call for his around 30 big blinds.

Joey Weissman: Q♠ Q♦

Stephen Song: T♥ T♠

The board ran out J♥ 3♠ 3♦ 5♣ 9♣ and Song headed to the exit.

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♦

Vincent Huang limped in from the small blind and Joey Weissman checked from the big blind to take it to the streets.

A flop rolled of J♠ 3♠ K♣ , and Huang checked to Weissman, who bet 6,000. Huang called to see the 3♥ turn, where Huang checked again. Weissman bet 16,000 this time, making Huang fold.

Currently, there have been 14 players registered of which 10 are remaining. Here are their chip counts at the beginning of level 5.

After opening the button and putting out a small continuation bet, Sean Ooi bet 17,000 into a pot of 26,000 on the turn with the board reading 9♣ 8♠ 7♥ 4♥ . From the big-blind, Vincent Huang, then put Ooi all-in for around 100,000 more, and Ooi called.

Vincent Huang: 9♠ 8♥

Sean Ooi: J♠ 9♦

The river bricked out, busting Ooi early. He still has plenty of time should he decide to re-enter the tournament.

Sean Ooi opened the button to 4,000 and received the calls from Yoon Kang and Vincent Huang from the blinds.

A flop showed 7♥ 7♠ 4♠ , and three players checked through to see the J♥ turn, where they all decided to check through again.

The river brought 6♣ , which Huang changed his strategy and bet 3,500 this time. Only Kang made the call to take it to a showdown. Huang tabled K♦ T♥ for a bluff and Kang turned over two pair with T♦ 6♦ to collect the chips.

The action was picked up on the turn with a board showing 5♥ 4♣ 8♠ T♥ when Joey Weissman bet 3,000 from the big blind and Vincent Huang called from the button.

Both saw river bring an A♥ and the action went check-check. Joey flipped a rivered pair of aces with A♠ 3♠ while Huang also tabled a pair of aces accompanied by a stronger kicker card with A♦ K♣ , which secured the pot for him.