APT High Roller (80,000,000 VND)

Hand 100 Kaushik raised all in for 1,100,000 on the button and Chang called from the small blind.

Nevan Chang: 7♠ 7♦

Amit Kaushik: 8♦ 8♣

Kaushik held a strong lead on the flop of Q♦ T♦ 6♦ . However, it was short-lived as the turn brought a 7♣ , improving Chang's pocket sevens to a set.

The 6♠ fell on the river, upgrading Chang's set to a full house and sent Kaushik to the cash desk for a payday of VND 1,043,580,000 (USD 41,085).

Hand 93: Jason Lau pushed his big stack all-in and won the blinds.

Hand 94: Nevan Chang shoved all-in from the small blind and takes Lau's big blind.

Hand 95: Lau shoved all-in to win Amit Kaushik's big blind.

Hand 96: Lau raised to 500,000 from the button with J♥ 4♥ and won more blinds.

Hand 97: Chang shoved all in for 910,000 with K♦ 3♥ and Lau called with A♦ K♥

Lau dominated and Chang looked disappointed, but the flop came 2♠ 3♣ 6♥ to give Chang a pair. The turn 2♥ kept him ahead and the 4♦ river booked the win for Chang for a much-needed double-up.

Hand 98 Jason Lau shoved all in from the small blind and won the pot.

Hand 99 Amit Kaushik shoved all in for 905,000 from the small blind and won the pot.

Hand 84: Amit Kaushik jammed from the small blind with A♠ T♦ for 1,800,000 and won the big blind of Nevan Chang.

Hand 85: Jason Lau gets a walk on his big blind.

Hand 86: Lau called in the small blind and Kaushik checked his option from the big blind, to see a flop.

On a board of T♠ 2♣ 3♦ Lau check-called Kaushik's bet of 160,000.

A 9♣ fell on the turn, Lau checked again and Kaushik fired 500,000. Lau gave up, surrendering the pot.

Hand 87: Chang gets a walk on his big blind.

Hand 79 Nevan Chang raised to 450,000 from the small blind and won the pot.

Hand 80 Jason Lau limped in from the small blind and Amit Kaushik checked from the big blind. A flop rolled off 9♥ K♣ 6♦ and both players checked through. The turn showed a J♦ , and it was checked round again.

The river brought the Q♥ , and Lau checked again, Kaushik bet 175,000 and Lau called. Kaushik tabled 7♠ 4♦ for a bluff, Lau showed A♥ Q♦ to collect the pot.

Hand 81 Kaushik limped in from the small blind and Chang checked from the big blind. On the flop of Q♦ A♦ J♥ , Kaushik bet 160,000 and Chang dropped in a call. The 9♥ came on the turn, where Kaushik fired out 250,0000, forcing Chang to fold.

Hand 82 Chang limped in from the small blind, and Lau checked from the big blind. On the flop of K♣ Q♣ J♦ , both checked through to see the Q♠ turn, where Chang bet 160,000 and Lau put in a raise to 470,000. Chang folded.

Hand 83 Lau limped in from the small blind with 7♣ 6♣ and Kaushik checked from the big blind with 9♥ 7♥ .

A flop came 5♥ 3♠ 3♥ , and both checked through to see a 6♠ hit on the turn, improving Lau to two pair and he checked over again. Kaushik then bet 180,000 and Lau called.

The river carried out the 2♦ , and Kaushik checked. Lau bet 250,000 and Kaushik folded his hand.

Hand 74: Nevan Chang raised to 320,000 from under the gun. Jason Lau made the call from the small blind with Q♠ J♦ as did Amit Kaushik with 9♣ 8♥

The flop came 4♥ 7♥ A♣ . The blinds checked to Chang who fired a bet of 300,000 and found no more callers.

Hand 75: Jason Lau raised to 320,000 on the button and scooped the blinds.

Hand 76: Kaushik raised to 900,000 from the button and found no callers.

Hand 77: Lau raised to 325,000 from the small blind with A♥ J♣ and Kaushik defended with 9♥ 6♣ .

The flop came 3♣ 9♣ T♦ Lau led out with 280,000 and Kaushik shoved all-in with 1,100,000. Lau gave it up.

Hand 78: Kaushik found A♥ K♣ on the small blind and shoved all-in for 2,100,000 and got Chang to give up the big blind.

Hand 65: Nevan Chang raised to 250,00 from the cutoff with As 6♦ and Jason Lau defended the big blind with A♦ J♠

The flop came 3♦ 6♥ 4♥ and both checked to see a 3♠ on the turn. Lau checked and Chang put 350,000 in the pot with his pair of sixes and Lau called.

The 5♣ came on the river and both checked for a show-down.

Chang showed his winning pair of sixes and took the pot.

Hand 66: Amit Kaushik gets a walk on his big blind.

Hand 67: Amit Kaushik pushed all-in for 2,100,000 with K♦ T♣ on the small blind and Nevan Chang in the big blind considered his options with A♣ 3♣ , but eventually folded.

Hand 68: Chang jammed from the small blind and Sean Ooi gave up the pot.

Hand 69: Kaushik raised from UTG with A♣ 5♥ to 320,000 but found no customers.

Hand 60: Nevan Chang went all-in from the cut-off with A♣ Q♥ with 7,600,000 and Jason Lau called for his last 1,500,000 with K♠ J♣

The flop came 7♦ T♣ 9♦ to keep Chang ahead. The 3♥ turn made things look very grim for Lau, but the poker gods threw him an 8♥ on the river to complete a straight. Lau doubled up and put some damage to Nevan Chang's stack.

Hand 61: Action went to the blinds when Jason Lau raised to 250,000 with K♣ 6♣ and Kaushik surrendered his big blind.

Hand 62: Sean Ooi shoved all-in for his last 860,000 with K♣ 6♣ from under the gun and found a caller in Nevan Chang, who held A♥ 5♦

The flop came K♠ 2♣ J♣ to give Ooi top pair with a flush draw.

The turn came a 7♣ bringing the flush and giving the pot to Ooi.

The irrelevant 6♠ fell on the river, giving Ooi a doubled up and taking another dent from Chang's chip lead.

Hand 63: Nevan Chang jammed all-in from the small blind with A♣ 6♠ and scooped the blinds from Ooi.

Hand 50: Sean Ooi peeked at 4♥ 4♣ on the button and shoved for 1,500,000 and won the blinds.

Hand 51: Action folded to Jason Lau in the small blind, who made a call. Amit Kaushik defended his big blind with a raise to 320,000. Lau surrendered.

Hand 52: Nevan Chang gets a walk in his big blind.

Hand 53: Guo Biao shoved all in for 1,400,000 from under the gun with a pair of sevens in the hole, and won the blinds.

Hand 54: Action folded to the blinds when Sean Ooi completed the small blind and Guo Biao checked to see a flop of 3♣ 4♦ 9♠

Ooi bet out 120,000 and Biao raised to 300,000 with his top pair. Ooi gave up.

5 players are back at the felt to compete for the the top prize of VND 2,329,880,000 (USD 91,730) and an APT Lion Trophy. Nevan Chang leads the final table in chips.

Here are the chip counts:

Hand 40 Sean Ooi shoved all in on the button for 1,700,000 and won the pot.

Hand 41 Jason Lau limped in from the small blind and Amit Kaushik shoved all in from the big blind for 1,300,000. Lau folded.

Hand 42 Ooi raised to 200,000 from under the gun only to be jammed by Guo Biao for 1,100,000 from the cutoff. Ooi folded.

Hand 43 Lau raised to 200,000 from the cutoff and Ooi shoved all in for 1,700,000 from the big blind. Lau folded.

Hand 44 Kaushik raised to 200,000 from the cutoff and Biao defended from the big blind. On the flop of 7♠ 9♣ 6♥ , both players checked through to see the 3♣ fall on the turn, where Biao bet 175,000 and Kaushik folded.

Hand 45 Kaushik raised to 200,000 from under the gun and won the pot.

Hand 46 Ooi raised to 200,000 from the cutoff and won the pot.

Hand 32 Jason Lau raised to 200,000 from the hijack and Amit Kaushik three-bet to 500,000 from the cutoff. Lau then shoved all in for 1,400,000 and Kaushik called.

Jason Lau: A♠ K♠

Amit Kaushik: Q♥ Q♦

Kaushik held a slight lead on the flop of 7♠ J♠ 3♥ but Lau picked up the nut flush draw.

The board-pairing 3♦ came on the turn, improving Kaushik to two pair but Lau still haad outs.

The river brought one of those outs, the K♥ , upgrading Lau to higher two pair and he scooped the pot.

Hand 33 After a string of folds from every player, Guo Biao collected the pot from the big blind.

Hand 34 Nevan Chang raised to 200,000 from the hijack and won the pot.

Hand 35 Chang raised to 200,000 from under the gun and Kaushik called from the big blind.

On the flop of 3♣ T♣ A♥ , Kaushik checked to Chang, who bet 250,000, which Kaushik called to see the 9♥ turn, where Kaushik checked over again. Chang then shoved all in for 4,300,000. Kaushik folded.

Hand 23 Hayato Kitajima raised to 160,000 from under the gun, Jennifer Cassell shoved all in for 860,000 from the small blind and Kitajima folded.

Hand 24 Sean Ooi raised to 300,000 from under the gun and won the pot.

Hand 25 Nevan Chang raised to 175,000 on the button, and Ooi re-raised from the big blind. Chang folded.

Hand 26 Chang raised to 160,000 from the cutoff, and Hauato Kitajima three-bet to 475,000 from the button. Chang folded.

Hand 27 Amit Kaushik raised to 160,000 from under the gun and won the pot.

Hand 28 Jason Lau limped in from the small blind with 9♣ 4♣ and Kaushik checked from the big blind with Q♥ 9♠ .

On a flop of 4♠ 7♣ 8♠ , Lau check-called Kaushik's bet of 85,000.

The turn brought a 2♠ , which both players checked through.

A T♠ river saw Lau lead out for 275,000. Kaushik dropped in a call to collect a sizable pot with his rivered flush.

Hand 13: Action folded to the blinds and Jason Lau raised to 175,000 with Q♦ 9♣ to win the blinds.

Hand 14: Sean Ooi raised to 120,000 from the hi-jack with 9♠ 9♥ . Jason Lau called on the button with A♥ 4♥ and Jennifer Cassell defended the big blind with A♦ 8♦

The flop came 6♣ 3♥ Q♠ and action was checked to Ooi, who bet out 110,000 and found no challengers.

Hand 15: Amit Kaushik shoved all-in with 2,200,000 from the button with J♠ 9♠ and scooped the blinds.

Hand 9 Sean Ooi raised to 120,000 from under the gun and Nevan Chang three-bet to 250,000 on the button, which Ooi called.

On the flop of 6♣ T♥ Q♥ , Ooi checked to Chang, who bet 1,200,000 and Ool shoved all in for his last 520,000.

Sean Ooi: K♥ J♦

Nevan Chang: A♠ A♦

The turn and river ran out 4♥ 7♥ , saving Ooi’s tournament life by improving his king-jack to a flush.

Hand 10 Guo Biao raised from under the gun to 125,000 and Ooi called from the big blind. On the flop of Q♠ J♠ K♦ , Ooi checked to Biao, who bet 175,000 and Ooi called to see the 6♠ turn, where Ooi checked over again. Biao then shoved all in for 645,000, and Ooi folded.

Hand 11 Amit Kaushik raised to 120,000 from early position and collected the pot.

Hand 12 Kaushik raised to 120,000 from under the gun, and Jennifer Cassell three-bet to 300,000 from early position, which Hayato Kitajima four-bet to 700,000 from the cutoff and collected the pot after a string of folds from other players.

Final Table Chip Counts are below, with Taiwan's Nevan Chang leading the table with a dominating stake of 2,610,000.

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Nguyen Duy Thuc raised to 80,000 on the button wtih A♥ J♣ and Amit Kaushik defended the big blind with K♦ Q♣ The flop came 2♥ T♣ 6♥ .

Both checked to see a free K♠ on the turn. Kaushik check-raised the 60,000 bet of Thuc to 200,000. Thuc completed to see see a J♦ river.

Kaushik bet 225,000 and Thuc answered with an all-in for 1,400,000, covering the stack of Kaushik.

Kaushik went into deep thought, wondered if there were aliens among us, took a peek again at his cards, then the board and threw in a chip to signify a call.

Kaushik's brave call gave him a huge pot to take him to the chip lead on the featured table and maybe the tournament.

Nguyen Duy Thuc raised to 80,000 with Q♦ T♦ from under the gun when Amit Kaushik three-bet to 400,000 from the hi-jack with 8♠ 8♥ . Justin Tsui called all-in for his last 295,000 in the small blind with A♦ K♥ . Thuc got out of the way for a two-way showdown.

The flop came 8♦ 3♦ K♣ . Tsui made top-pair, but Kaushik made a set to put the nail on the coffin on Tsui's High Roller hopes. The J♥ made Tsui leave his seat and tap the table for a nice hand to Kaushik. The river 7♣ was inconsequential.

Kaushik earned a huge pot and Tsui made his way to the rail.

Phanlert Sukonthachartnant raised to 65,000 on the button with 9♥ 3♥ and Amit Kaushik defended the big blind with T♦ 7♣

The flop came 4♣ 4♥ 7♦ . Kaushik checked his option to Sukonthachartnant, who fired a 40,000 bet. Kaushik then raised to 85,000. Sukonthachartnant answered with a three-bet to 540,000 and Kaushik made the call, putting his last 270,000 at risk.

Kaushik was ahead with his seven pairing the flop. The 4♦ on the turn and the river 2♦ held the lead for Kaushik for an important double-up.

Duy Thuc Nguyen opened the cutoff to 40,000 and Amit Kaushik defended from the big blind.

A flop showed 3♥ J♣ K♥ , and Kaushik check-called after Nguyen bet 25,000. The turn carried out 2♣ , and both players checked through.

A 9♥ hit on the river, where Kaushik led out for 100,000, sending Nguyen into the tank. After around 2 minutes, Nguyen dropped in a call.

Nguyen turned over 5♥ 5♠ for a pair to best the ace-high from Kaushik’s A♠ Q♦ .