APT High Roller (80,000,000 VND)

Hand 115 Jason Lau raised to 500,000 on the button and Nevan Chang shoved all in for 3,800,000 from the big blind. Lau dropped in a call.

Nevan Chang: Q♥ J♦

Jason Lau: A♥ Q♣

Lau was ahead of Chang with an ace in hand. The board came 9♦ 7♥ 5♠ 2♥ A♦ , improving Lau to top pair of aces and eliminating Chang in the runner-up position, earning VND 1,582,360,000 (USD 62,300) for his efforts today.

Hand 110: Nevan Chang shoved all-in with Ace-Three off and picked up the blinds.

Hand 111: Jason Lau called from the small blind with J♠ 6♣ and Chang protected the big blind with an all-in shove holding A♦ 7♣ . Lau folded.

Hand 112: Chang min-raised 500,000 with A♦ K♥ and Lau called with Q♦ 7♣

Both checked the flop of 5♠ 2♦ T♣ then checked :8d turn to see a T♠ river. Lau checked and mucked when Chang reached for chips.

Hand 113: Lau raised to 500,000 with A♦ 8♥ and won the pot.

Hand 114 Lau completed the blinds with Q♦ 8♦ and Chang checked his Q♠ 3♦ to see a flop of 6♠ 4♠ J♠ .

Lau check-called Chang's 500,000 bet to see a 5♠ turn. Both checked to see an A♠ on the river.

Lau checked and Chang put out 600,000, which Lau didn't match.

Hand 104 Nevan Chang raised to 400,000 and won the pot.

Hand 105 Jason Lau raised to 400,000 and Chang called. A flop came 2♠ Q♠ K♥ , and Chang checked to Lau who bet 400,000. Chang folded.

Hand 106 Chang shoved all in for 3,700,000 and won the pot.

Hand 107 Lau limped in from the button and Chang checked from the big blind.

A flop ran out 5♥ J♣ 3♥ , and Lau bet 300,000 to make Chang fold.

Hand 108 Chang limped in with K♣ 4♦ and Lau checked over with 9♦ 6♥ .

The flop showed 9♥ 4♣ 3♠ , Lau check-called after Chang bet 200,000.

The turn brought a 2♣ , and both players checked.

The river brought a 4♥ , and Lau bet 500,000, Chang shoved all in over the top for 3,300,000. Lau folded.

Hand 109 Lau raised to 500,000 and Chang called.

On the flop of 5♠ 3♠ A♠ , Chang check-called Lau's 500,000 bet.

The 9♥ came on the turn and both players checked.

The 4♥ hit on the river, and Chang checked over again. Lau the fired out 1,000,000. Chang folded.

Short break to get things ready for the final heads-up action between Jason Lau vs. Nevan Chang.

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 88 Nevan Chang limped in from the small blind and Jason Lau put in a raise to 600,000. Chang folded.

Hand 89 Lau shoved all in from the big blind for 5,300,000 and won the pot.

Hand 90 Amit Kaushik shoved all in for 1,900,000 from the small blind and won the pot.

Hand 91 Chang limped in from the small blind, and Lau raised to 600,000 from the big blind. Chang moved all in for 5,900,000. After some thought Lau called off his 5,500,000 stack.

Nevan Chang: K♣ 5♣

Jason Lau: A♣ Q♣

Lau's lead held on a flop of 7♣ 3♠ 3♥ .

The 8♣ came on the turn, offering no help to Chang.

The river revealed an A♠ , improving Lau to two pair and leaving Chang in some trouble with the short stack.

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 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 55 Nevan Chang shoved all-in for 7,100,000 from the cutoff and won the pot.

Hand 56 Guo Biao raised to 250,000 on the button and Amit Kaushik shoved all-in for 1,700,000 from the big blind. Biao folded.

Hand 57 Kaushik shoved all in for 2,100,000 from the small blind and won the pot.

Hand 58 Chang raised to 200,000 from the small blind with 5♦ 2♣ and Sean Ooi defended from the big blind with A♦ 9♦ .

On the flop of 4♥ 7♠ J♥ , the action went check-check.

The turn carried out 5♣ , improving Chang to one pair of fives, and Chang led out for 200,000 this time, which Ooi folded.

Hand 59 Jason Lau shoved all in for 1,300,000 from under the gun and won the pot.

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 31: Jason Lau raised to 200,000 from the hi-jack with A♦ 5♦ , Jennifer Cassell shoved all-in for 980,000 with 7♦ 7♣ and Nevan Chang four-bet shoved for 2,200,000 with J♥ J♠ .

Lau got out of the way, for a two-way showdown.

The flop came 9♠ A♥ Q♠ and Chang was still ahead.

Cassell needed a seven, but the poker gods sent an 8♥ turn and the A♣ river to offer no help.

Chang was awarded all of Cassell's chips and jumped into the chip lead. Cassell was hoping to win another APT title after winning the Women's Event, but had to settle for 7th and walked away from the table VND 406,760,000 (USD 16,015) richer.

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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Being the shortest stack at the table, Toan Chan Truong shoved all in from the cutoff for 325,000 and was called by Nevan Chang from the small blind to put him at risk.

Toan Chan Truong: A♠ 5♠

Navan Chang: A♥ J♥

Chang initially took the lead with a jack in hand, but Truong was not ready to bow out just yet. The flop revealed 5♥ A♦ 4♠ , improving Truong to two pair against Chang’s single pair. Chang needed to spike another jack to secure an elimination and continue his dominant tournament run. However, the runout came T♦ 3♦ , denying Chang’s hopes and ensuring a critical double-up for Truong.

William Teoh shoved all in from the hijack for 200,000 and was called by Nevan Chang from the small blind.

Nevan Chang: K♠ Q♠

William Teoh: A♠ 6♠

Teoh took the lead with an ace in hand and improved to a pair of sixes on the flop of 4♠ 6♣ T♥ . However, the dealer quickly delivered the bad new to Teoh as a runout of 4♥ K♦ upgraded Chang to a higher pair of kings, sealing the elimination of Teoh in twelfth place for VND 169,890,000 (USD 6,690).

Nevan Chang raised to 50,000 from the cut-off and Li Youkan shoved his last 244,000 in the middle from the small blind with A♥ T♦ . Chang made the call and flipped over A♠ Q♠

The board came 9♥ 7♣ 7♦ to keep Chang ahead. The turn Q♣ cemented his lead and sealed the fate of Youkan. The 5♥ river didn't even matter.

Youkan gets eliminated from the High Roller, but gets to take home a decent earn from the payout cage.

William Teoh risked his remaining 174,000 with Q♦ J♦ and was challenged by big stacked Nevan Chang on the big blind with A♠ 8♣

The flop of 5♣ Q♥ T♣ paired Teoh and the turn Q♠ gave him a set to leave Chang drawing dead. The dealer threw in the 3♦ on the river as a formality before shipping the double-up pot Teoh's way.

In the next hand, Nevan Chang jammed from the small blind with K♣ Q♦ and William Teoh defended from the big blind with A♥ K♥ .

The board ran 4♣ 9♣ 6♦ 2♥ T♠ to keep Teoh ahead and gain another double from Chang.

Nevan Chang has been jamming his big stack on the bubble to increase his stack by scooping blinds.

Chang jammed again with 4♣ 3♦ , but this time Toan Chan Truong risked his tournament life as the bubble, calling with A♥ J♠ and putting his last 151,000 in the middle.

The flop came 2♦ 5♦ 8♣ keeping Truong ahead, but giving Chang an open-ended straight draw that brought some oohs from spectators.

The turn showed a Q♣ and the river dealt a 9♦ to double Truong and nip a little bit from Chang's big stack.

Nevan Chang raised to 32,000 from under the gun when Jason Lau shoved all-in for his last 38,000. Chang added the spare change for a show-down.

Jason Lau: K♥ J♣

Nevan Chang: K♦ 8♦

Lau was ahead when the board ran A♠ 3♦ 4♦ 6♣ and the J♠ river gave Lau a pair to seal the deal.

Nevan Chang raised to 25,000 from the hi-jack with A♠ Q♣ . Justin Tsui in the small blind found A♦ J♥ and three-bet to 85,000. Chang four-betted back to 190,000 and made Tsui fold.

Jason Lau raised to 25,000 from the hi-jack with A♠ J♠ and was three-bet by Nevan Chang on the small blind to 85,000 with A♣ 7♥ .

The flop came 6♠ 3♦ Q♥ . Chang led out for 40,000 and Lau laid down the better hand.