APT Super High Roller (120,000,000 VND)

Martin Stausholm opened the middle position for 160,000 and when the action was folded to Motoyoshi Okamura, he shoved all-in for 735,000 risking his tournament life. Stausholm, with a huge stack in front of him, didn't hesitate to call.

Motoyoshi Okamura: K♠ K♣

Martin Stausholm: A♦ J♠

The dealer flopped A♠ K♦ 2♣ giving Stausholm hitting the board but not beating Okamura's Kings. The turn Q♣ evoked an audible reaction from the table as this gave Stausholm a gutshot straight draw for an upset. Okamura was hoping that his kings held but the river T♥ completed Stausholm's straight pushing Okamura out of the tournament and in such a painful fashion.

Martin Stausholm opened for 120,000 and was met with three callers: Phuong Nguyen Tan on the hijack, Motoyoshi Okamura in the small blind, and Julian Warhurst in the big blind.

Everyone checked the flop of A♣ A♦ 4♠ , with Tan remarking his famous "Uh-oh." The turn A♥ saw Okamura bet 175,000, which was called by Warhurst, while Stausholm and Tan folded.

The river came 6♣ , and Okamura checked. Warhurst seized the opportunity to shove all-in for 1,700,000. After some thought, Okamura folded, and Warhurst took down the pot.

The final table has been reached.

Here are the final table chip counts:

Singapore’s The Naing, the champion of 2023 APT Summer Series Da Nang PL Omaha, leads the pack with a towering stack of 2,640,000 to bring into tomorrow's Final Day.

After sixteen 40-minute levels, Day 1 of the APT Phu Quoc VND 120,000,000 Super High Roller is in the books with 13 players remaining. A total of 55 entries (37 unique) were recorded at the Corona Theater, with numerous notable players generating a prize pool of VND 5,761,800,000 (~$226,840).

Naing maintained his momentum through the final level, capping off Day 1 perfectly by scooping a pot against Van Dong with turned trip queens, shortly after eliminating Dylan Foster with ace-queen.

The second-highest stack belongs to Denmark’s Martin Godsk Stausholm, the 2019 APT Manila High Roller Single Day champion, who surpassed the three-million milestone in total live earnings, accumulated impressive 2,340,000 chips to start Day 2.

Other notable players advancing to the Final Day include Mikael Andersson (920,000), Julian Warhurst (875,000), 2023 APT Incheon High Roller 8-Max champion Thanisorn Saelor (800,000), and Nevan Chang (245,000).

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Motoyoshi Okamura opened the hijack to 40,000 and received two callers, Martin Stausholm from the small blind and Mikael Andersson from the big blind.

Three players read a flop of 7♥ 3♥ J♠ , where Stausholm and Andersson checked the action to Okamura, who bet 55,000. Only Andersson dropped in a call.

The 3♠ landed on the turn, and the action went check-check. The river carried out the 7♦ , where Andersson changed his strategy and bet 175,000. Okamura snap-folded.

The Naing raised to 32,000 from the cutoff and Motoyoshi Okamura defended from the big blind to take it into the streets.

A flop showed 5♦ 2♣ A♦ , and Okamura checked the action to Naing, who then bet 28,000. Okamura called to see the Q♠ turn. The action went check-check.

The river brought a K♠ , where both players checked to a free showdown. Okamura quickly turned over a rivered pair of kings with K♥ 3♠ , and Naing tossed his cards into the muck.

Motoyoshi Okamura limped in from the small blind and Si Ng Pun checked from the big blind.

Both read the monotone flop of Q♦ K♦ 8♦ and checked through to see the 4♠ land on the turn, where Okamura checked the action to Pun, who sent a small bet of 15,000, which was enough to make the Japanese player muck the hand.

The Naing opened the cutoff to 25,000 and Motoyoshi Okamura defended from the big blind.

Both saw a flop roll off J♦ 9♦ J♠ , bringing flush and straight draw possibilities, and Okamura checked the action to Naing, who bet 18,000. Okamura then put in a raise to 65,000, and this was enough to make his opponent concede the pot.

Milos Skrbic opened from the cut-off and got three-bet to 50,000 by the Japanese Motoyoshi Okamura next to him. Skrbic responded with a four-bet to 120,000 which Okamura called. The flop came down A♣ J♠ 7♠ and the Serbian player put out a 45,000 continuation bet. Okamura wasted no time and jammed all-in for around 150,000 more. Skrbic made the call.

Motoyoshi Okamura: 6♣ 7♣

Milos Skrbic: A♠ T♥

The 2♣ on the turn gave Okamura additional flush outs, but the 9♦ sealed his fate and gave Skrbic and nice stack. After running bad early in his first bullet, momentum might have shifted for him now.