Scott Margereson

Scott Margereson leads the pack heading into Day 2 of the PHP 600,000 (~USD $10,300) APT Super High Roller. The British pro surged to the top of the counts after winning a massive pot against Marius Gierse late on Day 1, putting him in prime position for a deep run.

A total of 81 entries (58 unique) generated a prize pool of PHP 44,784,900 (~USD 769,500), with the eventual champion set to take home a top prize of PHP 12,316,900 (~USD $211,631).

Margereson accumulated 2,850,000 chips over the sixteen 40-minute levels played. Notably, this Super High Roller marks his first-ever APT cash, and a win here would guarantee him a top-five career score.

Rokas Asipauskas

Chasing Margereson in second place is Lithuanian pro Rokas Asipauskas, who bagged 2,145,000 chips. Throughout the day, Asipauskas steadily built his stack, never losing any massive pots.

Close behind him is hometown hero John Matsuda, who sits in third place with 1,920,000 chips. Other notable names advancing to Day 2 include Punnat Punsri (1,835,000), Charlie Chiu (1,710,000), the reigning Manila Super High Roller champion William Teoh (1,370,000), and Tobias Schwecht (1,050,000).

Out of the 16 remaining players, only 11 will make the money, but all eyes are on the prestigious Pewter Lion Trophy. With the stakes this high, an action-packed day is guaranteed, with coverage available via the live blog and live stream once the final table begins.

Here are the chip counts of the 16 remaining players.

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Play resumes on Thursday at 12:00 PM (local time). Follow the live blog for real-time updates, and catch the live stream once the final table is underway.

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And that is it for day 1. After 13 hours of play, the remaining 16 players will come back tomorrow at noon to battle it for the prestigious APT Super High Roller title.

Marius Gierse

With only a handful of hands left to play on Day 1, highstakes regular Marius Gierse got it all-in against Scott Magereson, who four-bet him in early-position. William Teoh cold called Gierse's three-bet in between, but got out of the way, after Gierse moved all-in.

Marius Gierse: K K

Scott Margereson: A K

The board ran out unlucky for Gierse, as it read A Q J 2 Q . Margereson, on the other hand, put himself in a great position for tomorrow's day 2.

The tournament director has announced that six more hands will be played before the survivors bag up their chips for Day 2.

Marius Gierse opened the hijack to 50,000 and John Matsuda three-bet to 140,000 from the button. William Teoh called in the big blind, and Gierse got out of the way.

The two saw a flop come down 3 7 T . Teoh checked it to Matsuda, who led out for 200,000. Teoh dropped in a call.

The 9 fell on the turn and the action went check-check.

The 7 hit on the river, where Matsuda fired out 400,000 and Teoh called after thinking for a long time.

Teoh tabled A 3 for a flopped pair of threes but it couldn’t best a higher pair of nines from Matsuda’s A 9 .

Matsuda secured the sizable pot.

The action was picked up on the flop with a board showing 9 7 5 and around 360,000 chips in the middle.

Jonh Matsuda checked it from the big blind, and William Teoh checked from the hijack.

The A fell on the turn, and Matsuda led out for 150,000 and it was enough to secure the pot.

Punnat Punsri

Punnat Punsri open-shoved from under the gun for 200,000 and Vlada Stojanovic dropped in a call from late position to put Punsri at risk.

Punnat Punsri: A J

Vlada Stojanovic: T T

Stojanovic kept the lead on the flop of 3 5 K but the turn J catapulted Punsri into the lead.

The 2 river secured the pot for Punsri and a much-needed double up.

I-Chun Chiu made it 40,000 to go from the cutoff, and Rokas Asipauskas three-bet to 160,000 in the small blind. Chiu made a four-bet of 320,000 and Asipauskas then shoved all in for around 2,600,000. Chiu called off his chips around 1,040,000.

I-Chun Chiu: A K

Rokas Asipauskas: J J

It was classic coin flip, the dealer made things interesting with a flop of 2 J 3 , improving Chiu's hand to the flopped nut flush, while Asipauskas hit top set.

Asipauskas need to pair the board but the board ran out 8 T , shipping the sizable pot to Chiu.

William Teoh

Local hero Vamerdino Magsakay opened from middle-position and got called by William Teoh next to him.

The flop came down J 9 6 and the open raiser checked to Teoh who bet out 55,000 which was called quickly.

The turn brought the 8 .

After Magsakay checked again Teoh continued to fire, this time for 155,000. The Filipino once again threw in the calling chips.

The river came the board pairing 6 , and Teoh put Magsakay to the ultimate test by putting him all-in for the Filipino's 330,000 chips.

After a couple of minutes of deliberation time, Magsakay decided not to believe the aggressive Teoh.

Vamerdino Magsakay: A 9

William Teoh: Q T

Teoh won the pot with his nut straight and Magsakay hit the rail.

Scott Margereson limped in from under the gun and Marisu Gierse raised to 75,000 from late position, which Margereson dropped in a call.

The players saw a flop of 2 4 7 and Margereson checked it to Gierse, who led out for 55,000. Margereson stuck around.

The 5 fell on the turn and it went check-check.

A Q hit on the river and Margereson shoved all in for around 2,000,000. After thinking for a while, Gierse tossed his cards into the muck.