Allan Le Wins APT Super High Roller For $1.7 Million

US pro Allan Le has won the Asian Poker Tour (APT) Manila Millions Super High Roller, after seeing off some of poker’s biggest names on his way to collecting the $1,685,000 top prize.
The inaugural event took place at the Resorts World Manila’s Genting Club, and amongst the 31 players putting up the huge $129,000 entry fee were such superstars of the game as Phil Ivey, Tom Dwan, John Juanda, Johnny Chan, Joe Hachem, Winfred Yu and JC Tran.
The fast structure on the Super High Roller event ensured a winner would be crowned in just one day and so it wasn’t long before players started hitting the rail. One of the earlier casualties was Tom Dwan who ran his Ad-9d into the pocket aces of Jianbo Wang, while Joe Hachem saw his stack diminish before pushing his pocket 8’s into the pocket queens of his opponent.
Phil Ivey’s fortunes saw him progress all the way until the evening when he eventually was eliminated in 10th and just short of the eight man final table, after three-bet shoving his A-10 into the A-Q of Devan Tang.
First player to then take a money spot was USA pro Keith Gipson finishing in 5th ($380,000) holding J-J to Sun Sheng’s As-10s. Allan Le subsequently sent Richard Yong to the rail in 4th ($463,430), while Devan Tang dispatched Sun Sheng in 3rd ($632,000) to set up the heads-up finale.
At this stage Le had a 1.7m stack to Tang’s 1.4m and one hour later Tang was down to 800k (10BB) when he shoved his K-7 into the pocket queens of Allan Le. After the board ran out 4-A-8-4-A, Devan Tang had to be satisfied with a runner-up finish worth $1,053,000, while Allan Le was crowned the Manila Millions Super High Roller,  taking his live tournament earnings to $2,145,235.
The Manila Millions Final Table Payouts were as follows:
1. Allan Le (USA) – $1,685,000
2. Devan Tang (Hong Kong) – $1,053,000
3. Sun Sheng (China) – $632,000
4. Richard Yong (Malaysia) – $463,430
5. Keith Gipson (USA) – $380,000