APT Finale Philippines 2018 Championships Event


Break time: Chip counts

Level: 21 Blinds: 10K/20K Ante: 20K

Iori Yogo 1,951,000
Bobby Zhang 1,118,000
Anthony Thong Boon Tee 481,000

Average stack 1,183,333
Total chips in play 3,550,000


Bobby Zhang straight for the pot

Level: 20 Blinds: 8K/16K Ante: 16K

The last hand before the break went to Bobby Zhang. He raised to 35k from the button and big blind Anthony Thong Boon Tee called. On the flop A 6 Q, Tee check-called Zhang’s 25k bet. On the J turn, no bets landed. Then on the river 10, Tee checked, Zhang bet 30k, Tee called. Zhang showed 9 8 straight to defeat Tee’s J 10 two pair.


Bobby Zhang grinding…

Level: 20 Blinds: 8K/16K Ante: 16K

Bobby Zhang is now up to 860k. One of his bigger pots saw him raise to 65k and both Yogo and Tee called. At the flop 8 3 10, he c-bet 100k and won it.


Anthony Thong Boon Tee vs Iori Yogo

Level: 20 Blinds: 8K/16K Ante: 16K

Iori Yogo limped in and Anthony Tee checked. The flop ran 3 2 5, Yogo bet 20k, Tee called. On the 5 turn, Yogo checked, Tee bet 30k, Yogo called. On the 10 river, Tee with a 100k bet and Yogo check-folded.

Several hands later, Yogo took back some of those lost chips. He limped from the small blind again, Tee raised to 45k, Yogo three-bet to 130k, Tee called. At the flop 3 5 10, Yogo fired 100k and Tee folded. Tee down to 850k.


Bobby Zhang steep climb

Level: 20 Blinds: 8K/16K Ante: 16K

Bobby Zhang is the shortest stack here but has brought it up from 320k to 580k. He won a few pots to get him there. The first one saw Iori Yogo raise to 40k, called by both Zhang and Anthony Tee. At the flop Q 9 2, turn J, no bets landed. On the J river, Zhang bet 75k and got called by Yogo. Zhang showed J 7 trips.

Two hands after, on a limp pot, he checked down a board of 9 K 10 5 6 against Tee and won with Q 6 pair.

Third winning hand, he limped from the small blind and Yogo checked. At the flop A 10 2, Zhang bet 16k, Yogo called. On the K river, Zhang bet again and a quick fold from Yogo.


Iori Yogo taking command

Level: 19 Blinds: 6K/12K Ante: 12K

Iori Yogo has towers before him and continues to build on it. He picked up another pot here. He raised to 35k, sb Anthony Tee called, bb Bobby Zhang three-bet to 140k, Yogo four-bet to 350k, and that was it. He claimed the pot with no callers.

Zhang is down to 320k.


Bobby Zhang losing more to Yogo

Level: 19 Blinds: 6K/12K Ante: 12K

Bobby Zhang is down to 665k and a majority of the pots he’s lost went to Iori Yogo. Another two pots were claimed by Yogo. The first one saw Zhang limp in, and Yogo check on the big blind. At the flop A 3 5, Zhang check-called a 12k bet. On the 2 turn, Zhang check-called another 20k bet. Then on the river 5, Zhang check-called a 75k bet. Yogo showed 4 5 straight for the win.

Next pot Yogo raised to 35k from the button, Zhang defended on the big blind. At the flop 8 8 10 and turn J, no bets. Then on the 4 river, Zhang led for 75k and Yogo called. Zhang showed K 6 king high but Yogo had better with A 3 ace high.


Iori Yogo earns a beefy pot

Level: 19 Blinds: 6K/12K Ante: 12K

After 29 hands, stack sizes have stayed fairly the same with Iori Yogo leading. He continued to create a bigger gap by taking down a fairly big pot against Bobby Zhang. The hand saw Yogo raise to 30k and Zhang called from the big blind. At the flop 7 6 2, Zhang checked, Yogo bet 40k, Zhang raised to 110k, Yogo called. On the 2 turn Zhang checked, Yogo bet 100k and won it with Zhang folding.


Bobby Zhang battling back

Level: 19 Blinds: 6K/12K Ante: 12K

After losing the pot to Iori Yogo, Bobby Zhang went on a winning spree. He won the next five pots to bring his stack up to 990k.