With the summer’s biggest poker event all wrapped up, it’s time for a mid-year review on the Global Poker Index Asia rankings. Since our last update significant changes have taken place; only six players secured their top ten standing and Hong Kong’s Daniel Chi Tang overtook Malaysia’s Christopher Michael Soyza for the top spot. #1 […]
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9 Asian players to watch for at WSOP 2019
The World Series of Poker has arrived and within the coming weeks players from all around the globe will descend upon the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas. This particular series is expected to be the grandest of WSOP poker events – and one not to be missed – with the series celebrating […]
APT Philippines Championships: Iori Yogo seizes the Championships Event title; Lester Edoc wins the APT Player of the Series
The APT Philippines Championships 2018 witnessed what could possibly be the most engaging conclusion to the festival with Japanese pro Iori Yogo denying Filipino pro Lester Edoc the victory at the Championships Event. Both players had fantastic runs throughout the twelve-day event to earn them the top two places in the APT Player of the […]
Japan’s Iori Yogo becomes the newest APT POY champion
Japanese poker pro Iori Yogo won 8 APT titles, cashed in a total of 34 events, and earned the highest number of points to become the overall APT Player of the Year 2016 champion. He was awarded US10,000 worth of APT Main Event buy-ins of his choice, a customized APT jacket, and the APT POY […]
Japan’s Iori Yogo takes the lead in the APT Player of the Year 2016 standings
At the recent conclusion of the Asian Poker Tour’s fifth stop of the year, the APT Experience Manila 2016, one player who really rocked the felt during the latter stages of the festival was Japanese poker pro Iori Yogo. Yogo cashed in four events which included a first place finish on the last day. These […]
Razavi and Yogo among the world’s most consistent cashers on the live circuit
In almost every sport worldwide, fans and players develop a fascination for looking at all the numbers involved so that they might debate how those figures outline the answer to the question of who the greatest players are. With the increasing prevalence of Hendon Mob, and also the GPI in recent years, we are beginning […]
Iori Yogo wins the inaugural Okinawa Poker Cup
The Okinawa Cup is an accredited APT event, and saw for its first edition 202 entries, with 67 registering (or re- entering) on day 1a, 62 on day 1b, and 73 on day 1c. Patrick Antonius showed up at the event The prize pool was entirely comprised of APT Philippines packages of differing values, with POY points […]