APT Main Event (85,000 PHP)

Action was folded around to create a Battle of The Big Blinds with Yan Wen Yee raising to 10,000 from the small blind and Michihiko Matsuda pushing all-in for 76,000 more. Yee took a while to check the status of his own stack in case of future damages, but he eventually said "call." Matsuda's K♣ 9♠ trailed the A♥ 6♥ of Yee. Both players hit their top pairs on a flop of A♦ K♠ J♦ . Matsuda had 5 outs to make a better hand, but the J♠ turn and 8♦ river didn't help, taking him out of the tournament and off to an early dinner.

Yan Wen Yee had the all-in button in front of him along with just over 100,000 of his chips. There was maybe another 60,000 chips beside a board of 6♥ 4♠ 6♦ 9♠ J♠ .

In the next seat over, Michikiko Matsuda was in deep thought about whether or not to make the call. Matsuda looked at his chip stack, stared down Yee, stared at the board, peeked at his cards, wondered if unicorns really existed, and eventually folded to give Yee the huge pot.

Michikiko Matsuda opened from early-position, and got one caller before Jong Baeg in the big-blind squeezed to 4,500. Matsuda called and they went heads up to the flop of 7♠ 5♣ 2♣ . Baeg continued with a 2,500 bet which was answered by a raise to 6,000 from the Japanese. Baeg called and the turn brought the T♣ . Baeg checked and Matsuda continued to fire 10,000. Baeg called once again.

The river came the 6♥ , and Matsuda jammed all-in for around 22,000. The Korean Baeg thought for a considerable amount of time, before making the call, having slightly fewer chips than Matsuda.

Michikiko Matsuda: K♠ K♦ Jong Baeg: A♠ K♣

In a button versus big-blind situation, both players were going at each other. After Slaven Popov opened to 800 from the button, he got three-bet of 3,000 by the Japanese Michikiko Matsuda in the big-blind. Popov responded with a four-bet to 8,100.. This did not intimidate Matsuda who now put out just more of half his stack, equaling to 19,000 chips. This was enough to make Popov fold. Matsuda showed the 6♦ , while Popov mentioned he was holding a 5x