Yogo claims two
Level 18
: 6,000/12,000, 2,000 ante
We have a new chip leader as Japan’s Iori Yogo had landed back-to-back eliminations to storm to the top of the counts.
First to go was Eric Assadourian when he pushed with pocket fours but ran into Yogo’s pocket kings. The board bricked out to knockout Assadourian and climb Yogo into seven figures.
Yogo quickly followed that up with the elimination of Alessio Maisano. In a battle of the blinds, Yogo bet out 40,000 on the 
flop before Maisano moved all in. Yogo called with 
for top pair with Maisano drawing with 
for straight and flush possibilities.
The turn was the 
and river the 
to send Maisano home and climb Yogo to a commanding 1.32 million in chips.