Day 1A
Toshio Kataoka stacks off to Nakayama Takumi

Utg+1 Toshio Kataoka open shoved his 70,000 in and was called by Nakayama Takumi with a better pair. In rough shape, Toshio was left packing as the board Q♥ 6♣ 5♣ Q♦ 4♠ spared none of his two outer.
Player | Chips |
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391,000(39 BB) | |
TK Toshio Kataoka | busted |
Chiu Yip suffers bad beat

Utg Toshio Kataoka opened to 16,000 and called Chiu Yip's 43,000 all-in. A huge underdog, Toshio lucked out and instantly flopped two pair on Q♠ J♥ 3♥ 8♣ 7♦ to clinch the win.
Player | Hand | Chips |
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TK Toshio Kataoka | Q♥J♣ | 160,000(20 BB) |
CY | K♥K♦ | busted |
Wei Jen Wang pulls river bluff

Cutoff Toshio Kataoka opened to 10,000, called behind by Wei Jen Wang. On board T♦ 3♠ 5♣ Q♠ K♥ , Wei check called two streets and went on to fire a 35,000 bet into a 77,000 pot by the river. Toshio makes the call with Q♣ T♠ , and is good against Wei's A♥ 2♥ .
Player | Chips |
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280,000(56 BB) | |
TK Toshio Kataoka | 145,000(29 BB) |
Toshio Kataoka crushes with kings

Following an early open and two calls, button put in a raise and faced an all-in from Toshio Kataoka for 9,000 total. Opponent completes, tabling Q♣ Q♠ against Kataoka's K♣ K♥ . Already a favorite, Kataoka cruised to victory after a king high board landed on the felt.
Player | Chips |
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TK Toshio Kataoka | 23,200(29 BB) |