Taiwan Millions Tournament

Toshio Kataoka

Japan

Blind level

Level 16: 5,000 / 10,000 ante: 10,000

Entries

18/179

Total Chips

5,370,000

Average

298,333

Day 1A

Janette BeeJanette Bee

7/22/2024, 4:50:12 PM

Toshio Kataoka stacks off to Nakayama Takumi

Level 16: 5,000 / 10,000 ante: 10,000

Toshio Kataoka

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
NT Nakayama Takumi	391,000(39 BB)
TK Toshio KataokaJapan	busted

Janette BeeJanette Bee

7/22/2024, 4:17:51 PM

Chiu Yip suffers bad beat

Level 15: 4,000 / 8,000 ante: 8,000

Chiu Yip

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
TK Toshio KataokaJapan	Q♥J♣	160,000(20 BB)
CY Chiu Yip	K♥K♦	busted

Janette BeeJanette Bee

7/22/2024, 1:53:25 PM

Wei Jen Wang pulls river bluff

Level 13: 2,500 / 5,000 ante: 5,000

Wei Jen Wang

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
WJ Wei Jen Wang	280,000(56 BB)
TK Toshio KataokaJapan	145,000(29 BB)

Janette BeeJanette Bee

7/22/2024, 8:08:55 AM

Toshio Kataoka crushes with kings

Level 5: 400 / 800 ante: 800

Toshio Kataoka

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
TK Toshio KataokaJapan	23,200(29 BB)