Single Day High Roller
Mike Takayama Finishes 9th for $4,016

Nguyen Van Tung opens cutoff to 80,000 with K♣ 4♣ and Mike Takayama calls the big for his last 30,000 with Q♥ 8♦ . The board comes 7♦ 6♠ 5♥ T♣ A♠ and Takayama is out in 9th.
Player | Chips |
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NV Nguyen Van Tung | 780,000(20 BB) |
MT Mike Takayama | busted |
Ace Queen Loss Leaves Mike Takayama On The Ropes
Mike Takayama looks down at A♠ Q♠ and jams utg, but Nguyen Van Tung wakes up with A♣ K♥ and calls for his tournament life. The runout is 2♣ J♣ 9♠ 4♥ 6♥ and Takayama is left with scraps.
Player | Chips |
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NV Nguyen Van Tung | 780,000(20 BB) |
MT Mike Takayama | 30,000(1 BB) |
Final Table Chip Count

Player | Chips |
---|---|
ND Nguyen Duc Thanh | 1,330,000(33 BB) |
WJ Won Jungsun | 1,325,000(33 BB) |
YS Yunsheng Sun | 1,135,000(28 BB) |
SS Sia Soon Lee | 1,080,000(27 BB) |
CB Conor Berry Grimsley | 700,000(18 BB) |
MT Mike Takayama | 505,000(13 BB) |
MF Mr. Fendy | 490,000(12 BB) |
NV Nguyen Van Tung | 340,000(9 BB) |
SC Shim Cong | 245,000(6 BB) |
Mike Takayama Doubles On The Bubble

Zheng Anshu limps the small blind before Mike Takayama shoves for 225,000. Zheng calls with 7♥ 9♥ , putting Takayama at risk with his K♠ T♠ . Takayama immediately smashes the flop when the board runs out T♣ T♥ 5♥ A♠ 6♣ . Takayama doubles up.
Player | Chips |
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AZ Anshu Zheng | 480,000(16 BB) |
MT Mike Takayama | 340,000(11 BB) |
Won Jungsun Bullies Mike Takayama
Actions folds to Won Jungsun in the small who raises to 65,000. Mike Takayama calls and they see a flop of A♦ J♣ 9♦ . Won bets 40,000 and they go to a turn of 9♠ . Won sizes up to a bet of 70,000 and it gets the job done.
Player | Chips |
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WJ Won Jungsun | 960,000(32 BB) |
MT Mike Takayama | 270,000(9 BB) |
Mike Takayama Fills Up And Doubles Up
Won Jungsun opens cutoff to 55,000 before Mike Takayama shoves button for 135,000 with 5♠ 5♥ . Won calls with Q♦ 8♠ and they go to a runout of J♥ 7♠ 5♣ K♠ J♦ . Takayama fills up on the river to get the full double up.
Player | Chips |
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WJ Won Jungsun | 825,000(33 BB) |
MT Mike Takayama | 330,000(13 BB) |
Mike Takayama Doubles Mr Fendy
Mr Fendy jams from hijack and Mike Takayama calls from the big with J♥ J♣ . Fendy shows A♥ K♥ and needs some help which comes on the river 2♠ 7♠ 7♣ 6♥ A♣ . Fendy doubles up.
Player | Chips |
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MF Mr. Fendy | 440,000(22 BB) |
MT Mike Takayama | 150,000(8 BB) |
Won Jungsun Comes With High Aggression To Take The Pot
Mike Takayama opens utg to 40,000 and Won Jungsun defends the big. They see a paired flop of 9♥ 4♦ 4♣ Takayama c-bets for 35,000, but Won comes in with the raise to 80,000. They go to the turn of 8♥ and Won continue for 85,000 and Takayama lays it down.
Player | Chips |
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WJ Won Jungsun | 1,010,000(51 BB) |
MT Mike Takayama | 355,000(18 BB) |
Final 2 table Chip Count
Player | Chips |
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DE David Erquiaga | 1,035,000(69 BB) |
YS Yunsheng Sun | 640,000(43 BB) |
ND Nguyen Duc Thanh | 615,000(41 BB) |
NV Nguyen Van Tung | 550,000(37 BB) |
MT Mike Takayama | 452,000(30 BB) |
WJ Won Jungsun | 415,000(28 BB) |
AR Aladin Reskallah | 365,000(24 BB) |
SS Sia Soon Lee | 363,000(24 BB) |
CB Conor Berry Grimsley | 352,000(23 BB) |
SC Shim Cong | 346,000(23 BB) |
NQ Nguyen Quang Huy | 328,000(22 BB) |
AZ Anshu Zheng | 308,000(21 BB) |
ER Erik Rozhynskyi | 295,000(20 BB) |
CS Chudapal Siarhei | 287,000(19 BB) |
MF Mr. Fendy | 162,000(11 BB) |
HH Henri Hinds | 82,000(5 BB) |
Siarhei Chudapal Down On His Luck

Siarhei Chudapal opens again to 25,000, this time from the hijack, and gets shoved on by Mike Takayama next to act with A♦ T♥ . Chudapal calls with A♠ Q♥ and they see a run out of 3♠ J♥ 6♥ T♣ 2♥ . Takayama spikes the ten to double up from Chudapal.
Player | Chips |
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MT Mike Takayama | 452,000(38 BB) |
CS Chudapal Siarhei | 287,000(24 BB) |
Chip Count Of Remaning 20 Players
Player | Chips |
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DE David Erquiaga | 692,000(69 BB) |
NV Nguyen Van Tung | 650,000(65 BB) |
AR Aladin Reskallah | 593,000(59 BB) |
ND Nguyen Duc Thanh | 496,000(50 BB) |
MF Mr. Fendy | 485,000(49 BB) |
CS Chudapal Siarhei | 424,000(42 BB) |
CB Conor Berry Grimsley | 418,000(42 BB) |
YS Yunsheng Sun | 401,000(40 BB) |
SS Sia Soon Lee | 397,000(40 BB) |
AZ Anshu Zheng | 309,000(31 BB) |
SC Shim Cong | 300,000(30 BB) |
WJ Won Jungsun | 245,000(25 BB) |
SJ Sumin Jang | 240,000(24 BB) |
HH Henri Hinds | 205,000(21 BB) |
NQ Nguyen Quang Huy | 162,000(16 BB) |
MT Mike Takayama | 145,000(15 BB) |
ER Erik Rozhynskyi | 144,000(14 BB) |
112,000(11 BB) | |
101,000(10 BB) | |
98,000(10 BB) |
Nguyen Duc Thanh Is All Guns Out
Nguyen Duc Thanh opens utg+1 to 16,000 and is called by button and big blind Mike Takayama. They see a flop of A♥ 5♠ 9♦ and Nguyen c-bets for 18,000. Both players call and they go to the turn of 3♦. Nguyen keeps the pressure with half a pot sized bet of 55,000 and only Takayama comes along for the ride. The river is K♣ and Nguyen now shoves, putting Takayama at risk, but Takayama lays it down.
Player | Chips |
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ND Nguyen Duc Thanh | 410,000(51 BB) |
MT Mike Takayama | 125,000(16 BB) |
Kings Versus Queens
Utg opens 10,000 and is three bet by utg+1 Tan Ong Kwan to 30,000 before Mike Takayama four bet jams. Tan calls for remaining 143,000 stack and shows K♦ K♣ , dominating Takayama's Q♣ Q♦ . The board comes J♦ 2♣ J♣ 9♣ 3♠ and Tan's kings hold getting the double up.
Player | Chips |
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309,000(62 BB) | |
MT Mike Takayama | 165,000(33 BB) |
Player | Chips |
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CS Chudapal Siarhei | 612,000(153 BB) |
MF Mr. Fendy | 528,000(132 BB) |
AZ Anshu Zheng | 528,000(132 BB) |
LQ Li Qinglin | 424,000(106 BB) |
AR Aladin Reskallah | 385,000(96 BB) |
MT Mike Takayama | 345,000(86 BB) |
NH Ngo Hieu | 320,000(80 BB) |
HH Henri Hinds | 216,000(54 BB) |
YS Yunsheng Sun | 213,000(53 BB) |
ND Nguyen Duc Thanh | 195,000(49 BB) |
Mike Takayama Doubles from Nguyen Duc Thanh

Mike Takayama shoves with Q♠ T♦ and Nguyen calls showing Q♣ 8♣ . The board comes T♣ 2♠ 2♣ 9♥ 2♦ and Takayama doubles up.
Player | Chips |
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MT Mike Takayama | 345,000(86 BB) |
ND Nguyen Duc Thanh | 195,000(49 BB) |
Player | Chips |
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LQ Li Qinglin | 637,000(255 BB) |
CS Chudapal Siarhei | 493,000(197 BB) |
AZ Anshu Zheng | 378,000(151 BB) |
ND Nguyen Duc Thanh | 311,000(124 BB) |
HH Hoang Hai Nam | 298,000(119 BB) |
NV Nguyen Van Tung | 254,000(102 BB) |
AR Aladin Reskallah | 228,000(91 BB) |
MF Mr. Fendy | 173,000(69 BB) |
FK Fujishiro Kazuki | 157,000(63 BB) |
MT Mike Takayama | 142,000(57 BB) |
MT Michael Truong (2) | 138,000(55 BB) |
Sevens Check To Showdown
The action resumes on the turn of 2♦ K♥ 6♦ 8♣ with a pot of 55,500. Utg+1 Fujishiro Kazuki and small blind Mike Takayama both check to the river of 6♦ and Kazuki shows 7♦ 7♠ for the winner over Takayama's A♠ J♠ .
Player | Chips |
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FK Fujishiro Kazuki | 157,000(63 BB) |
MT Mike Takayama | 142,000(57 BB) |