
D2
Yokosawa Triples

Zapatero Gomez opened to 40,000 from under the gun, Masato Yokosawa shoved for 32,000 from the small blind, Najeem Ajez called in the big blind and Gomez called.
The flop came A♦ Q♦ 7♥ and Ajez check-folded to a 50,000 bet from Gomez.
Player | Hand | Chips |
---|---|---|
ZG Zapatero Gomez | 8♠8♥ | 1,060,000(53 BB) |
MY Masato Yokosawa | Q♣T♦ | 116,000(6 BB) |
NA Najeem Ajez | 500,000(25 BB) |
Yokosawa was ahead with second pair and after remaining in front on the 7♦ and K♣ runout he doubled up through Gomez.
Yokosawa Falls to Andersson

Michael Andersson opened to 20,000 from the hijack, Masato Yokosawa shoved for 109,000 from the cutoff and Andersson called with a covering stack to put him at risk.
Player | Hand | Chips |
---|---|---|
MA Michael Andersson | 4♦4♥ | 1,850,000(185 BB) |
MY Masato Yokosawa | 3♦3♥ | busted |
Yokosawa was dominated and found no help on the Q♦ 5♣ 8♥ T♠ 7♠ runout, resulting in his elimination whle Andersson took the pot.
Zhugralin Fires Two Barrels
Damir Zhugralin opened to 20,000 from under the gun and Masato Yokosawa called from the cutoff.
Both players checked the 2♠ 5♦ 7♥ flop leading to the T♣ turn. Zhugralin bet 55,000 and Yokosawa called.
Zhugralin shoved with a covering stack on the K♥ river and this time Yokosawa opted to fold.
Player | Chips |
---|---|
DZ Damir Zhugralin | 1,427,000(143 BB) |
MY Masato Yokosawa | 159,000(16 BB) |
Day1 Qualifiers
Player | Chips |
---|---|
MA Michael Andersson | 1,850,000 |
DZ Damir Zhugralin | 1,337,000 |
CP Chengcai Pan | 1,227,000 |
RH Roman Hrabec | 1,002,000 |
DN Dominik Nitsche | 810,000 |
MT Mike Takayama | 456,000 |
NA Najeem Ajez | 355,000 |
LL | 338,000 |
ZG Zapatero Gomez | 320,000 |
YL Yang Liu | 283,000 |
MY Masato Yokosawa | 269,000 |
VC Victor Chong | 250,000 |
D1 - 11 levels
Day 1 Ends - 12 Qualifiers
Player | Chips |
---|---|
MA Michael Andersson | 1,850,000(185 BB) |
DZ Damir Zhugralin | 1,337,000(134 BB) |
CP Chengcai Pan | 1,227,000(123 BB) |
RH Roman Hrabec | 1,002,000(100 BB) |
DN Dominik Nitsche | 810,000(81 BB) |
MT Mike Takayama | 456,000(46 BB) |
NA Najeem Ajez | 355,000(36 BB) |
LL | 338,000(34 BB) |
ZG Zapatero Gomez | 320,000(32 BB) |
YL Yang Liu | 283,000(28 BB) |
MY Masato Yokosawa | 269,000(27 BB) |
VC Victor Chong | 250,000(25 BB) |
More for Hrabec

Masato Yokosawa opened to 23,000 from the cutoff and received calls from Roman Hrabec on the button and a player in the big blind.
All three players checked the A♥ 8♥ T♦ flop leading to the 9♦ turn. The big blind checked, Yokosawa checked and Hrabec bet 55,000. Only Yokosawa called.
Yokosawa check-folded to a 55,000 bet from Hrabec on the 4♠ river.
Player | Chips |
---|---|
RH Roman Hrabec | 955,000(96 BB) |
MY Masato Yokosawa | 220,000(22 BB) |
Mccully Doubles Through Yokosawa

Joshua Mccully opened to 15,000 from the button and Masato Yokosawa three-bet to 60,000 from the big blind. Mcaully called.
The flop came A♦ 8♣ 6♣ and Mccully called a 29,000 continuation bet from Yokosawa.
On the 4♣ turn Yokosawa shoved with a covering stack and Mcaully snap-called with his remaining stack of 141,000.
Player | Hand | Chips |
---|---|---|
MY Masato Yokosawa | A♥K♠ | 269,000(38 BB) |
JM Joshua Mccully | K♣Q♣ | 480,500(69 BB) |
Yokosawa had top pair but was drawing dead to Mccully’s flush. The 5♥ river changed nothing and Mcaully doubled through Yokosawa.
Yokosawa Flushes out Deyra

Ivan Deyra opened to 12,000 from under the gun and Masato Yokosawa called from the small blind.
The flop cme A♥ T♣ J♥ and Yokosawa check-called a 12,000 bet from Deyra.
Deyra continued for 36,000 when checked to on the 9♠ turn and Yokosawa shoved, covering Deyra who had 71,000 behind. Deyra called and was at risk.
Player | Hand | Chips |
---|---|---|
ID Ivan Deyra | K♣Q♥ | busted |
MY Masato Yokosawa | 8♥7♥ | 431,000(72 BB) |
Both players had a straight and Deyra was a heavy favorite but the T♥ river improved Yokosawa to a flush to eliminate Deyra and take down a healthy pot.
Yokosawa Doubles With Big Slick

Renat Bohdanov shoved for 21,000 from early position, Lars Kamphues raised to 36,000 from the cutoff and Masato Yokosawa shoved for 147,000 from the small blind. Kamphues called with a covering stack to put both players at risk.
Player | Hand | Chips |
---|---|---|
RB Renat Bohdanov | A♥4♦ | busted |
LK Lars Kamphues | J♦J♥ | 68,500(11 BB) |
MY Masato Yokosawa | A♠K♣ | 327,000(55 BB) |
The 6♦ Q♣ 7♣ A♦ 3♠ runout gave Yokosawa top pair, top kicker to send Bohdanov to the rail, double up and make a serious dent in Kamphues’ stack.
Andersson Pressures Yokosawa

With two players seeing a board of Q♣ A♠ 9♠ 5♥ and 85,000 in the middle Masato Yokosawa checked from the big blind and Michael Andersson bet 60,000 from under the gun. Yokosawa made the call.
On the 8♥ turn Yokosawa checked, Andersson shoved and Yokosawa, who was covered with 147,000 left in his stack, opted to fold.
Player | Chips |
---|---|
MA Michael Andersson | 1,120,000(187 BB) |
MY Masato Yokosawa | 147,000(25 BB) |