Motoyoshi Okamura is a well-known poker player from Tokyo, Japan. The music producer is a relative newcomer, having first played at on-line events in 2020. In October 2021, Okamura made a maiden live-event appearance at the 52nd World Series of Poker (WSOP) in Las, Vegas. Though crashing out early, a month later, the Japanese card player would make 4th and 2nd place finishes at the PokerGO Tour Aria High Roller Series 2021, Las Vegas for a combined cash of $167,100.
Motoyoshi Okamura wins WSOP bracelet
Motoyoshi Okamura would then have another go at the November edition of the 52nd WSOP taking home his first-ever bracelet at Event #72: $1,500 Mixed No-Limit Hold’em/Pot-Limit Omaha. It also marked a career best score of $209,716 quickly pushing him up to 25th on Japan’s all-time money list and announcing his status as a player to watch. Not bad for a rookie.
The following year in 2022, Okamura would leave his imprint on the felt with deep runs at the European Poker Tour (EPT), Asian Pacific Poker Tour (APPT) Manila, and again at the PokerGO Tour Aria High Roller Series. The Japanese hot-hand would snatch first place finishes at the Asian Poker Tour (APT) Incheon and World Poker Tour (WPT) Prime Taiwan. The year would end with a championship at the European Poker Tour (EPT) Prague, bagging the € 5,000 + 200 Pot Limit Omaha (Event #23) and another six-figure payday of $109,376.
Okamura would start 2023 with a bang, snatching a first place win at the KRW 5,000,000 No Limit Hold’em – THE ELITE EVENT of the Asia Series Poker Tour (ASPT) Incheon. A deep run at the EPT Paris in the $1,500 No-Limit Hold ‘Em Event would bulk up Okamura’s winnings by another top-cash of $115,627. Another career cash would come in 2024, with a 4th place finish at the WPT Cambodia Championship and prize money of $157,858.
All these achievements have pushed Motoyoshi Okamura to number 12 in Japan’s All Time Money List. A scorching Tokyo Drift in his budding career.
*Profile by Mike Alcazaren
