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Takuo Serita is a professional poker player from Japan known for his long-standing presence and recent success in the Asian tournament circuit, particularly in the Philippines.
Career Earnings & Biggest Results
According to The Hendon Mob, Takuo Serita has accumulated $77,024 in total live earnings. His best live cash is $15,000, which contributes to his poker net worth. He is currently ranked 314th on the Japan All Time Money List.
His biggest live cash was secured in a No Limit Hold’em – Invitation event at the IFP World Championship in London in 2011, where he finished 7th. More recently, Serita has excelled on the Asian PokerStars Live circuit, claiming two “spadie” titles in consecutive days at the Manila Megastack 23 in December 2025:
- 1st place in the Start Up event, winning PHP 291,080 ($4,965).
- 1st place in the Super Knockout event, winning PHP 102,650 ($1,750), plus bounties.
Takuo Serita
Biography & Poker Background
Takuo Serita is a resident of Tokyo, Japan. His poker career spans over a decade, with cashes recorded from 2009 onwards in Macau, South Korea, the United States (WSOP Circuit), and Europe, though his primary focus has been the tournament circuit in the Philippines. He has a history of reaching final tables in both deep stack and turbo formats across various Asian tours.
Play Style & Strategy
Serita is known for his resilient play style in multi-table tournaments, demonstrated by his ability to close out events and claim titles in competitive fields. His recent back-to-back wins in the high-volume Manila Megastack series highlight an aggressive and successful tournament strategy tailored for the Asian circuit. His history of deep runs in events ranging from the WPT National to the APT shows consistent tournament expertise.
My relationship with cards started thanks to my father. I was still in elementary school when he first taught me how to play Rummy, and I still remember the long evenings spent playing cards with my family. During the poker boom, I was still underage, but the televised tournaments immediately captured my attention. I became fascinated with the game and started learning different poker formats whenever I had the chance. Later in life, as an adult, I was fortunate enough to spend four years playing poker professionally. During that time, I mainly focused on Heads-Up Sit and Go games, where I found the format that suited me best. Even though my professional career was relatively short, poker remains something I’m grateful to have experienced as a major part of my life. Today, I play mostly as a hobby, while writing has become my main focus. That said, my enthusiasm for writing about poker is just as strong as my passion for playing the game once was.
