Takahiro Nakai Wins Japan's Second WSOP Bracelet
Osaka, Japan's Takahiro Nakai won the 2015 WSOP Event #57: $1,000 buy-in No-Limit Hold’em on a fourth day added to the event Wednesday. Nakai became the second ever Japanese WSOP bracelet winner, beating Mel Weiner heads-up on the extra day and ultimately a field of 2,497 entries to collect a $399,039 first-place prize.
Nakai, 36, had just made his WSOP debut last week, cashing in the Draftkings 50-50. Naoya Kihara became the first player from Japan to win a bracelet in 2012.
Final Table Results
| Place | Player | Hometown | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Takahiro Nakai | Osaka, Japan | $399,039 |
| 2 | Mel Wiener | Los Angeles, CA | $248,034 |
| 3 | Paul Vas Nunes | Guildford, UK | $175,559 |
| 4 | Glenn Lafaye | Ridgefield, CT | $126,612 |
| 5 | Jonas Lauck | Primstal, Germany | $92,453 |
| 6 | Robert Piltz | St Jolious, Malta | $68,317 |
| 7 | David Martinezcano | Madrid, Spain | $51,103 |
| 8 | Frederico Dabus | Brazil | $38,676 |
| 9 | Barry Schultz | Cordova, TN | $29,619 |