2018 WSOP: Mike Takayama becomes First Philippine player to win WSOP bracelet

After defeating a player field of 2,065 entries in this year's WSOP Event #59: $1,000 NLHE Super Turbo Bounty, Mike Takayama has officially become the first Philippine poker player to have ever won a WSOP bracelet in the history of the prestigious annual poker festival. His success from defeating Italian poker player Lorenc Puka has earned him a gold bracelet and an awesome $198,568 first-place prize money.

The 29-year-old from the Philippines literally bulldozed the final table all throughout its brief 49-hand span, eliminating seven players in total. Formerly a billiards aficionado, he now has something to add to his poker career, and that is being the first-ever bracelet winner from the Philippines.

Takayama said after he won, "I'm very happy, because winning the bracelet is everyone's dream. I'm the first Filipino to win a bracelet, so I'm really, really, really happy about that."

Event #59: $1,000 No-Limit Hold'em Super Turbo Bounty Final Table Results

Place	Player	Country	Prize
1	Mike Takayama	Philippines	$198,568
2	Lorenc Puka	Italy	$122,627
3	Matthew Smith	United States	$88,938
4	Steve Jelinek	United Kingdom	$65,145
5	Spencer Baker	United States	$48,196
6	Kavish Shabbir	United States	$36,019
7	Elizabeth Montizanti	United States	$27,193
8	Jack Duong	United States	$20,743
9	Oliver Rusing	Germany	$15,988
10	Jens Thomsen	Germany	$12,453

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