Japan has a long-standing on-off relationship with many forms of gambling; even so, it has been noted in history books as even emperors have enjoyed playing games like Sugoroku.
Japan has a long-standing on-off relationship with many forms of gambling; even so, it has been noted in history books as even emperors have enjoyed playing games like Sugoroku.
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JOPT Winners
Both of the Main Event fields required players to qualify either through live satellites at poker rooms across Japan or online satellite qualifiers through
GGPoker, who announced their sponsorship with the JOPT last month.
Yuta Aikawa bested a field of 396 entries to become the
Season 19: Grand Final champion, taking home a player contract valued at $21,860. As for the
Season 20 Main Event,
Toshiya Ishikawa topped a field of 507 players and won a player contract worth $31,020, the largest prize of the series.
Notable side event victories include that of
Kimura Keisuke who overcame the largest player field of the series in the