First Japanese Poker Player to Win World Series of Poker Bracelet: Naoya Kihara

Written by :

Ace King

Published on :

21 June, 2012

Naoya Kihara has become the first Japanese poker player to win a World Series of Poker bracelet.

Kihara won the $5,000 buy-in Six-Handed Pot-Limit Hold’em championship and the $512,029 that came with it.

This is the 30-year-old professional’s second time to cash in a WSOP event and the second year he has traveled from Tokyo to Las Vegas to play at the World Series of Poker.

Kihara plays mostly online but has won $23,600 finishing 64^th at the LA Poker Classic in 2010.

- Ace King, Gambling911.com

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