Day 1G Ends With Hiroki Nakagawa Leading 86 Survivors

Photo:  Chipleader Hiroki Nakagawa

Day 1G comes to an end with 86 survivors from a field of 265, and the biggest stack belongs to Hiroki Nakagawa, who bagged 314,300 (210 big blinds). The full list of official chip counts will be released later tonight, but in the meantime, here’s an unofficial top five:

1.  Hiroki Nakagawa  –  314,300  (210 bb)
2.  Keita Morimoto  –  237,200  (158 bb)
3.  Kanjuro Sato  –  197,700  (132 bb)
4.  Genki Akasaka  –  195,300  (130 bb)
5.  Taro Kimura  –  194,800  (130 bb)

The Day 2 seat draw should also be released tonight, and it will also be posted here in the WPT live updates. Day 2 begins tomorrow (Sunday) at 11:00 am JST (10:00 pm EDT), and you can return to WPT.com for continuing coverage of this record-breaking field at WPT Japan.