Yoshio Nakano

Infobox poker player


imagesize = 150px
firstname=Yoshio
lastname=Nakano
nickname="None"
|caption=Yoshio Nakano in the Intercontinental Poker Championship
hometown=Long Beach, California
wsop bracelet count="None"
wsop money finishes=7
wsop main event best finish rank=14th
wsop main event best finish year=2002
multi-year wsop winner=
wpt titles="None"
wpt final tables="None"
wpt money finishes=3

Yoshio (Yosh) Nakano is a professional poker player and entrepreneur who resides in Long Beach, California. He has played professionally for over 20 years and is a long-time high limit poker host at the Bicycle Casino in Los Angeles. He was a co-founder and a "resident pro" at the online poker site "PokerBlue", before it closed down in March 2007.

He represented Japan in the inaugural Intercontinental Poker Championship. Nakano defeated Australian Tony G two out of three matches at the heads up final table to take down the $350,000 first place money. In the final hand, Nakano's 3♣ red|3♦ held up against Tony G's K♣ 9♠ on a board of A♠ A♣ J♣ red|7♥ 3♥.

As of 2008, Nakano's live tournament winnings exceed $610,000. [ [http://pokerdb.thehendonmob.com/player.php?a=r&n=180 Hendon Mob tournament results] ]

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