Masato Yokosawa: WPT Champion, High-Stakes Pro and Poker Vlogger
POKER HALL OF FAME
Inducted 2014
Masato Yokosawa has built an unusual place in modern poker by combining international tournament success with one of the game's largest content-creation platforms. The Japanese professional won the inaugural WPT Korea Main Event in 2013, later developed into a regular competitor in major tournaments and high rollers around the world, and became a poker vlogger with an audience exceeding one million YouTube subscribers.
As of September 28, 2026, Hendon Mob lists Yokosawa with $4,295,594 in live tournament earnings and a career-best score of $447,613. The database lists his nationality as Japanese and his residence as Tokyo, Japan. He remains active on the international tournament circuit while also playing a prominent role in introducing Japanese audiences to live poker around the world.
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Who Is Masato Yokosawa?
Masato Yokosawa is a Japanese poker professional, World Poker Tour champion and content creator whose career spans major events in Asia, the United States, Europe and Australia.
His breakthrough on the international tournament scene came in December 2013. Yokosawa defeated a 137-entry field in the inaugural WPT Korea Main Event in Jeju, earning $100,000 and membership in the WPT Champions Club. The World Poker Tour's official account of the victory records the event as the first WPT Korea championship and one of the early landmark WPT Main Tour events in Asia.
That title established Yokosawa as a tournament player well before his poker videos reached an international audience. Over the following years, he recorded cashes across the World Series of Poker, European Poker Tour, Asian events, Aussie Millions and other major series.
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Masato Yokosawa's Tournament Career
Yokosawa's tournament record is centered primarily on No-Limit Hold'em, ranging from large-field championship events to high rollers.
After winning WPT Korea in 2013, he continued accumulating international results rather than relying on one early title. His results include multiple victories at the Japan Highroller Festival in Incheon and deep runs in several of poker's most recognizable tournament series.
The World Series of Poker became an increasingly important part of his record. In the 2023 WSOP Main Event, Yokosawa finished 45th for $188,400, at the time one of the largest scores of his career. He followed that with another notable American result in 2024, finishing sixth in the NAPT Las Vegas Main Event for $155,550.
His tournament results accelerated substantially in 2025.
According to Hendon Mob, Yokosawa recorded $2,280,409 in live tournament cashes during 2025, by far the largest single-year total of his career through that point.
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Yokosawa's Breakthrough 2025 Season
The biggest individual cash of Yokosawa's career came at the 2025 World Series of Poker.
He reached the final table of the $25,000 No-Limit Hold'em High Roller and finished fifth for $447,613. The official WSOP event coverage confirms the result, which surpassed his previous career-best live score.
Several other major finishes followed during the same year.
Yokosawa finished runner-up in a $15,100 ARIA High Roller in Las Vegas for $270,000. At EPT Barcelona, he placed third in a €25,000 No-Limit Hold'em event for €181,000. He later finished third in a Poker Masters $10,100 event for $104,000 and eighth in the EPT Malta High Roller for €69,600.
In December 2025, Yokosawa added another major high-stakes result at WSOP Paradise, finishing 15th in the $100,000 Triton No-Limit Hold'em Main Event for $327,000.
Together, those results transformed the scale of his live tournament record and demonstrated that his WPT title and public profile were backed by sustained results against high-level international fields.
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WSOP Bracelets, Circuit Rings and Major Titles
As of September 28, 2026, the World Series of Poker player database lists Yokosawa with:
Zero WSOP bracelets
Zero WSOP Circuit rings
One WPT Main Tour title
Multiple WSOP and major-series final-table appearances
His most significant championship title remains the 2013 WPT Korea Main Event.
The absence of a WSOP bracelet is also relevant to Yokosawa's career story because he has repeatedly competed deep in WSOP events, including his fifth-place finish in the 2025 $25,000 High Roller and multiple WSOP Main Event cashes.
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Masato Yokosawa's Live Tournament Earnings
As of September 28, 2026, Hendon Mob lists Yokosawa with $4,295,594 in career live tournament earnings.
Tournament earnings databases change whenever new results are added, so that figure should be treated as a dated snapshot rather than a permanent career total.
His largest recorded live cash is $447,613 from the 2025 WSOP $25,000 No-Limit Hold'em High Roller. Other major scores include the $327,000 WSOP Paradise Triton Main Event cash in 2025, his $270,000 runner-up finish at ARIA in 2025 and the $188,400 he earned for finishing 45th in the 2023 WSOP Main Event.
Hendon Mob also lists Yokosawa among the leading Japanese players by recorded live tournament earnings.
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Playing Style and Poker Specialization
Yokosawa's tournament record is most strongly associated with No-Limit Hold'em.
His results cover several different tournament environments: large-field Main Events, high rollers, turbo formats and international tour stops. He has also recorded results in other variants, including Pot-Limit Omaha, but No-Limit Hold'em accounts for most of his highest-profile performances.
Rather than assigning Yokosawa a subjective label such as loose-aggressive or tight-aggressive, his documented record provides a clearer description of his poker identity. He is an experienced international tournament professional who has demonstrated the ability to compete in both large championship fields and high-buy-in events.
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World Wide Yokosawa and Poker Content Creation
Tournament results tell only part of Yokosawa's story.
Known through his content as "World Wide Yokosawa," he developed one of poker's largest video audiences by documenting international poker travel, cash games and tournament experiences.
PokerNews reported in 2021 that his channel already had more than 600,000 subscribers. By 2026, the publication described Yokosawa as the world's most-subscribed poker vlogger, with more than one million YouTube subscribers.
His reach is particularly significant in Japan, where his videos have provided viewers with an inside look at major poker destinations and tournaments that many Japanese fans previously experienced primarily through international media.
Yokosawa's work was also recognized by the Global Poker Awards. The Global Poker Index's historical winners list records him as the 2021 Fans Choice winner for Best Poker Personality.
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Yokosawa's Role in the Growth of Japanese Poker
Yokosawa's influence increasingly extends beyond documenting his own sessions and tournament results.
During the 2026 World Series of Poker, PokerNews reported that Yokosawa organized a charter flight that brought approximately 290 Japanese poker players from Narita to Las Vegas. He also organized a WSOP x World Wide Tour Special Freeroll for the group.
The project placed Yokosawa directly within a broader period of increased Japanese participation and success at the WSOP.
That growth has included established Japanese professionals such as Naoya Kihara and Shiina Okamoto, while Yokosawa's audience gives him a different type of influence: the ability to connect a large recreational and fan community with major live poker events outside Japan.
His combination of competitive results and media reach makes him notable beyond what can be measured by titles or tournament earnings alone.
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Masato Yokosawa in 2026
Yokosawa remained active in major live tournaments throughout 2026.
In February, he finished third in a €10,200 No-Limit Hold'em event at EPT Paris for €62,640, approximately $74,000 at the recorded exchange rate.
At the 2026 Aussie Millions, he cashed in both the A$5,000 Challenge and A$25,000 Challenge, including a 10th-place finish in the latter for A$65,855.
He returned to Las Vegas for the World Series of Poker and finished 124th in the 2026 WSOP Main Event for $65,000.
Those results, combined with his activities surrounding the Japanese contingent at the WSOP, show that Yokosawa continues to operate simultaneously as an active tournament professional and a major poker-media personality.
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Why Masato Yokosawa Matters in Poker
Yokosawa's career stands out because success at the table and success as a poker communicator developed alongside each other.
His WPT Korea championship gives him a major tour title dating back to 2013. His later high-roller and WSOP results demonstrate continued competitive relevance more than a decade after that victory. His content platform has meanwhile reached an audience far larger than tournament reporting alone could provide.
For Japanese poker in particular, Yokosawa has become a visible connection between domestic fans and the international live tournament circuit.
That combination of tournament credibility, international experience and audience reach makes Masato Yokosawa an important figure in the continuing growth of poker in Japan.
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Frequently Asked Questions
How much has Masato Yokosawa won in live poker tournaments?
As of September 28, 2026, Hendon Mob lists Masato Yokosawa with $4,295,594 in live tournament earnings. Poker earnings databases are updated as new results are reported, so the total will change if he records additional cashes.
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What is Masato Yokosawa's biggest poker cash?
Masato Yokosawa's largest recorded live tournament cash is $447,613. He earned it by finishing fifth in the $25,000 No-Limit Hold'em High Roller at the 2025 World Series of Poker.
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Does Masato Yokosawa have a WSOP bracelet?
No. As of September 28, 2026, the official WSOP player database lists Masato Yokosawa with zero WSOP bracelets.
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How many WSOP Circuit rings does Masato Yokosawa have?
The official WSOP database lists Yokosawa with zero WSOP Circuit rings as of September 28, 2026.
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Has Masato Yokosawa won a WPT title?
Yes. Yokosawa won the inaugural WPT Korea Main Event in December 2013. He defeated a 137-entry field in Jeju and earned $100,000, including entry into the season-ending WPT World Championship.
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Is Masato Yokosawa a poker YouTuber?
Yes. Yokosawa operates the World Wide Yokosawa poker channel. By 2026, PokerNews reported that his YouTube audience had surpassed one million subscribers and described him as the world's most-subscribed poker vlogger.
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Where is Masato Yokosawa from?
Masato Yokosawa is Japanese. Hendon Mob lists his residence as Tokyo, Japan.
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Is Masato Yokosawa still playing poker?
Yes. Yokosawa remained active on the international live tournament circuit in 2026, with recorded cashes at EPT Paris, the Aussie Millions and the World Series of Poker, including a 124th-place finish in the 2026 WSOP Main Event.