Thiago Nishijima

From: Brazil

Born: 1979

Thiago Nishijima was born in 1979 and lives in Sao Paulo, Brazil. In his early years Thiago was a successful banker, but after a introduction into the poker world, he soon became hooked and he is now a poker professional playing at the highest Levels.

Thiago wanted to follow in the footsteps of Alexandre Gomes who became the first gold bracelet winner ever from South America in the WSOP 2008. He ended up finishing 3rd and taking home a very tidy $315,000. This in itself a fantastic achievement.

Thiago is one of the most important Brazilian Poker players around and with an impressive regime of at least 11 Cashes in live tournaments, including a 1st place in the EPT Grand Final Monte Carlo 2009 2nd chance, taking home a cool €70,000.

He has also had three top 3 finishes in the WPT Barcelona 2008, Las vegas Clube Brazil and the WSOPs event 45.

To add to this impressive tally of Live Tournament cashes, Thiago has a fantastic record in online tournaments having 13 top 4 finishes including winning the WCOOP #16 and coming 2nd in the ECOOP Main event.

Thiago Nishijima's Results

Data provided live by The Hendon Mob Poker Player Database.

Descending order Date Country Place Prize
17-Nov-2012 Peru $ 4,700 No Limit Hold'em - High Roller
Latin American Poker Tour V - Grand Final, Lima
8th $ 10,075
29-Sep-2012 Panama $ 4,700 No Limit Hold'em - High Roller
Latin American Poker Tour V - Panama, Panama City
10th $ 8,680
28-Sep-2012 Panama $ 1,000 No Limit Hold'em - Re-Entry - Round 1
Latin American Poker Tour V - Panama, Panama City
18th $ 2,440
12-Aug-2012 Columbia Col$ 1,000,000 No Limit Hold'em - High Roller Event
Latin American Poker Tour V - Colombia, Medellin
2nd Col$ 48,770,000 $ 27,276
06-Jul-2012 United States $ 560 No Limit Hold'em - Bounty Event
43rd World Series of Poker (WSOP) 2012, Las Vegas
45th $ 2,372
03-Jul-2012 United States WSOP  $ 10,000 No Limit Hold'em - Six Handed (Event #57)
43rd World Series of Poker (WSOP) 2012, Las Vegas
28th $ 29,406
28-Jun-2012 United States WSOP  $ 5,000 No Limit Hold'em (Event #50)
43rd World Series of Poker (WSOP) 2012, Las Vegas
18th $ 35,003
19-Jun-2012 United States WSOP  $ 3,000 No Limit Hold'em - Shootout (Event #36)
43rd World Series of Poker (WSOP) 2012, Las Vegas
8th $ 37,707
17-Jun-2012 United States WSOP  $ 1,000 No Limit Hold'em (Event #33)
43rd World Series of Poker (WSOP) 2012, Las Vegas
61st $ 5,786
16-Jun-2012 United States $ 235 No Limit Hold'em I
Rio Daily Deepstacks, Las Vegas
15th $ 2,384
11-Jun-2012 United States WSOP  $ 3,000 No Limit Hold'em - Six Handed (Event #23)
43rd World Series of Poker (WSOP) 2012, Las Vegas
18th $ 21,189
07-Jun-2012 United States WSOP  $ 1,500 No Limit Hold'em - Six Handed (Event #16)
43rd World Series of Poker (WSOP) 2012, Las Vegas
25th $ 10,827
04-Jun-2012 United States $ 185 No Limit Hold'em II
Rio Daily Deepstacks, Las Vegas
3rd $ 3,544
25-Mar-2012 Chile $ 4,700 No Limit Hold'em - High Roller Event
Latin American Poker Tour V - Chile, Vina del Mar
4th $ 15,500
21-Mar-2012 Chile LAPT  $ 1,000 No Limit Hold'em - Main Event
Latin American Poker Tour V - Chile, Vina del Mar
55th $ 2,180
06-Aug-2011 Uruguay $ 1,000 No Limit Hold'em
Latin American Poker Tour IV - Punta del Este / Americas Cup of Poker, Punta del Este
8th $ 5,170
05-Jul-2011 United States WSOP  $ 1,500 No Limit Hold'em
42nd World Series of Poker (WSOP) 2011, Las Vegas
288th $ 3,202
24-Jun-2011 United States $ 1,590 No Limit Hold'em
Deep Stack Extravaganza III, Las Vegas
13th $ 5,813
25-Jun-2010 United States WSOP  $ 1,500 No Limit Hold'em
41st World Series of Poker (WSOP) 2010, Las Vegas
3rd $ 315,828
16-Jun-2010 United States $ 300 No Limit Hold'em
2010 Venetian Deep Stack Extravaganza III, Las Vegas
44th $ 846
25-Apr-2010 Monaco EPT  € 10,000 No Limit Hold'em - Main Event
EPT Grand Final, Monte Carlo
52nd € 30,000 $ 39,938
06-Oct-2009 England £ 1,500 No Limit Hold'em
EPT London, London
10th £ 3,700 $ 5,890
30-Sep-2009 England £ 1,000 Pot Limit Hold'em/Omaha
EPT London, London
5th £ 5,700 $ 9,074
27-Jun-2009 United States WSOP  $ 1,500 No Limit Hold'em
40th World Series of Poker (WSOP) 2009, Las Vegas
67th $ 6,187
02-May-2009 Monaco € 1,000 No Limit Hold'em
EPT - Grand Final, Monte Carlo
1st € 77,700 $ 102,164
18-Apr-2009 Italy EPT  € 5,000 No Limit Hold'em
EPT Sanremo, Sanremo
102nd € 6,900 $ 9,037
11-Jul-2008 United States WPT  $ 15,000 No Limit Hold'em - WPT
Bellagio Cup IV, Las Vegas
21st $ 38,785
23-May-2008 Spain WPT  € 5,000 No Limit Hold'em
WPT Spanish Championship, Barcelona
3rd € 112,300 $ 175,080

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