50K ante - 4 players - 1,550,000 average

Ailing stacked Roman Hrabec all in with K♣ 9♣ and big blind Fabio Oka makes the call with 8♦ 4♦ , the board comes Q♣ 6♦ A♦ 5♥ 2♦ for a flush to the big stacked Oka and 4th place to Hrabec.

10K SHR Single Day

01:05: Fabio Oka wins the 10K SHR Single Day Challenge for US$ 109,500! 80K ante - 2 players - 3,060,000 average

It’s all over! In just ten minutes of heads up action, WPTGlobal Japan ambassador Fabio Oka grinded down Lun Loon to 10 bb then finished him off. The final hand, Oka limps, big blind Loon jams, Oka calls.

Loon Q♥ J♣ Oka A♠ 2♣

The board runs 3♠ 5♦ K♦ 7♦ 2♦ . Loon walks away with US$ 73,000 for runner up.

Buy in: US$ 10,000 Entries: 31 Prize pool: US$ 291,679 ITM: 5 places

50K ante - 4 players - 1,550,000 average

Lun Loon all in with A♥ 2♦ and Roman Hrabec calls with 7♠ 7♥ . The board runs A♦ J♣ 5♦ 4♥ 6♠ for another double up to Loon. Hrabec plunges to <5 bb.

50K ante - 4 players - 1,550,000 average

Fabio Oka picks up two pots to send his stack over 3M. Both hands are against Vincent Huang. The first sees a flop 2♣ 7♠ 3♦ , Huang check-calls a 100,000 bet by Oka, then folds on the 6♦ turn bet of 350,000. Oka shows J♠ J♦ .

Next hand sees a board 6♠ 8♦ J♠ 4♦ and a big pot in the middle. Oka bets 375,000 and Huang calls. On the river T♦ , Oka fires 700,000, Huang says “that’s good” and folds.

50K ante - 5 players - 1,240,000 average

Button Lun Loon shoves with A♦ 8♦ , big blind Richard Sheils risks his tournament life with Q♥ J♥ . The flop is good to Sheils K♥ Q♣ J♦ , but the next two cards, turn 6♦ and river T♣ give Lun a straight to end Sheils in 5th place.

50K ante - 5 players - 1,240,000 average

From the button , Fabio Oka opens and big blind Roman Hrabec defends. Both check to the turn 2♠ 2♣ 5♦ K♥ , Oka bets 125,000, Hrabec check-calls. On the river 8♣ , check check again. Oka wins it with K♦ Q♣ .

40K ante - 5 players - 1,240,000 average

All in preflop, Lun Loon A♥ 9♥ , Richard Sheils K♥ Q♣ , the board runs J♥ 2♣ 7♣ 2♠ 8♦ for a double up to the short stacked Loon.

40K ante - 5 players - 1,240,000 average

All in preflop, Richard Sheils at risk with T♦ T♥ , Roman Hrabec with 9♣ 9♠ . The board is good to Sheils running 8♥ K♥ Q♠ A♣ T♠ for a double up.

40K ante - 5 players - 1,240,000 average

40K ante - 6 players - 1,033,333 average

Andrew Neeme is the unfortunate bubble player with his A♠ K♠ premium hand unable to improve against Roman Hrabec’s 6♠ 6♥ . Everyone is now in the money.

40K ante - 6 players - 1,033,333 average

Back from the break, Lun Loon all in with Ace-Nine, Fabio Oka calls with Ace-Five, the higher kicker plays for a double up to Loon.

30K ante - 6 players - 1,033,333 average

Still on the bubble as players go on a break. Here are the chip counts.

 25K ante - 6 players - 1,033,333 average

Small blind Roman Hrabec shoves with J♥ 5♣ , big blind Andrew Neeme with a short stack risks with K♣ 9♣ . With the board running 7♥ 3♣ 8♣ 7♣ 2♥ , it is a double up for the WPT ambassador.

25K ante - 7 players - 885,714 average

Richard Sheils limps in from cutoff, big blind Pete Chen checks, the flop runs 3♣ 2♣ 6♠ , both players check. On the turn 9♥ , Chen leads out 60,000, Sheils calls. On the river 6♥ , Chen slides out 100,000 leaving himself 15,000 behind. Sheils shoves well covering Chen who tosses in his remaining chips.

Chen J♦ 9♦ top pair Sheils 3♠ 3♥ full house

Down to 6 players. It is bubble time.

25K ante - 8 players - 775,000 average

Gary Lin moves all in with pocket Sevens, he runs into Fabio Oka’s pocket Kings. Lin fails to improve to miss the money. Six players remaining.

20K ante - 8 players - 775,000 average

We missed the action but from what we were told, Pitipong Ponsri busted first followed by Seung Mook Jung at the other table. It is down to 8 players, they’ve compressed to one table.

Update: Seung Mook Jung busts to Andrew Neeme. From the button, Jung min-raises, both blinds call. At the flop 8♠ K♠ Q♣ , Jung c-bets, Loon check-folds, Neeme check-jams with J♠ T♣ open ended. Jung calls with K♣ 6♠ top pair. The turn 9♣ is a straight for Neeme and with the river T♦ , Jung is eliminated.

20K ante - 10 players - 620,000 average

Small blind Lun Loon pushes with J♠ 9♥ , short stacked Andrew Neeme on the big blind risks it with Q♣ 7♠ . The board runs K♣ K♠ K♦ 2♥ 6♣ for a double up to Neeme.

20K ante - 11 players - 563,636 average

Vincent Huang shoves twice and wins the blinds and antes plus two min-raises by Roman Hrabec. The next hand he is under the gun and raises to 40,000, Gytis Lazauninkas jams, Huang calls.

Lazauninkas J♣ J♦ Huang Q♦ Q♣

The board offers no help to Lazauninkas as it lands A♥ 7♣ 9♠ 6♦ K♦ to fall out of contention.

15K ante - 12 players - 516,666 average

From under the gun, Roman Hrabec raises to 30,000, small blind Gediminas Uselis and big blind Pitipong Ponsri call. At the flop T♦ 4♥ 7♦ , blinds check to Harbec who c-bets 35,000, Uselis check-raises to 125,000, Ponsri folds, Hrabec jams, Uselis snap-calls.

Uselis A♥ A♣ Hrabec K♦ K♥

With the turn J♦ and river A♦ Hrabec hits a runner runner flush to ship it and eliminate Uselis. Ouch!

30K ante - 6 players - 1,033,333 average

Lun Loon had just doubled up when he runs into a hand that sends his stack plummeting to 3 bb. On a board 6♠ A♠ 6♥ 2♥ 8♦ and 515,000 in the pot, Loon checks, Oka fires 485,000, Loon calls then mucks to Oka’s A♥ A♣ full house.

30K ante - 6 players - 1,033,333 average

All in preflop with Lun Loon A♥ Q♥ and chip leader Roman Hrabec looking to eliminate with K♣ K♠ , the board grants Loon the double up as it runs A♦ A♣ 7♦ T♥ T♦ full house.

30K ante - 6 players - 1,033,333 average

From cutoff, Lun Loon opens, big blind / chip leader Roman Hrabec defends, the flop is 2♣ 7♣ 8♥ . Hrabec check-calls 65,000. Both players check the turn 4♦ . On the river 9♣ , Hrabec checks, Loon bets 175,000, Hrabec shoves, Loon folds.

12K ante - 12 players remaining - 516,666 average

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12K ante - 12 players remaining - 516,666 average

On a board 4♣ A♠ 4♠ 9♣ 9♥ and 480,000 in the pot, Roman Hrabec shoves, Gary Lin tanks then calls. Hrabec shows A♣ Q♣ , Lin mucks.

12K ante - 13 players remaining - 476,923 average

All in preflop, Kannapong Thanarattrakul 9♦ 9♠ , Gytis Lazauninkas A♠ J♠ , the board runs 5♣ Q♦ T♥ 8♣ 9♣ for a straight to Lazauninkas and the end for Thanarattrakul.

12K ante - 14 players remaining - 442,857 average

Small blind Mike Takayama jams his remaining 123,500 with K♣ 5♦ , big blind Lun Loon puts him at risk with Q♥ 9♥ . The board comes A♥ 7♠ 9♣ 7♣ T♦ for a pair to Loon to eliminate Takayama.

10K ante - 18 players - 344,000 average

Michael Rocco had just doubled through Richard Sheils with A♣ Q♠ winning the flip against 5♦ 5♣ on a board Q♦ 8♣ 8♦ A♠ K♣ . This bumped up Rocco’s stack to 385,000 while Sheils dropped to 113,000.

Several hands after, Rocco loses all his chips to Gytis Lazauninkas. We missed the hand but as Rocco was packing to go, he expressed that he had more chips than Lauzaninkas to which Lauzauninkas said he would give it to him. However, Rocco left the scene then returned shortly after wanting to get back in with the extra chips awarded to Lazauninkas. With two hands already gone by, the tournament director ruled against it.

10K ante - 18 players - 344,000 average

Up and down for Victor Chong. First pot, on a board showing K♦ 8♠ 8♥ 2♣ 6♣ , Chong shoves Q♠ 8♦ and doubles through Kannapong Thanarattrakul A♠ A♦ .

Shortly after, a pot of 100,000 is in the middle, Gediminas Uselis and Chong check the turn board 2♥ 6♣ 8♣ A♥ , the dealer drops the river K♠ . Chong shoves 7♠ 6♦ , Uselis calls for his tournament life with J♣ 8♦ and wins it with a higher pair.

10K ante - 19 players - 326,315 average

On a board showing 9♠ 8♣ J♠ T♣ 8♠ , two players have their stacks out front. Japan’s Fabio Oka has K♠ T♠ flush, WPT brand ambassador Brad Owen busts with A♥ 8♥ trips.

10K ante - 19 players - 326,315 average

On a board showing T♥ 5♥ 4♠ T♣ and 85,000 in the pot, small blind Seungmook Jung bets 23,000, under the gun Victor Chong folds.

8K ante - 21 players - average 295,238

On a board J♦ 4♦ 6♥ 7♣ Q♣ and 88,000 in the pot, Pete Chen bets 60,000 then faces an all in from Kannapong Thanarattrakul of 72,000 total. Chen quickly calls the extra 12,000. Thanarattrakul opens 7♠ 7♦ set for a double up against Chen’s J♠ 8♦ top pair.

8K ante - 21 players - average 295,238

Action folds to button Mike Takayama who raises to 16,000, both blinds call to see the flop 7♦ 8♣ 3♥ . Blinds fold to Takayama who continues with an 18,000 bet, only small blind Lun Loon calls. Both players check the turn 3♣ and river K♠ . Takayama wins it with 9♥ 7♥ .

8K ante - 21 players - average 295,238

On a board showing Q♦ Q♠ K♥ K♣ K♦ full house and 60,000 in the pot, Roman Hrabec shoves his 215,500 stack, Chunharas Tossapat tank-folds.

80K ante - 2 players - 3,060,000 average

Players are back from an unscheduled break. Heads up underway!

80K ante - 3 players = 2,066,666

Vincent Huang all in for his 3 bb stack and A♦ T♥ , big stacked Fabio Oka calls with A♠ 4♠ . The board runs Q♠ J♥ 7♠ T♣ for a pair to Huang, but the river 6♠ is a flush for Oka to eliminate Huang.

80K ante - 3 players = 2,066,666

Small blind Vincent Huang shoves with J♠ 5♠ , big blind Lun Loon risks with 9♥ 8♣ , the board runs 7♦ 9♦ T♣ T♥ 6♠ for a double up to Loon.

80K ante - 3 players = 2,066,666

Fabio Oka is in full command of the table as he continues to grind down Lun Loon and Vincent Huang. He has now amassed 4,100,000 of the 6,120,000 total chips in play. One of the hands that helped him sees a raise from Loon on the button to 160,000, small blind Oka three-bets to 500,000, Loon calls. On the flop J♠ 6♦ 4♠ , Oka jams, Loon tank-folds and says he had Ace-King.

60K ante - 3 players - 2,066,666 average

Vincent Huang opens from the button, big blind chip leader Fabio Oka calls, they go see the flop T♥ K♣ Kc . Huang c-bets 75,000, Oka check-raises to 250,000, quick fold from Huang.

60K ante - 3 players - 2,066,666 average

Button player Lun Loon raises to 120,000 and big blind Vincent Huang defends. At the flop 4♠ A♥ T♠ , Huang check-calls 100,000. On the turn K♥ , Lun continues with a 225,000 bet, Huang check-raises all in for 700,000. Loon folds.