10K Single Day Challenge ($10,000)

Down to a chip and a chair, Simas Karaliunas was forced all-in on the small blind when Daniel Neilson shot out a 160,000 open utg. Amin Riyazati called behind and saw action on board J♣ 5♦ 7♣ 5♣ 6♥ check down to the river.

Riyazati fired a final 275,000 bet and pushed Neilson out of the pot. At showdown, Riyazati tabled the nut flush A♣ Q♣ and left Karaliunas' A♠ T♥ entirely in pieces.

Simas Karaliunas defended his big blind against Daniel Neilson's 120,000 early open, and check called another 60,000 on flop A♠ 9♠ 2♥ . Both checked turn Q♦ through to river J♣ , where Karaliunas snap called a final 280,000 bet from Neilson.

Neilson revealed a runner runner straight with K♣ T♥ and left Karaliunas inches from elimination.

Simas Karaliunas was in for his last 100,000 on the big blind with J♦ 9♥ and faced Fabian Gumz' Q♣ 6♦ . At the brink of elimination, Karaliunas dodged this one as the board K♠ 4♠ J♥ 3♣ K♦ landed him two pair to survive through.

The next hand saw Karaliunas raise all-in on the small blind for 260,000 (4 BB) and picked up another orbit as Mario Arrocha failed to make the call.

Down to a short stack, Simas Karaliunas raised with half his stack utg and was called by Mario Arrocha right behind.

The two checked down board Q♣ Q♠ 5♦ 8♠ K♠ , where Karaliunas used up one time bank before sending out a 125,000 bet. Arrocha made the call with two pair A♦ K♥ and shipped the win after Karaliunas showed A♣ 4♣ .

Following a ten-hour grind, today's 10K Single Day Challenge has narrowed down to its final seven players with Amin Riyazati stacking the lead over the final round. Each contender is now guaranteed in $16,849 winnings with all eyes set on the $127,255 top prize.

10K Single Day Challenge

Date/s: February 14, 2025

Buy-in: USD 10,000

Entries: 40

Prize pool: USD 374,420

ITM: 7 places

Final Table Chip Counts

Yongjia Lin open raised all-in on the hijack and was met with a call from Simas Karaliunas on the small blind for his lesser 370,000 (7 BB).

Up for a flip, board 9♣ T♣ 5♥ 2♠ A♥ ran in favor of Karaliunas' overcards, keeping the count still at nine players.

Mario Arrocha defended his big blind against Simas Karaliunas' 50,000 cutoff open, and read a flop of 6♠ 8♠ 2♦ . Action checked round to turn 8♣ , where Arrocha led for 105,000. Karaliunas called behind, and arrived at showdown shortly after river 8♦ was checked through.

Arrocha showed busted 7♥ 4♥ , no good against Karaliunas' A♦ Q♣ .

On the ropes, Simas Karaliunas flicked in his last 120,000 (4 BB) with 7♠ 7♣ and faced initial raiser's Damir Zhugralin's A♠ J♠ for a flip.

Karaliunas held on to his seat, having spiked a set on board A♦ 7♥ 8♣ Q♣ 2♦ to bank the win.

Amin Riyazati defended his big blind vs Simas Karaliunas' 26,000 cutoff open, and check called another 20,000 on flop A♥ 8♠ Q♣ . Action on turn J♦ and river 9♦ were checked down by both, revealing Riyazati's rivered two pair 9♥ 8♥ for the win.

Another blind vs blind confrontation built a pot of 90,000 on board T♦ 5♣ 2♣ 5♥ . Lander Bereciartua made an attempt for it with a bet of 36,000 on the big blind. Simas Karaliunas check raised to 78,000, called by his opponent onto river 6♥ .

Betting came to a halt, tabling Karaliunas' trip fives 7♦ 5♦ for the win.

Simas Karaliunas opened 11,000 on the cutoff, called by player on the button. Zapatero Gomez made it 40,000 to go, and saw Najeem Ajez right behind, cold jam with a covering stack.

All three opted out, leaving Ajez to show a 4♠ as he added the 13 big blind boost onto his stack.

Simas Karaliunas opened 8,000 utg and was called by player on the button, along with Michael Andersson on the big blind.

Karaliunas continued for 15,000 on flop A♣ 2♥ 4♦ , and saw Andersson stick around to turn 5♦ . Both checked it through to river 4♠ , where Andersson shot out a bet of 35,000. Karaliunas gave up the fight and tossed his hand back in the deck.

A pot of 175,000 was centered around board 4♦ 3♦ 9♦ Q♦ K♠ when Simas Karaliunas fired a bet of 100,500, leaving himself with 3,000 behind. Michael Andersson check called for a showdown and mucked as Karaliunas showed the nut flush A♦ K♣ .

Simas Karaliunas defended his big blind against Najeem Ajez's 6,000 cutoff open, and faced an 8,500 cbet on flop 5♦ 3♥ 2♦ . Karaliunas responded with a check raise to 18,500, to which Ajez made the call.

Action on turn 9♥ was checked through to river T♥ , where Karaliunas led a final 43,000. Ajez surrendered, shipping Karaliunas the boost.

Damir Zhugralin defended his big blind against Simas Karaliunas' 7,000 hijack open, and check called a 14,000 bet on flop J♠ Q♣ 6♣ .

Karaliunas checked back both turn 7♠ and river 3♦ , and mucked as Zhugralin tabled ace-high A♣ K♥ .

Simas Karaliunas defended his big blind against Damir Zhugralin's 5,000 button open, and went on to check raise 18,000 on flop 5♦ T♠ Q♠ . Zhugralin completed, revealing turn 2♦ .

Karaliunas checked to his opponent, and folded after Zhugralin sent out a bet of 25,000.

Simas Karaliunas opened 6,000 on the cutoff, called behind by player on the button. Zapatero Gomez on the small blind, made it 35,000 to go, and picked up the pot uncontested.

Simas Karaliunas opened 3,500 utg and was called by both Aliaksandr Shylko and Trong Hieu Ngo on the blinds.

On flop A♦ A♠ T♦ , Ngo decided to lead out for 3,000, and saw both continue to turn 3♥ . Action checked round to river 2♣ , where Shylko took initiative and shelled out a bet of 10,000. Both opponents found no reason to continue, shipping Shylko the boost.

Aliaksandr Shylko opened 2,500 on the cutoff and was joined by Trong Hieu Ngo right behind, along with Simas Karaliunas on the big blind.

On flop 9♠ K♦ J♠ , Shylko continued for 5,500, called by Ngo. Karaliunas pulled a checke raise to 17,500, and saw only Ngo stick around to turn 7♥ . Karaliunas fired another 36,000 and got Ngo out of the way.