10K SHR Single Day

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01:05: Fabio Oka wins the 10K SHR Single Day Challenge for US$ 109,500!
Level 20: 40K-8L, 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
Oka

The board runs . 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

1	Fabio Oka	Japan	$109,500
2	Lun Loon	Malaysia	$73,000
3	Vincent Huang	Australia	$48,600
4	Roman Hrabec	Czech Republic	$34,500
5	Richard Sheils	England	$26,079

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00:55: Heads up! 
Level 20: 40K-8L, 80K ante – 2 players – 3,060,000 average

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

Fabio Oka – 5,000,000
Lun Loon – 1,200,000

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00:40: Vincent Huang eliminated in 3rd place – US$ 48,600
Level 20: 40K-8L, 80K ante – 3 players = 2,066,666

Vincent Huang all in for his 3 bb stack and , big stacked Fabio Oka calls with . The board runs for a pair to Huang, but the river is a flush for Oka to eliminate Huang.

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00:35: Lun Loon doubles through Huang
Level 20: 40K-8L, 80K ante – 3 players = 2,066,666

Small blind Vincent Huang shoves with , big blind Lun Loon risks with , the board runs for a double up to Loon.

Lun Loon – 1,230,000
Vincent Huang – 190,000

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00:30: Fabio Oka grinds to well over half chips in play
Level 20: 40K-8L, 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 , Oka jams, Loon tank-folds and says he had Ace-King.

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00:20: Fabio Oka check-raises Huang
Level 19: 30K-60K, 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 . Huang c-bets 75,000, Oka check-raises to 250,000, quick fold from Huang.

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00:15: Vincent Huang shoves on Loon
Level 19: 30K-60K, 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 , Huang check-calls 100,000. On the turn , Lun continues with a 225,000 bet, Huang check-raises all in for 700,000. Loon folds.

Vincent Huang – 1,480,000
Lun Loon – 1,150,000

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23:50: Roman Hrabec eliminated in 4th place – US$ 34,500
Level 18: 25K-50K, 50K ante – 4 players – 1,550,000 average

Ailing stacked Roman Hrabec all in with and big blind Fabio Oka makes the call with , the board comes for a flush to the big stacked Oka and 4th place to Hrabec.

Fabio Oka – 3,200,000
Roman Hrabec – Eliminated in 4th place

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23:45: Roman Hrabec plunges, Loon doubles again
Level 18: 25K-50K, 50K ante – 4 players – 1,550,000 average

Lun Loon all in with and Roman Hrabec calls with . The board runs for another double up to Loon. Hrabec plunges to <5 bb.

Lun Loon – 1,435,000
Roman Hrabec – 190,000

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23:40: Fabio Oka dominating Huang
Level 18: 25K-50K, 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 , Huang check-calls a 100,000 bet by Oka, then folds on the turn bet of 350,000. Oka shows .

Next hand sees a board and a big pot in the middle. Oka bets 375,000 and Huang calls. On the river , Oka fires 700,000, Huang says “that’s good” and folds.

Fabio Oka – 3,020,000
Vincent Huang – 1,580,000

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23:35: Richard Sheils eliminated in 5th place – US$ 26,079
Level 18: 25K-50K, 50K ante – 5 players – 1,240,000 average

Button Lun Loon shoves with , big blind Richard Sheils risks his tournament life with . The flop is good to Sheils , but the next two cards, turn and river give Lun a straight to end Sheils in 5th place.

Lun Loon – 925,000
Richard Sheils – Eliminated in 5th place

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23:25: Fabio Oka versus Roman Hrabec
Level 18: 25K-50K, 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 , Oka bets 125,000, Hrabec check-calls. On the river , check check again. Oka wins it with .

Fabio Oka – 2,130,000
Roman Hrabec – 600,000

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23:20: Lun Loon doubles through Sheils
Level 17: 20K-40K, 40K ante – 5 players – 1,240,000 average

All in preflop, Lun Loon , Richard Sheils , the board runs for a double up to the short stacked Loon.

Lun Loon – 800,000
Richard Sheils – 640,000

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23:10: Richard Sheils doubles through Hrabec
Level 17: 20K-40K, 40K ante – 5 players – 1,240,000 average

All in preflop, Richard Sheils at risk with , Roman Hrabec with . The board is good to Sheils running for a double up.

Richard Sheils – 1,330,000
Roman Hrabec – 975,000

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23:05: ITM players
Level 17: 20K-40K, 40K ante – 5 players – 1,240,000 average

Vincent Huang – 1,610,000
Lun Loon – 400,000
Fabio Oka – 1,835,000
Richard Sheils – 775,000
Roman Hrabec – 1,500,000

1	$109,500
2	$73,000
3	$48,600
4	$34,500
5	$26,079

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23:00: Andrew Neeme bubbles! 
Level 17: 20K-40K, 40K ante – 6 players – 1,033,333 average

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

Roman Hrabec – 1,580,000

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22:55: Lun Loon doubles through Oka
Level 17: 20K-40K, 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.

Lun Loon -375,000
Fabio Oka – 2,125,000

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22:45: Break time, chip count update
Level 16: 15K-30K, 30K ante – 6 players – 1,033,333 average

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

Vincent Huang – 1,680,000
Lun Loon – 150,000
Fabio Oka – 2,175,000
Richard Sheils – 560,000
Roman Hrabec – 1,100,000
Andrew Neeme – 400,000

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20:40: Fabio Oka chunks Loon to 5 bb
Level 16: 15K-30K, 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 and 515,000 in the pot, Loon checks, Oka fires 485,000, Loon calls then mucks to Oka’s full house.

Fabio Oka – 2,175,000
Lun Loon – 150,000

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20:35: Lun Loon doubles through Hrabec
Level 16: 15K-30K, 30K ante – 6 players – 1,033,333 average

All in preflop with Lun Loon and chip leader Roman Hrabec looking to eliminate with , the board grants Loon the double up as it runs full house.

Lun Loon – 815,000
Roman Hrabec – 1,630,000

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20:30: Roman Hrabec jams on Loon
Level 16: 15K-30K, 30K ante – 6 players – 1,033,333 average

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

Roman Hrabec – 1,890,000
Lun Loon – 320,000

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 22:15: Andrew Neeme doubles through Hrabec
Level 15: 15K-25K, 25K ante – 6 players – 1,033,333 average

Small blind Roman Hrabec shoves with , big blind Andrew Neeme with a short stack risks with . With the board running , it is a double up for the WPT ambassador.

Andrew Neeme – 585,000
Roman Hrabec – 1,580,000

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22:10: Richard Sheils rails Pete Chen
Level 15: 15K-25K, 25K ante – 7 players – 885,714 average

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

Chen top pair
Sheils full house

Richard Sheils – 800,000

Down to 6 players. It is bubble time.

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21:50: Gary Lin eliminated by Fabio Oka
Level 15: 15K-25K, 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.

Fabio Oka – 1,100,000

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21:30: Back to back busts, 8 players remaining
Level 14: 10K-20K, 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 , Jung c-bets, Loon check-folds, Neeme check-jams with open ended. Jung calls with top pair. The turn is a straight for Neeme and with the river , Jung is eliminated.

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21:15: Andrew Neemes doubles throuhg Loon
Level 14: 10K-20K, 20K ante – 10 players – 620,000 average

Small blind Lun Loon pushes with , short stacked Andrew Neeme on the big blind risks it with . The board runs for a double up to Neeme.

Andrew Neeme – 140,000

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21:05: Gytis Lazauninkas eliminated by Vincent Huang
Level 14: 10K-20K, 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
Huang

The board offers no help to Lazauninkas as it lands to fall out of contention.

Vincent Huang – 1,200,000

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20:50: Uselis rockets falls to Hrabec’s runner runner flush 
Level 13: 10K-15K, 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 , blinds check to Harbec who c-bets 35,000, Uselis check-raises to 125,000, Ponsri folds, Hrabec jams, Uselis snap-calls.

Uselis
Hrabec

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

Roman Hrabec – 1,440,000

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20:30: Break time, 12 players
Level 12: 6K-12K, 12K ante – 12 players remaining – 516,666 average

Table 1

Lun Loon – 488,000
Pete Chen – 392,000
Andrew Neeme – 178,000
Richard Sheils – 402,000
Fabio Oka – 762,000
Seung Mook Jung – 553,000

Table 2

Vincent Huang – 755,000
Gary Lin – 190,000
Gytis Lazauninkas – 780,000
Gediminas Uselis – 241,000
Pitipong Ponsri – 240,000
Roman Hrabec – 1,136,000

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20:25: Roman Hrabec doubles through Gary Lin
Level 12: 6K-12K, 12K ante – 12 players remaining – 516,666 average

On a board and 480,000 in the pot, Roman Hrabec shoves, Gary Lin tanks then calls. Hrabec shows , Lin mucks.

Roman Hrabec – 1,136,000
Gary Lin – 190,000

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20:10: Gytis Lazauninkas rivers it to boot Thanarattrakul
Level 12: 6K-12K, 12K ante – 13 players remaining – 476,923 average

All in preflop, Kannapong Thanarattrakul , Gytis Lazauninkas , the board runs for a straight to Lazauninkas and the end for Thanarattrakul.

Gytis Lazauninkas – 1,012,000

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20:00: Mike Takayama busts to Lun Loon
Level 12: 6K-12K, 12K ante – 14 players remaining – 442,857 average

Small blind Mike Takayama jams his remaining 123,500 with , big blind Lun Loon puts him at risk with . The board comes for a pair to Loon to eliminate Takayama.

Lun Loon – 487,000

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19:45: Michael Rocco doubles through Sheils then busts
Level 11: 5K-10K, 10K ante – 18 players – 344,000 average

Michael Rocco had just doubled through Richard Sheils with winning the flip against on a board . 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.

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19:30: Victor Chong doubles then pays Uselis
Level 11: 5K-10K, 10K ante – 18 players – 344,000 average

Up and down for Victor Chong. First pot, on a board showing , Chong shoves and doubles through Kannapong Thanarattrakul .

Shortly after, a pot of 100,000 is in the middle, Gediminas Uselis and Chong check the turn board , the dealer drops the river . Chong shoves , Uselis calls for his tournament life with and wins it with a higher pair.

Gediminas Uselis – 323,000
Victor Chong – 73,500

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19:25: Brad Owen falls to Fabio Oka
Level 11: 5K-10K, 10K ante – 19 players – 326,315 average

On a board showing , two players have their stacks out front. Japan’s Fabio Oka has flush, WPT brand ambassador Brad Owen busts with trips.

Fabio Oka – 900,000

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19:20: Pot for Seung Mook Jung
Level 11: 5K-10K, 10K ante – 19 players – 326,315 average

On a board showing and 85,000 in the pot, small blind Seungmook Jung bets 23,000, under the gun Victor Chong folds.

Seung Mook Jung – 430,000
Victor Chong – 115,000

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19:00: Kannapong Thanarattrakul doubles through Chen
Level 10: 4K-8K, 8K ante – 21 players – average 295,238

On a board 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 set for a double up against Chen’s top pair.

Kannapong Thanarattrakul – 232,000
Pete Chen – 68,000

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18:50: Mike Takayama goes up to 230,000
Level 10: 4K-8K, 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 . Blinds fold to Takayama who continues with an 18,000 bet, only small blind Lun Loon calls. Both players check the turn and river . Takayama wins it with.

Mike Takayama – 230,000
Lun Loon – 112,000

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18:40: Roman Hrabec shoves Tossapat
Level 10: 4K-8K, 8K ante – 21 players – average 295,238

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

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