Not only did Obara scoop the top prize of $699,000 and the title, but he also dominated when it came to knocking out his opponents, picking up a whopping 17.5 bounties which will earn him at least $700,000 when the draw takes place later today.
In reality, he could be collecting as much as $2.2 million if luck is on his side.
Speaking after his win, Obara excitedly made noise about how there is an up and coming Japanese poker movement which will start to come through over the next couple of years.
As for his performance last night, it was an absolute massacre from even well before the final table stage. Obara built a stack of more than 100 big blinds and it almost never dropped below that amount.
He also didn’t shy away from going for the bounties, eventually knocking out every opponent on the final table himself.
Morocco’s Mehdi Chaoui was the player who pushed Obara the hardest. The rising star banked $473,000 for second place but failed to claim even a single bounty.
Action Recap
The Mystery Bounty format is one of the most popular recent ideas we have seen. Simple but innovative, it adds that extra element of surprise and tension into the tournament.
The $40K NL Mystery Bounty, last won by Jesse Lonis in Montenegro, had one bubble when the field had whittled down to the last 25% and another when the $3,160,000 was to be dished out among the final 27 players from 158 starters.
When the final seven players sat for one last session, Obara had 119 blinds in front of him with only Germany’s Tobias Schwecht was within touching distance.
| Player | Chips | BBs | Bounties |
| Jun Obara | 9,490,000 | 119 | 10 |
| Tobias Schwecht | 7,955,000 | 99 | 6 |
| Weiran Pu | 5,590,000 | 70 | 3 |
| Huu Dung Nguyen | 3,325,000 | 42 | 1 |
| David Peters | 1,820,000 | 23 | 1 |
| Mehdi Chaoui | 1,810,000 | 23 | |
| Aram Oganyan | 1,610,000 | 20 |
David Peters, no stranger to the sharp end of a prestigious poker tournament, was first to go after ramming A♠ Q♣ into Obara’s K♥ 3♣ which picked up trips on the turn and river.
The final table had begun with cagey play, considering how far away the leader was from the rest of the field, but the spicy action continued a couple of hands later when three players found themselves all-in together.
Obara limped pocket sixes in the lojack and Schwecht jammed 16 blinds in from the button with A♣ 9♦ only for Huu Dung NguyenA♥ K♥ to come back over the top for 25 blinds in the big blinds.
Even that action wasn’t enough to put Obara off from making the call who continued his sun run when neither opponent made a pair. Schwecht was classified sixth and collected $162,400, while Nguyen earned $211,000 for fifth.
This pattern continued without interruption; next was Aram Oganyan out in fourth for $265,000 quickly followed by China’s Weiran Pu who banked $325,000 for the bottom step of the podium.
That left Mehdi Chaoui whose stack was a pitiful 19 blinds compared to the towering 139 blinds in front of Obara.
Anything can happen in final table tournament poker, especially heads-up, but the rail was denied anything in the way of entertainment.
After only five hands of heads-up action, all the chips went in pre-flop: Chaoui was in front with A♥ 4♦ while Obara had Q♠ 9♥.
And Obara would just not be denied after all that happened beforehand. The board came down Q♣ 4♣10♦ 9♠ J♣ and it was all over as Chaoui was forced to settle for $473,000 and second place.
Event #7: Triton Jeju $40,000 Mystery Bounty Final Table Results
| Place | Player | Country | Prize |
| 1st | Jun Obara | Japan | $699,000 |
| 2nd | Mehdi Chaoui | Morocco | $473,000 |
| 3rd | Weiran Pu | China | $325,000 |
| 4th | Aram Oganyan | United States | $265,000 |
| 5th | Huu Nguyen | Vietnam | $211,000 |
| 6th | Tobias Schwecht | Germany | $162,400 |
| 7th | David Peters | United States | $118,000 |
