The Card Player Poker Tour (CPPT) Big Poker Oktober Main Event is now in the books. It was as successful as previous big-name poker tournaments held at The Bicycle Hotel & Casino on California, drawing 524 entries. In the end, a poker player with only $4,300 in cashes over four years emerged victorious, scoring a massive pot of $149,733.

Steve Jun hasn’t had much luck at the live tables. According to Hendon Mob, he only cashed three times in the past four years. This would be his chance to show that he had the right stuff and Jun definitely pulled it off. After being crowned the tournament champ, he stated, “I was hoping to win, but I didn’t really expect that I would. I almost didn’t play this tournament because I was tired at the time. My realistic goal coming into the final day was to just try to make the top nine, but I just ran really well. Probably a once-in-a-lifetime run.”

As players took to the tables for the final day of action yesterday, Jun was in a solid ninth spot in chips. 16 players remained and he kept his head above water as the field continued to decrease. He managed to stay alive as several poker greats fell, like Jordan Cristos, who went home in 15th place with $6,355, and Mike Eskandari, who took $7,615 with his 11th-place finish.

Down to only ten players, things started heating up. Jun found a few lucky cards and took out Adam Geyer, who went to the rail next with $7,615. After Derek Kwan fell in ninth, Jun then eliminated Eric Jeffries after scoring pocket rockets against pocket eights. The California resident kept the pressure on, slowly building his stack and then, after a few more eliminations, all but sealed his victory when he took a huge pot against Jim Collopy. Collopy, who is a Pot-Limit Hold’em bracelet winner from the 2013 WSOP Asia Pacific games, got it all in with a set of Aces, but there was an unexpected twist – Jun also had a set of Aces and his King kicker was too much for the Queen quicker held by Collopy.