In one of the stranger situations you will see at the poker table, Yoshihiro Tasaka was forced to sit out the first two hands of heads-up play due to his early penalty.
The cards were still dealt out as per normal but the 28,000 in dead blinds and antes were shipped into the stack of Hidenari Shiono as he was the only player sitting at the table!
Tasaka is now relieved that his penalty has been served and the heads-up action can commence!
