Jason Koon Wins 2016 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open $5 Million Guaranteed Championship EventPoker Pro Wins His Largest Title and $1,000,000 After Defeating 847-Entry Field |
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Jason Koon has won the 2016 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open $5,250 buy-in no-limit hold’em $5 million guaranteed championship event, outlasting a field of 847 entries to win his largest career title and the $1,000,000 first-place prize. Koon now has over $5.2 million in lifetime live tournaments earning.
In addition to the seven-figure payday Koon was awarded 1,824 Card Player Player of the Year points. This was Koon’s second final table finish of the year, with his other score being a title run in a $25,000 high roller at Bellagio this summer. He now sits in 36th place with 2,328 points and $1,514,080 in year-to-date earnings.
Koon entered the final table in third chip position behind Thomas Midena and Paul Balzano. Koon knocked out Zo Karim in ninth place ($75,000) to overtake the chip lead. He next picked up K
K
against Balzano’s Q
Q to send him to the rail in seventh place ($125,000). He continued his run of knockouts by eliminating Joe Serock in sixth place ($150,000) to increase his stack to nearly half of the chips in play with five remaining.
Seth Davies eliminated Roman Valerstein (4th – $220,000) to close the gap a bit, but shortly after Koon knocked out Tim Burt (3rd – $310,000) to take a 3-to-2 lead into the heads-up showdown.
Koon got off the a quick start and was able to extend his lead before Davies found a double up to get back to only a 2-to-1 chip disadvantage. On the very next hand Koon raised to 900,000 on the button with the blinds at 200,000 – 400,000 with an ante of 50,000. Davies three-bet all in for around 7.5 million chips and Koon made the call with the A8. He was ahead of Davies’ QJ and took a commanding lead when the flop brought the A
73. The 3 on the turn left Davies drawing dead and the 8 was a mere formality as Koon secured the pot and the title with his pair of aces. Davies earned $575,000 as the runner up.
Here is a look at the payouts and POY points awarded at this final table:
| Place | Player | Earnings (USD) | POY Points |
| 1 | Jason Koon | $1,000,000 | 1,824 |
| 2 | Seth Davies | $575,000 | 1,520 |
| 3 | Timothy Burt | $310,000 | 1,216 |
| 4 | Roman Valerstein | $220,000 | 912 |
| 5 | Thomas Midena | $180,000 | 760 |
| 6 | Joseph Serock | $150,000 | 608 |
| 7 | Paul Balzano | $125,000 | 456 |
| 8 | Ryan Fair | $100,000 | 304 |
| 9 | Zohair Karim | $75,000 | 152 |
Winner photo courtesy of SHRPO blog.
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