Jason Koon Wins $2.9 Million USD In Triton Super High Roller Jeju EventAmerican Poker Pro Tops Field of 81 Entries To Take Down $1M HKD Buy-In Short Deck Title |
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Jason Koon has won the $1,000,000 HKD ($127,389 USD) buy-in short deck no-limit hold’em event at the 2019 Triton Poker Super High Roller Series Jeju, outlasting a total of 81 entries to win $22,300,000 HKD ($2,899,000 USD). This was the second largest score of Koon’s career, behind his win in the same event held at the 2018 Triton Montenegro festival for $3.6 million. The 33-year-old American poker pro now has more than $26.7 million in lifetime live tournament earnings.
This was Koon’s third final-table finish out of the first four events held at the Triton Jeju_ series, having previously placed fourth in the $500,000 HKD ($63,695 USD) short deck event and sixth in the $500,000 HKD six-max no-limit hold’em event for another $753,350 USD in earnings. That brings Koon’s cashes for the series to more than $3.6 million.
In addition to the money, Koon has also earned 1,538 Card Player Player of the Year points with his incredible run in Korea. He also had one previous final table showing, having placed ninth in the $50,000 buy-in high roller at the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure in January. As a result of his strong start to the year, he has climbed into 17th place in the overall standings.
The top nine finishers made the money in this tournament, with event #2 champion Devin Tang taking home $286,000 USD as the first player eliminated after the bubble. John Juanda (7th – $481,000 USD), Richard Yong (6th – $611,000 USD) and Gabe Patgorski (5th – $793,000 USD) were all eliminated in the money before play was halted late at night with four players remaining.
Furkat Rakhimov lead going into the extra day with 8,775,000. with Paul Phua close behind with 7,035,000. Koon (5,075,000) and Jun Wang (3,410,000) rounded out the final four. Koon knocked out Jun in fourth place ($1,027,000 USD), getting it all-in with J
J
against Q10 and holding from there.
Paul Phua managed the second elimination of the day when his AJ defeated Furkat Rakhimov’s J10
on a QJ797
runout. Rakhimov took home $1,357,200 USD as the third-place finisher.
With that, the heads-up showdown between Phua and Koon was set. Koon was able to take control early on, and by the time the final hand arose he had built more than a 5-to-1 chip advantage. Phua got his last chips in preflop with A9 and Koon called with the KQ. The board ran out AK7KQ and Koon made a full house by the river to secure the pot and the title. Phua earned $2,067,000 USD for his runner-up showing. You can check out the final hand in a video that Triton Poker (@tritonpoker) tweeted:
#TritonPoker Ambassador Jason Koon (@JasonKoon) is the #TritonJeju2019 HKD 1m Short Deck winner!! Paul Phua comes second, playing extremely well in an epic battle.
Congratulations sir
HKD 2m NLH Main Event NOW LIVE: https://t.co/1ARqkcH9ht pic.twitter.com/Un1x9EkRKQ— Triton Poker (@tritonpoker) March 7, 2019
Here is a look at the payouts and POY points awarded at the final table:
| Place | Player | Earnings (USD) | POY Points |
| 1 | Jason Koon | $2,899,000 | 960 |
| 2 | Paul Phua | $2,067,000 | 800 |
| 3 | Furkat Rakhimov | $1,357,200 | 640 |
| 4 | Jun Wang | $1,027,000 | 480 |
| 5 | Gabe Patgorski | $793,000 | 400 |
| 6 | Richard Yong | $611,000 | 320 |
| 7 | John Juanda | $481,000 | 240 |
| 8 | Wai Yong | $377,000 | 160 |
| 9 | Devan Tang | $286,000 | 80 |
Winner photo credit Triton Poker / Jamie Thomson.
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