Jason Koon The 2021 World Series of Poker crowned a new gold bracelet winner at the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino on Thursday as one of poker’s biggest names finally joined the elusive winner’s club. Out of a field of 57 entries in Event #11: $25,000 Heads-Up No-Limit Hold’em Championship , American poker pro Jason Koon came out on top of hard-fought duel with Hungary’s Gabor Szabo to get the monkey off his back.
“I am another level of tired, honestly. The wife and everybody have been doing so much to help with the baby. We were up at 8:30 a.m. today taking him to a doctor’s appointment,” said Koon, who welcomed his son, Calum, into the world just two weeks ago. “Then I came here and played a couple of studs. Heads-up is so intense, but yeah, we got it.” ‘Do you have a bracelet?’ I’m just like, ‘Nope.’ At least I can finally say yes to that. Koon, who was at his third final table of the series after finishing ninth in the $25,000 NLH High Roller and sixth in an online event the same day, admitted to a small bit of relief after finally capturing WSOP gold.
“It’s one of those things when you’re on an airplane and a person is like, ‘Do you have a bracelet?’ I’m just like, ‘Nope.’ At least I can finally say yes to that,” he explained. “I love coming here. I think I’ll play poker forever, and when it’s all said and done I think it’s inevitable I’ll have several of them.” Event #11: $25,000 Heads-Up Championship Results
1 Jason Koon United States $243,981 2 Gabor Szabo Hungary $150,790 3 Henri Puustinen Finland $89,787 4 Daniel Zack United States $89,787 5 Mikita Badziakouski Belarus $36,280 6 Bin Weng United States $36,280 7 Benjamin Reason United States $36,280 8 Jake Daniels United States $36,280 Jason Koon got the job done! The top eight finishers out of the 32-player bracket earned a portion of the $721,625 in prize money while all those who won their match in the round of 64 also had their […]
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