Jason Koon defeated his final four opponents including Thomas Winters in heads-up play on Monday evening to win the PokerGO Cup Event #6: $25,000 No-Limit Hold’em at the PokerGO Studio at the ARIA Resort & Casino for $324,000.
The PokerGO Cup Event #6: $25,000 No-Limit Hold’em attracted 36 entries generating a healthy $900,000 prize pool. The final table, which took place at the PokerGO Studio at the ARIA Resort & Casino, was broadcasted to poker fans around the world at the subscription-based PokerGO.
Jason Koon has accumulated just shy of $33 million in poker tournament earnings throughout his career, placing him ninth on the game’s all-time money list. Heading into this summer, the 35-year-old poker pro from West Virginia had 22 tournament titles under his belt. Koon had not come out on top in a tournament for more than two years, though, with a large part of his drought attributable to the live tournament shutdown of most of 2020. Koon has now made six cashes since the start of June, adding more than $860,000 to his lifetime earnings in the process.
Koon began heads-up play against Winters with a nearly 10:1 chip advantage and limped preflop during the final hand with nines. Winters jammed for 10 big blinds with king-six suited. Koon called and Winters had to settle for the healthy runner-up prize of $216,000 after the board didn’t improve his hand.
| Place | Name | Country | Payout | PokerGO Tour Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jason Koon | United States | $324,000 | 240 |
| 2 | Thomas Winters | United States | $216,000 | 158 |
| 3 | John Riordan | United States | $144,000 | 105 |
| 4 | Anuj Agarwal | United States | $99,000 | 75 |
| 5 | Cary Katz | United States | $72,000 | 60 |
| 6 | Steve Zolotow | United States | $45,000 | 45 |
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