Jason Koon Wins Big at Poker Masters with $666k Prize

Jason Koon closed out the 2022 Poker Masters series in Vegas with a $666,000 takedown of event 10, seeing off a stellar final table in the $50k buy-in tournament. The event featured a $1,850,000 prize pool with 37 entries.

Final Table Showdown

Daniel Negreanu was one of the seven who made it through day one, but as a short stack he was also in danger of missing out on the money. A useful double-up looked distinctly possible when he got it all-in good with aces against Seth Davies, but it wasn’t to be for Kid Poker. Out on the bubble for Negreanu and $92,500 sewn up for the remaining half-dozen, a veritable who’s-who of the highstakes poker world. Davies had Mikita Badziakouski, Erik Seidel, Jason Koon, Adrian Mateos and Scott Seiver for company, with the latter accounting for the Belarus crusher’s exit in 6th spot.

There was more than just the prizemoney on the line, though, with the leaderboard race for the Purple Jacket still wide open, event 9 winner Sean Winter in the lead but unable to affect the standings. When Davies fell to Koon his chances were gone, $148k a healthy amount to soothe the pain, and then Erik Seidel’s chances were scuppered. Needing a victory to leapfrog Winter, a three-way, pre-flop, all-in clash went the way of Koon. Scott Seiver fell in 3rd when Koon’s backdoor gutter appeared, leaving Koon heads-up against Mateos for the title and the final hand played out in Koon’s favour for the $666k win. Sean Winter won the Purple Jacket and a $50,000 bonus.