Jason Koon won bracelet in WSOP heads-up championship
$25 000 heads-up championship finished at WSOP 2021. The top eight players out of 32 ones earned a part of $721 625. All those who won their match in 1/64 got back their buy-ins.
The semi-finals were as follows:
- Jason Koon – Henri Puustinen
- Daniel Zack – Gabor Szabo
Jason Koon and Gabor Szabo became the winners of these semi-finals. In the final, Koon fought against Gabor Szabo for the gold bracelet and GGPoker Ambassador became the champion.
On the way to his victory, Jason Koon won 6 heads-ups, and finally, he became the owner of WSOP bracelet. The decisive heads-up lasted over three hours and eventually Szabo went all-in with A-J and Koon called with A-Q. After that, Gabor had only two BB in his stack, so he couldn’t return to the game.
PLace | Player | Country | Prize money |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Jason Koon | United States | 244 000$ |
2 | Gabor Szabo | Hungary | 151 000$ |
3 | Henri Puustinen | Finland | 90 000$ |
4 | Daniel Zack | United States | 90 000$ |
5 | Mikita Badziakouski | Belarus | 36 000$ |
6 | Bin Weng | United States | 36 000$ |
7 | Benjamin Reason | United States | 36 000$ |
8 | Jake Daniels | United States | 36 000$ |