Jason Koon Wins His 11th Triton Title, Defeating His Best Friend and Mentor Ben «Ben86» Tollerene Heads-Up ($3,393,656*)

Koon and Tollerene eliminated every player at the final table

The $150K NLHE event drew 108 entries. 17 players hit ITM.

With two players left to ITM, Koon busted Bryn Kenney.

Koon entered the final table as chip leader with 67 BB. The first two eliminations were scored by Ben «Ben86» Tollerene:

• 9th: Isaac Haxton — AQo > AJo, 29 BB pot
• 8th: Christoph Vogelsang — AQo > A8o, 30 BB pot. From there, Koon and Tollerene began to dominate the table.

Wiktor Malinowski finished 7th. He fought hard to chip up but eventually shoved Q7o from the SB with 5 BB. Koon called with A6o from the BB.

Eelis Parssinen busted in 6th when Tollerene’s jacks beat his kings in a 14 BB pot.

Matthias Eibinger took 5th after 3-bet jamming pocket fives into Tollerene’s pocket kings — 41.5 BB pot.

Phil Ivey exited in 4th — he got it in with A5o vs Koon’s 77. Koon made a full house on the river — 13.5 BB pot.

Wayne Heung finished 3rd after jamming T9s into Tollerene’s ATo — 28 BB pot.

In the heads-up, Tollerene started with 61 BB to Koon’s 46 BB. The players made a deal based on ICM. Koon received $3,393,656*, while Tollerene locked up $3,437,344*.

In the final hand, Tollerene shoved A9o into Koon’s 66.

After the win, Koon shared:

I just had to beat the greatest poker player of all time. I got heads up with my best pal and mentor, inspiration to be standing here. About 12 years ago, whenever I first saw an elite poker player, what it took for them to be great, it was through Ben. And honestly I never thought at that time I would have the ability to be standing here.

Payouts – Final Table, Event #15, $150K NLH 8-Handed

Place	Player	Country	Payout
1st	Jason Koon		$3,393,656*
2nd	Ben Tollerene		$3,437,344*
3rd	Wayne Heung		$1,828,000
4th	Phil Ivey		$1,460,000
5th	Matthias Eibinger		$1,130,000
6th	Eelis Parssinen		$860,000
7th	Wiktor Malinowski		$640,000
8th	Christoph Vogelsang		$480,000
9th	Isaac Haxton		$380,000

This is Jason Koon’s 11th Triton Series win, more than anyone else.

NLHE is done — up next $25K PLO 6-handed

6 players remain out of a 84-entry field:

Place	Player	Country	Chips (BB)
1st	Punnat Punsri		85 BB
2nd	Martin Dam		66 BB
3rd	Alex Foxen		59 BB
4th	Dirk “venividi1993” Gerrits		35 BB
5th	Isaac Haxton		22 BB
6th	Shaun Raphael		13 BB

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