Jason Koon wins Triton Madrid €150k Short Deck One Bullet for €1,750,000

Jason Koon bagged his 4th Triton Poker title last night, scooping the €150k Short Deck One Bullet for a monster €1,750,000 cash in Madrid...

4th Triton Title! Lets Gooooooo pic.twitter.com/yPYV1PwxDC

— Jason Koon (@JasonKoon) May 25, 2022

It was the penultimate tournament of the 13-event Triton Madrid SHR Series, and Koon – one of Triton Poker’s ambassadors – was among 34 entries, producing a €5,100,000 prizepool of which only 6 players would partake.

The likes of Phil Ivey, Paul Phua, Tom Dwan and Mikita Badziakouski all failed to make the deep end, but there was a star-studded final table nevertheless.

Daniel Cates, Daniel Dvoress, Sam Greenwood, Ike Haxton, and Seth Davies joined Koon in the money after Malaysia's Lun Loon took the bubble-boy “accolade” and fell, unpaid, in 7th.

Lun fell to Dvoress’ aces, and Cates was soon to follow to the same hand, this time Ike Haxton wielding the rockets...

Haxton: A♣ A♥
Cates: A♠ 10♦

Flop: J♥ 7♠ 6♦
Turn: 9♣
River: 6♥

Seth Davies was next to fall, running into Koon’s kings, but a 3rd cash of the series meant his Triton duck was well and truly broken in Madrid. It was then a typically action-packed hand that accounted for Canada’s Sam Greenwood, Dvoress also at risk but tripling up...

Greenwood: A♣ 1Q♦
Haxton: K♣ J♦
Dvoress: A♥ J♥

Flop: K♥ J♣ 7♠
Turn: 6♥
River: 9♦

A period of doubling up – and down – followed, but something had to give and eventually it was Haxton who finished in 3rd spot, despite flopping top pair – the river giving Dvoress a bigger pair.

Heads-up continued without a deal, or even talk of one, with Koon recovering from a 2:1 chip deficit to close out the event in style...

Jason Koon has won the €150k Short Deck Tournament for a win of €1,750,000 and his 4th Triton Series Trophy! His win comes off after defeating Daniel Dvoress heads up who took home €1,190,000.@GGPoker @CasinoGranVia #poker pic.twitter.com/C4iv7OUz73

— Triton Poker (@tritonpoker) May 25, 2022

Final results

“I get my four-time badge!” was Koon’s initial response to his victory, explaining, “I was denied that twice and I was upset that Mikita [Badziakouski] had it. But I got that now.”

Now a father, Koon admitted that “baby run good” may have been a factor: “He’s been here eight months and we’ve won a bracelet and a Triton title. Maybe there’s something to it.”