Jason Koon wins $1.6 million for shipping the 100K SHR PCB

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Jason Koon wins $1.6 million for shipping the 100K SHR PCB

Jason Koon took down the first “big” buy-in event of the new calendar year. Koon faded a field of 54 entries to win the $100,000 buy-in Super High Roller in the Bahamas. The prize pool for the PokerStars Championship Bahamas was $5.2 million and the final two played it out to the end without chopping it up. Koon earned a first-place payday worth $1.65 million. Runner-up Charlie Carrel shipped almost $1.2 million for second place. Comedian/actor Kevin Hart busted on Day 2 and failed to make the money despite multiple buy-ins.

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Jason Koon binks the PCB SHR for $1.65M (Pic by Neil Stoddart, PokerStars Blog)