2016 Aussie Millions

Event #9: $25,000 Challenge
Day: 2
Event Info

2016 Aussie Millions

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
73
Prize
790,560 AUD
Event Info
Buy-in
24,000 AUD
Prize Pool
2,928,000 AUD
Entries
122
Level Info
Level
23
Blinds
25,000 / 50,000
Ante
5,000

Koon Doubles Through Tollerene

Level 17 : 6,000/12,000, 1,000 ante

Jason Koon first lost some chips to Oliver Price where he had to give up on the flop in a three-bet pot. The next hand, with 183,000 left over after anteing up, he open shoved from the cutoff. Ben Tollerene in the big blind made the call.

Jason Koon: {A-Spades}{Q-Spades}
Ben Tollerene: {9-Spades}{9-Hearts}

"Racing with my best buddy" Jason Koon said after eyeing the showdown.

Koon would win this race as the board came {Q-Hearts}{J-Spades}{3-Clubs}{4-Clubs}{J-Hearts}. Tollerene and Koon now with similar (short) stacks.

Player Chips Progress
Jason Koon us
Jason Koon
378,000
152,000
152,000
WSOP 1X Winner
Run It Once
Ben Tollerene us
Ben Tollerene
340,000
-188,000
-188,000

Tags: Ben TollereneJason Koon