Jason Koon Wins 2nd WSOP Bracelet for $1.97 Million

Jason Koon is now a two-time World Series of Poker gold bracelet winner after emerging victorious in Event #32: $50,000 No-Limit Hold'em High Roller. Koon topped the 171-entrant field to win the $1,968,927 first-place prize for his sixth-largest career score. 

With more than $66 million in lifetime tournament earnings, according to The Hendon Mob, Koon has also amassed an astonishing 16 scores of $1,000,000 or more in prize money. He also moves to third on the All-Time Money List, overtaking Justin Bonomo, and sitting behind Bryn Kenney ($75,778,350) and Stephen Chidwick ($66,572,758).

One of the few high roller events to see a drop in numbers from 2024, where 177 entrants played, the 171-entrant field created a prize pool of $8,122,500 that paid the final 26 players. Shannon Shorr, Joao Simao, Punnat Punsri, Chino Rheem, Brian Rast, Joao Vieira, and Sean Winter were a handful of those who cashed but fell short of the final day of play. 

Koon led the final ten players in Day 3 with a significant chip lead as Dominykas Mikolaitis was the first casualty before the final table redraw. Andrew Lichtenberger eliminated Chongxian Yang and Aliaksei Boika in ninth and eighth place, respectively, before Reagan Silber was outdrawn by Sergey Lebedev to fall in seventh. Viktor Blom was eliminated in sixth place when he shoved the button with ace-six suited and was called by Koon's ace-ten suited. With five players remaining, the players were sent on a break before the PokerGO livestream began.

Although Koon still held the chip lead, Lichtenberger had significantly closed the gap and crept to nearly even after he eliminated Lebedev with ace-queen against ace-eight. Brock Wilson was the next to fall when his ace-eight couldn't spike against the ace-queen of Lichtenberger as he now held the chip lead. Koon wrestled it back, then Lichtenberger snapped it from him before a huge cooler played out with Koon doubling with pocket aces against the pocket kings of Lichtenberger.

Ben Tollerene was then all-in with ace-ten against Lichtenberger's ten-seven, and when a seven fell on the flop, the tournament was now heads-up with Koon holding a better than two-to-one chip lead. Lichtenberger chipped up when his runner-runner flush outdrew Koon's wheel. Koon kept applying the pressure as Lichtenberger sunk to ten big blinds. The final hand would see Lichtenberger all-in with ace-ten against Koon's king-queen. The king on the flop was followed by a jack to give Lichtenberger outs to an ace or queen, but when the board bricked out, he was eliminated in second place, and Koon was crowned a two-time WSOP bracelet winner.

2025 WSOP Event #32: $50,000 No-Limit Hold'em High Roller Results

Event #32 of the 2025 World Series of Poker was the tenth PGT-qualifying event of the series, and with Jason Koon's victory, he moves to 14th on the PGT leaderboard with 780 PGT points from his two cashes this season. Andrew Lichtenberger becomes the eighth player to eclipse 1,000 PGT points as he moves to fifth on the PGT leaderboard with 1,070 PGT points from six cashes. Ben Tollerene sits 23rd with 678 PGT points from six cashes, while Brock Wilson is now 53rd with 373 PGT points and four cashes.

PGT Leaderboard Top 10 

These are the leaderboard standings as of Wednesday, June 11, 2025. The complete and current PGT leaderboard is at pgt.com/leaderboard.

The next eligible WSOP event to earn PGT points is Event #38: $100,000 No-Limit Hold'em High Roller, which will take place on Wednesday, June 11. Thursday will be the $10,000 Limit Hold'em Championship before Saturday hosts the $10,000 Big O Championship. Sunday will be the $250,000 Super High Roller, and Monday will be the $10,000 Razz Championship.

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