Jason Koon had doubled not long ago and was now involved in another big pot on the bubble to wrap up Day 1a. On a double-paired turn of , Koon fired a bet of 1,222,500 into a pot of 4,890,000 and picked up a call by Gergo Hegedus.

The river went check, check, and Koon's were no good, as Hegedus had that beat with the .