Wild Ride Ends in Elimination for Koon
On the tail end of a 4♠4♣3♥Q♥6♥ board, Jason Koon bet 340,000 with very few chips behind and Artur Martirosian tossed in a single chip for the call. Koon tabled the K♠Q♠J♥4♥ for fours full of queens and earned the virtual double.
Martirosian then bet 300,000 on the 4♠2♠2♦ flop and called the all-in of Youness Barakat for 480,000.
Youness Barakat: A♦K♦3♠2♣
Artur Martirosian: A♠Q♣8♠3♣
The 8♦ turn and J♥ river were both blanks for Barakat to hold up.
Martirosian then three-bet an open raise by Koon, who four-bet before they got it in thereafter with more than 1.2 million each.
Jason Koon: A♣K♠Q♠8♣
Artur Martirosian: A♦A♥K♥4♠
This time, the aces held on the 10♣6♥4♥3♠10♠ runout and both stacks were briefly counted. Martirosian still had more than 1.5 million and it was enough to cover Koon's stack.