2026 World Series of Poker

Day: 1
12
Event Info
2026 World Series of Poker
Event Info
Buy-in
$100,000
Prize Pool
$4,800,000
Total Entries
50
Players Left
19
Average Chip Stack
1,578,947
Total Chips
30,000,000
Level Info
Level
10
Blinds
10,000 / 20,000
Ante
20,000
Players Info - Day 1
Entries
50
Players Left
19
Players Left 19 / 50

Wild Ride Ends in Elimination for Koon

Level 9 : Blinds 10,000/15,000, 15,000 ante
Jason Koon
Jason Koon

On the tail end of a 443Q6 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 KQJ4 for fours full of queens and earned the virtual double.

Martirosian then bet 300,000 on the 422 flop and called the all-in of Youness Barakat for 480,000.

Youness Barakat: AK32 All in
Artur Martirosian: AQ83

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: AKQ8 All in
Artur Martirosian: AAK4

This time, the aces held on the 1064310 runout and both stacks were briefly counted. Martirosian still had more than 1.5 million and it was enough to cover Koon's stack.

Tags: Artur MartirosianJason KoonYouness Barakat