Baron Jon Johnson Wins $600 NLH $200K GTD for $41,843
Baron jon Johnson is having quite a sick month of poker, and it continued on Friday on Day 2 of the Wynn Millions $600 No-Limit Hold'em, a tournament with a $200,000 guaranteed prize pool that had 408 entrants.
The California poker player took it down for $41,843, beating Emmanuel McKenzie heads-up for the title. Johnson, who had just $13,000 in live tournament cashes entering the current month, picked up his second big score in February. He won a $1,100 MonsterStack tournament at Venetian for $45,089 less than two weeks ago.
Peter Jesko entered the session with a massive chip lead over every other player in the field — nearly 2:1 in chips better than his nearest competitor. But he'd eventually bow out in ninth place for $3,751, while Johnson spun up his above-average starting stack into his second victory of the month in Las Vegas.
$600 NLH $200K GTD Final Table Results
| Place | Player | Hometown | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Baron Jon Johnson | Santa Clarita, CA | $41,843 |
| 2 | Emmanuel McKenzie | Dallas, TX | $27,288 |
| 3 | Mikhail Sniatovskii | Henderson, NV | $20,506 |
| 4 | Rami Jaber | Mount Prospect, IL | $16,063 |
| 5 | Lucas Da Rocha | Hoffman Estates, IL | $12,430 |
| 6 | Herbert Hodgdon | $9,461 | |
| 7 | Nicolas Oger | $7,101 | |
| 8 | David Decker | Denver, CO | $5,191 |
| 9 | Peter Jesko | Bratislava | $3,751 |