Ren Lin Wins WPT Alpha8 at Wynn Las Vegas! ($1,045,781); Jason Koon Eliminated as the Runner-Up ($669,300)

Ren Lin wins the WPT Alpha8 at Wynn Las Vegas

Ren Lin jams once more on the button and this time, Jason Koon calls. Koon needs help with versus and doubles the unlikely way with a straight on the runout.

Koon loses a small portion shortly after and then moves all-in for 2,350,000 on his button, Lin asks for a count which Koon instantly provides and then calls.

Jason Koon:
Ren Lin:

“If I win this one, I gonna win the whole thing,” Koon says with a smile on the face and Lin replies “so you gonna lose.”

The board runs out and Koon fails to get there to become the runner-up finisher.

Jason Koon

This brings an end to the WPT Alpha8 at Wynn Las Vegas $50,000 High Roller Event, which drew a total of 69 entries. The top nine finishers earned a share of the $3,346,500 prize pool.

Only 13 players returned for the final day and Alex Foxen became the bubble boy to set up the unofficial final table. Justin Bonomo became the next casualty in a field filled with big names of the international poker circuit. Ultimately, Lin and Koon ended up in heads-up, which lasted one hour during which the lead changed multiple times.

It was the first seven-figure cash for Lin, who takes home $1,045,781,000 for the efforts. Runner-up Koon has to settle for $669,300 to end the series at the Wynn Las Vegas with another stellar performance.

Final Result

1st: Ren Lin – $1,045,781
2nd: Jason Koon – $669,300
3rd: Martin Kabrhel – $468,510
4th: Biao Ding – $334,650
5th: Seth Davies – $249,314
6th: Nikita Kuznetsov – $192,424
7th: Brad Owen – $152,266
8th: Isaac Haxton – $125,494
9th: Justin Bonomo – $108,761