$2,650 No Limit Hold’em (Freeze-Out)
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Level 7: 250/500 with a 75 ante
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Aleks Dimitrov opened with a raise in middle position, and Jason Koon defended his big blind.

The flop was . Koon checked, Dimitrov continued for 1,000, and Koon check-raised to 2,500. That’s where it got interesting.

Dimitrov was getting short on chips at that point, and he called with a multicolored string of several chips. It was just a call, but Koon mistakenly thought it represented an all-in shove. He “called” and tabled his hand, showing just as the dealer put the out on the turn.

“Floor!”

The hand was allowed to play out, and Dimitrov ultimately open-mucked , which he knew was behind.

Koon was assessed a one-orbit penalty, a decision which he politely appealed. Tournament Director Tony Burns arrived to hear the account, and Koon readily admitted it was his error and his alone. He argued that he’d likely cost himself a larger profit with his own mistake, and that there was no room for malicious intent.

“I really screwed myself bad,” he lamented at one point.

Burns reduced the penalty to two hands, and Koon was right back in the action a moment later, offering his apologies to Dimitrov.

Jason Koon – 52,000
Aleks Dimitrov – 7,500