Event 17 Winner – Jason Lux

$200 Double Green Chip Bounty NLH (Re-entry)

Blinds 3k/6k/500 ante

Jason Lux (Orland Park, IL)  $2,673
Jason Lux (Orland Park, IL)
$2,673

After losing the heads up chip lead and then doubling-up to have a commanding lead, Jason Lux wins the tournament over Dave Bennett.

On the final hand, Lux holds Ks6h vs Bennett’s Kd5d.

Flop: Qs4s8h (Lux still leads)

Turn: Ts (Bennett, chop outs)

River: 3s

The spade on the river gives Bennett the winning flush as wins the title, the trophy, his 6th bounty and the $2,673 first place prize.

“I love the structure,” says Lux, who recently moved back to Port Charlotte, FL area. “It was fun playing with these really good players. It was a great experience.

Lux works in a restaurant and plays enough poker to consider himself a “semi-pro.”

He says his dad Bill taught him to play the game and Lux adds, “we played a lot when I was a kid. He’s going to be thrilled.”