Chip Leader Derrick Koonce Scores a Knock Out

2018 Bar Poker Open National Championship
Level 16: 6,000/12,000 with a 2,000 ante
Day 1B Entries: 371
Total Entries: 828
Players Remaining: 54

Chris Keem

Chip leader Derrick Koonce, of No Limit Pub Poker Tour, limps from middle position and Chris Keem, also of No Limit Pub Poker Tour, moves all in from the big blind for 33,000 more.

Koonce calls with nine eight of clubs and is against Keem’s Ace King.

The flop comes king six four and Keem extends his lead, but not for long, as the board comes running eights to give Koonce the best hand with trip eights and eliminate Keem.

Derrick Koonce – 610,000
Chris Keem – Eliminated

Derrick Koonce