Jason Koon
Jason Koon
GPI:4
$55,762,108
Jason Koon poker player profile. Get latest information, winnings and gallery.
Profile
- Name
- Jason Koon
- Nationality
United States- GPI Rank
- 4
- WPT Wins
- Total Live Earnings
- $55,762,108
Biography
Jason Koon is an American poker player with over $39 million in career earnings. Koon is a former GGPoker Ambassador and was a member of their Poker Integrity Council (PIC)
Koon won his first WSOP bracelet in 2021, taking down the prestigious $25K Heads-Up Championship for $243,981.
"Its one of those things when youre on an airplane and a person is like, Do you have a bracelet? Im just like, Nope. At least I can finally say yes to that," he told PokerNews. "I love coming here. I think Ill play poker forever, and when its all said and done I think its inevitable Ill have several of them."
Jason Koon Wins Maiden WSOP Bracelet in Event #11: $25K Heads-Up Championship ($243,981)
Biography
Koon was born in August, 1985 and studied for a Masters in Business Administration and Finance at West Virginia Wesleyan College in Buckhannon.
He began playing poker in 2006 while at university, and recorded his first WSOP cash in 2009. Koon would cash regularly in Las Vegas during the 2000s, before finishing runner-up in his first WSOP event in 2012 in the $3,000 No Limit Hold'em/Pot Limit Omaha - Heads-Up.
However, the breakout result came in 2016 when he won the SHRPO Championship for $1,000,000. Less than six months later, Koon had a second seven-figure score with victory in the PokerStars Championship Super High Roller for $1,650,300.
In November 2023, Koon was one of the first sixteen contestants on GGPoker's reality-TV show Game of Gold.
Other Poker Accomplishments
Koon has played on the Triton Poker Super High Roller Series since 2018. In that year, he won the HK$ 1000,000 No Limit Hold'em - Short Deck in Montenegro for $3,579,836. That remains the biggest cash of his career.
The American has also cashed at Triton events in London, England and Jeju, South Korea. In 2021, he won PokerGO Cup Event #6 for $324,000 and also won the GGPoker Sunday Million Super High Roller in February 2022 for $327,112.
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PokerNews Covered Events
| Event | Place | Prize |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 WSOP ParadiseEvent #9: $100,000 Ultra High Roller | 2nd | $1,817,000 |
| 2023 WSOP ParadiseEvent #7: $50,000 Super High Roller | 4th | $582,100 |
| 2023 WSOP ParadiseEvent #3: $25,000 GGMillion$ High Rollers Championship | 22nd | $90,700 |
| 2023 World Series of PokerEvent #76: $10,000 WSOP Main Event World Championship | 440th | $37,500 |
| 2023 World Series of PokerEvent #84: $50,000 High Roller | 15th | $101,149 |
| 2023 World Series of PokerOnline Event #8: $3,200 No-Limit Hold'em High Roller | 14th | $14,151 |
| 2022 Triton Poker CyprusEvent #3: $75,000 Short Deck | 5th | $315,000 |
| 2022 Triton Poker CyprusEvent #1: $50,000 NLH 6-Handed | 5th | $307,000 |
| 2021 World Series of PokerEvent #85: $50,000 High Roller | 4th | $489,585 |
| 2021 World Series of PokerEvent #67: $10,000 No-Limit Hold'em Main Event World Championship | 194th | $44,200 |
| 2021 World Series of PokerWSOP.com (NV/NJ) Online Bracelet $7,777 Lucky 7s No Limit Holdem High Roller 1x Re-entry | 20th | $13,574 |
| 2021 World Series of PokerEvent #11: $25,000 Heads-Up No-Limit Hold'em Championship | 1st | $243,981 |
| 2021 World Series of PokerEvent #6: $25,000 High Roller No-Limit Hold'em 8-Handed | 9th | $79,834 |
| 2021 World Series of PokerWSOP.com (NV/NJ) Online Bracelet $5,300 NL Holdem Freezeout | 6th | $39,000 |
| 2021 WPT World Online ChampionshipsEvent #12: $25,500 Super High Roller Championship | 2nd | $238,734 |
| 2021 GGPoker WSOP Online Bracelet EventsEvent #21: $25,000 Super High Roller Championship NLH, $5M Gtd | 29th | $52,100 |
| 2021 WSOP.com Online Bracelet EventsEvent #25: $7,777 NLH Lucky 7's High Roller | 8th | $25,063 |
| 2021 PokerGO CupEvent #6: $25,000 No-Limit Holdem | 1st | $324,000 |
| 2021 PokerGO CupEvent #2: $10,000 No Limit Hold'em | 2nd | $122,000 |
| $10,000 Wynn Millions ($10M GTD)/span>$10,000 Wynn Millions ($10M GTD) | 79th | $38,179 |
| 2021 WSOP.com Online Bracelet EventsEvent #1: $500 NLH Big 500 Kick-Off | 37th | $2,126 |
| 2021 US Poker OpenEvent #12: $50,000 No-Limit Hold'em | 3rd | $336,000 |
| 2021 WPT Online Series by partypokerEvent #23: $10,300 WPT High Roller, $1m GTD | 16th | $21,277 |
| 2021 GG Spring FestivalGGSF Main Event-H: $1,500 PLO-NL, $2M GTD Day 2 | 8th | $34,863 |
| 2021 GG Spring FestivalH-75: $25,500 Sunday 5 Million | 29th | $43,861 |
| 2021 GG Spring FestivalH-49: $25,500 Super High Roller | 5th | $183,673 |
| 2021 GG Spring FestivalH-41: $25,500 Sunday 5 Million | 3rd | $616,180 |
| 2021 GG Spring FestivalH-06: $25,500 Sunday Five Million 2-Day Event | 24th | $48,577 |
| 2021 GGPoker Super MILLION$ WeekEvent #6: Super High Roller $25,500, $2.5M Gtd. | 7th | $129,030 |
| 2021 partypoker MILLIONS OnlineMain Event | 128th | $11,490 |
| 2020 WPT World Online ChampionshipsEvent #10: $25,500 High Roller Championship, $5m GTD | 2nd | $810,869 |
| 2020 WPT World Online ChampionshipsEvent #8: $10,300 Main Event, $10m GTD | 131st | $23,253 |
| 2020 GGPoker WSOP Online Bracelet EventsEvent #70: $25,000 NLH POKER PLAYERS CHAMPIONSHIP, $10M GTD | 7th | $285,808 |
| 2020 WPT World Online ChampionshipsEvent #4: $3,200 6-Max Championship, $3m GTD | 86th | $8,100 |
| 2020 GGPoker WSOP Online Bracelet EventsEvent #48: $1,500 MILLIONAIRE MAKER, $5M GTD, $1M to 1st | 739th | $2,115 |
| 2020 GGPoker WSOP Online Bracelet EventsEvent #43: $10,000 Short Deck No Limit Hold'em Championship | 15th | $23,915 |
| 2020 WSOP.com Online Bracelet EventsEvent #18: $1,000 No-Limit Hold'em 8-Handed Turbo DeepStack | 64th | $2,344 |
| 2019 Triton Super High Roller Series London100,000 Short Deck Main Event | 10th | £217,700 |
| 2019 World Series of PokerEvent #86: $10,000 No-Limit Hold'em 6-Handed Championship | 23rd | $23,315 |
| 2019 World Series of PokerEvent #11: $5,000 No-Limit Hold'em | 41st | $9,007 |
| 2019 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure$50,000 Single-Day High Roller | 9th | $90,040 |
| 2018 Caribbean Poker Party$5,300 Main Event | 74th | $12,500 |
| 2018 Poker MastersEvent #5: $25,000 No-Limit Hold'em | 5th | $132,000 |
| 2018 Poker MastersEvent #4: $10,000 Short Deck Poker | 8th | $22,000 |
| 2018 Poker MastersEvent #2: $25,000 No-Limit Hold'em | 5th | $100,000 |
| 2018 Triton Super High Roller Series JejuHK$2,000,000 Main Event | 5th | 8,470,000 HKD |
| 2018 Triton Super High Roller Series JejuHK$500,000 Short Deck Ante-Only | 3rd | 3,630,000 HKD |
| 2018 World Series of PokerEvent #77: $50,000 No-Limit Hold'em High Roller | 11th | $115,102 |
| 2018 World Series of PokerEvent #74: Big Blind Antes $10,000 No-Limit Hold'em 6-Handed Championship | 49th | $14,916 |
| 2018 World Series of PokerEvent #42: $25,000 Pot-Limit Omaha 8-Handed High Roller | 5th | $295,606 |
| 2018 World Series of PokerEvent #5: $100,000 No-Limit Holdem High Roller | 7th | $372,894 |
| 2018 Super High Roller Bowl$300,000 Super High Roller Bowl | 3rd | $2,100,000 |
| 2018 Triton Super High Roller Series MontenegroHKD $1,000,000 Short Deck Ante-Only | 1st | 28,102,000 HKD |
| 2018 Triton Super High Roller Series MontenegroHKD $250,000 Short Deck Ante-Only | 4th | 1,334,000 HKD |
| 2018 partypoker LIVE MILLIONS Grand Final Barcelona100K Super High Roller | 4th | €500,000 |
| 2018 US Poker OpenUSPO #06 $25,000 No Limit Hold'em | 2nd | $269,500 |
| 2018 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure$25,000 Single-Day High Roller | 1st | $421,080 |
| 2017 Caribbean Poker Party Festival$5,300 Millions Main Event ($5 Million Gtd.) | 10th | $42,000 |
| 2017 World Series of PokerEvent #29: $2,500 No-Limit Hold'em | 70th | $5,846 |
| 2017 World Series of PokerEvent #20: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em MILLIONAIRE MAKER | 959th | $2,493 |
| 2017 partypoker LIVE Million North AmericaMain Event | 56th | 25,000 CAD |
| 2017 PokerStars Championship PanamaMain Event | 29th | $12,480 |
| 2017 PokerStars Championship Bahamas$100,000 Super High Roller | 1st | $1,650,300 |
| 2016 PokerStars.es EPT Season 13 Barcelona5,300 Main Event | 40th | €17,920 |
| 2016 Aussie MillionsEvent #9: $25,000 Challenge | 11th | 73,200 AUD |
| 2016 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure$5,300 Main Event | 34th | $17,420 |
| 2014 World Series of PokerEvent #58: $1,500 Mixed-Max No-Limit Hold'em | 39th | $6,969 |
| 2014 World Series of PokerEvent #49: $5,000 No-Limit Hold'em | 13th | $34,413 |
| 2014 World Series of PokerEvent #40: $10,000 Heads-Up No-Limit Hold'em Championship | 15th | $26,584 |
| 2014 World Series of PokerEvent #33: $1,000 No-Limit Hold'em | 138th | $2,187 |
| 2014 World Series of PokerEvent #21: $1,000 No-Limit Hold'em | 82nd | $2,941 |
| 2014 Borgata Spring Poker OpenEvent 14: $15,400 $5 Million Guaranteed WPT World Championship | 32nd | $30,085 |
| 2013 World Series f PokerEvent #47: $111,111 One Drop High Rollers No-Limit Hold'em | 21st | $173,723 |
| 2013 World Series of PokerEvent #27: $3,000 No Limit Hold'em (Mixed Max) | 4th | $132,748 |
| 2013 World Series of PokerEvent #21: $3,000 No-Limit Hold'em (Six Handed) | 80th | $5,023 |
| 2013 World Series of PokerEvent #7: $1,000 No-Limit Hold'em | 9th | $22,435 |
| 2013 PokerStars.fr EPT DeauvilleMain Event | 39th | €16,000 |
| 2012 World Series of PokerEvent 41: $3,000 No-Limit Hold'em | 14th | $33,604 |
| 2012 World Series of PokerEvent 36: $3,000 No-Limit Hold'em Shootout | 19th | $9,086 |
| 2012 World Series of PokerEvent 28: $2,500 No-Limit Hold'em - Four-Handed | 9th | $25,252 |
| 2012 World Series of PokerEvent 14: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em Shootout | 23rd | $5,295 |
| 2012 World Series of PokerEvent 9: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em Re-Entry | 185th | $4,043 |
| 2012 World Series of PokerEvent 3: $3,000 Heads-Up No-Limit Hold'em/Pot-Limit Omaha | 2nd | $128,660 |
| 2012 Aussie MillionsAussie Millions Main Event | 27th | 35,000 AUD |
| 2012 PokerStars Caribbean AdventureHigh Roller | 4th | $271,950 |
| 2011 World Series of PokerEvent #58: $10,000 Main Event | 660th | $19,359 |
| 2011 World Series of PokerEvent #46: $10,000 No-Limit Holdem / Six Handed Championship | 29th | $29,228 |
| 2011 World Series of PokerEvent #40: $5,000 No-Limit Hold'em / Six Handed | 42nd | $14,896 |
| 2011 World Series of PokerEvent #36: $2,500 No-Limit Holdem | 60th | $11,045 |
| 2011 World Series of PokerEvent #13: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em Shootout | 152nd | $4,998 |
| 2011 World Series of PokerEvent #8: $1,000 No-Limit Hold'em | 412th | $1,880 |
| 2010 World Series of PokerEvent #39: $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em Shootout | 105th | $5,620 |
| 2009 World Series of PokerEvent 36 - $2,000 No Limit Hold'em | 71st | $6,971 |
| 2009 World Series of PokerEvent 11 - $2,000 No Limit Hold'em | 17th | $20,400 |
