Jason Koon

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Jason Koon
Jason Koon (2018)
Jason Koon (2018)
  Personal information  
Date of birth August 14, 1985
place of birth United StatesUnited States Weston
Nicknames
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JAKoon1985PokerStars

NovaSkyFull Tilt Poker

Jason_KoonTeam partypoker
place of residence CanadaCanada Vancouver
Live Poker Tournament Achievements
Highest prize money 0$ 3,579,836
Total prize money $ 31,101,728
World Series of Poker
Bracelets no
Cashes 43
Best main event 660th ( 2011 )
  Main Event of the World Poker Tour  
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Cashes 13
  Main event of the European Poker Tour  
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Cashes 3
  Main Event of the PokerStars Championship  
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Cashes 1
  Main Event of party poker Live  
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Cashes 3
Last updated: August 14, 2020

Jason Koon (born August 14, 1985 in Weston , West Virginia ) is a professional American poker player .

Koon is considered to be one of the best tournament players in the world. He has earned more than US $ 31 million playing poker in live tournaments , making him the ninth most successful poker player in terms of tournament prize money . Of that, he won over $ 12 million in the Triton Super High Roller Series , making him one of the series' most successful players .

Personal

Koon graduated from Lewis County High School in his native Weston in 2003 and then attended West Virginia Wesleyan College in Buckhannon . There he did a Master of Business Administration in finance . Koon lives in Vancouver .

Poker career

Career

Koon started playing poker in college in 2006. He plays online under the nicknames JAKoon1985 ( PokerStars ) and NovaSky ( Full Tilt Poker ) . On PokerStars , he won a Spring Championship of Online Poker tournament in April 2009 with a prize of over US $ 300,000 . Koon is sponsored by partypoker and plays on their platform as Jason_Koon . Since 2008 he has also been participating in renowned live tournaments .

Koon was in June 2009 for the first time at the World Series of Poker (WSOP) in the Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas successful and occurred in two tournaments of the variant No-Limit Hold 'em the money. In mid-October 2010 he reached the final table at the main event of the World Poker Tour at the Hotel Bellagio in Las Vegas and finished the tournament in fourth place for around 225,000 US dollars in prize money. In January 2012, Koon also finished fourth in the high roller event of the European Poker Tour in the Bahamas , for which he received over 270,000 US dollars. At the WSOP 2012 , Koon narrowly missed winning a bracelet and only failed at the Heads-Up Championship of No Limit Hold'em and Pot Limit Omaha due to Leif Force . At the ninth Bellagio Cup in July 2013, Koon finished second behind David Peters, securing $ 316,000. At the beginning of March 2015 he won the Turbo High Roller of the LA Poker Classic in Los Angeles and received a prize of almost 450,000 US dollars. In early July 2016, he also won the Bellagio High Roller for more than $ 500,000. In mid-August 2016, Koon won the Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open Championship in Hollywood for $ 1 million in prize money. He received his highest prize money to date after winning the super high roller event at the first PokerStars Championship in the Bahamas in January 2017. For this, he beat 40 other players and received a prize money of 1.5 million US dollars. Dollar. In March 2018, Koon finished ninth at the Super High Roller Bowl China in Macau for the equivalent of just under 750,000 US dollars. In mid-April 2018 he finished fourth in the € 100k Super High Roller of the partypoker Millions in Barcelona for € 500,000. In May 2018 won Koon the one million Hong Kong dollars expensive short deck Ante-Only the Triton Series Super High Roller in Montenegro Budva . For this he prevailed against 102 other players and received a prize money equivalent to more than 3.5 million US dollars. A week later, Koon also won the Aria Super High Roller at the Aria Resort & Casino in Las Vegas and received prize money of over one million US dollars following a deal with Matthias Eibinger . In the same place, Koon finished third at the Super High Roller Bowl at the end of May 2018 for prize money of 2.1 million US dollars. In July 2018, he cashed in at two Triton Series events in Jeju-do, South Korea, for prize money equivalent to more than 1.5 million US dollars. In mid-December 2018, Koon took second place at the Bellagio 100K behind Jake Schindler, which is worth almost 900,000 US dollars. In early March 2019, Koon reached four Triton Series final tables in Jeju-do. In particular because of the victories at the one million Hong Kong dollar short deck ante-only and the Triton Refresh , he secured prize money equivalent to more than 4.5 million US dollars. In early August 2019, he reached another final table at the Triton Series in London , where he finished second for the equivalent of around 1.1 million US dollars. In mid-November 2019, Koon finished seventh at the Bahamas Super High Roller Bowl and received just under $ 640,000.

Prize money overview

year Prize money (in $ ) Tournament victories
2008 00.00.1976 -
2009 00.096,972 -
2010 00.245.772 -
2011 00.103.031 1
2012 00.592,771 -
2013 01,451,024 -
2014 00.268.224 -
2015 00.842.084 2
2016 02,890,926 3
2017 04,297,862 4th
2018 12,478,538 3
2019 07,832,549 2
2020 00,000.000 -
total 31,101,728 15th

Web links

Commons : Jason Koon  - Collection of Images

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Jason Koon in the Global Poker Index database, accessed April 24, 2017.
  2. ↑ a b c Jason Koon in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed April 24, 2017.
  3. ↑ All Time Money List in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed March 7, 2019.
  4. ↑ Triton Rankings at triton-series.com, accessed on May 21, 2019 (English).
  5. ↑ JAKoon1985 wins over $ 300,000 in SCOOP Event 17 on pocketfives.com on April 11, 2009, accessed on April 24, 2017 (English).
  6. ↑ Jason Koon - Team partypoker at partypoker.com, accessed May 19, 2018.
  7. ↑ Festa Al Lago ($ 10,000 + 300 No Limit Hold'em - Championship Event) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed April 24, 2017.
  8. ↑ PCA - 2012 ($ 25,000 + 500 No Limit Hold'em 8 Max - High Roller) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed April 24, 2017.
  9. ↑ 43rd World Series of Poker (WSOP) 2012 ($ 3,000 No Limit Hold'em / Pot Limit Omaha - Heads-Up (Event # 3)) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed April 24, 2017.
  10. ↑ Bellagio Cup IX ($ 10,000 + 30 No Limit Hold'em - Bellagio Cup) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed April 24, 2017.
  11. ↑ 2015 LA Poker Classic ($ 50,000 No Limit Hold'em - Turbo High Roller) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed April 24, 2017.
  12. ↑ Bellagio High Roller VII ($ 24,000 + 1,000 No Limit Hold'em - High Roller 7) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed April 24, 2017.
  13. ↑ 2016 Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open ($ 5,250 No Limit Hold'em - SHRPO Championship (Event # 22)) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed April 24, 2017.
  14. ↑ PokerStars Championship Bahamas ($ 98,000 + 2,000 No Limit Hold'em - PokerStars Championship Super High Roller (Event # 1)) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed April 24, 2017.
  15. ↑ Super High Roller Bowl China (HK $ 2,000,000 + 100,000 No Limit Hold'em - Super High Roller Bowl) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on March 21, 2018 (English).
  16. ↑ partypoker Millions Grand Final Barcelona (€ 100,000 + 1,000 No Limit Hold'em - € 100K Super High Roller # 6) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on April 12, 2018.
  17. ↑ Jason Koon wins the Second-Ever Short Deck Event in Montenegro (HKD28,102,000 / $ 3,579,914) on pokernews.com on May 19, 2018, accessed May 19, 2018.
  18. ↑ Season XVI WPT Tournament of Champions Festival ($ 100,000 No Limit Hold'em - ARIA 100K High Roller) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed May 29, 2018.
  19. ↑ 2018 Super High Roller Bowl ($ 300,000 No Limit Hold'em) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed May 31, 2018.
  20. ↑ Triton Poker Super High Roller Series - Jeju (HK $ 500,000 No Limit Hold'em - Short Deck Ante-Only) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed August 1, 2018.
  21. ↑ Triton Poker Super High Roller Series - Jeju (HK $ 2,000,000 No Limit Hold'em - Triton Poker Super High Roller Series Main Event) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed August 1, 2018.
  22. ↑ WPT Five Diamond World Poker Classic ($ 100,000 No Limit Hold'em - Bellagio 100K - 01 (Event # 30)) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed December 19, 2018.
  23. ↑ Triton Poker Super High Roller Series - Jeju (HK $ 500,000 No Limit Hold'em - Short Deck Ante Only (Event # 2)) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed March 7, 2019.
  24. ↑ Triton Poker Super High Roller Series - Jeju (HK $ 500,000 No Limit Hold'em - 6-Handed Day 1 (Event # 3)) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on March 7, 2019 (English).
  25. ↑ Triton Poker Super High Roller Series - Jeju (HK $ 1,000,000 No Limit Hold'em - Short Deck Ante Only (Event # 5)) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed March 7, 2019.
  26. ↑ Triton Poker Super High Roller Series - Jeju (HK $ 1,000,000 No Limit Hold'em - Triton Refresh (Event # 7)) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed on March 9, 2019 (English).
  27. ↑ Triton Poker Super High Roller Series - London (£ 50,000 No Limit Hold'em - 8 Handed (Event # 3)) in the Hendon Mob Poker Database, accessed August 4, 2019.
  28. ↑ Payouts on pokercentral.com, accessed November 18, 2019.
personal data
SURNAME Koon, Jason
ALTERNATIVE NAMES JAKoon1985 (nickname); NovaSky (nickname)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American poker player
DATE OF BIRTH August 14, 1985
PLACE OF BIRTH Weston , West Virginia , United States