1. Jason Koon was born on August 14,1985 and is an American professional poker player from Weston, West Virginia, known for his accomplishments in live and online poker tournaments.
22 Facts About Jason Koon
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Jason Koon declared he started to play poker following an injury.
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Jason Koon played online under the alias JAKoon1985 on PokerStars and NovaSky on Full Tilt Poker.
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Jason Koon played in his first WSOP in 2009 where he cashed twice.
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In 2010, Jason Koon finished 4th in the World Poker Tour main event at the Bellagio for $225,000.
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In 2011, Jason Koon chopped a Full Tilt Poker "FTOPS" event that had 11,343 runners for $458,550.
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In 2012, Jason Koon played in the high roller event at the Bahamas EPT event earning over $270,000.
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In 2013, Jason Koon finished runner up to David Peters in the $10,000 Bellagio Cup earning $316,000.
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In 2015, Jason Koon turned $100 into $110,820 after 18 hours of play finishing third in a low buy in event at the SCOOP.
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In 2016, Jason Koon won Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open for $1,000,000.
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Jason Koon won a large pot off Doug Polk in the hybrid cash game on Poker After Dark.
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On January 13,2021, Jason Koon made his debut on High Stakes Poker after filling the seat left empty by Jean-Robert Bellande in Episode 5 of Season 8.
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In December 2022, Jason Koon faced off with Phil Hellmuth in Round 5 of High Stakes Duel 3.
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Jason Koon defeated Hellmuth and won the $1,600,000 prize while advancing to Round 6 where he will await his next opponent.
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In December 2022, Jason Koon finished third overall on the 2022 PGT leaderboard with 2,833 PGT points.
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Jason Koon was one of the 21-eligible players that were able to participate in the season-ending PGT Championship.
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Jason Koon finished Day 1 as the overwhelming chip leader before winning the event after defeating Sean Winter heads-up for $500,000.
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On February 18,2023, Jason Koon won the 3rd annual World Series of Art Poker in Los Angeles, CA.
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Jason Koon stands 4th in the world all-time money list.
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Jason Koon became engaged to Bianca Armstrong after three years of dating.
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In October 2017, Jason Koon was announced as a member of partypoker's team pro.
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In October 2021 at the 2021 World Series of Poker, Jason Koon was announced as a GGPoker Global Ambassador.