Jason Koon

Koon graduated from Lewis County High School in 2003 and then attended West Virginia Wesleyan College in Buckhannon. There he received his Masters in Business Administration and Finance. He declared he started to play poker following an injury. To avoid boredom, his roommate taught him Texas Hold'Em, and Jason Koon realized he could make a lot of money.[1]

Koon began playing poker in 2006 during college. He played online under the alias JAKoon1985 on PokerStars and NovaSky on Full Tilt Poker. In April 2009, he won a tournament in the Spring Championship of Online Poker earning over $300,000 prize money. Since 2008, Koon has participated in live tournaments.

Koon played in his first WSOP in 2009 where he cashed twice. In 2010, Koon finished 4th in the World Poker Tour main event at the Bellagio for $225,000.

In 2011, Koon chopped a Full Tilt Poker "FTOPS" event that had 11,343 runners for $458,550. [2]

In 2012, Koon played in the high roller event at the Bahamas EPT event earning over $270,000. At the 2012 WSOP Koon finish 2nd in the $3,000 No Limit Hold'em/Pot Limit Omaha - Heads-Up event earning $128,660.[3]

In 2013, Koon finished runner up to David Peters in the $10,000 Bellagio Cup earning $316,000.[4]

In 2015, Koon turned $100 into $110,820 after 18 hours of play finishing third in a low buy in event at the SCOOP.[5]

In 2016, Koon won Seminole Hard Rock Poker Open for $1,000,000. He defeated Seth Davies in heads up.[6]

Koon won a large pot off Doug Polk in the hybrid cash game on Poker After Dark.[7]

Koon's most lucrative tournament win to date was in Triton Poker's 2018 Super High Roller Series Montenegro in Budva. In a short-deck ante-only tournament with a HK$1 million buy-in (US$127,000 at tournament time) and 103 entrants, he won HK$28,102,000 (US$3,579,914), defeating Xuan Tan in heads-up play.[8]

In August 2019 He finished 2nd in the Event 3 of London Triton Poker Super High Roller Series (£ 50,000 No Limit Hold'em - 8 Handed) for £ 907,000.[9]

As of January 2021, Koon's total live tournament earnings exceed $31,100,000. He has won 15 live titles and stands 10th in the world all-time money list.[10][11]

On January 13, 2021, Koon made his debut on High Stakes Poker after filling the seat left empty by Jean-Robert Bellande in Episode 5 of Season 8. Koon bought in for $300,000 and the game was $400/$800 No-Limit Hold'em.

Koon became engaged to Bianca Armstrong after three years of dating.[12] The couple first met while on the track and field team at West Virginia Wesleyan College.[12] They married on October 26, 2019, at the Redwood Cathedral at Ventana Big Sur, California.[12]

Since 2018, Jason Koon is a member of partypoker’s team pro.

He also works as a coach on RunItOnce.

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