Seat 1: Jason Koon (630,000 in chips)
Ranking 16th on poker’s all-time money list with $23.3 million in career tournament earnings, Jason Koon is one of the most successful players of his generation.
Koon had a tremendous year on the felt in 2018, recording four of his five biggest results in a very short span of time. Koon’s biggest win came at the Triton Poker Super High Roller Series where he won the Short Deck event for $3.5 million.
Koon’s rise through the ranks has been epic, cashing for $268,224 in 2014, followed by $842,084 the following year, $2.8 million in 2016, $4.2 million in 2017 and a whopping $12.4 million last year.
U.S. Poker Open Championship Update: Jason Koon cannot win the U.S. Poker Open Championship.
