Simply final month, Jason Koon was revealed alongside Caitlin Comeskey as a PokerStars US Ambassador.
“It is superior. I am thrilled,” Koon advised PokerNews whereas sporting a PokerStars patch on the World Sequence of Poker Paradise, his first cease because the announcement. “It is the right match for me, there is no doubt.”
PokerNews caught up with Koon on Saturday earlier than the beginning of the Triton Million, the primary collaboration between the Triton Poker Sequence and the “new” WSOP now owned by GGPoker. It was a novel match that paired a businessman or businesswoman with a poker professional – every placing up a $500,000 buy-in – after which competing in respective fields on Day 1.
“I am very able to go to work. Vinny Lingham is my accomplice,” Koon shared. “We’re simply buddies. We play money video games collectively. We met one another that means. He was coming and we simply talked about it, it was an apparent match.”
Based on Wikipedia, Lingham is a South African-born American Web entrepreneur who’s the co-founder & CEO of an id safety and administration startup primarily based in California referred to as Civic. He was additionally beforehand the founder and CEO of Gyft & Yola, Inc.
As for Koon, nobody has received extra titles on Triton Poker as he has 10 victories over his 53 cashes totaling $28,899,785. Solely Bryn Kenney has extra Triton earnings with $45 million. So, does his Triton expertise give him any type of benefit within the massive buy-in occasions?
“I feel most people listed below are fairly seasoned,” Koon humbly supplied. “It is a large buy-in and undoubtedly, it is going to have an effect on individuals in numerous methods, however that is unpredictable. You do not actually know the way that is going to occur till you play with individuals. However I might say 80% of the sector is prepared for this factor.”
As for the pageantry related to the brand new stage setup throughout Triton’s first occasion with the WSOP, Koon was succinct: “Very Triton-y, which is superior. It is a massive one.”
Koon obtained off to a sizzling begin within the match after Alex Foxen tried a bluff. In Degree 1 (2,000/3,000/3,000) the board learn 2♠5♣Q♦10♥8♦ when Foxen guess a hefty 290,000 and Koon thought lengthy and onerous earlier than saying, “I simply have a pair. Okay, I’ve aces.”
He then referred to as and confirmed the A♦A♥, which bested the Ok♣J♣ of Foxen. Koon ended up bagging 1,525,000, which put him twenty sixth out of the advancing 67 gamers from Day 1 and was significantly better than his cohort as Lingham did not survive the day.
Sadly for Koon, he busted 4 ranges into Day 2 after he missed a flush draw in opposition to Kayhan Mokri.
Whereas Koon’s Triton Million got here up brief, he did share that he plans to fireside a couple of extra tournaments whereas within the Bahamas.
“I’ll play some greater ones. I’ll play all of the tremendous excessive rollers.”
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