Jason Koon is confirmed as entering the 2023 Big One for One Drop – could the West Virginian be favorite to win? With just 24 days to go until the $1 million buy-in Big One for One Drop takes place in Las Vegas, Nevada, Jason Koon has become the latest star name to confirm that he will be participating in the returning Super High Roller event. Along with four debutants, Koon has confirmed his intention to play ‘The Big One’ and joins some poker legends in the exclusive field. Koon One of Five New Entrants
After eight players had confirmed their participation in the biggest buy-in event taking place in December, five new faces have alerted the poker media to throw their hats in the ring too. Jason Koon is the standout name, if only because he is the only one of those five to have competed in the event before.
Koon, a record-breaking Triton Poker winner of 10 titles on that particular high stakes tour, will be putting down $1 million as he takes on the intoxicating mix of big business owners and poker legends. Currently sitting in fourth place on the all-time money list with $52.6 million in live tournament winnings, a result for Koon in this event might catapult him tantalisingly close to the top two of Justin Bonomo and Bryn Kenney.
The other four players to put their names down are all debutants, with Latvia player and WSOP bracelet holder Aleks Ponakovs – who once beat Phil Ivey heads-up to win a World Series bracelet, Russian online and live crusher Artur Martirosyan, Turkish high roller Orpen Kisacikoglu and Indian emerging star Santhosh Suvarna all added to the field. Big One Now a World Poker Tour Event
Taking place as part of the second year of the WPT World Championships, the Big One for One Drop will be taking place at the Wynn in Las Vegas as the World Poker Tour begins its hosting of the event. With a televised final table, the pressure will be one for anyone lucky enough to make it that far […]
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