Jason Koon

Spent five years in college to work three weeks and quit. Now I play poker. Team pokerstars. Triton Tournament Series Ambassador

[Jason Koon @JasonKoon]

Roger was such a beautiful guy, never a frown on his face regardless the circumstances. Rest in peace my friend 💔

[Andrew Robl @Andrew_Robl]

I am saddened to hear of the passing of my friend Roger Sippl. Roger was a loving husband, father, founder and an all around poker enjoyer. He used to fly himself into vegas on Saturday afternoon, play poker all night laughing, smiling and bluffing and then when the sun came up he would drive to the airport and fly himself back home! (As the only pilot).

Sippl might be the only regular player I’ve played poker with that I’ve never heard a bad word said about. He was just an all around gentlemen and great guy. Never got upset, never had a bad time. He explained to me that he had terminal cancer when he was 19, he survived, and everyday since had been a freeroll, what’s not to smile about.

My favorite story about Roger is when I took him to the Chiefs vs Eagles superbowl. I’m a hardcore chiefs fan, and he wore a chiefs jersey to the game along with me. Right before halftime the eagles scored a touchdown, and he was dancing doing an eagle flap, with an Eagles jersey on all of the sudden! He had made a big bet on the eagles but didn’t have the heart to tell me, as he was my guest, but once they started winning he couldn’t keep it in. 😂😂.

I got to know Roger well through the years and he was a deeply loving man, he loved his family, loved his friends, and enjoyed life to his fullest. I love you Roger, and know that one day before too long we’ll being playing poker together in the sky, just like in your poems.

[Sequoia Capital @sequoia]

Announcing No Limit: a bot building tournament hosted by @Sequoia, @citsecurities and @OpenAI.

Teams of 1 or 2 get 60 minutes to build a pokerbot from scratch.

Agents play thousands of games across six scored rounds.

Open to university students and recent grads (‘25 or ‘26).

Regionals in Boston, Pittsburgh and the Bay Area in early November. Top five teams from each fly to the Finals. $100K grand prize.

[Jason Koon @JasonKoon]

@altcap Legendary!

[Jason Koon @JasonKoon]

@ruicao So, so good. I love you, Rui

[Jason Koon @JasonKoon]

@Jason Looks good from both sides, I’d probably just get stacked on the flop, but after checking back flop and betting turn gotta go. Big one to hold twice on!

[Jason Koon @JasonKoon]

@PokerNews A true gent and wonderful human. Rest in peace, Pierre.

[David Senra @davidsenra]

My conversation with @travisk, founder of Atoms and Uber.

0:00 Building Atoms & the Meta Problem of Management
3:51 The Appeal of Impossible Problems: Starting Over in China
12:19 Uber vs. Didi: Copycats, Hypergrowth & China's Rules
21:02 How Network Effects Become an Efficiency Fortress
31:48 Capitalism vs. the Taxi Cartel
44:05 The China War Goes Global & the Entrepreneur's Capacity for Pain
54:04 Life After Uber: Lawfare, Media Narratives & Reputation
58:21 What Founders Get Wrong About Venture Capital
1:08:35 The Fundraising Playbook: QED Storytelling & a Five-Room Auction
1:18:38 The Uber Coup, Radical Accountability & Outgrowing Fear
1:26:42 Why Specialized Robots Beat Humanoids at Industrial Scale
1:31:30 Finding Your Sport: Food, Mining & the Physical AI Stack
1:40:14 How to Build Many Companies Inside One Company
1:46:33 Entropy, Civilization & the Meaning of Progress

Includes paid partnerships.

[Andrew Robl @Andrew_Robl]

Love listening to @NickSchulman on poker weekly on @SIRIUSXM. Sirius got me for $11/mo for life as long as the show continues, iconic. But the people need all the episodes available to listen to on demand on the app, not just the past two! Help us out @SIRIUSXM

[Nick Schulman @NickSchulman]

Bro you got it done Sirius put them back up you're the real deal. We have two more shows this Saturday and next, then all six will stay up until September 18th. We really have had some great people grace the show I'm happy Sirius listened. Thanks again

[Jason Koon @JasonKoon]

@haralabob @scott_seiver @ikepoker 💯

[Jason Koon @JasonKoon]

@slaymericaLTV Greatest table talker ever.

[Jason Koon @JasonKoon]

@BuffaloHanks ❤️ thanks for the kind words, Brent.

[Jason Koon @JasonKoon]

This is deeply touching. I’ve always admired Scott. When I first stepped up to the biggest tournaments, I watched him, with fanboy eyes, dismantle every table he sat at. He is one of the true hybrid online/live poker superstars. I’ll be there celebrating him next year when he’s inducted.

[Scott Seiver @scott_seiver]

I want to start this off by saying how obviously deserving Jason is of the hall of fame, and am deeply touched by the words people have reached out to me last night, specifically Jason himself and Schulman and Negreanu, which has really helped temper my emotions so far. Having gotten to watch Jason's incredible career every step of the way has been an honor and witnessing what he's created and the amount of pure work and dedication to carving it out is something I hold in the highest esteem, and am certain there is no one else on earth that could have done what he has done and traveled the path he has, and he is the exact type of player and also person that exemplifies what the poker hall of fame should represent.

Doyle once told me at the table, something I always held close to my heart because of how much him and I played together, maybe the most of literally anyone on the planet other than David Oppenheim in the last 20 years, he told me there are 8-10 voters that don't follow the current poker world anymore and ask him who to vote for the hall every year, and I should be praying for his good health such that when I'm 40 I can be the one who gets in. When a full 30% of the electorate has moved on from poker it makes the system they chose without clear personalized explanations and that every ballot had to be filled online and with lots of ambiguity in the instructions, made it nearly impossible for anyone mathematically to even be able to clear the 2/3 vote even if receiving near unanimous support from people that are up to date and knowledgeable.
I think going forwards I would love to see all nominees get to write a couple paragraph blurb detailing their accomplishments and how it fits into the wider realm of the poker world in an attempt to get to make their own case to the panel of voters, and I think this will humanize the process far more than seeing 8 names and a yes or no checkbox with no further information.

I'm glad that despite these changes I would want to see, that the hall absolutely succeeded in electing a generational talent and has succeeded in correctly finding someone as deserving as one can be.

[Jason Koon @JasonKoon]

@RealNormanAChad Thank you, Norm. Poker players age in dog years.

[Paul Phua Poker @paulphuapoker]

Jason Koon is one of the players I have most enjoyed competing against. Prepared, fearless and focused at the table, yet humble and respectful away from it.

Congratulations, @JasonKoon, on a well-deserved induction into the Poker Hall of Fame. 🙏

[Andy Wong @AndyWongTriton]

A great day for the game, honoring one of its best.

@JasonKoon set the standard in poker and gave Triton its heart along the way. No one has done it with more class, and no one is more deserving of the Hall of Fame.

Congratulations, my friend.

[Jason Koon @JasonKoon]

Yesterday I joined the Poker Hall of Fame. A few of the guys on this year’s list are heroes of mine and deserve to be in as much as I do; I’m sure their day is coming soon.

When I found poker, I was immediately and forever in it. It was my path to independence, my teacher in handling defeat and most importantly the vessel for introducing me to a large portion of the greatest relationships in my life.

Poker is my life’s passion. I’ve truly given it everything I have.

I love you guys, thank you.