Jason Koon Takes Triton Poker All-Time Cashes Lead

Jason Koon moves to the top of Triton’s cashes leaderboard

Triton Poker is best known for massive prize pools and headline-grabbing trophies, but the tour’s internal rankings also track something that often tells a deeper story: cashes. Before the latest Triton Super High Roller Series Jeju stop begins at Les A Casino on Friday, Sept. 4, the series’ all-time leaderboard has a new name on top in the cashes category.

That player is Jason Koon. For a player already regarded as one of the most accomplished high rollers in the world, leading Triton in in-the-money finishes is another sign of elite longevity. It is a reminder that at the highest stakes, consistency is not a side note — it is one of the main currencies of success.

Why Triton cashes tell a different story than winnings

The all-time money list gets the spotlight because it includes the biggest scores and the most dramatic paydays. But cashes offer a different lens. They measure how often a player keeps navigating stacked fields, deep structures, and brutal variance well enough to reach the payout stages.

At Triton level, that matters a lot. These events are loaded with world-class regulars, short-handed pressure, and complicated late-stage dynamics. A player who cashes often is repeatedly making the right adjustments, surviving the toughest spots, and giving themselves a chance to win.

That is also why serious grinders study not only results, but the process behind them. Many players sharpen their fundamentals through a poker school, then put the theory to work in poker rooms and tougher live environments where every mistake is punished.

Jason Koon’s Triton resume: 81 cashes, 12 titles

Koon now has 81 cashes and $40.9 million in Triton earnings. That puts him first on the all-time cashes list and second on the all-time money list, behind Bryn Kenney.

What makes Koon especially impressive is his conversion rate. He turns a cash into a title 14.8% of the time, the best mark among the top ten players on this list. That is a huge deal in high rollers, where many elite players can reach final tables but far fewer consistently close.

His latest victory came in the $30,000 Pot-Limit Omaha Turbo Bounty event at the 2025 Montenegro stop, where he captured a record-extending 12th trident trophy. His biggest Triton scores all came in winning efforts, including:

• $3.6 million for winning a $127,000 Short Deck event in 2018;
• $3.4 million for taking down a $150,000 No-Limit Hold’em event in Montenegro in 2025.

That spread of results underlines a key point: Koon is not just running hot in one format. He is proving he can win across disciplines, structures, and fields.

Kenney, Chidwick, Dvoress, and the gap between money and cashes

The tour’s all-time money leader, Bryn Kenney, is the clearest example of why winnings and cashes are not the same thing. Kenney has more than $51.2 million in Triton scores, but he does not sit inside the top ten in cashes. He has five wins in 26 cashes, including the record $20.6 million runner-up finish in the £1,050,000 Triton Millions charity invitational.

Right behind Koon is Stephen Chidwick, who has 77 cashes and $34.3 million in Triton earnings. Chidwick has been one of the most consistent players on the tour for years, but his title conversion has been much lower so far. He owns three trident trophies, including the $200,000 invitational at last fall’s Jeju stop, which earned him $3.4 million. Still, only 3.9% of his Triton cashes have turned into victories, one of the lowest title rates among the top ten.

Then come Daniel Dvoress and Isaac Haxton, tied with 76 cashes apiece. Dvoress is a six-time Triton champion and has already added four of those titles this year, including three wins in Montenegro alone. Haxton’s lone Triton victory came in 2025, when he won a $100,000 Pot-Limit Omaha event in Jeju for nearly $2.8 million.

Danny Tang also remains in the conversation with 70+ cashes. He won five of his six titles during a remarkable 2023 run, and his latest came in the $100,000 Main Event in Montenegro earlier this year for $3.5 million.

Expert analysis: what Koon’s lead says about elite tournament poker

Koon leading Triton’s cashes list is more than a trivia update. It says a lot about what wins in modern super high roller poker.

First, the best players are not only the ones who can spike a huge score. They are the ones who can repeat excellence over and over against the toughest opposition in the game. In a field full of top-tier professionals, cashing repeatedly is already an achievement.

Second, the stat helps separate variance from edge. One giant score can happen in a short sample. Eighty-plus cashes cannot be explained away so easily. That volume points to a player who understands field dynamics, ICM pressure, stack distribution, and the subtle differences between surviving and punishing opponents.

Third, it gives recreational players and aspiring pros a useful lesson: if your goal is to improve, focus on process. Study final-table play, review push-fold spots, and work on discipline in deep-stack and bubble situations. Players who want to build volume can do that in poker clubs or by chasing value through promotions & bonuses, but the real edge still comes from decision quality.

For the industry, Koon’s lead also reflects how concentrated the top of Triton has become. The same names keep appearing because the skill gap at the summit is real, and the best players are turning that gap into both cashes and titles.

What to expect from the next Triton Jeju stop

The upcoming Jeju festival runs through Sept. 17 and features 14 events. That kind of schedule creates plenty of opportunities for leaderboard movement, especially in a series where one final-table run can reshape the historical record books.

For fans, the cashes leaderboard is a useful way to track the players who stay in the mix year after year. For professionals, it is a reminder that in modern high rollers, survival and selection are just as important as aggression.

And for those who follow the business side of the game, working with a poker agent can be part of how some players manage travel, entries, and logistics when they move from one elite stop to the next.

Bottom line: Koon’s Triton consistency is the standard

Jason Koon now sits atop Triton Poker’s all-time cashes list because he has combined durability, adaptability, and finishing ability at the very highest level. His 81 cashes, 12 titles, and elite conversion rate make him a benchmark for what sustained success in super high rollers looks like.

As Triton heads into another Jeju series, the battle for future leaderboard spots will only get tighter. But for now, Koon’s name is the one everyone else is chasing.

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