He played in the 2018 version, which was won by Justin Bonomo who cashed $10 million. This will be Koon’s second crack at a Big One for One Drop $1 million buy-in event. He is the reigning Player of the Year of the Triton Super High Roller tour, an award he’s making a push to repeat. Those players most likely will groan when hearing that Koon committed to playing the event. That’s 13 commitments, for those keeping count. They join Phil Ivey, Rick Saloman, David Einhorn, Talal Shakerchi, Daniel ‘Jungleman” Cates, Chris Brewer, Nick Petrangelo and Mikita Badziakouski in “publicly expressing” their intention to play, according to the WPT. High-stakes tourney players Aleksejs Ponakovs, Artur Martirosyan, Orpen Kisacikoglu and Santhosh Suvarna also said they will play the enormous buy-in tourney where part of the proceeds raise money for the One Drop Foundation, which aims to provide water security. Jason Koon will play the $1 million Big One for One Drop in December. Jason Koon headlines a group of five players who announced they will play in the $1 million buy-in Big One for One Drop tournament that takes place during the World Poker Tour’s World Championship series next month. How Much Money Can You Make Playing Poker?.